Danelectro D-2 Overdrive

Level... Tone... OD... Couldn't expect more simplicity for an overdrive pedal.

I have a '07 MIM Fender Fatstrat running into a 65W 2-chanel Peavey Studio Pro II, with a Digitech RP350 multifx in between. Usually the Digitech does the work for my distortions, and mod effects.

I got my Danelectro D2 just because I wanted some simple non-digital overdrive to play some classic tunes... something crisp, crunchy and dirty to play stuff like White Stripes.

So what I got? Turns out that this pedal gives me almost the same dirt that my amp does on the "vintage" channel of my amp. The difference is that this pedal is a little bit mellow, but pretty useful to boost the guitar signal when needed.

I'm very pleased that the sound quality is the one I was looking for... It's even soooo quiet when using 9vDC. You know strats get kinda noisy because of the stock single coils, but believe me... This little thing really gained my ears, so I'll give it a solid 8!

Well... it's made of plastic. Altough, seems pretty sturdy. The switching looks (and actuates) really smooth. I'm very careful with my gear, and wouln't stomp pretty hard on it, so I would expect this thing last long.

And yes, I'd take it to a gig without backup... only if I carry my amp!

Never dealt with'em...

I play general rock (so to say)from Zeppelin, AC/DC, P.Floyd, to Foo Fighters, White Stripes and some sort of things. I've been playing for almost 15 years and own 4 guitars (so far): Ibanez AX32, a vintage Ibanez made on the late 60's, a stock Fender Fatstrat and a cheap guitar I made.

For the price, if it were lost I would buy another one for sure! The thing I love of this pedal is the cost/benefit feature: it's cheap and it sounds great! This is not for a metalhead, it's for those who is in the quest of getting their own tone... you know what I'm talking about.

If you see one of this little things, go for it!

Overdrive for Under 20 bucks!!!!!
and it sounds really good

A little heavier that my Ibanez TS-9 so it's ALMOST a distortion

20 bucks hahha I need to buy some more in case they break
but haven't yet

I work for a Dano distributer so if I have problems we have em by the box full

this is a killer pedal and EVERYONE should get a complete set of FAB pedals just to have some effects for under 20 bucks @!!!!!

Pretty simple. Drive, tone, and level controls.

Great overdrive sound when played in front of a tube amp. I'm playing a Gibson Les Paul studio with a crate all tube 18 watt class A amp. The crate sounds good, but its a bit thin and not great for solos. This pedal fixes that and then some. Great sustaining, slightly compressed sound for solos, and pinch harmonics sing through this thing. However, it does all of this without sounding muddy or overly compressed. Rhythm sounds through this still have a bit of crunch also, so its certainly not a one purpose pedal.
However, you need to try this out on your amp before you go out and buy one. I bought it on impulse a long time ago, and playing through a solid state amp with a strat and a fairly inexperienced player, it sounded terrible. With my Vox modelling amp I have very little use for it as well, but when this thing gets matched up with a nice all tube amp, its brilliant. I would like it to be true bypass, however. That said, for 15 bucks, you can't go wrong.

I've had this pedal for probably 3 years, and it still works, but the volume knob if hit the right way can make the sound cut out. Hasn't been a big issue yet, but I might go ahead and replace it with a new one before I rely on it for a gig

Customer support for a $15 pedal = trip to guitar center to buy a new one

Overall, I like it a lot. Its inspiring to play through and has the dynamics and pick response that makes playing a lot of fun, and improvising easy and natural. Would replace it in a heartbeat and I'm looking at other danelectro products after this one. As I said, make sure you try it out with your gear and see if it's your sound or not.

I won't bore you here.... it???s got 3 knobs. Even your drummer could work it!

I think the On/Off switches on the FAB pedals are fantastic - very positive action with no 'clunk'.
I have other inexpensive pedals where this is an issue (Behringer Boss style switches require a bit of technique, and their design worries me! Also the Dano Mini range is a bit hard to press on and off - precision footwork is required!)

Knobs are right out of the way, so can't be kicked. Genius!

This a funny pedal...

Distortion/Overdrive is a very subjective thing, and this pedal has been off and on my board many times. This pedal is quite hard to describe. Let me explain what I think an overdrive should be...

My main overdrive is a DOD 250 Preamp. It's completely transparent. It doesn't have a tone control - why would you need a tone control on a pedal whose sole purpose is to simply overdrive your signal? The Drive knob takes your existing guitar sound from clean to very dirty. Simple.

So what happens when you step on the FAB Overdrive then?

A big fat, dirty, sweet, boosted mid-range, sustaining, complex textured overdrive, rich in harmonics, with rolled off highs hits you in the ears!

The FAB overdrive doesn't care about your original tone! It's got it's own sound and no amount of knob twiddling really helps! The Tone doesn't really do much, the gain, doesn't really do much....

Thankfully the sound is fantastic! Rude, dirty, responsive, and musical.

I use a Tele into a Blues junior, which can be quite bright on the bridge pick up, so the FAB is perfect for beefing up your skinny single coils, and neck humbuckers get that sweet melting sound.

Younger musicians who like The Libertines, Blur, Kings of Leon, or anything Lo - Fi will like this pedal.
Older Rockers who are into SRV, and other heavy blues will also love this pedal. Its rolled off highs and pushed mid range harmonics are great for slide.

Please note that you won't be able to crank it up to Fuzz type distortion levels - it just won't go there. But there's lot's of lovely dirt.

This pedal is great for generating big syrup thick feedback, and sounds great in conjunction with another distortion or overdrive (in no particular order in the chain)

Honestly, these Fab pedals are very solid. I've had mine a few years now and it looks just like it did the day I bought it.
It's got sturdy knobs, clever switch. Keep it in its box if you pack it into a gig bag, or fix it to a pedal board with Velcro. No worries at all.

Despite being plastic it feels expensive and classy.
Good design

Can't really comment here.

I don't really play other peoples stuff or try to sound like anyone else. I just like making nice sounds with lush overdrives, oscillating delays, pulsing tremolos and warm tubes.

I'm fickle about pedals. I have a good quality Fender Tele and Strat, and a good quality Fender Tube amp, and I'm quite choosey about what goes between them.

This pedal is a loveable rogue! It's a cute puppy that can't be trained!

It is also quite beautiful looking (if you're into that kind of thing)

Danelectro are the leaders of the pack when it comes to fun, retro, affordable, wacky, unique pedals.

For 20 quid, you won't be worrying too much about whether or not you should buy this pedal, but I really wanted to emphasise the fact that these are not wobbly built toys that are on the verge of breaking at any moment.
They are one of the few things in the guitar world where you get more that what you pay for.

The side-mounted knobs are a little difficult to grasp at first if you are used to BOSS and other pedals, which are top-mounted. But this does make the pedal a lot smaller and more compact which is kinda cool. Like similar overdrives, there are 3 knobs: Drive, Tone, Level. I give it an 8, because it is unusual, but it really gets a 9 because of the size/dimensions. Is small enough to fit into a guitar case.

I played this with a Gibson Melody-Maker and a Gibson Les Paul Standard to a 15 Watt Squier Solid State Amp. I really wanted something that would warm up the solid state sound and give it a more Tube Quality. This pedal definitely did the job. The other reviewers are right when they said this has Tube-Screamer Circuitry. It definitely sounds "Tube", in that it is a warm, soft overdrive that sounds very natural. It is in no way gritty like a distortion pedal and would work very well as a soft boost for a tube amp. However, I have to give this pedal and 8 on the sound quality, because it is not very bright. I've noticed this with a lot of the overdrive pedals, including the Tubescreamer, but this one especially seemed to lack in the high, trebly range. It sounds great, but will suck your treble out, even if you crank the tone knob to 10. But if you have a bright amp to begin with (which I didn't) you should be just fine, and will add a boost/tube sound to any distortion that your amp already has.

