School me on Classic DOD dirt boxes.

[Farkus]

Re: School me on Classic DOD dirt boxes.

The American Metal was the first distortion box I ever heard or used. A good friend had it and passed it on to my little brother. It was a decent pedal, and IIRC didn't sound all that bad. Pretty thick sounding pedal and better than my onboard distortion on my little Peavey practice amp (come on guys, I was like 14, lol).

The Thrash Master was the first distortion I owned. I was in my first rock band when I got it. All the guys thought it was TOO gainy. It had a lot of cut, but was not versatile at all. I did like the extreme color though and wish I'd kept it now just for the nostalgia.

The DOD 250 is a strange beast. I don't have a classic one, but do have a couple of Analogman modded ones, supposedly to vintage spec. Sounds terrible on the Fender amps I have but is just perfect with the Marshall's, especially the YJM 100 (which in itself is a killer amp). Actually gets great RR style tones too with my Les Paul, which is awesome for my playing style.

 

[Aceman]

Re: School me on Classic DOD dirt boxes.

I am not at all a fan of the 350. But that's just me.

Like I said - I'm totally familiar with the American. But I've never heard a Maniac in person. I've heard mixed things about the Thrash.

 

[King IzzO)))]

Re: School me on Classic DOD dirt boxes.

I had a Metal Zone when they first came out and a Supra Distortion that I got rid of when I got the Thrash Master. I was really into Slayer at the time, and I was running it into a Dean Markley SS 30w amp, but I thought it sounded killer. This was roughly 20 years ago, and I knew jack about ****, so yeah, probably not much help there. I still want one again though, I got rid of it when I got my first real amp.