DOD BUZZ BOX

Deijavoo · January 2014

I've seen them sell for that exact figure on eBay now! Ha ha. Mine will be worth fuck all after my mods, but I dearly love it. When my bands eps are finished you can play spot the BUZZ BOX if you fancy?

Bidley · January 2014

Is the Buzz Box not very very similar to the MXR Blue Box? I remember reading that somewhere... both are frigging mental.

ICBM · January 2014

Yes, it sounds like a beefed-up MXR Blue Box.

If you're going to rehouse it, I wouldn't bother with a Klon buffer or anything. It is what it is and trying to make it "boutique" is not going to improve it… probably the opposite.

Deijavoo · January 2014

It's not so much about being boutique as when I took it out of my chain my clean tone improved massively and I want to sell my only other buffered pedals.

ThePrettyDamned · January 2014

Well, don't quote me on this, but I was always under the impression the buffer was switched out of the circuit when the circuit was engaged. No doubt there are some that are not like that (a tubescreamer has a buffered input I think) but that could ensure you get the same great buzz box, but a better bypass signal. Alternatively, you could remove the buffer completely and go true bypass. Might have much the same effect, though if you like a buffered signal, you could build a klon or similar buffer yourself from pedalsparts.

ThePrettyDamned · January 2014

Also, why has this not been reversed?! Such a huge sound. Matt Bellamy would find use for one, and I reckon even I could use it. And I'm not a huge fuzz lover!

ICBM · January 2014

Deijavoo said:

It's not so much about being boutique as when I took it out of my chain my clean tone improved massively and I want to sell my only other buffered pedals.

In that case have it re-housed with true bypass - cheaper and easier. You could then bypass the switching altogether (which is where the problem is, and might also be responsible for the tone problem because it's broken rather than because it's no good) if you do that.

Don't try to fix a buffer problem by adding another buffer, it doesn't work - the bad (or faulty) buffer is not "sucking" tone, it's actively modifying it. Adding a buffer before or after it will just lock that in. A good buffer will help with the suck from a lot of true-bypass pedals though - if you have more than a few true-bypass pedals or a long cable from the board to the amp, you will need a buffer.

ThePrettyDamned said:
Well, don't quote me on this, but I was always under the impression the buffer was switched out of the circuit when the circuit was engaged.

No, that type of switching is buffered whether or not the circuit is engaged.

ThePrettyDamned · January 2014

Cheers ICBM!

Deijavoo · January 2014

Getting ready for it's new enclosure and TB upon ICBM's sound advice.

Have a wisdom biscuit sir!

Deijavoo · January 2014

Worth jack shit resale now I'd say but I'm keeping it. Get it back Wednesday, gonna be a good week I hope.

Deijavoo · January 2014

And here we have it

Deijavoo · June 2014

I love this pedal but I'm just not using it anymore in my new band....

What would the consensus be on a value for it as it is now?

I still have all the original housing, but when it was modded as true bypass it needed a bigger home hence the big purple. That change seemed to make it even more extreme too.

ThePrettyDamned · June 2014

Keep it because it's rare, you love it and one day day you'll regret selling.

Or, I'll give you a tenner.

Deijavoo · June 2014

I've seen originals sell for anything between £150-£200 but as I've modded it I can see a tenner being closer in truth despite being better.

ThePrettyDamned · June 2014

How come you made it true bypass? Was it a tone sucker or just unreliable?

I remember the thread, but can't remember the outcome.

In all seriousness, you're bonkers if you sell it, regardless. You bloody loved that thing.

Deijavoo · June 2014

When it went wrong on me I took it out of my chain and the tone clarity was just so much better. I originally wanted to put a good buffer in but then on a few recommendations went for tb. It's so much better now, but it does seem to be more extreme when engaged.

Deijavoo · July 2014

One on eBay for £130 just now.

Deijavoo · October 2015

Any of you guys want this?

I haven't used it since June 2014 so clearly no use to me, I've put it on eBay but would do a realistic price on here obviously. The reality is that in the new housing I have no idea what it is worth so I took a punt on there.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DOD-BUZZ-BOX-Rehoused-and-now-True-Bypass-FUZZ-OCTAVE-/231722907634?

@meltedbuzzbox I believe would like a look, for looking's sake.

carlos · October 2015

It sounds like something I could dial up on the Fuzz Factory I used to have.

BUZZ: It’s called the Buzz Box, and it is put out by DOD. I had nothing to do with it. I mean, does my guitar really sound that bad? [laughs] The guys at DOD are kind of crazy; I have to give them credit for that. A guy there was always bugging me at shows about how we got the sound on the Eggnog record. I used this thin called a Blue Box, an octave divider from the early Seventies. So this guy says, “I want to design a pedal; we’ll call it the Buzz Box and get that sound out of it.” But it wasn’t so much that he wanted to do an endorsement or anything. I think he just likes the sound of it. So he came to one of our shows an looked inside the Blue Box. He kind of duplicated it and combine it with the Grunge Pedal in a new pedal. I have to admire DOD for putting out something that insane. Yes, the Buzz Box is totally worthless. It sounds like a vacuum cleaner. [laughs]

Deijavoo · October 2015

The King!

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