Never had any problems with it, although it IS made of cheap plastic. The battery seemed to last a long time too, although I unplugged it when not using.

Never had to contact. Heck, I paid only $20 for the pedal, and hear that you can get it cheaper off of Amazon.com or someplace.

I play rock and roll, being a child of the 80's, listening to mostly classic rock. I think this pedal would be est suited to classic rock stuff and seems to get muddy if you dial in a ton of distortion. But a setting of 1-6 on the gain knob will give you a nice boost to any distortion that your amp may have and will warm it up to sound like a tube overdrive. The only fault in this pedal is that it is not as trebly/bright as i would have liked it. But hey! $20.00 for a great, natural tube sounding overdrive is worth the try!

Couldn't be easier. It's a basic OD pedal.

I bought this for playing harp, since the very things that it gets knocked for (dark sounding, not a lot of top end), tend to work well for harp. For $15 I expected little. Wow, this thing is fantastic for harp! It sounds great into a tube amp when I need a little more grind at low volume. And, surprisingly, it sounds pretty good straight into the PA. I've tried a few other OD/distortion pedals and the distortion/OD on my Magicstomp, and they suck compared to this for amplified harp. It adds a smooth overdrive sound with a bit of compression.

OD/Distortion pedals tend to make harp feed back, but I use a MicroHush pedal that is great for killing feedback, so this is a non-issue.

I give it a 9, rather than 10, because it adds a little noise, especially as the gain goes up.

For $15, I don't expect it to last forever. So far so good.

None needed.

For $15 this thing is amazing for harp! I'd be pleased with it for $100. If it were lost/stolen, of course I'd shell out the big bucks for another. I've been playing harp for about 12 years and play in a band. That said, there are lots of better harp players than I, but I can hold my own. I have 4 tube amps. For practicing without an amp, or if an amp craps out at the gig, this little pedal into the PA will get you by.

Sounds like a tube amp breaking up! this pedal can also be bright not at all nasal sounding, just put a dynamic setting in your amps eq and this pedal will shine. I guess those comments about this lacking highs, set their eq at flat.

It sounds thicker than the tubescreamer for it has sense of lite compression which is good to keep your tone atop. Captures the picking nuance of the player. do a hard strummed rythm power chord and you will hear the brite-bite juice out of it. and do a lead licks and it's like a fat tube amp about to breakup.

the overdrive sings and has a rounded, nicely shaped tone not like a distorted overdrive that is usually heard on cheap pedals, midhump is useful, unit is not noisy at all.

great!

Couldn't be easier to use. 3 knobs - level, tone & drive. Manual warns that you should start the the level at 25%. I had no problems though, just plugged it in and started play with smoothly overdriven leads. You can get a great sound straight away with minimal fuss.

This thing is great for the price. The overdrive is slightly compressed and very sweet sounding to my ear. Some have complained about the lack of high end in this pedal but this is the sort of sound I like. It's great on top of an already slighty deistorted rhythm tone as it gives you a volume, sustain and gain boost which is really smooth. I'm playing it thru a Peavey Studio Pro 112 and a Custom Guitar Workshop Tele copy with GFS single coils. This pedal is great for me as I'm happy with the clean and dirty channels in my amp but really needed an extra bit of boost for lead playing, as my main rhythm tone is only marginally dirty and doesn't have a lot of sustain. Considering the price this pedal is an absolute winner in terms of sound.

Can't really comment here as I've only had it for a short time. Though the top of the pedal is made of plastic, I don't see any structural shortcomings with it - looks pretty sturdy to me. I don't jump on my pedals and try to take care of all my gear, so it's all good for me. If it keeps the cost down then I see it as a bonus not a hinderance. Time will tell though.

Can't say. If it breaks I'll just get another. Dirt cheap.

I play blues and jazzy hard rock. This pedal is perfect for me. I've never owned a Tube Screamer (used 'em before though) but this pedal has a similar overall effect, as it smooths and enhances your tone in a warm natural sounding way that belies it's transistory construction. Fantastic for warm sounding leads. It may not suit high gain shredders but for any blusey-style stuff this pedal is ace. This is my second Fab pedal and I can't believe the quality of these things for the dollar paid. I am now a huge fan. I've been playing since '89 and have owned and played with a lot of distortion devices - Boss, Dod, Marshall etc - and this one is the best I've encountered thus far, as it enhances rather than detracts from your sound. Get one - they sell for bugger all on ebay. Have to give it high marks just because of the bang for the buck and it's high quality sound.

Very simple to get a great usable sound out of it.

I build military spec tube screamers. I am always searching for new overdrive pedal designs. This is a tube screamer curcuit folks! It's just like a sound tank with a slight tone knob modification.

I use it regularly for SRW strat fender gigs and some world music gigs. Holds up just fine.

I love the fact that if it gets stolen, i'm only out $15.00.

Super Easy. A little fiddling and you'll find what you're after.

I really like this pedal. It's a little mid-rangey, but for lead work(which I do a little of), it's perfect. I don't use many other effects, usually one or two, and this is one of them. I use it with a couple of different setups depending on what band I am playing with.
- Rickenbacker 610 > OD > Fender Blues Jr
- SG > OD > Gibson GA15rvt

I've owned other OD's and played several others and i've come to the conclusion that this OD is a winner.

Looks pretty tough. I've owned it for a little over a year and use it out and haven't had any issues with it. I don't have a backup.

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I play in a couple of rock bands...do a little recording. I have two rigs that I sometimes alternate between bands and the OD is in both. I use an AB box to switch between an engaged Fab Distortion(rhythm) and this Fab OD(lead). It's a simple rig, but it sounds good and is easy to drop on the floor and get crackin'.

I build pedals and a few amps and honestly, I haven't built an OD that can match this for price, sound, and perhaps durability. I hate buying Chinese stuff considering how out-of-control our trade deficit situation is, but it's simply too good of a deal.

Very easy to use. Three knobs: volume, tone, drive. Doesn't get simpler than that.

Okay, alot of people are posting low numbers because this isn't the neat Butler Tube Driver but get a grip! You paid $15 for it! You can't use this alone and expect it to work miracle. Most of my tone is controlled at the end of my effect line and I used this as a boost at the front of the line. I haven't gotten exotic with my effects but I am using it for front end drive and I'm expecting to to work as advertised. If you're using this to drive your tone, then you're just fooling yourself. Use it as intended and it's fine.

I'm sure I won't have many problems with it but if I do, I can always pick up another one for $15!

Probably won't need it.

For $15, you can't ask for much but it does do the job of overdriving. If you're looking to control your tone get something more intended for doing so.

As easy as any pedal to setup and use.

I'm a strat thru a tweed/jtm/plexi guy. I like thick rhythm stuff like AC/DC back in black, chimey dynamic clean/dirty like SRV little wing, and too many other sounds to mention. There are so many beautiful guitar tones out there but at some point you have to pick one and really work with it to make it your own. I've been playing for about 14 years and have been on a tone hunt for the last year.

I think this pedal gets alot of undeserved hype. Yea, I know it's only a $15-$20 overdrive but still, what's with the hype? It does'nt sound like any kind of classic or boutique overdrive. It has it's own color and alot of it. Even with the drive at zero, using the pedal as a boost, it's color is all over your tone. What's it sound like? Rolled off hi's, lo's, mid bump.........overall color is almost like a cheap chorus pedal *barely* engaged. It does'nt particularly sound bad but it's not inspiring either. I honestly don't have a use for it's sound. I think it may be useful for someone that plays smooth, modern blues/rock on a tight budget. You know......those old guys with the 80's look that think they're playing blues. I call it rock elevator music.

