SeriesDanelectro DJ

This thing is basically diner series dan electro pedal but has a speaker in it making it an actuall amp, therefore you can play whatever thru it, ipod, laptop, guitar. ;) Takes regular battery or 9v. is plastic but who cares as ive never cracked one these things. This pedal claims to be an overdrive pedal, but you would really need to be hungry for some loud simple distortion to use if you didnt have anything else. This thing is set High so the sound is gonna have some gain causing you to turn down your instrument making it a nice sweet spot for any small room. The Dan Electro Bacon 'n Egg's will turn any pedal board into an amp ready rig.

The Darelectro effects pedal was purchased at Wedgle's Pawn and Music shop in Denver, Colorado. The pedal alone cost $45 dollars brand new, but I was able to get a deal on it because I bought two pedals and a case. The pedal was purchased for my boyfriend in order for him to have more distortion on his Jackson guitar. The Grilled Cheese pedal, which offers the guitar player a bluesy distortion, is small and easily portable. It is also compatible with all the other Darelectro guitar effects, and offers a wonderful sound. The only thing about Darelectro guitar effects is the retro aesthetic appearance of the individual units. Due to the fact that the pedals are sold separately, the buyer must be sure that the appearance is the look they are going for, otherwise difficulties and frustrations might arise. The AC-DC adaptor also burned out after about six months of use. The individual pedals are about 3"x3", and each pedal offers a different color and creative name to remember them by. The on-off switch is a button that can definitely take a beating. The entire unit is well constructed, and the sound that the pedal offers is clear as long as the amp is a quality amp. Overall, I am extremely happy with the quality of pedal that was acquired at a very reasonable price. Due to the fact that the pedals come individually (the case for them is sold separate), the effects are not only affordable, but each guitar player can build his/her effects case to their individual preference. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

i got this peddle from my local guitar shop for $39. It sound good for the first couple of weeks. Good crunch and if you turn the distortion all the way up and the level all the way up it is very grungy which i like alot. There is nothing really wrong with it exept what i put below. Horrible. If you buy this peddle be sure to fill out the warranty card because it breaks after a month. I think there is something wrong with the circuit board and it short out and gets really fuzzy and it cuts in and out. Ihave sent it back once already and now i have to send it back again. Sounds good. Falls apart because there is something wrong with it. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

I bought this in a little music shop in my home town,(big up JD), It cost be around £40 pounds which i think is around $61. I like the whole DanElectro funk/retro styling so the actual visual appeal of it is very high, the distortion effects are truly "beyond metal" as it says on the box, they are heavy but dont lose too much tone definition. There is a switch that allows you to turn your guitar down a whole octave while still getting the super heavy distortion, teh battery lasts a while too. Sometimes the actual button to activate the distortion is hard to get, its just a little awkward. Also i cant seem to find any power cord to work it except teh official one which sucks a little, but in general there isint anything major wrong with it at all. The construction is a die cast metal ( i think) it is pretty sturdy (i drop it a lot) and it still works great. The buttons are plastic but thats fine they are sturdy too. Overall its a nice little pedal with some really meaty distortion, it gets teh job done, well and it sounds great for all you metallica fans out there, but beware the crowd may sue you for going deaf.(thas how powerful it is) This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

Got this as a Christmas gift from Carroll's Music in Lewiston, ME. Paid, I think, around $40. Got it because it's cheap and my first pedal. It's nice and small, and looks nice. Although my experience with delays is very minimal, I feel that this mini-pedal sounds great. The three dials allow a wide array of settings and sounds most of which all sound really nice. I'm not sure of the official name, but you can change the number of delays or echoes rather. This is key. One setting allows great Cure-esque descending and echoing riffs while the other will put you one step closer to Clapton and other rock legends. Not much I don't like. The super fast Cure-like setting I mentioned before is sometimes too much to use for most stuff, but not too bad. It's plastic, but feels tough. It scares me that you can shake it and hear things rattling a little bit. Because of its small size it is hard to turn on and off sometimes while in the heat of playing. This is a great and ,best of all, cheap pedal. I recommend it to beginners and pros alike. However, shop around. You can pay anywhere between $20 and $60 for these buggers so don't get yourself ripped off. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

This is a very affordable vibrato pedal that I recently tried for a few days. It has analog technology and only has the simple 1/4" input and output. There are no MIDI or Computer editing capabilities. It's a foot pedal and is therefore not rackable. UTILIZATION The editing of this effect is quite easy. Danelectro pedals really have the back-to-basics approach nailed. There three knobs. The first is mix, which is basically the mix between dry signal and wet (wet meaning with the vibrato effect). The other two knobs are for speed and intensity. The manual isn't really necessary at all but it will explain these things well. SOUND QUALITY I don't know if I'm simply dissatisfied with this pedal, or if I'm just expecting too much out of it. I was expecting something along the lines of a Univibe, which is a classic sound. I feel as though they tried to emulate that tone and almost succeeded, but not quite. The main beef I have with the pedal is that it sounds thin. When I up the mix knob, I notice that my intonation is too far out for my liking, and that I lose the signal in muddiness. I think that for once, this pedal's effect is too light for me. It does actually color the sound a bit too much for my liking as well. I think that in general, I'd be better off with the real deal (a Univibe) or another, better replication of that sound. This is mainly because I have played some that aren't nearly as limiting. OVERALL OPINION I would say that I'm not too happy with this pedal in general. I think that Danelectro is sort of hit or miss, which is to be expected of a company that charges so little for their pedals. While an interesting idea, this pedal simply falls short of the kind of sound I want. However, I won't say that nobody would like this pedal, I'm sure some people would find much to like here. It just didn't work for me personally.

