Remember The 90's: DOD Death Metal

[@XanderYTV]

*Ola Englund has entered the chat*

[@EverettDudgeon138]

As I mentioned in another video, every review I see of this pedal (usually in a negative light) never actually has anyone playing Death Metal with it. I have an original and even in the manual they mention the bands that influenced this pedal like Autopsy and others and recommend you tune down to C or B standard to get the best results. If you listen to early DM and tweak the pedal a bit you can get everything from Autopsy-Severed Survival to Massacre-From Beyond to Cannibal Corpse-Butchered At Birth to even Mortician.

[@deathmetalhell]

yeah this dipshit in this video obviously has no idea how to play metal in general and especially not thrash or death metal

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

That was my first pedal when I started!!! Oh, the memories.

[@Giantshredder]

Me too. Sounded better than this from what I remember lol.

[@mastersteve78]

It was my first as well, but mine never had that awful feedback and I used a Mexican strat. Maybe this one's has a defect?

[@AustinStephan]

Same...I had the Digitech version. It's fun when you start out...

[@FuzzImp]

Robert Baker sameeeeee. Then the Digitech version, then a Metalzone until I got the DS1 I was all about the metal.

[@dlees8432]

lol same

[@ICACJ]

have not even heard it yet in the video, but i'm pretty sure the high end should be called pain instead.

[@joshualessore7652]

CJ so much pain naruto's using talk-no justsu

[@AlexRooneyComposer]

The last person I expected to see on here.

[@afrocoolio25]

LOL, I just came from watching Hitman vids.

[@SlyHikari03]

@@joshualessore7652 lol

[@peinmilan]

Would be a good idea for a video series "Fix it in the mix" where you take some sub-optimal device, pedal, amp, and try to make it sound OK in the mix. :) Many would love that since we all have lots of garbage around... :)

[@lewisbulled6764]

That could be a cool idea, but unfortunately if it doesn't sound good at the source, no amount of processing will drastically change that.

[@neurosin]

@@lewisbulled6764 That's definitely not true. It's relatively easy to fix.

[@guyfromnj]

I would watch that video for sure

[@VSPhotfries]

@Lewis Bulled It depends on your intent: If you're trying to get something traditional, chasing a specific tone, or god forbid two or three elements are all crowded around the same frequency bands, well, then it's a problem. Can't sound like Steve Vai with two broken DS-1s and a practice amp with a cracked cone, but on the other hand: Any sound, be it a grindy hive-of-angry-bees pedal or a sample of a rusty gate closing can sound 'good' but it requires some creative mixing *around* it. Some of the most interesting pieces of music came out of doing that. It'd be fun to see someone try that with, I dunno, say, a squealy gimmick pedal from the 90s...

[@Dead_ham]

Welcome to another episode of Mickey Mouse Production

[@NobodyWhatsoever]

"It doesn't have a knob for the gai --" ALL OF THE GAAINNNN!

[@neilomac]

NO MIDS SLAYERRRRRRR

[@vorpalblades]

I barely haired any of you... Need more gain.

[@JayBowen]

It's a death metal pedal ffs. It's gonna have gain whether you like it or not

[@NobodyWhatsoever]

@@JayBowen Shock and surprise! lol

[@JustinBA007]

Anyone else think this sounds really sick actually? Like, it sounds like an alternate universe HM-2. In my opinion, death metal is missing the messy, fuzzy, over the top sound it once had, and everything is way to clean now.

[@JustinBA007]

@@MrCreepyKitty yeah, it works in exactly the context it was named after, Death Metal. It honestly sounds almost exactly like General Surgery's Necrology EP, and that sounds fuckin sick. I wish death metal still sounded bloody and dirty rather than like robots.

[@yonikup2865]

When i bought my guitar (second hand) the person who sold me the guitar gave me this pedal for free. I did not know why but when i got home and plugged it in i was like "oh, i get it now"

[@OrinSorinson]

That made me laugh. I can just imagine the guy feeling like he passed some ancient curse unto someone else.