SRV, Hendrix, ZZ top, Black Crowes, AC/DC..........forget about it. This pedal does'nt put a foot in any of these territories. It puts out pretty limited dynamics and frequency response. Kind of a cheap compressed sound.

I've used it a handful of times over the last couple of years, never a problem. I've literally played thru it probably 4 hours total over 2 years.

No need to use customer support.

It's a one trick pony and unfortunately I did'nt find it's trick. Since it is a $20 pedal, I don't want to slam it's rating too bad but I have to do my part in bringing down some of the hype. So I'll give it a 3 overall. For what it's worth, I tried the pedal out in the shop before buying and bought it anyway. I figured it might be a useful alternate sound for recording. I was wrong. Two years later it's sitting unused.

With a decent amp, this thing is very easy to get results from.
Three knob adjustments, but they are so simple you don't even have to read the instructions. My kind of gizmo!

I play a MIM Standard Fender Strat. I plug the guitar straight into the Fab Overdrive, and then run this through a Danelectro BLT echo pedal. I have one of the brand new Epiphone Valve Junior combo amps.
With this combination, I am totally happy with the sound.
Also, the Fab Overdrive greatly increases the versatility of my amplifier. Without this product, my amp would only do extremely clean 50's sounding stuff. With the Fab, I can get anything from Sun records rockabilly to Ramones level gain. This pedal really works.

It's reliable, but I operate it with my hands. Stepping on the plastic button doesn't seem like a good idea to me. This being the case, perhaps this product is more for the Joe Blow playin-guitar-in-his-garage than the professional musician.

I've never had to use Danelectro customer support. But I've had their BLT echo for a year, and it still works fine. The Fab overdrive only cost me $15.00! The price and effectiveness of this unit can't be beat. If it poops out on me, I'll just buy another one.
One suggestion. Buy the nine dollar 110 volt power transformer that Danelectro makes available. They work great, and it won't take you long to save money by not buying those silly 9 volt batteries. These pedals don't need the battery; they will run straight off of the transformer.

I like country and rockabilly, with a little bit of surf and 70's punk thrown in. I use gain with all of it, and the Danelectro Fab is awesome. It really just enhances the sound of your amp without making it sound "electronicky."
However, I don't know how it sounds through an ultra-cheapo solid state amp. The Epiphone is my first good amp, and this pedal is a perfect match.

Level, tone, OD, on/off. Easy.

Hmm, it's okay. It's very limited by the tonal range -- even with the treble cranked, it's really too bassy for really juicy leads, IMO. If you stick a 7-band-eq after it, it takes care of that, but it's a bit of a hassle. This thing would be much improved if they fixed the tone circuit. It seems to just drop out over the 1K range. I know it's trying to be a psuedo Tube Screamer (which is a mid-rangy pedal), but it still doesn't have enough treble for that.

It does sound nice for some very mellow rhythm sounds though, and to a certain extent some bluesy John Lee Hooker riffage, depending on your amp setting ... the treble cut kind of makes it sound nasaly, if you turn the gain up a bit, and especially if you run it with another overdrive. I mean, it's not a bad pedal, but it's really limited by the tonal range.

I a/b'd this with a Boss SD-1 (not the DS-1, the SD-1), and the SD-1 was much more transparent tonally, and worked better if you want to add some kind of modulation effect after it. Very clear and transparent. The Fab OD imposes itself upon your tone, and doesn't work well with my Electric Mistress. It does have a very loud clean boost, so it could certainly send your tube amp into overdrive by volume alone.

It's okay, but I really liked the Fab Distortion much better, because it doesn't cut out your highs. The Fab Distortion, interestingly, also works as a clean boost (I wasn't expecting that, but it really does completely clean up with the distortion knob at 0), a mild OD and a saturated distortion. I would recommend you get the Fab Distortion, rather than this pedal. The Fab Distortion does everything the Fab OD does, but does it better, and then goes beyond it into medium-high gain territory.

The Fab Overdrive is okay, but there are better overdrive pedals to be had, though not as cheaply. I'm planning on picking up a Boss SD-1 soon. I was impressed with its clarity and the interesting enhancements it made to my tone used either clean or with mild dirt. It seemed to take the tone I already had and just made it a little better. The Fab OD completely changes your tone, not always in a bad way, but it just doesn't have enough treble enough for my tastes. The Fab Distortion is much nicer, and more versatile, if you're looking for a nice $15 dirt box/clean boost.

Ok 3 knobs no probs. We all know the old three knob drill.

This is what I hear out of this one. It is a very dark and or treble-less sounding od pedal which is ok if that is what you are looking for, but I am not. It simply lacks enough treble response for it to be usable for my type of playing.

That being said it is not overly noisey and it seems to have plenty of available volume and gain. I ran it through my 66 Bassman and my Ampeg reissue but it seemed to have the same results.

It seemed tough enough for usual gigs.

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I play blues and various blues/rock types of music and have been playing for 15 years. This pedal does not seem crappy or poorly made but to my ears its lack of treble is its main problem and so much so that I have not found a use for it in my rig. If you want/need a darker sounding overdrive this may be for you and for the price it is not a bad little pedal at all. As I mentioned it has plenty of volume and enough gain for a decent od so for the price you may want to check it out. I just might recommend trying to listen before you buy it to see if it is for you.

Three knobs (drive, tone, and level)--how much easier could it get? Well, I have to agree with those who wish the knobs faced up instead of away from you. It looks cool, but it isn't very practical.

This thing has a super sweet mellow tone. I absolutely love it. It's perfect for jazz and mellow rock. I'm using an Ibanez AS73 copy through an Epiphone Valve Special, neither of which produce a lot of treble. This pedal does NOT make up for that. If you already have a lot of treble, it will probably be fine for harder rock, but it doesn't work for me. The tone control certainly doesn't provide the variety that, say, the Boss OS-2 does. Also, I hear so many people say that you can take an OD pedal and turn the drive down with the level up to saturate your preamp. I haven't found an OD pedal yet that does this without coloring the tone, and this one is no exception. If that's what you're looking for, try a dedicated boost pedal or a jacked up EQ, or look elsewhere.

It's about as sturdy as you can expect a plastic pedal to be. But it isn't made of metal, so be somewhat careful. I've had mine for six months with no problems.

This is a great little pedal for mellow overdrive. The tone is surprisingly deliscious and FAR better than you would expect for such a low price. I suppose the plastic construction is one big reason the price is so low, And since the price is the big reason to buy it, I can't knock it too much for that. The design isn't perfect, as the knobs would be much more useful on the top instead of the back. I doubt this pedal will give you many tones you can't already get with the OD pedal you have, but for the price you can buy one just to play around with. Who knows? You may just fall in love with it. I wouldn't be surprised.

According to the scale we have to choose from, 10 is a "fantastic value." Despite my misgivings, I can't deny that this pedal is one of the best values I have seen in all my years of playing.

It has the three basic knobs for an overdrive pedal - level, tone and overdrive.

This pedal has a good sound for any price but considering it only set me back $15, I am amazed at the sound coming out of this thing!

Depending on the settings you use, it has a good range of sounds - from a subtle overdrive to a harsher, almost distortion-like sound.

I haven't had any problems with it. It has a plastic housing but I'm not very rough on pedals so it doesn't make any difference to me. The plastic is pretty thick though. I think it would still be hard to do much damage to it even if I were trying.

I haven't had to deal with them.

For $15, everyone should own one of these!!! After I bought this pedal, I actually ended up buying a second just to play around with different setups. I sort of wish the tone knob was replaced with two tone knobs (high and low) but even many expensive pedals don't have that! My only complaint is that the battery life seems to be a little short. I suppose if you are a "serious" player, you would probably have plenty of 9V adapters at your disposal anyway.

There are 3 knobs, not really that much to it.