Danelectro is a company known for making cheap garbage guitars since the 50s. They also make cheap pedals and unlike their guitars their pedals are usable. The Fish & Chips EQ is a pretty basic EQ but it does everything it says it should. It is based on a Boss EQ pedal. It has 7 bands of adjustment with a boost level. This pedal shows that you dont have to pay 100+ dollars for just a little EQ pedal. UTILIZATION There is no free lunch. The low cost of this pedal comes at a price. The pedal is no where near sturdy feeling. If you step on it too hard it feels like it may break. The chassis is made out of plastic so that should tell you. This is not really a pedal you should be stomping on and off all night. This is a set it and forget it pedal or something you put in your rack. The sliders are nice and have an indentation in the middle so you can tell when you are 50/50. SOUND QUALITY The money they saved on the chassis went into the tone of this pedal. It sounds really good. It is a lot quieter than EQ models costing twice as much. With the boost feature you can use it as a clean boost or boost up a certain section of yoru sound. Dialing in some high mids can really make your sound cut through if you are in a thick mix or running a thick gain setting on your amp. Dialing in some lows can really add some meat to a strat or teles sound. OVERALL OPINION This pedal shows not everything in your pedal board has to be super boutique and rare. This pedal is like 20 bucks and gets the job done as good as any other 7 band EQ will and you can use it as a clean boost. If you are looking for a nice cheap EQ to fill out your pedal board with this is a good option.

This is a one-trick pony over the top, in your face, mega distortion heavy metal pedal. Connections are through basic (mono) 1/4" cables, I believe it works by clipping a diode, but I'm not an expert in this arena. It has three knobs to control level (volume), bass, and treble. It is a small pedal, and when they were new, I remember Dano marketing them as "mini" effects. UTILIZATION It's very use to use, just plug it in, set your knobs, and viola - instant distortion. I wouldn't recommended using it for chords, but you can get infinite sustain with a pedal like this if you can somehow set it to avoid the feedback. SOUND QUALITY This is a guitar effects pedal, I wouldn't bother trying to use it with bass. The sounds quality is about what you'd expect for $30 - noisy, but still useful in some instances. I once used it for a guitar solo through a Mesa Boogie Nomad 55 1x12 combo amp, and was able to get a great tone out of it, even though the cheap level knob had already broken off at that point. OVERALL OPINION The thing I liked most about this pedal... it's cheap. The thing I liked least about this pedal... it's too cheaply built. You get what you pay for when you buy this kind of budget effect. It is not built well enough to stand up to live gigs or even an aggressive practice session with a band. Let's face it, at this low-price point, it is intended for someone of limited means who is playing out of a crappy practice amp (aka young, teenage guitarists). In fact, I may have still been 19 when I bought this effect, come to think of it... For $30, it's really not that bad, especially if you're just going to set it up in your bedroom and not mess with it too much. Set the right way, it would likely improve the sound quality of a cheap practice amp. I'll never buy one of these again, as I'm long out of that price point (and hope to stay that way!). If you're a serious musician with pro-gear, you should know better and stay away from Dano stuff anyway. Otherwise, if you're a young, aspiring heavy metal rocker, pick up ones of these at the bargain price and rock the hell out of your parents' basement or garage. Just don't get too upset when it eventually croaks on you.

This is a really cheap analog reverb pedal, made by Danelectro. Danelectro is famous (some may say notorious) for their discount pedals. They range from "this is a great deal" to "this is a junk pedal". This one is sadly more of the latter. It has two 1/4" jacks (input and output). There are no USB or MIDI connections and the pedal is not rackable. UTILIZATION The effects editing on this pedal is rather easy. There are two knobs, as well as a switch to turn the effect on and off. The knobs are for mix (which only controls the amount of the wet signal in the mix), and high cut cuts the high frequencies if they are too much. There really isn't a whole lot of control in this pedal. There is really very little in the way of control over this. My amp has spring reverb in it and the sound is far more flexible. SOUND QUALITY I've tried this pedal with a lot of different guitars and amps and I find that it is not really that good with any of them. I've used them with Fender guitars, Les Pauls, SGs, marshall amps, fender amps, hughes and kettner, and I find I don't really like it at all. The lack of control over the sound could be forgiven if the tone was any good, but it's really nothing special in the least. It can't help but sound very fake and unconvincing, and it detracts from the tone of the guitar rather than enhances it. I find that this is a sign of a pedal not doing its job, which makes it almost worthless. OVERALL OPINION I can think of only one situation where this would be a good purchase - if your good reverb pedal breaks, and you need a new one just to replace your other one while it's being fixed. Even then, I would get something that I could return later, even at a lesser price. This pedal's just too poorly made and weak sounding to be taken seriously. Danelectro strikes out again with this one.