Danelectro D-4 Fab Chorus

Fantastic. Amazingly easy. Three knobs for adjusting stuff, seriously you can't go wrong.

Amazing. I'm using this for my bass and it doesn't suck my tone or anything. I love chorus and I must say for this price I can't beat the sound. If I play with the repeat I can get an almost flange-like sound which is awesome. Thoroughly pleased.

Made of plastic like all the danelectro pedals but the soudn quality can't be beat. I'd roll without a backup and I doubt I'll have any problems.

Fabulous. I'm having trouble believing this was 15 bucks. Super versatile, great sound, unbeatable price.

First timers would have no problem figuring out what to do without the manual here--very basic.

Very suprising for an inexpensive pedal--the name sold me.No noise to speak of and good range of sounds. I favor Fender guitars and Peavy amps and I'll hook it down the line from my Digitech multi-effects unit

So far so good

Havn't had to use it but they have a killer website!

This pedal sounds good for all styles from rock to blues to jazz and on slow ambient tunes to fast ones

Three knobs, facing the pedal jacks turn right for more and left for less. These three knobs make it very versatile and it's not hard to use.

Incredible thing about this pedal is that it's analog and it is not noisy at all. No icy digital sound at all, this is the real deal. Very good suond even with a distortion going with it. Can get most chorus sounds.

Yes, it's a very very sturdy plastic chassis, it will never break out.

Asked a question on powering the pedal and were very nice.

Overall it's a great chorus pedal, I can't believe the price I paid for it. Makes you want to sell your old boss ce-2(which I did). No more digital ****, this is how it was meant to play guitar: pure analog design. I'd buy another one for sure if it were stolen and would beat the **** out of who stole it.

Turn the mix, depth, and speed knobs and get to work. It's not hard to get a good sound, but you'll work a bit more finding what you want out of it.

I use this with either a X-50 Pro (SD pickups) or a Predator Plus (GFS pickups). It's second in the effects chain, coming right after a Guv'nor Plus and ending in a Vox Pathfinder 15R. Pedal sounds great though both of those guitars. Very smooth sounding and gets that nice underwater sound. Goes well with the guitars clean. Using some gain will require you to change up your settings. I haven't used it much with gain, but once you set it specific to your gain setting, it's not bad. Isn't quite as clear as some other chorus pedals though. The sound gets a bit lost under the gain.

You've got a range of sounds available, from a pulsing 12 string to just a little splash over the notes to all out sci-fi stuff (which is musically not good, but if you need fx for something, give it a go). The mix is a very nice touch. That's what'll give you just a subtle sound. Now, it's not like a H20 Liquid Chorus or a Small Clone exactly, doesn't have quite as...rich a sound you'd say. But it's better than most of the digital stuff out there. For what you pay, you get a good effect.

Plastic with a piece of chrome and rubber on the bottom. Don't smash it around and it'll be fine. The button feels pretty nice and doesn't feel very cheap. The knobs are very smooth as well, no sticking or any of that. Input jacks also feel pretty solid. They don't give like some of the Digitech stuff does.

I'd gig without a backup. I don't make the effect the center point of my playing if you know what I mean. Plus, I take care of stuff. If it were to suffer a failure, then oh well.

Your guess is as good as mine.

Mainly stick to rock. Classic and blues rock. Been playing a good while now, 6 years or so. If this were stolen, hell yes I'd buy another. I was a bit skeptic at first. But after playing it, I can tell you that it is worth the $15 and it sounds pretty damn nice. It's not as good as a Small Clone or the Liquid Chorus, but it still gets and has available a nice sound. Plus, it's easy to use.

I don't use effects much, but sometimes the music just wants something under it. This chorus has helped me to get some stuff out actually. It needed something and this got the music to where it wanted to go.

TL:DR, this pedal sounds good enough and is easy enough to use to make you want to play more. For what you pay, it's not going to be the best, don't expect that. Expect a pedal that is a bit above others in the $40-$70 price range.

Can't say -- didn't work.

Again, can't say.

Didn't work. The light would turn on, but no effected sound, regardless of the position of the knobs.

Going to return it to the store, so won't be dealing with Danelectro customer service.

I think I got the rare non-working one. From other reviews I've read, this isn't common, but it can happen, as my experience shows. Just thought I'd let people know, as a word of warning.