Only 2 complaints. 1) The level pot runs really really hot. 2) The tone pot needs a little more boost too it.

Fender American Standard Strat, AIMS International 1969 vintage 105 watts at 8 ohms.

At low volumes the tone has the tendency to get really muddied, I have had a chance to turn it up when the neighbors aren?t around and it sounds great. Almost all of those problems work themselves out.

HOWEVER . . . I have a TS 808 that I stacked it up against for comparison. The FAB Overdrive has a tendency to still sound a little muffled as far as tone. It has a slight bit more overdrive than the 808, but let?s just say I'm not getting rid of the 808 anytime soon.

I have a strat, it has single coil pickups, and because of this it tends to pick up a hum from the lights, the TV, the microwave. Pretty standard for stock overdrive pedals that don't use heavily shielded cables. On the 2 and 4 positions on the switch sounds great, a little hum in the 1, 3, 5 positions, but if everything is off it sounds great.

I opened it up, plugged it in, messed with it for about an hour and mounted it to my pedal board. I like it a lot, enough to use it.

I build a lot of my own pedals, so of course I opened it up. There are a couple of things that I don't like about the way they have done things. 1) There is a small plastic button that is attached to an arm that triggers the switch. I am pretty positive that if I really stepped on it hard, a lot it would break. I am seriously considering re-wiring a switch and mounting it in a new enclosure. 2) The DC jack is a little deeper than traditional jacks. I have quite a few manufactured pedals, and the multi-out power supply I use has always worked fine. . . Except for now. I thought about throwing it on the drill-press and taking the plastic down a little, but in the end figured it would be better just to wire it up off of the battery snap. So I drilled a little hole to pull the wires through and made a new dc cable. Easy, BUT a big pain in the ass.

I am giving it a pretty unfavorable rating solely on its construction and the DC-Jack, But hell its 15 bucks, don't worry too much.

It's 15 bucks, just buy a new one if something goes wrong.

I play a lot of rock, blues, that sort of stuff. It sounds nice, has a small footprint, but also has a few hang-ups. These are pretty minor concerns, but danelectro has a pretty great reputation despite their price and I truly believe that this is part of a last-ditch effort to save their company. So right now quality and name is more important that price. It is a nice pedal, kind of cheaply made, but then again it is a pretty cheap pedal.

30 seconds can dial this pedal in!

I can't believe it sounds as good as it does!

If you want a smooth Overdrive this is a great pedal.
I also have a Daddy-O & I think this D-2 sounds better (maybe).
Great Ac/Dc, Thin Lizzy type tones.

For $15, if it lasts a couple years that's fine.

Don't know.

I bought this pedal to leave at rehearsal. I don't want to use my Barber LTD all the time. This pedal doesn't sound like my Barber, but for $15 it kicks ass! Solo's cut thru big time. Yeah, it's made of plastic! Who cares! I know good tone when I hear it. This pedal sounds better than most new stock Boss or Ibanez pedals! Really!

Danelectro makes some great sounding pedals & some not so great.
This thing is worth every penny. Runs off of any Boss type power supply. It kind of has a DOD 250 Preamp vibe to it.

For Hard Rock, Punk Rock or Classic Rock it will be the best $15 you'll ever spend.

Easy to use as falling off the pavement when pissed... plug it in, there's 3 knobs to fiddle with and a BRIGHT blue LED so you know when it's on (although you'll know when it's on anyway...)

I've tried this with a strat, a tele and an old Gretsch Corvette into a small Marshall Lead 12 (transistor amp). I love it! Careful with the level though, as this pedal gives a serious boost. It's quiet in terms of background noise though. Unlike the guy below, I love it. It sounds like a tube amp breaking up, thickens up the tone immensely and gives a much more convincing overdriven sound than turning up the gain on the Marshall (which is actually pretty good in it's own right).

It's not the most solid pedal... the case is plastic but, unlike the "lunch box" series, the knobs don't look like you'll be able to kick them off.

This is great for "vintage rock"... I love the sound of it and wailed away for about an hour on it the first time I plugged it in. It's not subtle, the range of sounds available aren't huge but, for #16, it's an absolute bargain. Not sure if you could use it as the only pedal in your arsneal but it's a huge amount of fun for VERY little cash...

It is easy to use, just know tthat the knobs are backwards so don't blow your amp.

Ugh. It does an ok job replicating a breaking up tube amp, but the quality is sad. Maybe you will like it, but I don't.

Its plastic. I don't beat the crap out of my pedals, so it is fine with me.

Never dealt with Danelectro.

I would not gig with this because of the sound quality. (and because I have a jekyll and hyde which totaly kicks this pedals tush) I just wish I could sell it, but it wouldn't be worth it because it was only $15. BUy it if you are interested, but I dout you will like it.

Very easy to use. On/off switch, level, tone and overdrive level.

Eh...sounds like it costs...$14. I'll admit that is sounds as good or better than some pedals twice its cost so I have to factor that into the rating. Has a very pronounced mid range hump and a sterile sound to it. I plugged it in for a few hours and just lost interest. In all fairness, I am a pedal / amp snob, owning a Vox Big Ben tube OD, a Butler tube pedal, and a Fuchs OD Supreme amp. The level controls are a bit abrupt (sp?), going from minimal to extreme a little too quickly. For $14 though, its fine to fart around in the bedroom.

Don't know, didn't have it for that long.

Dont know, didn't need to use them for the time I had the pedal.

Not bad in its price range, I've heard a lot worse for higher prices so keep that in mind. I've been playing for over 22 years and owned lots and lots of effects and amps. Give it a try, if you like it, great...you only spent $15 brand new!!!

3 knobs.....

i'd read about these, and went to gc on the way to work, picked one up. how do i say this?
FOR 15 BUCKS THIS THING IS THE S***.

these seem a little more durable than the first series of small pedals. switches look a little better. cool bright blue led if that's your thing.

haven't had to deal with them. i have a number of their products, past and present.

well worth the 15 bucks. i would have bought the fab dist. and the fab metal if they had it. now, there's an echo, chorus , and flange. i'm on 'em. seriously, this is a good pedal , especially given the price. better than an sd 1 for 1/3 the price.

Very easy

Not noisy at all. Running it through a Genz Benz El'Diablo C60 combo. This is a very smooth good sounding overdrive. I run it eith the gain flat out into the clean channel with the gain also flat out.

Even though it is plastic I think it is tough enough. The switch feels good and solid

N/A

Best deal out there for an overdrive pedal that sits next to my fulltone OCD. Overdrive pedals are all a little different and to just have one is a little limiting. Been playing 40 years, have a few cd's out, been in a couple of magazines. I would'nt just buy one again. I'd buy two!

well this is your standard OD layout Volume, Tone, and Dirt. all you need. i will admit it is kinda tough to get THE sound. depending on what your going for it might not but after a god solid afternoon of amp and pedal tweaking together to get BOTH dialed in so the overall sound is good then you'll be ready for your world tour.

if you ever listen to lenny kravitz, this is what it sounds like. poofy and fat. Great pedal, heres why. this opedal cost me 20 bucks ($15 for pedal $5 for shipping)keep that in mind. i play through a 4x10 hot rod deville and a bunch of different strats. i was going for a david gilmour/band of gypsys guitar sound. a bit unruley with alot of soul. this pedal does just that but sounds a bit weak at low volumes. i can deffinately tell theres a difference when i turn the OD off and the Devilles Dirty channel on, you can tell ones all tube and ones all pedal. but at HIGH volumes. this pedal sounds just COOL. remember 20 bucks. its FAT sounding and it cleans up great. it loses no high end and when you back off the guitars volume a hint of SRV is there. i have it set like this. VOL-pretty low to match the clean on my deville. TONE-dimed, this setting offers the most blues and midrange for a nice thick sound. OD-dimed, i use the all out soud for leads and use my volume knob to clean it up however much i need, very effective.

overall this is the best 20 bucks i ever spent. its got that unique dirt that i have been wanting but havent had the cash for. its a bit grainy and noisy but when your playing on it you'll forget about all that crap. its not the holy grail of pedals, but it is the best kept secret in OD pedals today.

the casing is like a hard plastic or plastic metal combo. i have stept on it and tripped over it and thoguht i had broken it so many times. but she keeps on screamin. not half bad.

never delt with em and dont think i will for awhile.

this pedal is THE obvious choice for a beginner or a player on a budget. it gets a sound all its own. but it in a good way. remember 20 bucks! and also remember in the end its your ear that will make the decision not a review on a website. it sounds cool for me and im not broke after buying it and thats exactly what i was looking for. all in all though. with the tone and the price it CANNOT be beatin Hands down. those 30-40 dollar boss pedals are the bitches of my FAB overdrive.