[@herpderpinson6117]

LMAO it’s like the story of the bottle imp

[@DomSchu]

I had a Digitech Metalmaster and I did the same. Passed it on to some other guy who was buying something else at the time.

[@MaestroJericho]

@@DomSchu Was the Boss Metal Zone considered "superior" to these over the top metal pedals? Not counting anything botique like Fortin, etc

[@DomSchu]

@@MaestroJericho at the time yes. Boss was way better than digitech of that era.

[@ehoc42]

Lol that sounds like a fuzz pedal plugged into a metalzone

[@ktfjulien]

Plugged into a line 6 spider

[@squidwardstesticles5914]

ktfjulien recorded with an iphone

[@miko8732]

@@squidwardstesticles5914 and mastered in Microsoft paint

[@RiffHarvester]

And played back on laptop speakers

[@dirtcobain7777]

@@RiffHarvester with audio ran through a shitty aux cord into a 5 dollar Walmart speaker.

[@ericritter228]

Lol, it sounds just as horrible as I remember it. I had one back in the '90s as well.

[@GlennLazer]

In Sweden, many refers this distortion sound to Symaskin-dist. Translated "sewing machine distortion" Referring to the sound a sewing machine makes when you use it. Really fking weird but hey, then again we have surströmming.

[@eddiejohansson1949]

Hej grabbar! Vi tar den här råa fisken och lagrar den i flera månader, saltar skiten ur den och sen äter vi den!

[@georgesaris9968]

Yeah, do they have a special name in your country for the Boss Heavy Metal pedal? Since Swedish death metal put that classic pedal on the map. Yet it is interesting to hear that the DOD Death Metal pedal does not have a good name there, since they are both high gain buzzsaw dist.pedals commonly used for death metal, and not very different from each other.

[@Stefan-]

@@georgesaris9968 The Boss Heavy Metal is tone bliss compared to this POS.

[@erlgro]

"myrsnipe lyd" rock on -North Norway

[@sniffmatip3865]

Oh my I still have my original one, still works and I use it now and again, it came with a couple a few stickers aswell. They were "parental advisory extreme noise" stickers 😂😂

[@Mar3K1996]

quite impressive how it managed to make such setup sound like sheit

[@bakerXderek]

Oh man, I traded a friend the game Dead to rights for this pedal back in the school days lol

[@tryten9]

I still have my fx86. Still works. Good for ripping out old napalm death or obituary tones. 🤣

[@tryten9]

@George James uhm, yeah. I know. I also use to plug directly into the effects look of a Randall. It was never meant to be a receation. It just sounded similar and was crushing. I'd do it again if I could get my hands on that old randall.

[@tryten9]

@George James It was a RM100 and I really really miss it lol. Lost a lot of gear in the military. I have tried the warhead and it is a top 5 for me. I'll pick up another one day. Just no resources or location to really push those beauties.

[@amhockeyclub9405]

Ah that good ole' DOD squeal. Memories. Such lovely memories.

[@MrMikewright1980]

This was the first pedal i bought, along with the DOD flanger. Good times!!!

[@jcassler1969]

I’m really glad you do “remember the 90’s” videos; takes us back to the roots of modern guitar tech. At the same time, it really makes you see how far the guitar world has come in just a couple decades.

[@cloud_monkey422]

Maybe it’s just nostalgic for me but I like the sound. I dont care

[@willbl6185]

that's how death metal is supposed to sound.

[@vincelupone]

Fluff, this might be the best video you've ever made. I was laughing from the minute I heard that damn squeal. You and I are about the same age and it was instant nostalgia!! Thanks for doing this video.

[@18WheelstoHell]

I had one of these when I first started playing. A Cort Strat copy....ran into a DOD Death Metal, into a 10watt Kustom amp......let me tell you about tone. My mother also tried to take it from me cause I was “too young” for death metal.

