Distortion 555-A

The DOD "Perfomer Series" Distortion 555-A. This is pretty much a stinker of a pedal. There's nothing about it that we can point to as redeeming. Well, that's not true. The font on the pedal where it says "Distortion 555-A" is handsome. DOD made another version of this pedal in a grey colored-enclosure called the "555" without the "-A" designation. We believe that the 555-A came after the 555.

Controls

• Knob 1 - "Gain": Sets the level of distortion of the pedal.
• Knob 2 - "Tone": Sets the brightness of the pedal. Fully counterclockwise is dark. Fully clockwise is bright.
• Knob 3 - "Output": Sets the volume or output level of the pedal.
• Footswitch 1 - "On/Off": This plate turns the effect on and off in the signal chain.

General Information

We obtained this pedal simply for the perversely fond memories of the first Distortion 555-A that we had access to while young and stupid.

This pedal would be the impetus for the Bad Device Chain Challenge.

Schematic

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