Danelectro pedals: are the any damn good?

Howdy,
I need a good and fairly inexpensive distortion pedal. I don't have the 80 bucks to go blow on a Boss pedal or anything like that, but a music shop down town is selling some brand new Danelectros for $30. I was just wondering if anyone here had ever used one before and if they were satisfactory.

Also, I have a Morley volume/disortion/wah bass pedal that a guy told me would be ok to use on guitar, but won't that kill my high end?

I have a couple of the Danelectro pedals and they're great. Maybe the best bang for the buck out there. I don't have the distortion pedals, but the flange, chorus and tremolo are great. Seems to me they make good stuff. I'd give 'em a try for sure.

Well, with most things in life, what you pay for is what you get. If you want a $30 petal, you'll get a $30 dollar petal. I've used some of Danelectros Mini Petals and i can say they sound like $30-50 dollar if you catch my drift. If you want something that lasts and might be a better petal, look for something else, but if you need a cheap petal thats sounds ok, that would be fine i guess. Sky

They aren't the best product out there, but for $30 they are a good investment. Probably the reason you see them so often isn't because of their quality but because to store owners they are a hot product. You know, small, popular items that won't kill their net profit if they don't sell. Anyway, back to the point, yes, they are a good buy for $30 bucks. And any effects/amplifier system that works for bass should work for guitar without trashing the sound unless it was poorly made, really old, or your luck just plain blows.

*Take the 30 bucks and buy a gun.....Take a bus to the city and rob a few tourists (DON'T put bullets in the thing, for Christ sake !!!!!!!)...This SHOULD net you at least a couple of hundered....NOW, TAKE THAT MONEY and invest in crack Cocaine......HUGE mark-up on that stuff :D ....Don't sell it to your friends...go to a DIFFERENT schoolyard !!! :D:D....NOW, You should have about a grand or so.....Pay the bully down the block to loan shark for you and he just handles the collections.....You'll gross over 50K in your FIRST year !!!!! NOW, Take 49,000 and put it in a trust fund (for initial tax reasons), This leaves you a cool thousand to buy a Lexicon tube unit and over the next 10 years, the 49K will make you 500,000 more.....Just trying to help :D...(Where was I?) OH, yeah...Dan Electro Distortions suck.....Get a used tube unit....:)

P.S. Dis-regard the entire previous post except the used tube stomper part..... :D:):D.....(Kids are SOOOO impressionable these daze....Jeesh :D ) LOLOLOLOLOLOL

[Edited by LEEtheV on 04-23-2001 at 11:05 PM]

Lee the V -- bringing fun to the Guitar Tricks Forum. Keep up the good work.

But I just got thier Cool Cat Chorus pedal and it is way cool.
I'm sure you'll tell the difference between thier $30 dollar Chorus pedal to this top of the line one.

I have a Tuna Sandwich, or Milk Jug, or some kinda food item (who thinks this marketing stuff up, anyway?). Anyway, it's a compressor-line driver. Works good. I use it for that little gain boost for leads.

YEAH... YOU KNOW WHAT... NO NO NO NO!!!! IF YOUR GOING FOR DISTORTION, GO FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!! GO FOR THE "DOD" 'DEATH METAL', OR 'GRUNGE' PEDALS! HOLD ON TO YOUR $30 BUCKS... SAVE LIKE $40 MORE... AND TRUST ME, IT WILL BE WORTH IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



TRUST ME DUDE!!!!!!!!!

When a wah goes from being a crybaby to a screaming banshee wail of death, is when you start worrying about the marketing. Tuna sandwich is pretty cool. I want a How about a "Half of last night's leftover curry for breakfat" distortion pedal? It's pretty descritive don't you think, imagine the tone soething like that would make.

For the buck, the Mini Dano's are pretty good. The regular full size Dano's are great! I have the Dan Echo and the Cool Cat (Chorus)...Look around in local pawn shops and used gear stores for good deals. I got the Cool Cat (retail about 80 bucks) for 29.99 at a used shop. Also, check ebay, they have killer deals.

Hey FenderMonkey, what do you really think about your pedal?

To be honest, I really love my two Danos. I've tried all the large Danos and all the Mini Danos and don't like the minis. The Cool Cat (Chorus) is stereo and has a really "creamy" tone. The Dan Echo can immitate those old great tape echo effects to give you huge Edge or Eric Johnson style delays or quick and snappy slap back effects. You can check out my pedal board by going to http://www.geocities.com/fendermonkey77/index.html

Thanks man.
Let us know if you guys cruise down to L.A. CA.
Where did you get the Vox bypassed?

I actually had a buddy of mine who's really good with that stuff do it for me. If you go to this site it actually gives you the schematic to do it yourself if your any good with a solder gun. I highly recommend it! It really makes it sound just like the vintage wah pedals.


http://www.fulltone.com/qaframe.html

My brother works for them and ships them up to me and every last pedal I got rocked

SHIP SOME MY WAY... AND I MIGHT BE SWAYED!! YOUR BROTHER CAN HOOK A BROTHER UP???

danelectro pedals are PURE ****!

i got the flanger an it is brill. i don't us it much now as i have just got a BOSS ME-33 but it is still ace

Is that one of the Mini-Pedals?
How's the noise on it?