[@marcoh984]

It sounds like shit! I love it!

[@BrianBower]

I want that tone! So good, so brutal. Will use this tone with my Kemper.

[@KaldDodeGitarist]

Put a noise gate in front of it and put it in the loop, and it's not bad. If there was a way to tame that gain, I think this pedal could be great by today's standards. I personally love that sound, and might get me another one of these to mess around with when I'm alone lol

[@craigswensen434]

Setting the knobs CORRECTLY and also using flat wound strings gives a warm fuzzy tone with no squeal that cleans up well.

[@RepublicFREEman]

Taming that gain sounds so wrong you bought the wrong pedal.

[@JoelGilardini]

I love this pedal! Especially with Synth this is a wonderful distortion device! Actually it is very loved, and a must to have in the harshnoise scene!! I was really lucky to find these on the second hand market here in Switzerland for very cheap prices: a Digitech on for 17$ and a DOD fx86b for 35$!

[@capacitiveguitarresistance]

I HAD THIS PEDAL IN THE 90s. LOVED IT! EXCELLENT UPLOAD AS ALWAYS.

[@Captain_Zero_]

I had one of those back around 2001. I hated it so much I gave it to a friend of mine. Yes we are still friends. He does not use it, if he still has it.

[@NicholasGreenwood]

The FX-86B (with red paint swirls) was the first pedal I ever bought, back in 2000. I remember discovering Drop D tuning and practicing riffs from Project 86's "Drawing Black Lines" with it. It was great for getting started, but I moved on very quickly afterward.

[@bradleyshuppert3393]

My all time favorite album and songs…. Drawing Black Lines….. damn great album!!!

[@RepublicFREEman]

@@bradleyshuppert3393 Yeah that album worked for me a few months for mowing lawns back in the mid 90s

[@InfinityEnterprises]

This can of buzzing bees aside, that PRS sounds absolutely fantastic.

[@jasonholden1376]

I still have mine from back in the day. Its the second version with the red swirl paint job. Oh the memories...

[@kevinholbrook7037]

Better than many tones.. can u play death metal instead of butt chords lol

[@shanewright2772]

to 86 something comes from Naval slang in WW2. When the US Navy needed to move on from a base as it island hopped towards Japan, someone had to fill out a form AT-6 requesting permission to destroy whatever fixtures, equipment or ammo they couldn't take with them. I seem to recall reading somewhere a young go-getter called Richard Nixon was in charge of making sure all the i's were dotted and t's crossed for the AT-6s in the South West pacific.

[@aegisraven1284]

At no time during this video was a death metal riff played.

[@thomasthedankengine7000]

This is the pedal that I’m using now after my dad’s Black Paisley broke. I miss the old pedal, but this one will do. I’m only like 15 but I’ve been using old pedals since I started playing cause once I got into guitar my dad pulled out all of his old pedals and here I am now.

[@algunnickvalido]

Sounds like my tv when it has no signal

[@JoseMartinez-tt1ky]

Thanks for bringing back so many memories with this pedal as well great times jamming out in the garage with my bandmates!

[@Miah_]

In DOD's defense though, this IS what Death Meatal kind of was in 1994. Fuzzy, muddy and hard to define.

[@facepalmjesus1608]

my FIRST guitar pedal!!!!!

[@erikvincent5846]

I modded mine to have a gain control. It was needed. Changing out the opamps helped too as well as changing out one of the caps on the gain stage to let in more bass.

[@RÅNÇIÐ]

I remember having the Digitech Death Metal about 10 years ago. Sucker also didn't even have a gain knob. Always on full blast.

[@xsonicassassinx]

i was expecting you to end with "and it is for sale. please."

[@sharifal-mughrabi5502]

Hey Fluff! Would be really cool to see a video on "What you need to be a KZbin guitarist", detailing useful software and hardware for people that want to try and do this. I can think of no one better than you for this.

[@kevonicus]

Just used this the other day and it still works. My first pedal.

