The Looking Glass Overdrive is collaboration between DOD and the boutique pedal company SHOE Pedals. Christopher Venter of SHOE Pedals is known for his unique circuits, colorful perspective on classic effects, and minimalist design aesthetic. The collaboration between DOD and SHOE retains all of Christopher’s strengths and adds in some mainstream tonal appeal with an affordable price point.
1 2 3 4 9 5 6 8 7 1. LEVEL - Sets the output level of the effect. It is recommended that you turn this down when switching to high gain mode to avoid any large jumps in volume. 2. GAIN - Controls how easily the pedal is pushed into overdrive. Because the Looking Glass rewards dynamic playing, most settings can produce a clean sound when picking lightly. The maximum level of overdrive increases as this knob is turned up. 3.
. INPUT FILTER - This is a variable filter that adjusts the tone of the input signal. To help match with brighter guitars and reduce the prominence of spikey pick attacks, turn this control more to the left. For a brighter sound with more prominent attack, turn this control all the way up. This control also will adjust the midrange content of the signal so that midrange becomes more prominent as the knob is turned more to the left. 5. HIGH/LOW - The Looking Glass offers two different overdrive modes.
USING LOOKING GLASS: Most guitarists/bassists will favor placing the Looking Glass at the beginning of their chain of effects, so start with that placement. A typical effects signal chain will consist of Overdrive effects first then Modulation effects (Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo, etc...) next and then finally Time based effects (Delay and Reverb). Placing the Looking Glass toward the front of your chain or effects will preserve the vibe no matter the pedal combination that follows.