NO Demos ep. 5 - DOD 250 Overdrive Preamp (Part 2)

Hello again! This is Part 2 of my DOD 250 series; so by now you've hopefully checked out Part 1... Today we're picking up from where we left off last time, at December of 1977 and the introduction of the 250 Overdrive Preamp to the world. This one gets very nerdy at times, so let's see if you can to stick it out until the end. :)
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Here is a link to Part 1 of the series, in case you wanted a refresher:
• NO Demos ep. 5 - DOD 2...
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I again want to send a huge THANK YOU! first to Josh from JHS for helping me out bigtime with the research. He not only sent me a ton of photos of his extensive DOD collection to use in this video, but also hooked me up with the transcripts of his interviews with David and John, the founders of DOD. Both were amazing gestures, and I really appreciate it.
Second, to anyone else who's ever posted photos of their early DOD pedals online (I happened to use quite a few in this video), I am very grateful to you as well. I love that this nerdy community can always come together and help reconstruct the often murky past of vintage effects...
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If you have never watched the JHS video on the History of the DOD 250, where they cover basically the entire life of the pedal, go here immediately after our video:
• The Complete History O...
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Tone Machines Article on the BUD Box era DOD pedals:
www.tonemachinesblog.com/2024...
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If you have any additional info on either the BUD Box DOD pedals, or if you have access to any old DOD ads/catalogs from 1974-1977, please email me at:
[e-mail]
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My Instagram:
/ ed_skymall
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Today's background ambience is the track "Plum Rain" by Leaf Calligraphy, available here:
leafcalligraphy.bandcamp.com/...
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0:00 - Intro
1:36 - Early 200 Series Signifiers
2:56 - 2nd Lineup of 200 Series
5:41 - 3D Logo 250
6:30 - Comparing Graphics
13:21 - Comparing Circuits
18:12 - Serial Number Chaos
23:19 - How Do They Sound?
26:34 - Recap
28:32 - Outro
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Thank you for watching! :)
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And if you would like go even deeper into pedal-nerdom, please check out the blog as well:
www.tonemachinesblog.com/

[@jedimindfrak82]

It's funny, I have a grey 250 with March '79 pot codes that has a serial number of 2509420 😂

[@tonemachines]

Ok see there! That number makes no sense. 😂 The serial codes are all over the place 🤷‍♂️