[@JSoloProjectOfficial]

I have the digitech death metal and the solution to get rid of that squeal is to put an overdrive before it and run those through the send/return of a boss NS2 and that at the beginning and then run a compressor at the end of the chain like the boss CS3 through your effects loop. The gain of the death metal distortions is ridiculously high it needs taming. I found that out the hard way when I tried to use it on its own.

[@jaimeecherivel2927]

This was in the running as my first distortion pedal along with the DOD Grunge pedal. The Grunge won and lasted me about 2 years.

[@georgioskaratsoris7350]

To describe this kind of sound in Greek, we say "ξυρίζει" (pronounced "xirizi") and literally means "it shaves"! We also say, in that case, "ο κιθαρίστας παίζει με ξυράφι" (= the guitarist uses a razor to play)

[@justinkantner7162]

I enjoy using this pedal and playing it through a bass cab to get some unearthly low end.

[@TheChristianRiv]

I used to have that pedal as a kid. I wanted it because I thought it would give me the heaviest tone possible, so I could use my guitar sound to flip off pop music lol. I think it’s still packed away somewhere at my parents’ place. That squeal brought back a lot of memories 🤣 Thanks for the walk down memory lane, dude.

[@KyleP133]

From my memory in 2001, the FX86B was the paint splatter version. Mine was an FX86B and had the red splatter instead of the blood drops. I loved it at the time lol. Sounded great with my cheap Ibanez AX120 I saved all year for, and a Crate GFX-15. Regarding parents, it's probably wise to remember that a decade long crime wave (war on drugs, assault weapons ban, Tipper Gore finally peaked in 1994, assault weapons ban, 2 decades of rock bands going more and more morbid and grotesque, and all the parents were terrified of this new metal called "death metal".... sounded spooky. Remember these were the same people afraid of dungeons and dragons 10 years before.

[@acepaul407]

Going through the loop, this actually sounds pretty good. Just need to play with the controls to dial in the tone. Pretty impressive pedal.

[@devilsdoorbell]

Suggestion for future "remember the 90s" - get a Bixonic Expandora pedal. They were all the rage for a moment when Billy Gibbons used one for whatever mid-90s ZZ Top was doing, and their nerd factor came from the ability to open it and toggle dip switches, which wasn't a common thing that other pedals did for consumers at the time, but it was the 'secret' to getting more interesting tones from it. They went though a couple of revisions, but they all seemed to sound great (or at least Billy made them sound great...) But I can't tell you how to live your life. Hope you'll consider it for a future episode, though.

[@mikestillwagon5675]

In fairness, I have the 6l6 version of that amp and even my best pedals don't sound all that great into the front end.

[@ryanhalliwell6671]

I got my hands on one of these after many years of playing higher end tube amps and ran it thru a solid state marshall for fun we were shocked at some of the tones we got from it reallybwasnt bad!

[@eyeh8u1]

Little known fact...DOD also released the "Grunge Pedal" around the same time as the death pedal. They were in fact the exact same pedal. Just a different name and paint job. I still have my Death Metal pedal along with the box and owners manual. Bought it new in '94. I was young and dumb. Took it home, plugged it in and immediately regretted buying it. I take it out every now then through out the years and played with it to see if I could get it sounding decent. Nope.

[@Joose]

Oh I remember it. I had it and a later version... ridiculous pedal, fun for really raw metal.

[@n7warlock22]

I never actually owned one but a friend I used to jam with did. I graciously let him borrow my boss compressor to help contain that thing a little lol. I've still always wanted one maybe just for the nostalgia.

[@GreyManFaustus]

Really appreciate the background music while you're talking.

[@SgtPnkks]

FX86b still had the red silly string on black paintjob, i ran mine into a Peavey TNT100 (1x15 bass combo amp) and with the right EQ tweaks on the amp it was quite fun... i wish i could find mine, i know where the box is but the pedal wasn't in the box

[@5150forevermore]

A lifetime ago this pedal sheesh. The early days of my guitar playing adventure.