Pretty easy. 3 knobs to regulate depth,speed and mix..turn them to you right(facing the holes for the jacks)to turn them up, and left to turn them down. After a few minutes you will be able to find any type of sound you can make out of it. I give it a nine just because they don't tell you how to turn the knobs and the manual doesn't help at all..

I have an Epiphone Les Paul100 with a Peavey Solo Amp. This pedal works great! It's wonderful! I compared to my friend's Boss Chorus Pedal and they sound the same! It always has a very clean,thick and rich sound! You can get the sound of all the artists that use chorus pedals. Try to turn all the knobs to max and you will get a cool sci-fi effect that they always used in 60's horror or sci-fi movies!(but that's not what most people need it for :D ) Usually I turn depth and mix to almost max and speed at half.

It's a have duty plastic. It's very resistant and it has a very solid metal plate under it. I would use it without a backup! If you compare to the Danelectro Mini DJ series you can tell that the fab are more resitant.

I never needed them because it works wonderfully.

I give it a 9..just because it's hard for me to rate 10 something..there is always something that you actually would like there to be..anyway, I'd buy one if someone had stolen it or if it broke! I really suggest buying this one!

OK, what's to say? This thing is as simple as corner of a house :). 100% look of a soap-bar is just funny, but we talk 'bout little overcheap effect stompbox, not 'bout serious rack device. Nevertheless we have 3 knobs (more than many much more expansive units can offere). All the knobs are usefull and work well. Almost miniature design and low weight proves that this baby will find the place in my guitar case with ease. Manual was written for 2-year child, I think, but device is quite self-explaning. It's all made of thick plastic, and have steel bottom. If not to jump on it, it will live, I suppose. Plastic footswitch is kinda strange, but who cares? For myself I found 2 useful patches - one mild chorus (less than middle for Mix and Rate while moderate Depth), enreaching the sound, and one extreme ski-fi FX (Mia and Rate knobs at max while Depth just stays moderate). One guy wrote here that he use 2 same pedals to obtain such a sounds in live. I have made some different thing (read below).

Of course, once you have so cheap unit, you just shouldn't expect it to sound superb. But the quality of sound quite good, fat and reach enough to make you wander - how it can be managed by simple 1-voice mono chorus. At least, it's analog, so (as for me) sounds better, then digital chorus in my Boss GT6. Pity, but bypass is hot, and really affects the quality of "dry" signal, decreasing it's brightness. When plugged, the pedal power is always on (in bypass mode too), so battery life's short through it.
But I bought this pedal at 20$ only, so I just have spent one evening to modify it (pissing of the warranty, I know :).
1. I've grounded inlay of pedal with the steel tape to eliminate noise pollution (but it wasn't so necessary because pedal isn't noisy a lot).
2. I've put hardwire bypass (with interhal 2-way miniswitch, switched on/off by lever of pedal's footswitch) in it.
3. I've put a power switch, which works simultaneousely with bypass switch, turning power off, when bypass mode. It will increase the lifetime of battery. Of course, both switches produce click sound when using, but it's hardwire.
4. I've placed a little 2-way thumbler switch, in front of the footswitch. It shortens the Mix and Rate controls to max values and gives me that ski-fy sound in one touch of my boot. No more need to use 2 pedals to achieve 2 different chorus patterns at live.
After this funny modification i really love this baby. 3 knobs, analog, hardwire bypass, long battery live, 2 patches avalable at live, good sounding, low-waight, small, and extreeeemely cheap... Just try to find something like that on a marker ;).

It looks not like die-cast pedal (due to it's plastic body). I have no clue about how it will be after the years of using, but suppose, that it will work untill i'll purchase some really great chorus for live and studio. In a small clubs and during the repititions i'll use it without backup because chorus is not the main part of my guitar sound. If it'll die during the concert, i'll simply turn it into bypass (of course, if pedal is modified, as described).

I've bought it with no expectations 'bout customer support. At this price much simplier to buy new one than to manage warranty repair.

I've playing 15 years, mostly hard/heavy staff like Jimi Hendrix, Zakk Wylde ets. The chorus effect is a good addition to drive sound, in my opinion. I'm lefty, so it's difficult for me to find good instrument. Now i'm using modified left-handed Ibanez SA260 through the Wylde Wah and 2-tube preamp stompbox. And, of course - this chorus. For extra-quality sound in a future I'm planning to use Danlop stereo-chorus, but this Dano's baby will be my favorite "always-with-me" backup pedal for a long time.
I'll took 2 from total 10 rating for myself (because of modification) :).

