DOD · FX55

DOD FX55 Distortion

DOD started in Salt Lake City in 1974 and sold itself as America's Pedal. By the 1980s its FX series was a fixture in music stores, and DigiTech's own history calls the FX pedals the go-to effects for a lot of players through the '80s, '90s and beyond. The series began with plain, single-color boxes. In the 1990s the late Jason Lamb's designs took over with loud graphics and names like the FX69 Grunge and FX32 Meat Box. The FX55 Distortion comes from the earlier, plainer lineup. Collectors mostly chase other DOD models. Wikipedia names the early 200, 400 and 600 series and a handful of 1990s oddballs as the collectible ones, and the FX55 isn't among them, which leaves it as a pedal you buy to play. Judge each one on how it works. Guitar World says older DOD stompboxes were held back by a somewhat dodgy footswitch, so test that first, then the pots and jacks. A clean, working FX55 is a fun way into 80s DOD.