The Craziest Pedal Line Ever! The DOD Lamb Series

Today I dive into the history of one of the most interesting pedal lines ever created. DOD is one of the big boys of the pedal industry and has created some of the most iconic effects in the last 50 years, but the line I'm calling the "Lamb Series" stands out among their other offers as some of the quirkiest and most interesting batch of pedal designs the world has ever seen. In the comments below let me know what you think about Nevermind and Vitalogy and your favorite 90s records from the grunge era!
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Check out the gear in this and past episodes here:
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Josh's guitar is a Bilt Relevator:
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Josh's guitar strap is a Jaykco Strap:
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Gear in this episode:
1:11 DOD FX69 Grunge
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1:15 DOD DFX5 Digital Turbo Distortion
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4:06 DOD FX33 Buzz Box
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6:49 DOD FX86 Death Metal
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8:24 DOD FX32 Meat Box
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9:44 DOD FX76 Punkifier
11:06 DOD FX51 Juice Box
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11:14 DOD FX53 Classic Tube
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11:58 DOD FX13 Gonkulator Modulator
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13:23 DOD FX101 Grind
14:08 DOD FX100 Even Harmonic Overdrive
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15:19 DOD Corrosion
15:25 DOD FX70 Metal X
16:28 DOD FX747 Supersonic Stereo Flange
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17:43 DOD FX84 Milk Box
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18:57 DOD FX64 Ice Box
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19:59 DOD FX70P Big Pig
Record Time:
Nirvana - Nevermind
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Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
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Josh’s record player is by U-Turn Audio:
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#jhs #thejhsshow #DOD

[@goobertsnoobert9015]

6:00 “the buzz box is totally worthless, it sounds like a vacuum cleaner.” Me, a shoegazer: a vacuum cleaner you say?

[@malcolmbeverly8967]

Exactly what I thought lmao

[@kaylons]

*_Kevin Shields would like to know your location_*

[@cyrustrembinski6648]

They had us in the first half, not gonna lie

[@jimshorts6751]

Maybe not for a normal guitar track, but for background color when you don't P lay keyboards, it could be worthwhile in a few places...a very few.🤣

[@emiliojaquez5714]

VREEEEE VREEEEW

[@johnbogdan2524]

I did Industrial/Mechanical Design for Dod/Digitech for 23 years. Worked with Jason on all of these products and many more. Jason was an amazing dude and is missed like hell. This video is an awesome tribute to him & his creative genius! Thanks for doing it!

[@alexanderhudson47]

We're you involved with the Corrosion pedal? That has been my main pedal for the last umpteen years! I can not imagine my sound without one!

[@likethehotels]

Rip Jason!

[@jhspedals]

John Bogdan can you email me?! [e-mail]

[@aussieb1416]

@@alexanderhudson47 i'm actually going to go buy a corrosion pedal as soon as possible. even on youtube it sounded great to me. i play thrash/punk/death metal but i can see this on my board

[@aussieb1416]

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DOD-Effects-Pedal-FX-70c-Corrosion/174119015314?hash=item288a4d5392:g:jFAAAOSwQLZd7DPS

[@arcitejack]

“It’s not broken, it’s just sounds that way” might be the greatest marketing tag line ever.

[@pearljaime2]

You're onto something here.

[@krmusick]

Sony tried something that way with the first gen PSP. Didn't quite work so well for them.

[@purpl3882]

@@krmusick hahahahaha

[@dana52484]

LMAO

[@10000spidersinatrenchcoat]

Oof

[@corbinkrebs3318]

Thank you for this awesome video! Proud to call Jason my uncle. I miss him everyday. Smoke Whiskey!

[@vanessakrebs4836]

Corbin Krebs Smoke Whiskey!!

[@jimmyovo21]

Wouldn’t the then be “The Lamb Of Dod”?

[@RshayneB]

🤦‍♂️

[@jackallen6261]

Very good!!

[@bosquezguitars5392]

You win!

[@needsLITHIUM]

You're grrounded. NO MOAR PUNZ FER YEW

[@WhoWouldWantThisName]

That should be a tribute pedal to Jason.

[@dougsthang]

Well done. I worked with Jason for 15 years during my time at DigiTech/DOD. Spent many a fun evening throwing back cold ones talking music. He was as unique a person as one could imagine. Still can’t believe he’s gone.

[@LittleMusicBoxes]

My brother had the Death Metal pedal. As a kid, I thought "guts" and "pain" were legit parameters.

