America's Pedal - Reviews

This page will serve as an index for DOD FX-series reviews, NAMM announcements, and related information. Please check back for more reviews and other information.

• DigiTech PDS 8000 review (Creem, September 1987; p. 52)
  
  
• FX67 Stereo Turbo Chorus review (Rip, June 1988; p. 73)
  A brief review of the FX67
  
  
• Winter NAMM 1989 report (Guitar Player, May 1989)
  DOD/DigiTech introduced the PDS 1650 and announced the DFX series (DFX5, DFX6, and DFX9), although the DFX6 was never actually produced
  
  
• FX54 Attacker review (Rip, April 1992; pp. 79-80)
  A brief review of the FX54
  
  
• Fuzztone User's Guide (Guitar Player, October 1992; excerpted from pp. 72-73)
  Art Thompson and the GP staff reviewed 31 different overdrive/distortion pedals, including 8 of the 9 dirt pedals offered by DOD at the time (FX50-B, FX52, FX53, FX54, FX55-B, FX56-B, FX58, and FX59); the FX57, which was discontinued by 1993, was not reviewed
  
  
• Pawnshop Prizes (Guitar Player, January 1994; excerpted from p. 129)
  Art Thompson reviewed several vintage/used pedals, including the still-available-new-at-the-time FX25; however, the FX25 shown in the pictures accompanying the review was likely made between the late '80s and early '90s (second FX series, outlined DOD logo)
  
  
• The Father, the Son, and the Holy Grunge (Guitar World, February 1995; excerpted from pp. 46, 50)
  Jeff Gilbert's interview with Kim Thayil/Soundgarden and Buzz Osbourne/Melvins included commentary on the FX69 Grunge and the development of the FX33 Buzz Box
  
  
• FX64 Ice Box review (Guitar World, May 1996)
  A brief blurb/review of the FX64 Ice Box
  
  
• 3 New Echoes... (Guitar Shop, November 1997)
  A review of the FX96 and two other contemporary delay pedals
  

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