3 Knobs--pretty basic stuff here; playing within seconds of setting it up. Manual was basic, but it's more fun to tweak the knobs and come up with your own sound anyway.

I get very usable sounds out of this cheap pedal. Especially since I wasn't expecting much. I normally run it through an Epi So-Cal 50 Head w/ a Crate 4X12 cab. In my chain I have also a Dunlop Wah, Boss PH-3, Digitech Metal master through my fender Strat. I have not heard any negative sounds or signal degradation. Always turns on and off when I step on it. I've read complaints about the sound quality, but maybe that could have something to do with a player's rig (especially cables). I also run all of my power through a Furman power conditioner and use a 1 Spot adapter, so I can't speak on how it runs off of a 9-volt battery.

I have not had any problems with this pedal. I have gigged without a back-up, and plan on continuing to do so. It is plastic (So I give it an 8), but very sturdy, so I don't see an issue with it breaking. But if you are jumping on it with some Doc Martins and spilling beer on it, it probably won't hold up too well. Remember: If you take care of your stuff, it will take care of you.

Never dealt with them. If something happens to it, I won't waste my time contacting them either. For 15 bucks, I'll just get a new one.

This pedal is pretty freakin' good. I play mostly thrash and classic rock. I have been playing 20+ years and bought this as a short term replacement for a BOSS CE-2 that had been stolen from me, since I was pretty short on cash. Well, I'm very impressed with it, and it has now become my long-term solution. I get a very wide range out of this pedal, from the low-fi stuff of the seventies, to the over-produced sounds of the hair metal days, and everything in-between. If it were lost stolen, or broken, I would instantly replace it without hesitation. If you buy it and find problems, look into other things with you rig like I mentioned in the sound quality section. I give it an overall 9, just for the pedal being plastic, but really I don't think it will be a factor. Any questions, e-mail me. Thanks for reading.

This is a cheap and great sounding chorus. I've been out of music for a while and low-priced pedals like this are a new to me. The last chorus I owned was a Boss Ensemble from the mid 90s and that cost around $200 Australian and I don't remember it sounding as good or as extreme as this Fab Chorus does.

It's easy to dial in anything from spacious 12 string simulation to leslie-like rotary effects and even extreme and whacky sci-fi sounds. It has 3 knobs on the back: speed, depth and mix that kind of work in reverse to my intution. Facing the pedal, you turn the knob to your left to turn up the effect and turn the knobs to your right to turn then down. I was confused when I first used it 'cause I thought I had dimed all the knobs but had actually turned them all to zero and could thus not perceice the effect.

I'm playing a Custom Guitar Workshop Tele copy with GfS pickups through a Transtube Peavey Studio Pro 112.

The Fab probably sounds better on clean settings though I don't have a very distorted tone on my dirty channel so it works great for me. So far I have gone for leslie simulation effects, where I set the mix knob to about 1/2 and turn the speed up high and the depth down low. This is great for that rotary, or leslie type sound you hear in the Cream song Badge where it shifts to the lush D to Cadd9 B/G G progression. Very cool retro type sound.

You can also get a more spacious more subtle 12 string-like effect by turning up the the depth and turning down the speed.

If you dime all the knobs you have everything you need for abstract sci-fi flavoured soundscapes. Think of some of the corny dissonant stuff you hear in 1960s sci-fi shows. You get all that plus more. Stick this whacky stuff into a heavily feedbacked delay unit for total abstract bliss.

This pedal is a 10 for sound when considered in the context of its price range. But I reckoon it sounds as good as more expensive models.

Well...it has a plastic top and a solid metal bottom but it does seem very sturdy and I'd gig it and not worry about backup. 'Cause it's not made of metal I can't give it more than a 7, but it seems tough enough for me. I don't jump on my pedals anyway so for me it's fine. I can't really comment on the electronics yet but I have never had a pedal fail in this regard and I'm hoping that this one is no exception.

Can't comment here. But I like that they have sound samples on their website.

I play blusey rock and a bit of harder stuff, but love 60s and 70s guitar sounds. This pedal is great for that kind of stuff. It definitely has more character than my Boss Chorus Ensemble I used to own and it cost a fraction of the price. Unbelievable value. If it breaks I'll just buy another. I dont play with it on all the time but it sure does a good leslie sound and this one is staying in my pedal board. For this price it delivers cool sounds in spades. Bound to be a classic one day I reckon.

