DOD Overdrive Preamp 250 Pedal Reviews
The Overdrive Preamp 250 is a reissue of DOD’s legendary yellow, 1980s-era dirt box. This pedal delivers the same sonic signature as its predecessor but ups the ante with more output, a bright blue status LED, a modern 9-volt DC power supply input, true-bypass switching, and a lighter aluminum housing. The 250 boasts a straightforward 2-knob control layout, with Gain and Level knobs, enabling you to produce both subtle clipping and full-on distortion, as well as all the points between. You can use this stompbox as a standalone effect, or you can use it to front load a British-voiced high-gain amp for instant Yngwie Malmsteen–style lead tones. Decked out in an eye-catching yellow metallic flake finish, the DOD Overdrive Preamp 250 is back in all its screeching, roaring glory.
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Highest Rated Reviews
Wonderful overdrive for a slightly dirty amp
I couldn't tell you how close this reissue, with its gorgeous gold-sparkle paint job, sounds to the original grey-box 250 that some collectors seem to love. I can tell you that it sounds wonderful with a slightly overdriven tube amp like a Marshall. Add a Strat with some noiseless singlecoils, and it will do a great Yngwie tone with loads of harmonic complexity and a nice smooth texture with some bite to the attack and a lovely singing sustain. While I'm not a vintage pedal collector, this is one of my favorite pedals out of the two hundred or so that I own. The lightweight aluminum enclosure, the clicky switch, the sparkly gold paint, the simple clean graphic, the blue LED, the industry-standard DC input jack — it's an unqualified home run for DOD from my perspective.
Very nice pedal
Great character and nice tube amp type feel. Sounds great in-front of a variety of small tube amps. Can be used as a boost, add some grit to an already crunchy tone, full on overdrive. Roll the tone back on your guitar with the gain cranked and it starts to sound a little like fuzz.
Nice amount of dynmics but still kind of smooth.
Doesn't really change the EQ of your tone a whole lot.
Long Overdue Return of the Original 250!
Bought mine from Sweetwater. It was my first time buying something from them and the service was awesome!
To the pedal: They hit a home run with this new version. There have been various reissue versions and the YJM308, but none of them really hit the target of the old late-70s grey version. This one seems to be very close. Apparently it uses a 741 op amp, like the gray version.
It sounds great! Picture a post-1982 DOD 250 or 308 with less noise, more tubey character, a nice growl and a much better EQ. It has more bottom end and less of the thin top end. It is actually a pretty transparent pedal.
As a bonus, they also added an LED indicator light and true bypass.
The only reason I didn't give it a 5 is because there is a pretty good pop sound when hitting the switch if the gain is set high. However, it's not a big deal if the gain isn't cranked. A noise suppression like an NS-2 kills the pop too. This is a very minor gripe.
The pedal works very well with my Fender Malmsteen Strat, as well as my Strat Plus with a Chopper mini-humbucker in the bridge and my Gibson Les Paul Axcess.
This new version is just coming out to the stores, so there wasn't a lot of info to base my purchase. I'm glad I took the chance! It's a keeper.