[@manuelplascencia3223]

Lol

[@omarsharif927]

I had it sounded awesome.

[@DARTHMOBIUS]

I own one for Bass, there is no other pedal on the planet like it, dunno if it’s my J-Bass or the ‘83 Carlsbro Amp, but the shock and awe it can punch into a crowd...

[@Artefracture]

THEY ARE...

[@jimmygee3219]

I had one in the 2000’s. Fun pedal, not a ton of uses these days but as a teenager I thought it was amazing

[@duncan-rmi]

an MXR "blue box" story- dinosaur jr came to Mtv in london in early 1993 to do a studio session for "120 minutes". while I was helping the roadies set up mr mascis' tons of effects, one of them said "he wants to use this, but we think it's broken." we plugged one of J's guitars into the thing & it made *that* noise. "perhaps it needs a new battery", I offered, & duly fitted one. afterwards, it sounded exactly the same. we shrugged, & left it on the floor, on J's big perspex pedalboard. later, during the camera rehearsals, we watched as J went for the pedal during a solo. he switched it in for maybe half a bar, pulled a face & switched it off. we never heard the thing again.

[@dewdop]

😂

[@stevenwells1850]

RIP Jason Lamb! He was a great friend for over 2 decades. He will forever be missed.

[@mateuszmadej]

Published: 47 seconds ago. Reverb: error 429 "Too Many Requests"

[@thenewmedic]

Ehhhh, maybe? This is the first set of pedals that JS hasn't been particularly effusive about. Behringer, DOD is not.

[@aphexon.]

Never buy when upload, chill a month.

[@CorbCorbin]

Rikkousa Behringer had a slight increase, but pedals like their Dimension clone, or the Vibrato Clone, are still under a $100.

[@gallegos574]

you should see their 1966 pedals on reverb, it’s insane lol

[@Speedojesus]

Shit legit annoys me. People will buy them, post them on Instagram, /r/Guitarpedals, and piss around with them for an hour and leave them in a drawer, or on their desk, and the prices will go up for no reason.

[@strangersun7721]

"Grunge" was the first pedal I ever bought because I was a kid and I loved grunge. I hated the pedal at the time. Nearly 30 years later I love it.

[@hectorosbert]

It was first pedal that i bought in the mid-90s and i was pretty disappointed at the time and gave it away a few years later. I saw the newer Digitech version in a store last week for $25 and snapped it right up. It sounds a bit different but i'm loving it.

[@redskullz1249]

Not only are these videos super informative, but Joshua's super dry sense of humour makes him one of the most entertaining gear guys on youtube.

[@fuzzyoverdrive6477]

redskullz124 he was great in Eastbound and Down too!

[@AdamSJarrett]

You never turned up the RIP knob on the Death Metal one!!! I feel robbed.

[@nicks4802]

Now you'll never be able to "rest in peace".... I'll show myself the way out

[@leroy0053]

yeah i wanted to hear what the oscillation would sound like too haha

[@AndyAcker]

It kind of feeds back like the Corrosion one did between chords in his demo. Cool pedal- sounds great on bass.

[@jmaes1507]

i guess you could say “grave robbed”

[@homergump3]

He didn't play any death metal with it either.

[@brpadington]

I loved the Death Metal back in the day. It gave me the gain I needed on my practice amp. 20 years later I got it out of the closet and decided to run it into my Marshall Jubilee stack. I could not believe how good it sounded into a dirty Marshall. Later I read that it was designed to be run in front of a dirty Marshall.

[@jeffrix27]

I use my original DM in a Marshall 410h

[@rodrigogalafuz3533]

I know I'm a little late, but this might be my favorite JHS video of all times.

[@themaggot8]

The Ice box chorus was the first chorus pedal that I ever owned. Damn, I shouldn't have sold that pedal

[@CasaDeJoker]

I just purchased a brand new never used (still in the box) Ice Box with the snowflake ❄️ graphics on it for the 1990’s price of $75 usd (it was actually $79.99 back then but anyway its going to join my MINT FX69 Grunge pedal my dad got me back in 1994. I just need the FX747 Supersonic Stereo Flanger & the FX22 VibroThang to complete the pedals I want from that era. Actually if they weren’t going for $250-300+ on ebay Id try n get more of the LAMB line up but I digress. Excellent video and awesome comments! Keep on keeping on ! 🤘🏻🎸

[@Anjohl]

The Ice Box was wonderful!

[@maverickpro]

I bought one off an acquaintance a few years ago. It still works!

