Digitech Screamin Blues

Catmandue said:
You can snap these up used, I did a while back now. They are a clone of the Boss BD-2. I like them both but I feel the SB has a sweet bright signal I like in a low to medium OD. Without going crazy, you should be able to get a good tone out of these.
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Agreed Catmandue!
Leedspool gets a great growly blues lead tone from his. I have heard it in person many times.
 
I just picked up the DOD FX102 which is supposedly the previous model from the Screamin' Blues. Sounds pretty great, none of that mid-boost rubbish ;) But the "High" tone control on this is very subtle. If you're hasty you might think it does nothing, but that's not really the case either..

Kind of makes me want to collect the whole lineup (OD250 -> FX50 -> FX50B -> FX102 -> DSB) to see how they differ. Must... Resist...

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aon said:
I just picked up the DOD FX102 which is supposedly the previous model from the Screamin' Blues. Sounds pretty great, none of that mid-boost rubbish ;) But the "High" tone control on this is very subtle. If you're hasty you might think it does nothing, but that's not really the case either..

Kind of makes me want to collect the whole lineup (OD250 -> FX50 -> FX50B -> FX102 -> DSB) to see how they differ. Must... Resist...

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Looks interesting, wonder how they compare
 
Nice score! I have a number of DOD including two FX69B and one FX69. I looked around and found a complete unmodded FX69 which has way more hair than the FX69B or the FX69B Digitech . I still like all forms of this pedal. I'm surprised it does not get cloned. I read in one review, well the reviewer says he views the FX102 like the Marshall first issue of the Bluesbreaker pedal. To me that would sound like a JHS Morning Glory IV. I'm curious about this pedal now.
 
Catmandue said:
Nice score! I have a number of DOD including two FX69B and one FX69. I looked around and found a complete unmodded FX69 which has way more hair than the FX69B or the FX69B Digitech . I still like all forms of this pedal. I'm surprised it does not get cloned. I read in one review, well the reviewer says he views the FX102 like the Marshall first issue of the Bluesbreaker pedal. To me that would sound like a JHS Morning Glory IV. I'm curious about this pedal now.
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It made it onto my pedal board and sounds great with a tad of Delay
 
Looks like a Reverb seller accepted my offer for a DSB so I can soon compare the two!

Playing more with it, the FX102 boosts treble quite a bit, and the high control doesn't cut it enough to compensate. For chords (and maybe darker amps/guitars) this might be nice but playing lead with a telecaster bridge pickup into a Fender amp there tends to be enough treble as it is. Dialing it down on the amp you end up with an unusable clean tone so have to cut it down on the guitar. Inconvenient...
 
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I saw a video of the FX102. It reminds me of the Screamin' Blues. The guy who had posted that this pedal sounded like an original Marshall Bluesbreaker pedal, does not have a clue. One must take with a grain of salt, what they read on line.
 
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