Make and model
DOD 250 DIY build from BYOC
Description
This is my new set of profiles taken from my DOD 250 Overdrive Preamp. It's built from a BYOC DIY kit to «grey» specs, which means it's a clone of one of the earliest versions of the circuit, with the LM741 chip in it. * * * There are two reasons I have done this over again. First of all, my old interface was not a very good one - 2nd gen Focusrite Scarlet - so these are done with an Audient iD4, which improves the overall sound with both a better noise floor and improved fidelity. Second, and just as important: I used to reamp at around 12 dBu. I have over time come to the conclusion that this is too hot – it's like putting a booster before whatever you want to capture. I have settled at a reamp level of 6 dBu instead, which I think is a more realistic level, as it seems to be more similar to when you plug your guitar directly into a pedal or an amp. Which brings me onto the problem of calibration. It is possible to use input calibration with these profiles. However, I suggest NOT to. When you do so, the plugin adds the input level that I was so happy to get rid of. So, for a 12 dBu interface, I would just leave it there without calibration. Or at least go by ear, not by numbers. YMMV... * * * Now, about the actual pedal profiled here: The DOD 250 Overdrive Preamp is one of the first overdrive pedals ever made. There is an interesting video from JHS pedals about it's origins and history, and it seems that the first versions of the circuit were made in 1974. It debuted on the market as the DOD 250 Overdrive Preamp in 1976, though. A little before that, MXR had released the Distortion+ - and the two circuits are almost the same, the only difference seems to be a few component values. Anyway: the 250 is less compressed and has a little less gain than the D+. And compared to a tube screamer or an SD1, it is way less compressed, with a lot more natural overdrive. Also the 250 (and the D+) doesn't take away or add much to the tone, there is no mid bump or loss of low end here. This calls for a pedal that leaves the overall tone of your guitar and amp very much alone. If anything except overdrive is added, the 250 will fatten things up. For me, this makes it a perfect boost. I love to set the gain low and the volume high, to push an amp at the edge of breakup into overdrive. There are more tones in it, however, and here you will find the pedal captured in one step increments with the gain from 0 to 10. Because of it's transparent EQ profile, it is likely to work well with any guitar and any amp. Myself, I've had the 250 as a regular on my pedalboard ever since I built it 13 years ago. I have used it with my DC30 and my Princeton, and love it with both of those. In the world of NAM, it works great with anything when you want to push things a little – or much. Nowadays, I love it with The Twin and Plexi that was just released from Neutron Audio, ESPECIALLY the Plexi (match made in heaven, that...). I can also add, that in the real world, it stacks very well with other pedals (I rarely do that with NAM profiles), and putting a typical Tube Screamer style pedal or a Dynacomp – or whatever you'd like - in front of it works really great! * * * Technical: Reamped with a Palmer Trave into an Audient iD4 at 6 dBu Trained at 200 epochs in standard mode ESR in the range of 0,0003 to 0,0016 If you like it and use it, feel free to support my work @ buymeacoffee.com/tkvellen Have fun!
License
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