[@stevenash1215]

Buzz Box sounds like any given Saturday at Guitar Center

[@gabe4u22]

That's actually pretty funny lol

[@WhoWouldWantThisName]

I knew I heard that sound before.

[@presmasterflash7555]

Lou reed could’ve used this on the metal Machine album

[@DirtyDog995]

I hope they do a reissue ;)

[@madmac66]

I want one tho

[@johnodotca]

Man, does this bring back memories. 14 year old me with a cheap Samick Strat from the General store, smashing down on a DOD grunge pedal with all the knobs dimed and thinking "Man, this sounds like shit, whatever, it says grunge on it"

[@EmettTheGreat]

Bruh for real. Took me back to high school. I remember a lot of these. We would swap em at lunch and tell everyone how rad they are. They still are.

[@semiografo]

Like Boss Heavy Metal.

[@goodingmusic]

this much passion, knowledge and humor in one person is so rare. wonderful. thank you for all of these!

[@terryconnell]

Thanks so much for the smiles. I was binge watching ALL the JHS Pedals vids, but had to slow down out of fear of running out. OK - so now I'm on my 2nd time thru on some and 3rd or 4th watch on others. Thanks so much, JHS - really ! Serious "thumbs up"!

[@winkydee]

Mad Season, one of those great 90s albums that went under the radar

[@benoastler4376]

Undisputed!!! RIP Layne.

[@treesurgeon2441]

River of Deceit GOAT!

[@erictoniaschwab1009]

That was such a great album I love the opening cut Wake Up.

[@stephencrane]

Miss you,Layne.

[@madmac66]

Truly

[@ProCoRat]

Pedal snobs: "DOD Buzz box sounds bad; it's worthless and unusable." *Introducing the Bee Barrel from Earthquaker Devices for $229* "What a brilliant, creative pedal! I'll take 7!"

[@richnewman]

That sound is pretty much the Dwarfcraft Great Destroyer.

[@JasonQuackenbushonGoogle]

Rich Newman god the great destroyer is a fantastic pedal.

[@danielplainview2584]

A lot of people just don't know how to use pedals in a creative way. There are tons of useful sounds you can get from this line, if you stabilize the Buzz Box a little bit and use it on the higher end of a bass it sounds like an droning electricity generator, run vocals through it it can sound like killer bees (obligatory Wu Tang reference here), or if you want some absolutely insane tones run a drum machine through it or a drum kit for actually sonic destruction

[@luisbarrera7248]

That already happened with the Sunn Life Pedal

[@removedot]

A pedal can not be great but become great with a little bit of tweaking.

[@lefty_3134]

I have a Corrosion fx70c that I bought new in the 90s. Multiple wires broke off the board from opening up to tighten/fix inputs, and to fix that crappy switch that would always fail, and I didn't know where to solder them back. I kept the pedal around for years and finally last year (2018) was able to figure it out. I've learned a lot more about electronics over the years.. anyways, all new pots, a better switch and she's rockin again. I love that DOD sound!

[@TarnaBarTM]

A: So how much Distortion shall we put on those DOD pedals? Lamb: Yes!

[@evanwilliams8908]

That corrosion pedal is really nasty in the best way.

[@themongoloid8944]

Eric Chenier I agree, I am gonna have to have one of those corrosion pedals

[@wombat6]

I think it sounds fantastic, and I'm a really harsh critic when it comes to distortion pedals

[@Metalbass10000]

Agreed. And I like it even more as Corrosion of Conformity has been a favorite of my wife and mine since the 90's. It sounds like that pedal could be used to approximate some of their guitar tones from over the years.

[@glisteningkabana8154]

Yeah I agree. I loved the sound when I first heard it in an earlier JHS video.

[@sophicane7]

Definitely sounds great in this video.

[@dpark551]

“Basically you just put some flies on your slab of meat and move on”-Josh JHS

[@K.Dor.888]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... He's Whacky

[@sixtofive]

I remember enjoying this line of pedals quite a bit back in the mid to late 90's as a new guitar player. Fun episode, thanks for a dive into nostalgia.

[@jacktowers7533]

Favourite grunge records no one talks about are the first two Silverchair albums 95’s Frogstomp and 97’s Freakshow Fantastic song writing, the heavy songs have amazing riffs and crushing tone and an amazing production all round Plus the fact they were still in high school when they wrote them just adds to the vibe

[@violence30]

Frogstomp is THE one. They were like 15/16 when they made that first album. So simple. So catchy.