[@aegisraven1284]

From the manual: "The FX86 creates a grinding wall of noise perfect for harmonic corruption of the highest order. The FX86 emulates the death metal and grindcore sounds of Napalm Death, Carcass, Brutal Truth, Pungent Stench, and others. One advantage of the FX86 is that it will oscillate when the R.I.P. control is turned up, allowing oscillation at any amp volume.

[@PassThePizza-n3t]

This was my dad’s first pedal and today he gave it to my as my first pedal

[@juanvaldez5422]

Just picked one up , mint in box with swag, 65 bucks on reverb. I am a man of refined taste.

[@the92project]

This was my pedal when I upgraded from the distortion channel on my Peavey envoy 110. I was trying to get a Carcass' Heartwork tone lol

[@maxschwarzschmied5744]

I had a Digitech version of that. Bought it when i was a kid early 2000s because it looked cool. But was very happy to sell it few years ago for 35 Euros.

[@RR1976]

This is best used with solid state amps that have really really clean preamps. These actually sounded really great with some of the older crate and peavey solid-state amps. They always sound pretty bad on tube preamps.

[@cmartinrel]

My very first pedal, I returned it for the DOD grunge. :)

[@Yanthungbemo]

I'm stupid so please bear with me. So to use a pedal in the FX loop return of an amp as in this case, which signal chain is correct? Guitar>Amp input (clean channel)>Distortion pedal (FX loop) OR Guitar>Pedal input>FX loop return No, I don't own a single pedal so... 😅

[@clemensmoeller4549]

The second one. You plug your guitar into the pedal and the pedal into the fx return :)

[@Yanthungbemo]

@@clemensmoeller4549 thanks!

[@goonobear6228]

I've had my friends death metal pedal in my guitar strings box for twenty years. Haven't used it in about that long

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

I have a Digitech one, personally I'm fond of it. I always use a stereo setup so I never use the DMP on it's own, usually I'll mix it with an SLO clone preamp. They complement each other nicely, but also there's something funny about mixing an SLO with a Metal Zone or Death Metal Pedal just because of their reputations.

[@FuzzImp]

Actually the first pedal I ever bought but I then returned it for the Digitech of the same name and I paid 40.00 used for my DOD in 2003 or so? Crazy they went up in value. I used my Death Metal from Digitech for a couple years til I got my Boss Metalzone. All the metal tonesssss back in the day.

[@McGoatTV]

I remember those old DOD pedals went into the scrap heap pretty quick. Probably due to the actual foot pedal breaking. They couldn't take much caveman stomping.

[@TheRichie213]

I used to jam on this pedal a lot in the 90s. It sounded similar to the Grunge DOD pedal which was cool too.

[@brpadington]

I found my old DOD Death Metal and tried it through the front of my Marshall Jubilee. It sounded killer through a dirty Marshall. Instant Napalm Death sound.

[@stevecatalano9856]

Holy Shit that feedback sound takes me back to when I was 15!!! Got this pedal for Christmas when I was 15 and I thought I had the best tone ever.

[@maxmatson1578]

I used to have that exact same pedal and just recently got the DigiTech version for about 30 or 50 bucks. I used to use it on my sympathizers and drum machines and it worked like a charm!🎹🎧💫👊💥💀😵👌👍

[@mrparkinson]

The three words that best describe this pedal are as follows, and I quote "Stink, stank, stunk."

[@jorgea.9988]

This should come on a bundle with a gate

[@niteshades_promise]

my 1st guitar came with a DOD american metal. i started out playing by plugging into a stereo with rca cables. my friend had a grunge death metal n metal zone. i preferred my crate amp distortion over all 4. still all i use to this day. my american metal fx65 (i beleive?) is for sale anyone. not great looking missing battery cover but still works. great for recording feedback.🍻

[@guitarofdestiny]

I loved this pedal back in the day for my bass used in a punk/ metal band. Never made the 86 connection haha

[@jimsinister13]

my first pedal was dod metal distortion, it sounded ok. there pedals were pretty heavy weight wise

[@peted9362]

Bought this pedal when i was 15. Immediately returned it and got a metal zone.

