DOD Electronics

For other uses, see DOD (disambiguation).

DOD Electronics or simply DOD is a Harman International company specializing in making guitar effects pedals, most of which are now discontinued. Additionally, the company has made active crossover gear.

DOD originally stood for David Oreste Di Francesco, who founded the company in 1974. He was the original engineer who later sold the company to Harman International. The engineer now runs a company called Rolls Corporation.

Many of the more popular DOD pedals are now available under the DigiTech name. DOD, after the appropriation, was given the retronym "Division Of DigiTech". This includes the Grunge, Death Metal and Envelope Filter. DOD created a cheaper range of effect pedals that was sometimes said to be designed for the more novice musician, although they are still used by a number of professionals. For example many DOD distortions are largely designed to be played in a bedroom at quiet volumes through a small amplifier and some musicians playing them at high volume with a band find the sounds to be uncontrollable.

Many of the pedals are very highly regarded by experimental and noise music artists for their unique, extreme sounds and lo-fi settings which are sometimes not attainable on more expensive musical equipment. Some pedals, such as the Buzz Box or Gonkulator Modulator, have become collectors items and change hands on ebay for far more than they cost new. The most popular DOD pedal was probably the "Grunge" - an extremely heavy distortion pedal designed to emulate the sounds of Nirvana and The Melvins. DOD boasted that it was used by Kurt Cobain. It was given to him as a joke and he was said to have hated the pedal to the point of throwing it into the crowd at one concert.^{[citation needed]}

DOD Effects "FX" Pedals in order by name

American Metal FX56 Analog Delay 680 Attacker FX54 Bass Compressor FX82 Bass EQ FX42 Bass EQ FX42-B Bass Grunge FX92 Bass Overdrive FX91 Bass Stereo Chorus FX62 Bass Stereo Flanger FX72

Bi-FET Preamp FX10 Big Pig Fat Distortion FX70P Buzz Box FX33 Chorus 690 Chain Reaction 944 Classic Fuzz FX52 Classic Tube FX53 Compressor 280 Compressor FX80 Compressor Limiter 525

Compressor Limiter 525-A Compressor Sustainer FX80-B Corrosion FX70C Death Metal Distortion FX86 Death Metal Distortion FX86B Deep Freeze Bass Chorus FX63 Delay 585 Delay 585-A Delay FX90 Digital Delay DFX9

Digital Delay/Sampler DFX91 Digital Delay/Sampler DFX94 Distortion 555 Distortion 555-A Distortion FX55 Dual Delay 585-B Echo FX Analog Delay FX96 EchoMatic Digital Delay DFX98 Edge FX87 Electronic Phasor

Envelope Filter 440 Envelope Filter FX25 Envelope Filter FX25B Equalizer FX40 Equalizer FX40B Extreme Distortion GFX70 Extreme Envelope Filter GFX25 Extreme Stereo Flanger GFX75 Extreme Supra Distortion GFX55 FET Preamp

Fet Preamp 210 Flanger 575 Flanger 575-A Flanger 575-B Flanger 640 Flanger 670 Flashback Fuzz FX66 Gate/Loop FX30B Gonkulator Modulator FX13 Graphic Equalizer EQ610

Grind FX101 Grunge FX69 Grunge FX69B Grunge² TR3G Guitar Processor/Preamp FX7 Hard Rock Distortion FX57 Ice Box FX64 Integrated Tube Distortion FX100 Juice Box FX51 Love Driver FX-900

Meat Box FX32 Metal Maniac FX58 Milk Box Compressor FX84 Mini-Chorus 460 Mystic Blues Overdrive FX102 Octoplus 535-A Octoplus FX35 Overdrive Plus FX50B Overdrive Preamp FX50 Overdrive/Preamp 250

Overdrive/Preamp (re-issue) 250 Phasor 201 Phasor 401 Phasor 401B Phasor 490 Phasor 595 Phasor 595-A Phasor FX20 Psycho Acoustic Processor FX87 (later renamed to Edge) Punkifier FX76

Stereo Chorus 565 Stereo Chorus 565-A Stereo Chorus FX60 Stereo Chorus FX64 Stereo Chorus FX65 Stereo Chorus Vibrato 565-B Stereo Flanger FX75 Stereo Flanger FX75-B Stereo Flanger FX75C Stereo Phaser FX20

Stereo Phaser FX20B Stereo Reverb FX45 Super American Metal FX56B Supersonic Stereo Flanger FX747 Super Stereo Chorus FX68 Supra Distortion FX55-B Supra Distortion FX55C Sustain 515-A Swell Pedal FX15 Thrash Master FX59

Turbo Stereo Chorus FX67 Vibro-Thang Tremolo FX22 Wah Filter 545 Wah Filter 545-A Wah/Volume FX17 YJM308 Yngwie Malmsteen Overdrive

DOD "SR" Crossovers in order by item #

• SR823 Two-way stereo, three-way mono active crossover
• SR834 Three-way stereo, four-way mono active crossover
• SR835 Two-way stereo, three-way mono active crossover

External links

• Official website

• AmericasPedal.net (comprehensive resource for DOD's FX-series of effects pedals)