[@bricebowlin8834]

Just pulled that album out .frog stop, the other day. And I wondered what had happened to the boys and of course I looked it up on google add found only sad stories. The singer developed some kind of funky arthritis and then drummer died. Turns out they had five studio albums though.

[@jacktowers7533]

@@bricebowlin8834 dunno where you read it but Ben Gillies is alive and well as are all members Dan's had some issues with Alcohol and isolation in recent years after battling arthritis and Anorexia in his youth and Chris the Bassist lost his sister to suicide but that's about it No one in the band is dead or completely fucked up at least

[@jacktowers7533]

@@violence30 I love frogstomp for the nostalgia but love freakshow for the pure anger, Ironically Diorama is my favorite album of theirs

[@rafaelcabralwilliams]

That's not grunge, grunge is the grunge scene from Seattle basically.

[@RiffsAndBeards]

Wait did your Grunge pedal come with a smoke machine operator? Cause mine did not.

[@tomevans8240]

When you buy one now, it comes with a vape.

[@Astronomater]

that smoke was the amp catching fire.

[@presmasterflash7555]

I love my grunge pedal But I wouldn’t consider it a “grunge” sound. It’s a “blistering layers of distorted menacing ear bleeding” sound.

[@Asphyxiated81]

If they paid you a few dollars you would claim they did.

[@davelanciani-dimaensionx]

@@tomevans8240 remember kids, ... vaping kills you now, just as much as or more than actual smoking.

[@ironbeard2796]

Josh make an updated grunge pedal. I’m sure you can take that circuit and make it cool.

[@motoki1]

Call it: Post Grunge

[@witeshade]

Agreed. The grunge is so close to being good, I bet Josh can tweak it up to rock.

[@floydhopkins7901]

Grunge was my first pedal ever. No idea what happened to it but lord I miss it. So yeah, I would love to see a modern clone.

[@gowithgroove]

It's already cool.

[@luthiervandros]

He did. It killed him and his clone is now posting videos.

[@joechurch7]

You’re my new hero! As a person with a pedal addiction on a budget you are a GOD!! Love your style and approach 👍

[@JensHilzensauer]

The first Distortion I ever bought was a DOD Death Metal. Being 13, playing in a punk band and a total guitar noob, I just picked the distortion with the coolest look. And wow did it sound mean. Great memories. Thank you for this vid!

[@fishypaw]

So DOD shifted 8,000 units a months of a pedal that Kurt Cobain didn't use. Now that's clever marketing, I can see why you like them.

[@jakedibiase7404]

Cobain actually did use the Grunge on the Live and Loud performance. You can hear it specifically on the song “School” from that show.

[@danielallan5058]

He did use that pedal..you can hear it just by hearing it in the room

[@removedot]

Supposedly he only ever used it mockingly

[@lueysixty-six7300]

removedot He looked down on everyone. Heck, he looked down at Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam, ffs! He really was a Pretentious F***! Noone wants to say it because he's dead. I don't hate him or anything at all. I remember exactly where I was when I heard Teen Spirit - it was the defining moment of my adolscence... Even so, Kurt Cobain was a the sort of Snob that would put bike-riding, quinoa-chomping hipsters to shame!

[@ThatGuy-y2c]

Luey Sixty-six I would argue that he was extremely cynical, and skeptical of some of his contemporaries. Cobain was into subverting expectations, whereas Pearl Jam and the Smashing Pumpkins were both using “grunge” and “alternative” as marketing labels in order to fill arenas and make money. Cobain was brilliant but extremely immature (at least in my opinion, and I attribute it to early fame and drug addiction), and what comes of as pretentious may have been a sort of naive belief in artistic purity. Hell, he was right about Billy Corgan being a poseur, and Cobain died around the time Pearl Jam decided to embrace authenticity over arena rock. Say what you want about the guy, but Kurt was nothing if not a perceptive observer of his contemporaries.

[@nigellangridge1975]

“I’m sorry, he forgot to eat lunch that day...” This is a brilliant vid Josh!!! “In Bloom” is my fave Nirvana track by a country mile! Grunge kind of passed me by as I was into more home grown UK bands. As a link, you mentioned Blur tonight... Graham Coxon’s distortion on “Battle” is heavenly and raw... I’m sure you’ve heard it. You make Thursday night fun! Cheers!

[@johnnysteiro3216]

Thanks for a great episode, love the historical pedal content!!