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

For more “modern” or highly-compressed distortion, I love my MXR (Dunlop) Full Bore Metal pedal.

[@andheisamike]

I just got that pedal for 80 bucks. am really looking forward playing that pedal.

[@mykneeshurt8393]

I loved all the silly pedals they came out with back then. Pretty sure they all sounded horrible but I loved looking at them through the glass case at my local music store, and dreaming....

[@tyleraho2485]

Fluffs best tone yet!!

[@WanderingMunchers]

Still have this pedal kept inside a box somewhere in my house. Prefer the DOD Metal X than the Death Metal although if you need a certain screeching distorted guitar sound, the DOD Death Metal is helpful.

[@daleweber2579]

Paint scheme theme reminds me of Kerry King's blood splatter ESP V. I paid new in 1997 when they just stopped selling them at $69 got rid of it then I found it one I used own for $20 bucks on craigslist

[@bdwitt66]

Thanks for reminding me why I picked the Grunge over this back in the day. $100+ for that thing!? It was like $40 new in the 90s 😂

[@ronlouthain913]

I just found my grunge pedal, and to be fair it's also awful.

[@bdwitt66]

@@ronlouthain913 Yes, it is 🤣

[@rockerbob949]

I had the grunge pedal too. Don’t remember it being that bad.

[@hendrix5757]

@@ronlouthain913 lol the Grunge pedal was the absolute 1st distortion pedal that was played by the 1st person I ever witnessed an electric guitar being played in front of me! I remember focusing on the pedal and saying to myself, 'oh, so that's how they make the guitar sound that way!' However, even then as an impressionable young twat I acknowledged how shitty, cheap, and shrill it sounded lol!

[@cloud_monkey422]

40 than is like 100 now lol

[@dannystarkridesfixed]

I used to get really frustrated with the high pitch squeal when using the DOD normal distortion pedal ( I think it was? Not sure it was some 90s one ) the ring would give me such a headache.

[@RuffusandRusselGaming9799]

Quick tip if you feel it has too much gain for some things, 1, buy a volume pedal 2, roll down the volume on your guitar Hope this helps anyone :)

[@horror_fam0847]

I had one back in high school for my band damn that was one hot pedal couldn't go past a certain volume before it started squealing

[@GraemeSheridan]

Had this up until last year, when I sold it so I could buy a Bass Big Muff Pi. And honestly I'm absolutely happy. Because the Muff works well with both Guitar and Bass. The Death metal is not really missed.

[@AnnoyingOrange420]

Big muff is one of the greatest distortion pedals ever made for sure, over 50 years old and it’s still enormously popular for a good reason

[@eakinj]

I still have this pedal and still fight with it any time I hate myself.

[@irrsinnrainer]

I really love the old DOD stuff just for its craziness...

[@TruckJohnson]

Dude, I would love to hear your opinion on the Zvex Double Rock. I picked this pedal up as an impulse buy at the local pawnshop, and man is it really awesome.

[@christopherheadcase6886]

Do you remember when DOD had a circuit that didn't just clip off the tails of delays and verbs it would ring out even when you stomped the pedal off.

[@HogGaming9000]

oddly enough, i own a DOD death metal FX86B and it still has the little swirly red pattern on the casing

[@deanplayer69metalplayer89]

Oh yeah I remember that pedal that brings back memories!! 😁😁😁

[@wilhelmklieschnikov7185]

I think I lost some of my hearing in 1989 with that DOD screech out of a Peavey , full blast.

[@jrp7837]

If the Grunge sounded like a can of bees, the Death Metal was a can of hornets.

[@danielsaturnino5715]

I own a fx86b and it does have the red swirly lines on it. Bougth it new .