DoD Review: FX69 Grunge

History:

Purchase: Bought this crappy pedal at guitar center, on sale at 30 bucks, so I guess I can't gripe too much.

What I Like About This DoD FX69 Grunge: It is nice to play through when I need a heavier distortion (for cheaper than a MT-2), especially since the only other distortion I have is a DS-1 (no complaints about that one though!), and it's not as bottom heavy as I need it to be.

What I Do NOT Like About The DoD FX69 Grunge: I hate this pedal with a passion, because I don't want to go out and get a wall wart for it, cause it would probably cost me more than I paid for the pedal. AND this thing EATS BATTERIES in VERY short periods of time. I'm talkin' 30 minutes, and a brand new battery is DRAINED. And that's even when I have the unit switched off. Let me tell you, that get's pretty aggrivating!

DoD FX69 Grunge Quality Rating: The construction is halfway decent, but I don't like the DoD switching mechanism, compared to the BOSS pedals I own. It is a pretty heavy unit, that I think could stand up to some abuse, if the batteries would ever last long enough for it to experience any.

Review Summary: This pedal sucks unless you want to pitch in the extra bucks and get a wall wart, or a powered pedal board. Other than that, for rythm playing, pretty heavy, pretty good bottom heavy tone.

Rating of this DoD product: 1

This DoD FX69 Grunge Guitar Effects Review Submitted By: Smurf

Review Date: 2002-03-11