[@gilbertward8462]

I've watched this video several times and learned much from it. Myself and several Facebook friends plan to change our profile photo to our favorite Lamb DOD Pedal to celebrate Jason Lamb's Birthday in Sept. THANK YOU for the Education.

[@JanelWilsey]

I grew up listening to all of Jason's bands in Salt Lake, and then became friends with him and his crew much more during the last years of his life. He had such a creative mind and a knack for marketing. Boy do I miss that dude.

[@alpeterson]

You had me at smoke machine.

[@MrSnuffian]

I love Buzz. His tone is one of the best and he uses a solid state amp and a metal guitar.

[@fostexfan160]

Great reviews and very professional. Well done sir

[@itsjohnnymillion]

New level of comedy in this one. 🤣❤

[@woochyna]

14 year old me, plywood Ibanez, DOD death metal. I played in a grunge band at the time :D

[@MrSimondaniel3]

haha yup. i thought Ibanez was so good.. nope.

[@mrdumbfellow927]

@@MrSimondaniel3 I mean they are sort of like everyone else in the way that there are good and bad guitars they make right?

[@enzodemello849]

80’s ARIA with super microphonic pickups and a peavey pa/Bass amp, set up to play in drop b, I think I had the lowest low ends of my local hardcore scene in the late 2000’s when I kicked that did death metal on.

[@Mixboy2105]

This video was a trip down memory lane. Some of my favorite songs of the 90s. during my teenage years. My first pedal ever was a DOD FX54 Attacker

[@mihaeliljic720]

Dude - I love your videos and your sense of humor which you place just perfectly! & of course your experience!

[@carbonatedbrainsauce]

This was the time period that I started playing music and I remember friends having so many of these pedals. My first pedal was the Deep Freeze (bass version of the Ice Box). Thanks for letting me relive some of those memories.

[@archiemontoya585]

The re-issued meat box is a staple for crushing live sounds. It’s so low on bass it makes your guts hurt. It’s fantastic. If you are a bassist you need one.

[@luthiervandros]

Archie Montoya it looks like something GWAR would use lol.

[@TeepleBass]

It's an essential pedal on my board. I have the original and the re-issue and the new one is more useful than the OG version.

[@archiemontoya585]

I got turned on to it by Janek Gwizdala from his synth sounds demos. I use it for huge sound scapes, big breakdowns, and as a foundation for making analog synth sounds on bass. What do you all use it for?

[@adamfstewart81]

Back in the 90s, these were not well regarded by most guitar players. Listening back to the tones, I feel like... we were right... :P

[@frankstetka7206]

I ignored them and lost interest in DOD even though we used Digitech crap a lot. I did like the bucket brigade Supersonic and hope it’s still around here somewhere and I have a phaser that’s not mentioned that sucks volume badly so it needs surgery that I may never get around to. The problem is that Josh is such a pedal geek that he makes us all want to play all of them for ourselves all over again.

[@Anjohl]

Grunge sounds great to me! Death Metal too!

[@juandefektor]

Awesome episode. Thanks for this piece of history

[@brettwondrak7953]

The Death Metal Distortion was my first pedal when I picked up the guitar. Naturally, I used it to play in a worship band😂

[@chuckbabygorilla]

Naturally.

[@ryans9029]

Was my first also. Lol

[@christsanjoures]

hah! mine was a DS-1, cause Nirvana. What's up Brett.

[@brettwondrak7953]

Chris Tsanjoures Hey, Chis! You chose wisely😆

[@taylorprocker]

I was 13,it was mid 90’s, Got cannibal corpse’s Bloodthirst and was like, of course THIS is what death metal boys MUST use. It’s labeled just for them!

[@rootboycooks]

I remember when "Nevermind " came out, my kids were watching MTV and "Smells Like Teen Spirit " was in heavy rotation. I was lost at first, but after hearing it a gazillion times I was hooked. Rock On Josh.

[@tomcoryell]

The Root Boy Cooks ! You broke my mood ring....

[@SoundsFromSound]

I owned almost all of these pedals in high school. This video takes me back. :) Thanks for this!

[@CasaDeJoker]

I honestly never cared for any other brand just because DOD made TANKS! Also they had cool paint jobs compared to Boss & whoever else. Idk its just me I guess but yeah this was a blast from the past!

[@illegalsix7920]

really appreicate this ep. never miss any of these videos

[@anguspotter-irwin7126]

I like you josh, you have moxy. You are the kind of guy I would trust to feed my cat whilst I was out of town.

