GEAR SPOTLIGHT
DOD
RUBBERNECK
REVIEW BY SAM HILL
STREET PRICE $249.95
Not too long ago, analog
delay pedals were very
expensive. I remember
when I bought a Boss DM-3
in 2005. I believe it cost
$275 on eBay, but I had to
have it, so I forked over
the dough. It was great,
and I really liked it, but I
remember wishing I could
get just a little bit more—
more delay time, more
functionality, and perhaps
more value for my money.
It’s still a great pedal—
sometimes limitations are
just inspiring as myriad
features—but analog delays
have evolved into incredible
stompboxes capable of
things we previously never
dreamed possible. Much
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of this has to do with the
marriage of analog sound
to digital technology, which
allows the once constrained
technology to bloom into a
beautiful hybrid tech flower.
The DOD Rubberneck may
be the pinnacle of this
technology, and it is indeed
beautiful. Never before has
an analog delay stayed so
true to its roots, yet pushed
the concept so far forward.
Since its introduction a
couple NAMMs ago, a lot of
hype surrounded this pedal,
and it is justified. This thing
is killer.
The control layout will look
familiar to anyone who
has used a delay pedal
DOD Rubberneck
before. The largest knobs
control delay time, repeats,
and delay level. A smaller
set of concentric knobs
control modulation rate
and depth as well as gain
and tone. A Tails switch
allows you to use the pedal
in buffered mode, which
keeps your delay repeats
going after you click the
pedal off, and you can
also use it in true bypass
mode to kill the repeats.
A third option lets you kill
the dry signal completely
if you’ll be using it in an
effects loop. The bypass
and tap tempo switches
are the soft-click type, and
the tap tempo is accurate.
You can select between