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mooseherman « Cheap, and cheap-sounding, reverb »
Published on 11/29/10 at 13:35This 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.
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.