Pretty simple although I didn't like the knobs mounted on the horizontal - difficult to adjust and look at settings if you are playing. So for that, it gets dinged. Other than that, no big deal.

Peavey Reactor AX -> Ibanez PMD1 -> Dano D-2 / Fulltone FD2-CS -> Tubworks ProValve 60 -> 2x12 closed cab.

I swapped the FD2 and the D-2 in the chain to compare tone suckage, etc., and I compared the sound of the D-2 against the FD2 (I know, its not fair.) I was pleasantly surprised about how good it sounds for a $15 pedal. Its no FD-2 and wouldn't replace a TS-9 either, though. But I have no intention of returning it because it actually sounds good. I was really pleasantly surprised. The folks at Guitar Center got excited when I asked them about it - you know that look of "for $15 it probably should be crap, but it sounds really good - really."

It breaks up a lot harder than my FD2 so I wouldn't call it an overdrive - its more like distortion but not uncontrolled - its an even, predictable breakup. On the low strings it actually sounds a bit like fuzz but not out of control.

As far as tone suck goes, I really couldn't tell but I think it gets it a bit. I still could hear the character of my guitar and the amp but it does lose some of this on the low end.

My one gripe (which given the price is absurd) is that you can hear it switch if you are holding a note over during the switch. If you aren't playing, you don't hear it switch.

For $15 its a great sounding pedal so that is why sound is getting a 10

I'd give it a year or so before something breaks although the plastic does look sturdy. I would't gig without a back up though. I don't have experience with Dano equipment so I'll pass on giving this a number. Its built in china so it can't be great quality but it probably won't fall apart just sitting there either. Will probably last as long as anything you find in walmart, which is almost all china these days.

Don't know. for $15, don't care.

For $15 it is worth having in the collection and it gets a 10 because of how good it is for the price. I play the blues and I think its a little too hard for that, even though it is called an overdrive. I need to play with it some more to get it where I want it but it definitely has a home.

This little guy is pretty straightforward. Good boost to the sound, plus a bit of overdrive. No manual needed. Only problem is with knob placement. I can never remember which way to turn to get more or less.

I liked the sound. There's not much to it; it just takes your amp sound and dirties it up a bit, but that's what it's supposed to do. If you set the overdrive really low you can even use it as a volume boost pedal.

Pedal seems to be very quiet. I'm currently using it with my 2003 MIM Telecaster into a Peavey Special 130 combo amp. Works well for the styles I'm using it for, mainly oldies and classic rock.

It's pretty flimsy looking, but I figure as long as I don't jump on top of it, it should last for a few years anyway.

I always have a couple of cheap overdrive or distortion pedals in my gigbag (mostly Danelectro minis).

Never dealt with Danelectro.

I mostly play oldies and classic rock covers. My regular pedal is the Digitech RP50, but I got this as a spare or to use during outdoor gigs when I can't see the LED display on the RP50 in bright sunlight.

I have been playing since TV was black and white. I've got a lot of different guitars, pedals, and amps, mostly cheap, used stuff.

If this pedal were lost or stolen, I'd probably get another one since it's so darned cheap.

I got this because it was small and cheap and it does what it is supposed to do.

Pretty simple. 3 controls.
Like some other reviewers have said, it's worth messing around a bit to get the best sound.

Im using this with my 1996 Fender Anniversary Strat Plus with EMG pickups (DG20 Dave Gilmour series). GHS boomer 9's strings.
My amp is a Peavey classic 50 2*12.
My other effects are MXR Dynacomp, Big Muff, Boss GE-7, Electric Mistress, MXR Phase 90, Danelectro cool cat chorus, Boss DD3 delay, all routed via a Boss NS2. This sits between the Dynacomp and the Muff.
If you haven't already guessed, im very much into the Dave Gilmour sound (im a huge Pink Floyd fan). The reason i bought this was to use as a tube-overdrive sound for lightly distorted leads and crunchy rythms.
I haven't found it to be noisy (thought the NS2 would sort it out if it was).
The overdrive sound is quite characteristic, very round sounding, full and ripe.
The tone control doesn't give me enough treble unless i boost the drive too, as such it's quite bottom end sounding.
It is a good pedal, i do like the sound, though it's not as versatile as i hoped. I will keep it in my chain, though may add an OD2 or something to give me more options.
Overall the sound quality is good, not great, but workable.

It is plastic, but seems quite strong. I look after my gear so don't expect any problems to be caused by heavy use.
I have only had it a month.
Fingers crossed

No idea.

hmmmmmmmm
Not quite as good as I was led to believe by a number of magazines (Guitarist, Gear, Play etc....).
It's a decent overdrive pedal, nothing special.
My only problem is that it lacks a bit of bite and treble.
With the drive up it does sound very good, but I was hoping to use is with just a little drive to get some extra boost for crunchy rythms, it can do it, but you need to EQ it a bit to cut the mids and boost the treble. Pretty good though :)

Easy to use. The design is actually very cool, however the one catch is the knob settings are difficult to see. This isn't a huge problem though.

First of all, this is not a tubesceamer-type overdrive at all. It's got a lot drive in it, and does not "clean up" easily, if at all, depending on what guitar you're using.

The Bad News:
Not a lot of variation in the character. The tone knob doesn't offer much sweep. Overall, when on, the pedal imposes its sound on your tone. It's not in the 'transparent' class of overdrives.

The Good News:
What it does, it does very well. Though it doesn't clean up on low drive settings, dailing up the drive really makes the harmonics blossom. It has a really nice voicing and is very musical. With single coils you can get a nice chug-and-bite blues sound. With humbuckers it's a little too dark until you dail in more drive, where it 'opens up' to a nice ballsy but rounded distortion. Reminds me of Tom Petty-ish flavors. Not nasty, but dirty.

Lots of gain too. Very loud. Which is good.

Though plastic the design is such that it seems quite hard destroy. Seems like it could take a lot of abuse, more so than the "mini" line. The switch itself is the only questionable part, but it seems tough too.

Never had a danelectro product problem (knock on wood) so never contacted them.

I'm always looking for new pieces to try new sounds, and this FAB Overdrive did not disappoint at all. It's far better than it has any right to be for the pennies it cost. I took it head to head with my Sparkle Drive and it held its own, despite the fact that the FAB is far less versatile, it still gave me some nice tones. It has a sunny bite to its sound that was actually tough to replicate with the Sparkle Drive. Big points for a gutsy voicing and tone at such a low price. Recommended with single coil guitars, but can work with humbuckers. I really dig the design too.

I have so many overdrive and distortion pedals that I saw myself tossing it aside after a couple of days of play, but 2 weeks later I'm still firing it up every day. It's just funky and fun to play.

For value: 10 out of 10.