3 knobs, mix(level),speed(repeat),depth(space). very easy to use!

very rich,very quite,very analogue chorus.superb!

plastic...watchout..i hate the stompbutton too

bad...no warranty given when i bought it

best bang for the buck super chorus!...just take care of it...and it will last

Easy to set with straightforward controls. I only knock a couple points off because, for some reason, I find it hard to hit the footswitch with 100% accuracy. Manual is reasonably OK - but, if I didn't already know when the controls did, I don't think it would help much!

I play solo electric (Neil Young/Cat Power-ish). My guitars are an old Eko hollowbody and a mustang; amp either a Peavey Bandit or Fender Bassman. I use this to fill out some chords here and there and to add a little movement to some less rhythmic parts. I typically keep the depth low, the speed up about 70%, and the mix at about 80%. With these settings, I can get a subtle chorus that sits nicely with my tone and sounds very natural. By bringing the depth and mix up a bit, I can get those stereotypical '80s sounds. With everything cranked, it becomes a metallic vibrato. The tone overall is more similar to a BOSS or Ibanez box then an EH. Somewhat metallic, slightly sterile, but still quite usable when set conservatively. The reason I'm taking points off is because this thing is a TONE SUCKER! Whereas most pedals rob treble and volume when bypassed, the Fab steals bass and adds a little boost. I found the bypassed sound altered enough to be destracting, plus it destroyed the interaction between my guitar's volume knob and my amplifier. I still use the Fab, but I've moved it into the amp's effects loop to minimize the change.

Honestly, this thing is really solidly made. The plastic doesn't seem to flex at all, it's got some weight to it, and the knobs are clear of errant stomps. The footswitch does indeed use an unusual lever action to activate the switch (same switch Ibanez uses!), but you'd have to be trying to push it too far. The jacks are flimsy, but if yr gonna mount it on a board you should have no problem. I don't use it very often, so I wouldn't bother with a backup.

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I bought this pedal because it was the absolute cheapest thing that would do the job. This pedal works well for what I do, and being able to mix in a clean signal keeps it from being too obtrusive. I feel bad giving it a low ranking, especially since it's a $15 pedal, but the bypassed sound is really troublesome. If they could put a better buffer in for the bypass, I think this would be an absolutely fantastic budget box. As is, it's just functional. It'll work fine until I get around to building my own chorus.

This is a no-frills chorus pedal, but it works perfectly and it's easy top get a nice chorus out of it. It will easily push beyond the normal usable chorus to really whacked out chorus sounds. You don't need a manual, it's not that difficult, but it comes with one anyway.

The sound quality isn't as thick and full as a Small Stone chorus, but it's easily as good as most digital effects floor units. Start with all knobs at 5 and adjust from there. Maybe pull back the rate a little and give it a little more depth. You can't really get a bad sound out of it.

It's made of plastic but it's a very heavy-duty plastic. I worry more about the switch. Especially mounted on my pedal board in the second row, it can be hard to use the switch. I would gig with it without a backup - A: it's pretty solid and simple, B: it's just a chorus, man.

I haven't had to deal with them on this but I've emailed them on a different pedal and they never responded. I'll give them low marks for that.

I play alternative/modern rock (over 15 years) semi-pro/pro and I have this pedal hooked up through a true-bypass loop switch so I can kick on multiple effects at once and not worry that they are sucking tone when I'm not using them. How can you go wrong with this pedal? It's 15 bucks and it works great. It's the best deal I've ever seen on a usable piece of music gear. Sure I'd love to see a metal true-bypass switch on it and maybe it could look a little cooler, but it's 15 bucks and I'm depending on it along side my boutique pedals.

I found my sound in maybe 4 minutes.

I just love the sound. It is always on when I play. It makes the sound much sweeter and richer. I am using Gretsch White Falcon -> D-4 ->TS-9 -> Fuzz Factory ->DM4 -> JCM-800

I have used it now for a year and I have had no problems at all.

I just realized that I must go and buy another one for a spare.

Well this little plastic piece of pedal is one of the best sounding chorus effects out there, un-frickin'belivable! Don't worry about the manual, cause chances are you won't need one...

the sound quality is wherer this pedal shines, it blows away the boss ch-1 out the gate! I just sold my ch-1 after I found this. I am running
a esp viper 400 w/ emg 81/85, into a powered johnson pedalboard:

rocktron metal planet
mxr m-109 eq
dano fab chorus
ibanez de-7 delay/tape echo
going into a randall rh200 halfstack
this pedal is very good for both high gain, and clean, it'll fatten up your overall tone if you don't over do it...(mix half way, speed low, depth high)
no unwanted noise at all from my setup!