[@DonGuillermoQuebec]

By far , my favorite episode . Thanks a lot Josh , you' ve just pleased a 40 y.o. guitarist who was a teenager when grunge showed up

[@joelcprice]

Same. Such a trip down the memories of my early years playing and discovering music.

[@CasaDeJoker]

FACTS! 🎸

[@shawnawesome7770]

I have my dod supra distortion and I love it! Had it since '92.

[@daviddavis1322]

I like how you have a room with a background of pedals arranged by... Something. Then a record room for talking about records. Superb visual storytelling

[@marcusmeyer256]

I love Thursdays. Things I never thought I'd ever say.

[@jackallen6261]

"I love Thursdays" that could be a very cool name for a band!! Think about it...."Next up from I Love Thursdays, Pedaling my way to fame!!" Okay, maybe that sucks but you get my drift, lol. You know the whole pedal thing with Josh being into bicycling...Okay, I'll see myself out now, lol.

[@WhoWouldWantThisName]

@@jackallen6261 Haha, that's awesome, and I didn't even know Josh was into bikes. Even without that bit still good.

[@jackallen6261]

@@WhoWouldWantThisName Sure!! I mean we had Till Tuesday right? Why not I love Thursday?? I think I may be on to something here...Or not, lol.

[@WhoWouldWantThisName]

@@jackallen6261 Quite a few of the KZbin channels I follow release a video every Thursday. So this could be a cultural thing that people might relate to. I know if I hear someone say "I love Thursdays." that's exactly what I assume they are talking about.

[@karlmontenegro]

And that's how a DOD Grunge pedal goes up in price by 150% in 25 minutes... lol

[@tungtobak]

Eh... I dunno. There are so, so many out there. And they do still sound like crap (including this demo). I would take any kind of regular RAT over it any day.

[@gregmerritt9366]

That's the big problem with these "hidden gems" videos. They essentially put a countdown on the collector's market ruining things for the working musician.

[@karlmontenegro]

@@gregmerritt9366 It can become the hedgehog's dilemma for guitar pedal makers/buyers. Josh wants to point attention to underestimated/overlooked makers/pedals/fx but yet again since the boutique market has a big chunk dominated by JHS, their influence will cause a price/rarity increase.

[@tungtobak]

@@gregmerritt9366 That is true though. I have put up buying this thing or another for years, and then Josh or Hainbach or whoever does a video on that specific thing and bam, they are expensive now.

[@karlmontenegro]

@@notmyrealhandle Still can get a lot of them second hand here dirt cheap.

[@tcbeeson1]

I loved this era of DOD pedals. Great trip down memory lane!

[@azazello777]

I love this channel, your videos are awesome and very informative! Thanks!

[@Ruefus]

"I'm sorry, he forgot to eat lunch that day." Genuine LOL.

[@elusivemoose2325]

Huh! "It's not broken, it sounds that way" is also the way I usually have to explain my guitar tone!

[@paulomendoza7498]

Great video Josh! My truly first sound guitar, back in 2001, was a mix of a DOD Grunge, a Boss flanger and a Boss dd-3 delay/sampler. At the time I thought it was the most awesome, unique sound to ever been created. To my ears it sounded futuristic and emotional, it was inspiring 24/7, I was ‘hooked’. Good memories!

[@-jank-willson]

my first setup was a reverb going into an overdrive going into a tremolo going into another overdrive

[@charlesoutlaw1009]

Great stuff man. Keep it coming

[@ascii7085]

Great episode! Smashing Pumpkins' 'Gish' is one of my favorite albums from that era (or any era).

[@erictoniaschwab1009]

ascii 70 85 I didn’t get into Gish much later after Siamese Dream. It’s such a great album.

[@madmac66]

Absolutely. Without question. Still my “go to” album when I want something good and great. From the opening drum refrain to the closing decay it’s non stop awesome. Saw them on that tour and is still one of the best sounding shows ever. And Darcy. Oh sweet sad Darcy. Such a slinky bass goddess. I don’t think they ever reached that height again, that sound and tone and dynamic songwriting. Saw them on the Siamese dream tour and they sounded terrible. Corgan was well into his self destructing I don’t care pity party by then

[@sloshua77]

That was great. Reminded me how hard it was to get a good sound for little money as a broke teen in the early 90’s 😁

[@juanvaldez5422]

damn straight. People take for granted all the cheap yet good gear they can get today. 20 years ago if you had little money, you got crap

[@jacksparrow6218]

Juan Valdez Very true.