Muy simple.
Tiene los tres controles clasicos: volumen, tono y ganancia.
Eso si, los controles funcionan al reves que en la mayoria de pedales de Danelectro.

Conseguir un buen sonido de este chisme depende mas del ampli al que lo conectes que del propio pedal, ya que suena muy bien en cualquier combinacion de potes que utilices.
El manual es basico, pero que esperabas?

Yo le daria un 7 o un 8.
El sonido es MUY bueno, sobre todo para su precio. Y que conste que lo he usado con una copia de VOX AC30 !!

No es nada ruidoso, nada.
En todo caso, le sobran graves por un tubo, asi que me imagino que funcionara muy bien con una guitarra con pastillas single coil.
De todas formas, yo lo he probado con una Les Paul y sonaba muy bien, para mi gusto. Muchos armonicos !!

Puedes encarar un bolo con este pedal y un buen ampli, sin mas.
Depende de tus complejos, pero creo que es suficiente.
Eso si, el boton on/off funciona perfectamente, asi que no recomiendo darle grandes pisotones porque es de plastico y nunca se sabe...

No he tenido que llamar a la fabrica.

Es un pedal increible, sobre todo pensando en suprecio.
No merece la pena comprar otros de 40-60 euros teniendo este que, sin duda, los supera a casi todos.

Suena muy bien, sobre todo si lo combinas con el canal crunch de un ampli de valvulas.

Recuerda que esta hecho de plastico, asi que conviene tratarlo con cierto cuidado, aunque no es un huevo !!

Easy to use. It has three knobs - Level, Tone, and Gain. The manual was small and not really necessary due to the pedals easy to understand controls.

The knobs almost feel backwards at first due to their location, still easy to use.

Getting a useable sound out of this is not too hard. The knobs have a decent range of versatility to each of them.

My test setup consisted of:
A 2001 '57 Reissue Gibson Les Paul Custom (.011 gauge pure nickel wrap strings, the neck pickup turned around so the polepieces are closer to the bridge side).
A 2004 Lite Ash Telecaster (.010 pure steel strings. Pots and switch replaced with premium Fender, CTS, and No-Load tone pot. Brass AllParts compensated saddles).
A 1972 "silver face" Fender Champ (all original except for the Weber 8CS ceramic speaker. Brand new ElectroHarmonix 12AX7 preamp tube, JJ/Tesla 6V6 tube, and Sovtek 5Y3 rectifier tube.)

NOTE: It increases the single coil pickup's hum, which is NORMAL for OD/Distortion pedals.

IMPORTANT: I am NOT an effects pedal kind of guy. I got this pedal to get some distorted tones out of my '72 Champ at "bedroom volumes". Cranking the Champ sounds great, but at 6 watts it is still too loud for my neighbors.

ALSO: I compared the pedal to a Boss GE7 EQ pedal as a "clean boost". I maxed the EQ's Level control. To get "bedroom level" distorted tones I will compare them both in my review below.

As far as the SOUND QUALITY category, it can get some DECENT sounds out of this pedal. OVERALL THOUGH, my Marshall TSL60 can get BETTER sounds at similar volume levels (with it's gain only on 2 or 3). See my full review below for more info.

Made of plastic, BUT SEEMS DURABLE ENOUGH. As far as "gigging without a backup", I prefer the sound of a tube amp cranked, so OD pedals are used only for playing with distortion at "bedroom levels" on my Champ. My Marshall's Master volume knob makes the pedal even less used at home... so "gigs" will never see the pedal in action anyways.

Never dealt with Danelectro.

The review submittal asks these questions, so I'm answering them:

I play rock music (classic rock to hard rock) and blues (semi-clean and dirty).

I have been playing for about 15 years. I have recorded in studios, as well as at home. I play live. Other gear I own and have owned:

AMPS
Marshall TSL60 tube amp
Marshall JCM 800 (an early 100 watt version, and a later 2 channel 50 watt version with Reverb).
Closed back 2x12" cab with Celestion Vintage 30s.
Fender Blues Junior (with 70s MusicMan alnico speaker).
Fender '72 Champ.
Peavey Classic 50 (both the 4x10" AND 2x12").
Peavey Classic 30 (with a Celestion Vintage 30 and a Peavey e112 extension closed back cab with a Celestion G12H 70th Anniversary speaker).

GUITARS
2001 '57 RI Gibson Les Paul Custom (reversed neck pickup).
2001 Gibson Special Edition ES-135 (w Classic 57 pickups).
2000 Gibson Les Paul Junior Lite (w SeymourDuncan Custom P90 in bridge, and Gibson P90 in neck).
2004 Lite Ash Telecaster (SDuncan Alnico II pro pickups. AllParts compensated brass saddles. Fender USA switch, CTS 300k Volume Pot, and a No-Load tone pot).
1998 Fender Standard Telecaster (SDuncan Lil 59 bridge pickup, 2 volume, 1 master tone controls, Strat birdseye maple neck, compensated brass saddles).
1994 Fender Standard Telecaster (compensated brass saddles, tuned in Open G for slide).
2002 '58 Epiphone Explorer (DiMarzio Super Distortion in bride, Super2 in neck).
2000 Jackson RR-5 Rhoads Flying V (DiMarzio Super Distortion in bridge, SDuncan JB in neck. Coil Spliiter switch for single coil operation).
1998 Ibanez AR 200 (DiMarzio Super Distortion in bridge. Coil Spliiter for single coil operation).

Whew, got that out of the way.

If it were lost or stolen I would probably replace it, due to it's inexpensive price. Otherwise this effect is for "bedroom distortion volume" only out of my Champ and not a crucial piece of equipment by any means.

My favorite feature is it's price.

I compared it to the DigiTech BadMonkey. Price-wise this pedal won. I also compared it to the other FAB pedals D-1 Distortion, and D-3 Metal. I prefer a more subtle overdrive, so this was the pedal.

I don't wish it had anything else for the price.

It does NOT help me make music. BUT, it DOES help me practise. It is uninspiring for writing/creating, and for recording it is useless (unless perhaps for nice controlled feedback). I wanted a "decent" dist sound for my Champ at quieter volumes, this does "OK" for that.

"Anything else you'd like to share?" - YES - I HATE effects pedals (spring reverb is OK with me though). I do own effects and use them only when I have to (the job requires it, OR the track just begs for Delay, Tremolo, or something). I disdain and HATE distortion/OD pedals. I am a basic "cranked amp" and guitar kind of guy (NOT exaclty a "Tube Tone snob", but I know what I like), SO if you are a pedal lover, take my review with a grain of sand.

I am trying to objective for all to benefit... now, on to the review.

REVIEW:
The TONE CONTROL had a nice wide sweep, BUT is NOT as versatile as I would have liked. PERHAPS THE DigiTech BadMonkey HAS BETTER TONE CONTROL FEATURES (a Bass and Treble control) IN THE LOW PRICE OD CATEGORY (it's $40, the D-2 was $15).

As a "clean boost" (with the Level control maxed, and the Gain low or off - to push the amp's preamp tube into distortion via Volume) the pedal still adds fuzz and color. Even with the Gain knob ALL THE WAY OFF. The EQ pedal (I used a Boss GE7 for reference) might be a better bet in the "clean boost" arena, BUT the slight added gain even in the zero position was nice as well, just NOT "clean" enough to be called a "clean boost".

As far as Dynamics are concerned, lightening up on the pick attack did not seem to clean up as well as a tube amp cranked up usually does. Some fizz and distortion seemed to always be lingering in the back somewhere. As a "cranked tube amp" guy, I disliked this quality.

With the amp turned way low, the pedal seemed to sound better with the the pedal's Level turned up a little bit. This is PROBABLY because the 6 watt Champ's tubes were worked a little harder (the output volume was alot louder than with the pedal off), and probably not due to anything in the pedal's nature.