Well it's plastic, but I take care of my equip. and yes, I would gig without a backup cause it's on my board.

Dano who? maybe if worked at their factory in China I would recive customer support,ha ha...

I play metal/hardcore/shred/classical/blues/folk/rock etc.
this pedal is good for all! especially for $15 bones, you can't go wrong. I wish it was made out of metal, but it would cost more, and I would toatally pay the extra. I gave boss up, you should too!

The Dano D-4 Fab Chorus is in a class all by itself...
First off, it's a mono-only chorus (not stereo) with just one output jack.
Secondly, it's very simple to use...after a few adjustments you can find a sound that will suit a clean or distorted guitar tone.
For those looking for a low priced chorus this could be the one for you!
The manual that's included is the basic layout of the dials and does not guide you through possible settings. But you can figure what each knob does by playing with it very quickly.

The D-4 isn't noisy at all...unlike some chorus pedals that make "swishing" sounds when not engaged the Dano is quiet when turned off.
Currently, I'm using a 70s re-issue Fender Stratocaster and a Peavey VK-112 amp with the D-4 and it works great!

For $15 bucks the D-4 is a steal...imagine how much we used to pay for chorus-effect pedals...this is a "no-brainer". For those who want a reasonable priced pedal this baby works well.
Dano products are in no way really versatile but what they do is cool.
Dano has "their sound" which you'll either love or hate. I personally like their limited (but useful) tones.
(I use mine without a backup.)

I've contacted Dano in the past and they did respond to my needs (after many emails) but that's OK.
For the price I paid, if it died, I would simply replace it.

I play a "mixed bag" of classic rock, blues, C& W, pop standards, etc...
so this pedal pretty much fits whenever I need it.
It's not "rocket-science" but it's simple operation will make you smile.

three knobs. play around with them. Two points deducted for the knobs pointing away from the user so you can't dial up a setting visually

Like any pedal you get variation from 'nothing' through to 'silly noises' but in between there are some nice chorus settings and at one extreme it will do an APPROXIMATION of a tremolo effect.

It has a totally different character to my Boss CE2, but that's OK, and it's not a criticism to say I can't quite make it mimic an effect I've got used to over the last 20 years. I don't think I've fully explored the Dano yet but I think it's going to be best at supplying the extra harmonic richness while not shouting 'look at me, I've got a chorus pedal' kind of thing. Giving it a 9 'cos nothing's perfect.

Very quiet operation, no switch noise. NB this pedal really hums when used with power supplies which produce no hum in other pedals. I imagine it's just more sensitive. I ended up with a switch-mode regulated supply; maybe that's what's inside the Danelectro Zero Hum power supply (costs more than the pedal, duh). But use it on battery, or with the right power supply, and my only real complaint vanishes

Plastic body but solid enough construction. If I was going to be taken out of a gig and shot if there were no chorus, then, no, I'd take a backup. I only got this pedal to add a little chorus in church without having to lug my entire pedalboard around with me. Too soon to say if it's reliable over the longterm, therefore I'll give it 6

no experience

Brilliant value for money. I would probably replace it wih the same thing. Shoot, for this money, get two to have 2 different settings at your feet. Cool blue LED. Three points deducted because of the power supply issue.
Price paid is new from eBay including postage

3 knobs, can play around with them until you get a nice sound.

Sounds amazing for $15, its my main chorus pedal on my live pedal board.
Ive noticed that the FAB series are really good and are better them some of the higher end pedals.

I use it on my main board, No problems yet.

Amazing sums it up. If you don't have it. Buy it!

Very easy. Just remeber to unplug it when you are done!

It's a Boss!! (NOT) But it sounds very good, very clear. Not noisy. I use a vintage strat through blackface Champ and silverface Super Reverb.

I bought this as a backup for my Rocktron Tsunami.

What do want for $15? Get a life.

Easy to get a nice sound - very adjustable.

I'm giving it an 8 because it boosts your level at any setting. More importantly, if the battery goes dead, the loss of volume will have you scratching your head until you figure out what "died".

These are nitpicks, however, as the signal passed is clean and VERY nice. Great pedal.

Yes - plastic case, but the pedal's bottom plate is steel with a nice rubber casing to keep the pedal from slipping - very solid.