[@larrylorenzen2449]

I worked with Jason at Fender in the 2000s. He was a great friend who would do anything for you. RIP old pal.

[@leonardonovelo2524]

This is the best episode you’ve made. Thanks for sharing your passion with such honesty. I have a lucky cat delay but i think now you’re the lucky cat on my rig. Thanks man! From Barcelona.

[@Tomsdrawings]

Thanks for all the effort. Magical episode. School of rock (pedals).

[@uri674]

please include a fog machine in all episodes to come. Thank you.

[@enkiea8322]

^ Do this.

[@ironbeard2796]

I think it was just someone vaping.

[@joshlane6192]

definitely not fog...

[@uri674]

Dang, okay lol

[@ascii7085]

Don't know about every episode, but it needs to make another appearance.

[@OddTimeMan]

I bought a DOD Stereo Chorus pedal back in the 1980's and I still use it to this day.

[@TheUnicornslayer]

this episode was a real treat

[@soulisthegoal96]

Jar of Flies by Alice in Chains. I was very, very depressed when I was young and being able to know that someone else was hurting was comforting. Now, I wish someone had reached out earlier to help. But it was incredible.

[@CGCEifel]

I've seen them on the Dirt Tour in in Cologne germany 1993 with a friend. They opened with Rotten Apple and it got so intense in the venue my buddy had to leave. Unforgettable show and Band.

[@whatyoumakeofit6635]

The purchase of the Vitalogy album the day after its release was the probably the most pivotal moment in my life.

[@mattgilbert7347]

It's the best PJ album

[@juanvaldez5422]

one of mine to. We waited in line for the vinyl

[@jonathanboswell7635]

Favorite Episode So Far. DOD FX 62 and 72 were my first pedals.

[@actorartistmusician]

I love this vid - brings back many memories. I live in Salt Lake and was using Digitech Valve FX and 2120’s as a kid - we were always able to go to the factory and visit the guys making these. They gave my friend a Punkifier because we played a lot of U2 and they said Edge used one on the Pop album..(I think Mofo was the song?) I got the death metal one from them. They were so much fun. I even remember the technicians would go to music shops and take measurements (with an oscilloscope). To get their “modeling” that they were starting to do (right before the GNX line). Cool Vid Josh!!! And you mentioned Cram!! He one of the main guys we would visit. Love him!!

[@SeanPierceJohnson]

“I have the box here...” *shows box for like a second* “Nobody cares...” Me: I care

[@luthiervandros]

SeanPierceJohnson I don't know why this is funny, but I literally LOL'd!

[@SeanPierceJohnson]

Frank DeSalvo I’m a sucker for OG packaging

[@luthiervandros]

SeanPierceJohnson take my thumbs up. I hear ya.

[@Jonathan-ih7qp]

I care too. I always keep all of the original packaging from my pedals too. Still have my Punkifier (first pedal I ever purchased) and Death Metal Distortion in the box on the shelf behind me.

[@kampfkustomer2343]

A different era. JHS 1.0, before...HE *HAS* THE *BOX!*

[@JazzSaxUT]

Such a great tribute to a wonderful guy! I'm proud to say I played in a band with Mr. Lamb.

[@user-ku6ul1jz3l]

Thank you so much for this episode, it's just crazy !!! This is a super, duper, mega, hyper 2000 story! It is so soulful, so lamp-like, that I do not have enough words! My soul is experiencing bright, warm emotions! Spasibo!

[@Mr_Gray_Sky]

The buzz box is what I'd imagine having a stroke sounds like

[@georgetheodor112]

FX 55C Supra Distortion was my very first pedal. Everyone who thinks that Metal Zone is a can of bees should listen to that nasty machine of torture.

[@ignis777]

I have one and I love it :)

[@joeswansonanator]

I looked up Jason and I found out he died. Man's legacy is amazing. RIP.

[@supes314supes314]

Appreciate the comprehensiveness of this vid Corrosion, milk box and grunge sound great!

[@TmanUtube]

Me: "Wait! A 25 minute video on DOD pedals that I never had an interest in? I'm not watching for that long?" 25 minutes later..... cool!👏👏👍

[@4GotSumthing]

........ and then bothering to comment on it - Amazing! and we thought it was impressive that DOD could turn numbers with that line of dung pedals.

[@frankstetka7206]

Haha, my thoughts exactly but it’s hard not to watch Josh geek out about pedals and even the overlooked ones. It’s bad, worse than a comic book collection I suppose.

