DOD Looking Glass Overdrive Pedal

Product Information

Jonni and Ford together at Guitar Center San Diego. Showing CabDryVR, Looking Glass, FreqOut on guitar and Nautila on Bass!! #dig_it. by Digitech We plugged our Ibanez PBFP Jem into the Looking Glass and fed it into our Mesa Mark Five head mated to a 4x10 Marshall cabinet. Setting all controls around midway for starters, we found it to be a looking glass indeed. The pedal did next to nothing to our tone switched On or Off. Once we nudged the Level and Input knobs up a little, we heard the subtle but useful effect of the transparent boost in the low gain setting. The pedal added very little grit, yet in our Mesa’s IIC+ mode, it slammed the amp a bit harder at the input and therefore gave us a different dynamic as a result. We particularly liked what it did to our high gain channel, too. Herein lies the difference between a good sound and a great sound: the subtle differences. Years ago, when I was living in Brooklyn, I went on a quest to find the overdrive that worked for me. Most of these were slight variations on a few classic op-amp designs that just didn't do it for me. I tried a ridiculous number of pedals and found that I wasn't fully happy with any of them. So, having originally resolved only to make weird experimental fuzz pedals, I decided to break that rule and create a really nice overdrive that I actually wanted to play. After starting with a theory and refining it through extensive play-testing, I concocted the Savior Machine and named it after one of my favourite David Bowie songs. The Looking Glass is true bypass, which allows your guitar tone to remain pristine even when the it is off and the power supply input makes it pedalboard friendly. It's a great buy for blues players who want a bit 'more' out of their amps, but it will suit any player who wants extra dirt while retaining their core tone.”

A standard, heavy-duty footswitch allows for On/Bypass operation and with the unit on, a blue indicator light illuminates so brightly that even the blind can see it.

The versatile, yet simple, pre-drive BASS CUT and post-drive TREBLE controls allow players to retain clarity in the mix or dial-in raunchy raw tones as desired, with plenty of output and gain on tap. DOD Looking Glass!! Great country break-up sound and very transparent distortion!! You need this on your board!!! #dig_it by Digitech Getting a balance between the bottom two, tone-influencing knobs proved a little challenging, but was well worth the work. Other pedals with more limited tone controls can sound quite specifically good or bad depending on the guitar and amp they are paired with. But these two controls, along with the design of the pedal, ensure that you can properly match the tone of this pedal to your specific guitar and amp combination.

DOD Looking Glass, Killer Overdrive for that great Break up to an awesome solo boost!! #dig_it by Digitech Because of how the pedal produces its gain you always get a beautiful amp like gain. With the gain down low you get clean and low gain boost tones that don't overly colour your amplifier. Crank it up a few notches and you start to get some extremely powerful gain tones that respond like an old vintage amp pushed beyond where it is comfortable. Think Jimi Hendrix era psychedelic tones and you are in the right ball park for what this pedal can do.The Looking glass pedal has been made in collaboration with DOD and the boutique company SHOE Pedals. SHOE has been known to create pedals that can vary between classic sounds of the past, all the way to the modern sounds that artists are using right now. The collaboration has led to a pedal that has Digitech’s precise manufacturing and technological expertise, with SHOE Pedals’ imagination and pursuit for a tone ideal for live, studio, or casual user. Compact, durable, and road ready