DOD Overdrive Preamp 250 Guitar Pedal
Legendary analog overdrive preamp effect pedal with true-bypass and LED indicator.
The legendary analog DOD Overdrive Preamp 250 is back, with over 40 years of history and experience behind it. The 2013 version of the legendary DOD 250 captures o... read more
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A DOD Overdrive Preamp 250 is part of Yngwie Malmsteen's tour guitar rig. According to the diagram in a March 2001 issue of Guitar One ma... more

When describing his pedalboard, Ruban's bassist, Jake, mentions that he is using Ruban's DOD 250 on his board and is running his vocals t... more

The pedal can clearly be seen on the left of his pedalboard. Al Cisneros uses this pedal with his band OM and is a key element to his fuz... more

The DOD Overdrive Preamp 250 can be seen in this photo of the effects pedals used by Brand new in Jesse's Pedal case. this photo was post... more

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edited 2 months ago
Best for boosting
I have a clone of the gray DOD 250, with added options: Germanium diode clipping (MXR Distortion+) and no clipping (MXR Micro amp). Sounds good on lower gain, gets a bit fizzy on higher settings. Not that great as a standalone-unit, but very good into another saturated gain stage.

Great Vintage-vibe pedal
Great pedal for booting a guitars signal for more bite. Gives a little more than a TS9/808 would but can add grit. Mine is an early 1990s RI that had the circuit matched to a 1978 Grey and the JRC4558 was replaced with the MC1458S chip. Softer curve to clipping, much lower end and bass, still has the hard diode clipping without the bright and brittle distortion the 250 normally has.

edited about 3 years ago
I Have the Reissue
If youlike and "dirty" sound it is perfect! If you want to use it like an garage distortion, it works perfect as well.

heavy
mines a reissue of the old one i like the drive sound

Solid OD with a unique sound
It has a surprising amount of versatility, going from boost to slightly fizzy to fuzz to full on distortion. The sound is strikes me as "electric", certainly not your run of the mill wannabe-tube OD. My one gripe with it is that it can sound really dry, as if no matter how much you're playing your heart out, it feels like the 250 kind of sounds the same.

Good for bass
The Less I Know The Better. After got some inputs, I go to music store and try almost every overdrive pedals (on my budget) there. But, this yellow one really got me. I play with my Sire V7 (I bring it there) and no problemo. The seller even amazed with me using DOD 250 for bass and said no one before me bought that pedal for four strings. The seller and a bassist (who want to buy G&L 2000) said it a little bit sounds like Dark Glass Microtube. The other bassist said he'll buy DOD 250 too if looking for overdrive.

I'm sure someone's used itfor bass... I can tell you I've used mine on just about anything when I'm recording so i'm sure I have. That said, it has a really severe low end cut built into it. I'm sure tat's what the dude at the store was getting at. The new ones are particularly bright for some reason.

I know, someone use it for bass, but maybe not here in Indonesia. Maybe, it's really great OD. My brother borrowed it and use for his Epiphone Dot, and it sound amazing.
Use it as a booster
The distortion level of this pedal is very weak but if you mix it with crunch sound of full tube amp, the sound becomes more solid. I use it as a booster before my proco rat2 or maxon distortion pedal.

Good Santana Punch
This pedal is pretty good when it comes to giving out major tone. The simple controls make it easy for the actual function of the pedal straightforward. Not too much bite, but just enough to make the tone very nice.

Dang, this is pretty good!
My main overdrive pedal. When you turn the gain all the way up, it gives you chaotic distortion. No treble knob, but who gives a damn when you have a sick OD at your feet?
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Legendary analog overdrive preamp effect pedal with true-bypass and LED indicator.
The legendary analog DOD Overdrive Preamp 250 is back, with over 40 years of history and experience behind it. The 2013 version of the legendary DOD 250 captures of the classic tone and wild heart of the original but in no way tames its performance.
The 250 is better than ever before with true-bypass, a crisp, blue LED indicator, gobs of output, and modern 9V DC power supply input. Redesigned with a lighter aluminum chassis, sleek yellow metallic flake and flat black matte bottom paint job, the 2013 DOD Overdrive Preamp 250 pedal is the perfect sonic foundation to carry on the legacy of DOD.
The DOD Overdrive Preamp 250 (2013) has Gain and Level controls, like its predecessors. Gain controls the amount of distortion, from just a touch of grit to all-out grind. Level dials in some subtle body for "always on" performance or huge amounts of boost for boosting solos above a dense stage mix. With the Gain all the way down, crank up the Level to boost your sound and cut through during your solos.
True-bypass allows your guitar tone to remain pristine even when the DOD 250 is off. This is a big difference from the original which would color your bypassed tone. The modern 9V DC power supply input make the pedal more pedal board friendly.
Specifications
- True-bypass
- Crisp, blue LED indicator
- Modern 9V DC power supply input
- Lighter, aluminum chassis
- Sleek yellow metallic flake and flat black matter bottom paint job
- Gain and Level controls
I prefer this to a Distortion+
dual op amp, back to back silicon diodes to ground... classic formula. More output and more of a rusty/raspy, grating metalicness to the clipping versus an MXR which is the same circuit subbing a pair of germanium diodes for earlier clipping, elss output and a skmoother sound.... castly prefer the OD250 for guitar. Synths? the mxr has the edge usually. this epdal is voiced very brightly. It seems like it could take your head off until you get on stage with it. Great for cutting the mix. Pure rockin'