Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Bringing a DOD FX56 American Metal Back from the Dead

This was my very first pedal. I still have it, although it has been put away for a long time. It doesn't work anymore, for unknown reasons. It died in its sleep, I guess. I'm suspecting it's the foot switch. It was always touchy and I couldn't depend on it to turn on when I stepped on it. I would always need to look at the LED to be sure. The button has a very short travel. If that's all it is I'll try to replace it with the round, silver, ugly kind that stick up. They might be ugly, but they give a good CLICK when engaged so you know it's a done deal. But, in all honesty I never really liked this pedal. It was too shrill, it lacked depth. I found a schematic, so maybe there is hope to turn this into a mod project and make it sound good. Time to polish this turd.

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