With the amp turned up more, the pedal had to be backed off to make for more "neighbor friendly" volumes. AGAIN, I feel the amp's louder volume overall was the key to getting a good sound. THE WAY A CHAMP WORKS lends itself to better tone when the amp's volume is louder - the pedal's Level control made the amp louder, therefore a little better.

The Telecaster still sounded like a Telecaster, but perhaps a Tele through a solid state amp. Single coils did get a "kick" and had distortion at lower levels. Compared to my Les Paul, the single coils were more "fizzy" and lacked body, especially with the Gain control at higher levels, which is common for an OD pedal.

With the Champ dimed/cranked-to-10 and the pedal OFF, the Telecaster's distortion was great (nice classic tube amp distortion) - SO THE PEDAL IS TO BLAME for some of this.

THE PEDAL'S EQ/FREQUENCY COLORINGS:
TREBLE/HIGHS - The pedal killed the amp's "chime" and highs (which are are great on their own). They could SORT OF get dialed back in, to SOME DEGREE with the Tone knob, but was less "magical" and more "processed". The highs on the Champ WERE simply beautiful - not so with the pedal.

BASS - Bass seemed fine. Not "flubbed" up and muddied by the pedal.

MIDS - There was a nice little mid hump (not exactly like what my Celestion Vintage 30s do to an amp, but it's the only way I can describe it).

The pedal can sound "fizzy" at times.

OVERALL
Overall, I'd say the pedal is "OK". Not something magical you'd hear on a great recording, but usefull for a little boost onstage OR (like I am using it for), getting some dirt on a practise amp to tame the volume for dirty tones... I probably would NEVER use it in band rehearsal, and I'd NEVER use it in recording, BUT in my bedroom it's usefull for what I wanted... again, my 60 watt all tube Marshall with the gain on 2 or 3 sounds better (slightly loud for the neighbors, but still sounds better at a similar volume level).

This is a follow up to my first reveiw. I used the Fab a few times and liked it, but stuck it back in storage as my other higher priced overdrives were pretty much permanant fixtures on my board.

I had a guitar made for me ( semi hollow tele/lp hybrid with handwound, very low output, unpotted humbuckers ) and while trying it out with various amps and pedals decided to pull the Fab out and give it a go.

Well, you could have knocked me over with a freaking feather! The little, cheap *** fab sounded very, very good with this guitar. I'm sure it has to do with the pickups, but I was amazed at the tones I was getting. From articulate chord crunch to Ford/Carlton type overdrive tones. This is not a high gain pedal by any stretch of the imagination, but for bluesy tones, it was much more smooth than it's higher priced brethren. With my other guitars, the other overdrives work better, but with this beauty, the Fab is it!

If you're looking for a nice sounding, bluesy overdrive, you could do much worse ( and spend a ho bunch mo money ) than the Dano Fab.

It's plastic and the controls are very touchy. However, there is a ton of gain available on this little gem, the tone control works very well and for $15 stinking bucks, how the hell can one go wrong?

I bought it on a whim, tried it out and was pretty impressed. I was very impressed with how well it sounds with low output pups. So, I guess the moral here is to try it with every guitar you own. To paraphrase Nappy Brown, "You never know whats going to jump out of the bushes and bite you oin the ***."

the controls are laid out clean and simply.
level, tone and gain. Bright blue LED.

i tried the overdrive first on a fender princeton chorus and later a boogie rectifier 2x12 combo. the pedal worked great with both solid state and tube amps. on the solid state amp it gave me a more tube like sag - with the tube amp it really helped push the amp into dirt, not metal dirt, but good clear classic rock dirt.

to soon to tell. so far has held up well.

for the money, its hard to beat.

When i first popped this puppy out of the box (and slapped a battery in, those bastards lifted the 9v out at the store) i got this very very fuzyy tone. it was almost unuseable. sounded like distortion with a wah all the way back, or in the bass or on the heel, really weird. well, i popped in a fresh battery and what can i say?
crunch galore. made me want to play AC/DC, and trust me i usually dont play ac/dc at all. this pedal really does get that broken-up tube amp kinda sound. i must say though, it sounds kind of forced, kind of too broken up. this is most likely because i havent tweeked it fully, so just ignore me (but dont really because then thered be no point of me writing all this). i havent had the luxury of boosting a good tube amp, and if i heard what i was playing from someone else, id have no idea it was coming from a roland cube 60, a fender standard telecaster and a $20 danelectro overdrive pedal

as mentioned earlier, i got a 2004 fender standard telecaster (mexicano) going into a dunlop gcb-95 cry baby into a roland cube 60.
if you crank the level knob, it gets noisy, but what can you expect? level is volume/gain kinda thing and when you start boosting that you'd be a fool to expect no noise.
i can tell you i don't think i've spent a better $25 canadian on anything, let alone anything for a guitar.
As of yet, i have only really been able to nail a heavy crunch setting, ala AC/DC and Led Zeppelin II/Physical Grafitti (think the wanton song). a very humbucker-esque drive tone. its pretty good to have when you weild a tele.
as of yet (about 2 hours) i haven't been really able to find a solid light overdrive. that could be because ive just been happy messing around with the pedal and the modeled amps in the cube 60. if you have a roland cube, flip it to marshall stack model, give it about 12:00 on the OD, 2:00 or 3:00 on the tone and anywhere you want for the level and youll be really happily surprised.

my prefered style of music is a blues rock hybrid, stevie ray vaughan off any album, johnny winter (off second winter) and the bluesier hendrix stuff (red house obviously, catfish blues, hear my train a comin' kinda deal). i do and will play anything. as of yet i have been able to get these tones, but this is because ive just been enjoying this immense crunch so much; definetly not something im used to

it kicks ass. i had to pop a battery in this sucka, so im already pretty familiar with the design. metal base is rock solid, and plastic will last. if your one of those guys who wears boots and likes to stomp the shit out of their "stomp"boxes, let me tell you, youre gonna get what you deserve. this pedal is not a boss and the button isn't that large, but anyone who has the brains to realize you dont have to stomp the hell out of a pedal to get it to work, this pedal will offer you absolutely 0 problems at all.
I can't comment on battery life, but at first i put in a semi-drained battery, and the led lit up duller than normal (this is one bright blue led, you wont have to worry about telling whether its on or not). so im pretty sure it wasnt designed this way, but you even have a bit of a battery indicator in the brightness of the led.

never dealt with danelectro. for the $25 cdn i spent on it, i'll be pissed if it breaks... because i cant play it, not because i lost the money

as mentioned earlier, i play a blues/rock mix leaning more towards blues (winter, vaughan etc.) i havent as of yet got these tones, but if you've followed along this far youve realized its taken me about as long to write this review as ive played with the pedal for.

i've owned my tele for 5 months on may 12th. its my first electric guitar. from this you may think all of the above is full of shit, but let me tell you, it aint. in the 5 months of owning this guitar, ive played 4 gigs and i cant tell you the last time i didnt play for more than 3 hours a day. i could tell you ive played for two years and youd hang on to every word id say. also ive played clarinet for 6 years, jazz piano, taught myself alto sax too. give me any chord and i can go play it on piano. i play jazz on clarinet and sax and i know my theory. i picked up guitar as a means of exploring things other than charlie parker's heroin-induced speed. but how good you are doesnt make a difference if you have fun. other gear is a roland cube 60 and dunlop gcb-95 wah (used stuff is s-i-c-k).

theres nothing i wish it had. its my first "stomp"box and i dont think you can go wrong with it. has all the standard distortion/overdrive controls and it even looks pretty cool to (if your into that sort of thing). blue led is perfect for a dark stage. i didn't really compare it to anything else. for my birthday i received $100 from the parents/grandparents and went to go buy the dunlop wah. since i got a new one for a used price i decided to pick up this pedal for fun, why not? i expected to spend all the money on the wah and had enough to buy the od. i felt a bit dumb on the car ride home because of all the modeled amps on my cube 60, but hey man its definetly worth it. if you come in expecting a tube amp in a box for $25, you're probably gonna be disappointed. but then again if thats what you expect, i dont think very much will make you happy in this world thats full of wonderful surprises waiting for your discovery each and every single day.

i give it a solid ten, as soon as i work out good setting for it, this baby will never leave my "rig" and will be with me at every "gig" from now on. haha rhyme, right on!!!

please feel totally free to email me with any questions, the lack of information on this pedal is fairly scary even for just a $25 "investment"

One button, three knob stompbox. It has nice bright blue LED to indicate it's been activated. You could definitely see it light up through the smoke machine.