Have no idea as I haven't had to call them.

For 15 dollars, this pedal is a steal - great sound (a little boosted), good construction, and superb sound controls.

A little more difficult to use than I would have thought. The knob response doesn't seem to be linear - ie you increase the rate, and it goes up slowly, and then you hit a point where it increases very quickly. A little touchy trying to get fast-rate chorus sounds because of this. Requires a light touch.

Anyway, three knobs, mix, speed and depth.

No too bad, especially for the money. Can get pretty cheesy, big 80's chorus sounds, but subtler sounds are also to be had. With the mix at 100%, there's a volume boost, which is kind of weird. With all the knobs cranked it sounds very strange ... you can really hear that square wave going. I find it sounds the most tasteful if you back off a bit on the mix and depth, and then adjust rate to taste. Some settings sound a little metallic, others not. There are good sounds to be had, but you have to play with it a bit. Rate and depth knobs affect each other, so that complicates things. With the wrong power supply, it makes strange, bassy swelling noises.

Seems okay. Will probably last many years with care.

Pretty good for the price. Doesn't compare to, say, the BYOC chorus, or the MXR, or CE-2, but it's not bad. I haven't used a chorus pedal for a while. I kind of got this one on a whim. If I used chorus more, I might be tempted to shell out some cash for one of those I mentioned above, but mostly I prefer flanger to chorus (I used a Howard Davis-modded Electric Mistress).

This is a simple pedal. Three knobs--Level, Speed, and Depth. No-brainer here.

Sounds jump out of it with a little twiddling. Nirvana's "Come As You Are"? Check. Pink Floyd's --well, anything, really--? Check. This is a great alternative to the Electro-Harmonix Small Clone. All analog and f@#k-uppable like the EH pedal--it's not some digital modeling nightmare that can't do what it's not programmed to do. Don't get me wrong, it's not the same thing as the Small Clone, but it would make a great cheap alternative or backup pedal. If the EH is a "10", this Dano is a "9".

I take care of my stuff, so I'm not worried. But even if you don't, or if a freak accident should bring about the pedal's demise, it's ffteen bucks. Buy three.

Danelectro has changed hands again--I don't really buy gear for warranty or support (not cheap stuff like this, anyway. It's anothr story for high-end stuff).

I actually bought this pedal--I didn't just try it out at Guitar Center for five minutes (I hate reviews like that). I can tinker with this one pedal for hours. Any piece of gear that makes me play more is worth its spot in the lineup.

Three knobs - Level, Depth, Speed. You can get a nice smooth chorus, perfect for thickening your sound, or you can turn all the buttons to 10 and get the "I've finally arrived at the planet Vulcan!" sound.

Sound quality is very good for a $15 stompbox. Play it clean to simulate a 12-string guitar, or crank the Depth and Speed up a bit to nail the Alex Lifeson-Rush sound.

Just two things to remember - this pedal is plastic, so don't whomp it with your army boots. And don't forget to unplug the input jack when you're done, otherwise it'll eat 9v batteries, unless you've bought stock in Duracell.

If you bust it, don't sweat it - it's only $15 at Guitar Center.

I've been playing a lot of Rush in recent years, and this pedal helps nail the sounds Alex gets (such as on "Hemispheres"). I don't play any Police, but it should nail the Andy Summers sound as well. I highly recommend it. For $15 how can you go wrong?

Very easy to get a good sound. Only three knobs (level, depth, speed). Manual is tiny, but more than complete.

This chorus is has remarkably high fidelity, higher than the Carl Martin delay I just bought (to be fair, the delay has a more demanding job). It seems to have more headroom than my other pedals (except the compressor, of course). Another knob or two would be nice (something that could adjust the time offset, say).

It's plastic, but unlike the Behringers, actually seems reliable. It's well designed and good looking with polished look. Everything is placed intelligently and fits together comfortably. You open it by turning a plastic screw in the bottom with a coin slot. After much turning, the thickish chrome metal bottom plate comes off. Inside it's very interesting. You see the foot push button is attached to a cantilever, and the other side of the cantilever pushes the miniswitch, which is on a small printed circuit board hanging upside down like a bat at the rear of the pedal. So liquid and dirt is not going to fall from the push button onto the circuit board or the miniswitch (though the pushbutton has gaps that will let dirt and liquid into the front area of the pedal, there's nothing there that can be harmed). Then, your 9v battery actually goes sideways through a hole in the cantilever (have to see it to believe it, I think). The pots feel solidly mounted with no wobble at all, I doubt any liquid or dirt is getting past them. They are also on the back of the pedal, so again liquid and dirt is unlikely to be any issue there. In my book, an all time classic enclosure design. Hope we start seeing wider variations of this design with more controls. Seems as reliable as anything else out there, but if you want backups, it's cheap. Might want to buy these to back up more expensive stuff.

