The Giza is an overdrive and distortion pedal from Does It Doom, the pedal brand that grew out of the Does It Doom YouTube channel. It is an analog circuit aimed squarely at doom players, and at bass players in particular: RockBoard's PedalPedia describes it as "paying homage to the sacred bass rig embodied by Al Cisneros in the early days of OM," the band whose low, cavernous tone set a template for the genre.1
What it does
The Giza is a JFET emulation of a modified Green Matamp GT120 preamp, combined with what the maker calls "the hypnotic pairing of DOD 250 Overdrive" and Boss DS-1 Distortion. In other words, it models the front end of a Matamp-style tube amp, the circuit behind much classic British doom and stoner volume, and layers two well-known dirt pedals on top of it. RockBoard's PedalPedia lists it as both overdrive and distortion, so it sits between the two camps: it can push a clean amp or act as the dirt itself.1
For a player, that means one box that recreates a signal chain that would otherwise take a Matamp-style head plus a DOD 250-style overdrive and a DS-1-style distortion. It is voiced for the kind of sustained, saturated low end doom bass and guitar players look for, rather than a mid-forward lead drive.1
Circuit and power
The circuit is analog throughout, built around JFET stages rather than digital modeling. It runs on a standard 9V DC supply with a center negative plug, the same arrangement as most pedalboard power supplies.1
The maker's listing gives the pedal's width as 000.00 mm, an unfilled placeholder, and lists no depth, height or weight. No dimensions for the Giza can be confirmed from the maker's published figures.1
Videos
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Sources (1)
- Giza by Does It Doom, RockBoard PedalPedia, 2026