BUT, they put the knobs facing out the back of the pedal where the input jacks are. They're hard to reach and difficult to turn from that vantage, and I have no idea why they would have designed the pedal like that.

I played this through a 335, or an Italia Modena into a Vox Valvetronix with a little bit of reverb. I think the tone was alright, but nothing to write home about. The pedal generates considerable hiss whether or not the effect is activated.

The tone control controls a VERY narrow range of eq, so turning it does very little. Likewise, the gain begins higher than you would expect. I didn't find it particularly responsive to changes in the guitar's volume or tone controls. Altogether, I was pretty disappointed with the sound here-- I thought it would be much closer to the Daddy-O overdrive, which I remember being a great effect.

It's all plastic. If you couldn't afford a $20 backup, you might have problems.

I've played for a number of years and have acquired some decent equipment. I'm a fan of the Dano brand and usually try to give them the benefit of the doubt when they come out with new pedals, but they're definitely hit & miss.

For $20 this is a decent OD for a beginner, but it's not going to be adequate for recording or playing out. Besides the OD's that my Valvetronix models, I've got a Big Muff, a Vox V810 Valvetone and a Dallas Arbiter Fuzzface. I knew the D-2 wouldn't be in this class, but sometimes Danelectro can be very surprising (I use a Dan Echo religiously, the French Toast octaver is a great little pedal, so is the aforementioned Daddy-O). I play the indie space rock / shoegaze / wombadelia a la my bloddy valentine, spiritualized, jesus & mary chain. This little guy is cute, but it doesn't really cut it.

Honestly, the best thing about the pedal is how clearly you can see that LED when you stomp it-- I wish more pedals did that. I'd spend the twenty bucks on another few packs of strings if this were lost or stolen. Save your pennies and get something a little nicer than this pedal.

This is a very simple device. Plug and play pretty much.. just watch your gain on the pedal, it's got some power.
The manual is pretty simple, one small page, names parts, controls.
It's enough for this.
Based on the Tube Screamer, I gather, this is a very nice pedal, you get a good range of overdrive, and it's very good sounding.

This is a preliminary review.. very much off the cuff, so..

bear that in mind.

I'm using an epiphone sheraton, gibson pickups, into sabine compressor and then the Fab, ending up in my Marshall mg15cd practice amp.

It produces a bit of hiss, esp. with the compressor on. But, not enough to care about.

It has no bad settings, it only does one thing.. overdrive, mild to ripe.

I found it faster and easier to match the tone of my practice tapes guitarist with this FAB overdrive than either the Marshall alone, or my guitar run through the behringer bass pro rack unit.
*it has guitar amps and effects, including the Tube Screamer*

The sound of this thing is really good. I mean that sincerely. It has a sort of resonance, which can be more or less pronounced depending on how you tweak it, that is very much the sound of tubes pushed.
It has no frustrating or disturbing qualities.. no real negative side, save the fact that your tone changes.

This pedal tends to have less treble, even with the tone control all the way up, if the overdrive is set mildly. crank up the Overdrive and the treble comes back strong.

What this mean is, your basic guitar tone will change.
The reason it's not a big deal to me is that it sounds good. Very good.
The amount of piddling around is minimal because it's all so simple.
Even it's quirks are a walk in the park.

I'm going to give this a ten. I can't ignore that price performance ratio. It's an absolute steal. It can sound as good as much much higher priced units, just keep in mind, it's an overdrive, not three pedals in one..just one.
If it were priced higher, I would still give it at least a nine.
The reason is, it sounds very good. Whether I play into my zoom mrs 1044 cd ten channel digital recorder, or my practice amp, I get it's sound, and it's sound works for scads of things.
Very nice for blues! basic rock as well.. you can get a nice mild crunch, or you can fuzz it up bit, lots of harmonics and overtones.
Hey.. this is the perfect backup if nothing else. But it's also miles above your typical arion, etc., cheapo pedal.
Dano did a damno good job.

It's got a plastic case. metal bottom, rubber covered.
one screw battery replacement.
solid. not cheap at all.
seems very sturdy to me.
I'd not worry about it onstage at all.

can't say.

I'll say again, great for blues. Lets a lot of guitar through on milder settings. and it's range is smooth and logical, through the tone and through the overdrive you know very well what it will and wont do.
Very much high gain, follow the instructions and start with your level at about 25%.
Adds sustain, but doesn't overdo it. I like this aspect a lot. You can get more sustaing cranking the overdrive up, but it's never too much..
*where the note wont die out when you'd prefer it would..*
It's nicely touch senstive, change your pick attack and it follows you well. Back the guitar off and you do clean up a bit, but even at the lowest setting you'd have to crank the guitar way down to really be clean. (just a bit of high end fuzz)

I've been playing since the mid sixties. I have a lot of gear.
lost or stolen I'd replace it with another immediately. I want the whole series!

Best of all is that it's just what it is.. a very good little overdrive.. and cheap as bowling!
worst of all is the change in tone, which isn't much of a problem for me.
I had one of the sabine closeout overdrives and sent it back.
this dano blows that thing off the map.
Compared to the effects in my Zoom, the overdrive and dist. of the Marshall amp, and the Behringer Bass Pro, I'd say this..
you can put this pedals sound and function in any of them, and people would use it and like it.
If the Marshall had this it would be a very good improvement, as that amps overdrive is very much more radical than the Fab.
If the zoom or the behringer had this we'd say gee they did a good job of copying that pedal.

I chose this on price alone. Boy what a good deal I got.

This is not a rave review of Fulltones latest offering.. this is a review of a fifteen dollar overdrive pedal.

Beginners, buy the set. I don't see how you could be unhappy.
Intermediate, buy your fave, preference. It's cheap, it's fun, it's sturdy, and sounds very good.
Pros, look.. who can give you advice on something like a fifteen dollar pedal? If this thing had only one good sound, I might say go ahead and try it, but it has more. It's got a good range of overdrive, and it does nice things to your sound. Perfect? Studio? Nope. but live, you bet your waitress!

I have to give it a ten at this point. It's only two days old. I'll go into detail in a week or two.
I just don't see how anyone could top this pedal for double this money.
And chinese or not, if the design is good so is the product. This one is good.

Hey, if you buy one, submit a review and email me, so I can hear your opinions. thanks!

It is very simple: level, tone and drive. On thing to mention is that the knobs work the opposite way the rest of the pedals I have used (Fab Tone, Daddy-O, Bad Monkey, etc.).

It sounds quite well for the price. The overdrive is very warm, with a lot of bass, I think it works better with single coils. I have a Les Paul copy and this pedal lacks treble for me.
I have also a Bad Monkey (Digitech) and the sound is better for me, more like tube-overdrive.

It is made of plastic, you know. You have to be careful with this pedal.

It is a good pedal for the price. The sound is good, warm overdrive, but not exactly as a tube overdrive pedal. It is made of plastic, but I understand you can not made a metal pedal for 19$.
A good choice for single coil guitars.