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DOD FX33 BuzzBox

Posted on 17/10/201317/10/2013 by mirosol

What is it? DOD FX33 BuzzBox, made in USA around 1995. Now here’s something you won’t see everyday. When something is worth overdoing, let the DOD engineers show you the real way of the beast. Design is just sick. The America’s Pedal article on the history of the design is a very good read. There…

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Danelectro DJ10 Grilled Cheese Distortion

Posted on 21/09/2013 by mirosol

What is it? Danelectro DJ-10 Grilled Cheese distorion. Had no information on the design whatsoever when i got this unit. Should probably have done some reading before paying 20€ for it. As distortions go, there is one sub-genre that i find no joy in playing with. This one sinks to that genre. Fixed wah distorion….

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Danelectro D3 Fab Metal

Posted on 9/09/2013 by mirosol

What is it? Danelectro D-3 Fab Metal. Fab series, made of plastic and probably the cheapest thing you’ll ever see. For some reason i seem to gather metal distortions even i’m not a big fan of metal music or the guitar sounds commonly affiliated with it. I do think it’s fun to play with metal…

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DOD FX57 Hard Rock Distortion

Posted on 6/09/2013 by mirosol

What is it? DOD FX57 Hard Rock Distortion. USA made box, dating 1987. Bad year. 1987 i mean. According to DOD information heaven, America’s Pedal website, the basic idea for this design was already tried out on certain DigiTech double pedal, as well as on one Boss design. And what is this idea? To take…

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Ibanez CM5 Classic Metal

Posted on 5/09/2013 by mirosol

What is it? Ibanez CM5 Classic Metal from Soundtank series in plastic enclosure, made in Taiwan. Condition could be better, but after swapping the switch it runs like a charm. I never thought that dents or scratches affected the sound in any way. Late 90’s date, so this unit isn’t the most valuable soundtank in…

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Danelectro DJ22 Black Licorice Beyond Metal

Posted on 1/09/20135/09/2013 by mirosol

What is it? Danelectro DJ-22 Black Licorice, Beyond Metal from Danelectro Mini effect series. While many designs in the notorious mini effects series are surprisingly good and most of the designs have some really nice tweaks or upgrades to some other, known classic circuits, this one disappoints in so many ways. If you didn’t know…

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Digitech DDM Death Metal

Posted on 16/08/201320/12/2013 by mirosol

What is it? Digitech Death Metal distortion. Modern issue from Digitech Distortion series. Built around 2009. Why would i post this effect? To be honest, i acquired it just because i was curious. Didn’t check any demos or read any reviews before i got it. Didn’t even think about getting one, but as the opportunity…

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Ibanez LF7 Lo-Fi

Posted on 8/08/20132/09/2013 by mirosol

What is it? Ibanez LF7 Lo Fi from Tonelok/7-series. Apparently made in the year  2000, as the enclosure has the date 1/2000 stamped on the inside. The board itself has a lot of components left out, so it seems that the same board may be utilized in other designs of the series too. I think…

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Ibanez TM5 Thrashmetal

Posted on 29/07/20132/09/2013 by mirosol

What is it? Ibanez TM5 Thrashmetal from Soundtank series in plastic enclosure, made in Taiwan around 1994-1996 Serial starting with 184 points to early-mid nineties date due to this being with its own type font. Earlier ones should be with uniform type face and so are the metal cased units. Serial is quite low for…

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DOD FX52 Classic Fuzz

Posted on 24/07/20134/09/2013 by mirosol

What is it? DOD FX52 Classic Fuzz, Made in USA in early to mid 90s. Yup. It seems almost like yesterday when boxes of this series were in every young guitarists hands. It’s been 20 years already, but i wouldn’t exactly call it “vintage” for another two decades though. This model was discontinued in 1998,…

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