DigiTech DOD Compressor 280 Guitar Pedal Expired

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I find it works better with high output pickups than single coil low output pickups. Too much noise with the latter and you would need a noise gate too which makes the sound as subtle as a bagpipe.

I used to use this a lot earlier but with a typical Strat single coil, an overdrive with a power booster works better especially for solos with bluesy vibratos unless you are looking to sustain a very clean sound (you wouldn't be using the Strat much in that case anyway ).

I would check out the used market first. These things go pretty cheap used.

In terms of whether this is good value for you, I can't really say. The list price is totally outrageous so it is less of a discount than it appears. It depends on what you play and what tone you are trying to achieve. I would't buy it just because it is heavily discounted unless I knew that is what I wanted for my sound. Compressors by themselves have a narrow application where they are useful or have to be in conjunction with something else.

If all you want is sustain for a very clean sound, this might work. For something with some distortion an overdrive would work better. If you are looking for the British tone, the $40 Dyna Comp may work better. Of course, it also depends a lot on what amp you are playing through.

In other words, don't be lured by the price. Figure out if you really need it.

If you haven't played with a lot of pedals before or don't know yet what kind of sound you would like to get, I would actually suggest getting one of the digitech multi-effect units (not the cheapest one but something that has a USB port to control it with software) that will allow you to experiment with the equivalent of a large number of effects to figure which effect does what and which effects/tones you prefer. You might find that is good enough or you can later substitute the chain settings like with discrete pedals for better quality of sound.

I went through a phase where I was buying a lot of pedals hoping each one would help what I was looking for but it was an expensive and inefficient way to go about it. Most of them would end up in the storage room.