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Line 1: {{Short description\|American effects pedal manufacturer}} {{other uses of\|DOD}} {{More citations needed\|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox company \| name = DOD Electronics Line 9 ⟶ 11: \| products = [[Effects unit\|guitar effects]] \| foundation = 1973 - 2008, 2013 - current \| founder = David Oreste DiFrancesco \| defunct = <!-- {{End date\|YYYY\|MM\|DD}} --> \| location_city = \| location_country = United States \| owner = [[~~Harman~~Cort ~~International Industries~~Guitars\|Cort]] \| parent = [[U.S. Music Corporation]] \| divisions = Line 20 ⟶ 22: }} '''DOD Electronics''', or simply '''DOD''', also known as their brand name '''DigiTech''', is an American manufacturing company that makes [[guitar]] [[effects pedals]], as well as [[active crossover]] gear. DOD is owned by Cortek, the parent company of [[Cort Guitars]]. Their [[DigiTech Whammy]] pedal has been called "one of the most significant innovations in pedal tech".<ref name="Lynham-2019">{{Cite web \|last=Lynham \|first=Alex \|date=2019-08-02 \|title=The FX files: DigiTech Whammy \|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/the-fx-files-digitech-whammy \|access-date=2024-07-27 \|website=[[MusicRadar]] \|language=en}}</ref> '''DOD Electronics''', or simply '''DOD''', is a [[Harman International Industries\|Harman International]] company that makes [[guitar]] [[effects pedals]], many of which are now discontinued. Additionally, the company has made [[active crossover]] gear. == History == [[File:2013 DOD 250 Overdrive Preamp and 201 Phasor.png\|thumb\|Photograph of the new 2013 DOD Pedals]] [[File:NAMMDOD.png\|thumb\|Photo of DOD prototypes shown at ~~NAMM~~the 2011 [[NAMM Show]]]] DOD originally stood for David Oreste ~~Di Francesco~~DiFrancesco, who founded the company in 1973 with business partner and musician John Johnson. David was the original engineer who, with his business partner John, later~~{{when\|date=August 2016}}~~ sold the company to [[Harman International Industries\|Harman International]]. in ~~The~~1990-'91. ~~engineer~~ David now runs a company called Rolls Corporation. Over DOD's 40-year history, the company introduced many pedal lines and early multi-effect devices, like the "944 Chain-Reaction" and digital delays like the now sought-after PDS series. The '70s and early '80s 200, 400 and 600 series of stompboxes have become very collectable. ~~'70s~~1970s gray "[[List of distortion pedals#DOD Overdrive 250 Preamp/\|Overdrive Preamp 250"]]s with LM741 [[Operational amplifier\|op-amps]] fetch premium prices with collectors, with the yellow early '80s 250s not far behind. Later '90s DOD pedals have also become collectors items like the "Gonkulator", "Grind", "Buzz Box", "Meat Box", "Vibro Thang", and "Big Pig Fat" Distortion. Many of the more popular DOD pedals are now{{when\|date=August 2016}} available under the [[DigiTech]] name. This includes the Envelope Filter. In early 2010 Harman employee Tom Cram personally began a clandestine skunkworks project to revive DOD. This resulted in the prototypes for what would be the new DOD 250, 201, and an unidentified third red pedal. This skunkworks project was unknown to Harman and only became official after ~~Mr.~~ Cram showed his completed prototypes. Mr. Cram has subsequently become the marketing manager for DigiTech/DOD and ~~continues~~continued to work on new DigiTech and DOD pedals~~.{{cn\|date=March~~ ~~2017}}~~until Samsung bought Harman International in 2018. On September 16, 2013, DOD returned with updated versions of the venerable "Overdrive Preamp/250", and "Phasor/201". Both feature true bypass, blue LEDs, modern power jack, lighter aluminum chassis, two tone flat-black and metal-flake paint jobs. The 2013 250 also features an LM741 op-amp to replicate the sounds of the original 250. In 2014 three more updated DOD pedals were released, the "BIFET Boost 410", and the "Envelope Filter 440", and the "Electro-Optical Compressor 280". The 410 features a new buffer on/off toggle and the 440 features an up/down voicing toggle, and the 280 circuit is untouched except for the addition of true bypass, LED, and modern PSU jack. All feature true bypass, blue LEDs, modern power jack, lighter aluminum chassis, two tone flat-black and metal-flake paint jobs. In early 2015 a new DOD pedal called the "Boneshaker"<ref>[http://dod.com/en-US/products/boneshaker Boneshaker], Own website</ref> distortion unit was released; this is a collaboration with boutique pedal builder Mark Wentz of Black Arts Toneworks.<ref>[http://www.blackartstoneworks.com/ Black Arts Toneworks]</ref> [[File:DOD-GrungeDistortion.jpg\|thumb\|DOD Grunge Distortion -guitar effect pedal.]] In September 2017, Harman announced that it was restructuring and consolidating its R&D facilities.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Harman Pro to Restructure, Lay Off 650 \|url=https://www.prosoundnetwork.com/business/harman-pro-to-restructure-layoff-650 \|accessdate=6 October 2020 \|work=ProSoundNetwork.com \|date=14 September 2017}}</ref> This led to the engineering team at DOD/Digitech being fired in 2018,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Tom Cram and the entire Digitech/DOD team fired: A double whammy! \|url=https://www.gearnews.com/tom-kramn-entire-digitech-dod-team-fired/ \|accessdate=6 October 2020 \|work=gearnews.com \|date=19 May 2018}}</ref> and the department integrated into Harman Pro. In April 2022, [[Cort Guitars]]' parent company Cortek purchased DOD and DigiTech. ==References== Line 44 ⟶ 50: == External links == * {{Official website\|http://www.dod.com}} *[http://www.americaspedal.net/ AmericasPedal.net] (comprehensive resource for DOD's FX-series of effects pedals) [[Category:Guitar effects manufacturing companies]]