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DOD FX12 Tuna

Posted on 10/04/2014 by mirosol

DOD-FX12-Tuna

What is it?
DOD FX12 Tuna. Guitar and bass tuner pedal. Made in USA around 1996-98. The enclosure is in line with the last US made series and the original box doesn’t have “made is USA” printed on it. There is no chinese made “V” version in existence. I’m thinking that the box was designed without “made in” notion, because it was planned to continue manufacturing FX12 in china with other VFX models.

DOD Tuna is one of the first pedal tuners to hit the stores in 90’s. The idea and purpose is there, but the reason why these units were basically butchered in sales when compared to Boss TU-2 is clear. It is a bad tuner. Collectible? Maybe, but a useful tuner? No. Also, that may be the reason why this design never made it to the chinese mass production in the end of 90’s. The fishnet paint is cool.

DOD-FX12-Tuna-guts

The guts seem well made and the aesthetics of the whole pedal are nice. It’ s not bad looking box at all. But sadly, all the good things end there.

How does it sound?
It’s a tuner so it doesn’t exactly sound like anything. It’s not even supposed to. It’s supposed to show you the frequency and note on the LEDs. It does that. Sort of. When i tried to tune my guitar with this unit, it showed every string to be in tune. When i strummed a chord.. No. Annoying little thing. I’m keeping this as a collectible novelty and a historical item. But to use it? One needs to be completely insane to even think about using this on his or her board. It is crap.

2 thoughts on “DOD FX12 Tuna”

  1. Enrico says:
    6/01/2022 at 21:06

    Good Day
    I’ve got a question regarding the DOD FX12 Tuna. I have the same model at home but mine is broken. I wanted to ask if you could mail me the color-coding of the resistor that is hidden in the photo. The one behind the black condenser over the power inlet on the right side.
    Thanks a lot in advance.
    Greetings
    Enrico

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  2. Pedro Silva says:
    16/11/2022 at 23:45

    Hey, I don’t know if you still need the info, but one of these just entered my shop and the value of the resistor is 10 ohms (brown/black/black/gold)

    Cheers.

    221B Pedales

    Reply

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