Danelectro D-2 Overdrive

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

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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