[@yallimsorry5983]

@@4GotSumthingwhen did the dod pedals hurt you my dude

[@studiosrevolver]

Oh what a good episode!!! LOVE IT, LOVE JHS, LOVE YOU JOSH!! I remember drooling over some of the pedals you mentioned around 96-97, I couldn't afford any of them but I used to have the SupraDistortion that a friend gave me, my favorite Grunge record it's really hard to define, Tiny Music from the Vatican Gift Shop, Superunknown, In Utero, Yield?(does still counts as grunge), Well as you can see all of them! hahaha, But of course there couldn't be a Better World without a Better man...see what I just did there?, and On a Plain it's my favorite song of Nevermind also. Josh thank you for this great videos, and for making such amazing pedals!!!

[@jarodivey9033]

I'm glad someone else is as into Pearl Jam as I am. Not as a novelty, but as my actual favorite band of all time. Favorite 90s grunge album: Pearl Jam - No Code

[@zl5465]

Howdy... see my reply above

[@mccreadypj17]

PJ is my favorite band of all time, and No Code is an amazing album.

[@Viper-dz2kw]

I’ve always loved the way the Grunge sounded, it’s so ridiculously gained up that there’s nothing else like it, especially on bass

[@bizarrenoir1728]

I absolutely loved this video! These pedals were basically my childhood in a stomp box.

[@CasaDeJoker]

Same here!!! What I would give to relive High School except with parents with actual money and no divorce. Meh. We can keep the divorce but just make it happen sooner LMAO!!!

[@herdogoats]

Nice to see the Juice Box... I've had mine for MANY years (I have the other version)... old Music Go-Round buy from the college days! Still have the box and all!

[@jeffreytam7684]

One of my favourite albums from the Grunge era? Dirt, by AIC. It’s such a good album, with both classic songs and a deep pool of quality tracks

[@AndyAcker]

I will agree with you all day on that. Bought it as a teen the day it came out....

[@jackallen6261]

I was at their concert the week before it came out!! They opened for Ozzy! Layne Stalely broke his ankle before the show. He did the set with a cast on! It was seriously awesome!!

[@scarybarry2275]

Cool vid man! I used to work at DOD in the 80's. Cool commentary. Keep up the good work.

[@canaan_perry]

I love all this -- so interesting and some of them sound really cool.

[@B14k3]

I wish someone looked at me the way Josh looks at the milk box

[@dewdop]

🥲

[@jesusGCRB]

it would be amazing to see someone giving all the love Josh does give to pedals but through a bass player view

[@bricebowlin8834]

I don't know if it could be as popular but I totAlly agree.. Although a lot of pedals can be / are used through both formats

[@victoriaaustin5782]

Now I need all of these pedals thank you

[@pixieloco]

got my Grunge in 94, love it. one of my favorite records... Candlebox.

[@CGCEifel]

I covered the Fuzz and Distortion part of my board with a D.O.D. Boneshaker and D.O.D Carcosa and i must admit, i'm pretty happy with both pedals. Very flexible.

[@5minutetone350]

That's was a cool vid. I still have my original Grunge pedal from when I was a kid.. I also have the Digitech reissue..

[@johngrant4902]

Hugely enjoyable video. and sad too at the end. RIP Jason Lamb. Legend.

[@shaynes.9773]

Wow-- this is a very cool video and history lesson. In the 80s and early 90's, I was a die-hard BOSS/ Roland buyer. During a bunch of live gigs in '95, my original BOSS DF-2 Super Distortion/ Feedbacker pedal (that I had been using since 1987) got damaged and I was needing something to drive my Marshall JCM 900 4100 a bit harder. On short notice, a very good friend sold me his DOD Grunge pedal for a very reasonable price and I ended up using it on on a recording session for my band. I was really was in a panic not having any kind of pedal to boost my Marshall, so that DOD Grunge was a total confidence saver. A year or two later, I did a second band recording session without using the Grunge pedal and in retrospect, I wish I would have used that pedal again. Now, taking into account that there are a million variables with room and microphone placement (the amp and guitar was the same on both sessions), there is still something missing from my guitar energy and tone on the second recordings. It is a very punk rock pedal-- there is just mid range "ommph" to what the pedal adds to your tone that I can't replicate with other brands of pedals. The Grunge really helps the guitar cut through a mix. Anyway, I am very glad I still have that DOD Grunge pedal, though it is probably now considered to be a bit of a collectors item. I won't be taking that pedal outside my home studio, for sure. I will always have a nostalgic fondness fort that purple metallic pedal.