I'm not certain how much I like chorus effects, but it's great to be able to get a cheap high quality one to try. It doesn't suck tone. I'm sure I'll be using this often, tastefully I hope. The bright blue led looks great, so I tend to leave it on.

Very easy, three efficient knobs, with mix knob you can get the proper balance between dry and wet sound. Deep and speed cover all the range from deep and slow chorus to fast and gentle.

I have a washburn HB-30 semi-hollow-body gibson 335 clone with a fender amp. no noise. I play jazz with warm sound and i use a gentle chorus. Sounds great!

I use it in most of my playing with an acoustic simulator.

Don't need.

Good sound for the amazing price. Do the job for my jazz playing!

Fairly easy to set up - 3 knobs(mix,rate,depth).

For the price this is an amazing deal. Sounds almost as good as any Boss or any analogue chorus for that matter. Deep chorus sounds and you can get a reasonable leslie effect. Some signal boost when engaged. I can't understand the reviewers that say they can't hear any difference when the chorus is engaged. Either they have a defective unit, have really crappy equipment or are tone-deaf.

Sees well built.

Never dealt with them.

I bought this as a backup to my stage chorus. I use Strats and a Godin SP90 through a 1980 Mesa MKII with THD Yellow Jackets. Sometimes I overdrive the amp with a Guyatone OD2 and also use a Teese Wah. I play blues, R&B, rock, whatever the gig calls for. Been playing for 35 years professionally and semi pro.This a backup pedal, but since they are so inexpensive, I would probably get another.

Very easy to modify the sound from simple background chorus to fast Atari tweets.

I'm using an Ibanez Artist with humbuckler pickups and the sound quality is excellent. At low modulation, it actually cleaned up the tone a bit.

The battery could last longer, and the big blue light doesn't fade when the battery dies. It lasts fairly long (3-4 hours straight) but a power plug could rememdy this

Very fast shipping? No need so far

I play classical, oldies rock, and etherial. It was definately worth the price.

A great product for the price. You plug it in and go. Great sound right out of the box. Three main controls, mix/speed/depth. All you need.

I'm using it with an Ovation acoustic/electric, and a Behringer amp, very cool. Haven't heard any noise with this set-up. Can be set for
barely there, to I'M HERE! Easy to get classic chorus sounds, almost
12 string. (Wish You Were Here)

Haven't had it long, but seems solid. I don't stomp on my effects pedals, so it should be OK. Don't know anything about gigging, can't say. I'll give it an 8 for now.

Have never dealt with them. Although their website barely exists.

Have been messing around for over 20 years. No particular style, just
try to play what I like.

This is a great pedal, at a great price. I would definately buy it again. Compared reviews of other products before deciding to get this
one. Best bang for the buck.

Almost forgot to mention its cool, vintage looks.

I love the mix nob, I've been using an EH Small Clone that just totally takes over the sound when you step on it...I just need some light chorusing in certain phrases without being obvious, and this does the trick. Just dial in the rate, depth and mix and you're good to go. You can get the extreme wacked out sounds that are fun but useless or get the nice warm, lush stuff that I bought this thing for.

I bought this on a lark, promising my guy at GC that I wouldn't return it if it sucked ass. Got home and plugged it in and almost creamed in my pants ! This thing is really an amazing pedal for 15 bucks...like I said, nice warm chorus. You can get super watery, clean and crisp, or completely fried acid trip stuff out of this thing. The guys in the reviews that can't tell a difference when they switch it on must be on some some seriously bad crack...I was gonna blow 200 bucks on the MXR Stereo Chorus, but not anymore. This bad girl does what I need for a tenth of the price tag.

well, it's plastic and cheap, but I try not to spill beer on my shit and I don't jump on or kick my pedals around....and it's 15 dollars fer chrissake...just buy another one...no big loss. I'll take the cheap plastic for saving 150 bucks...I might even go buy like 4 of 'em so I have a stock on hand...but seriously, take care of your equipment and it won't fail 99% of the time, right ?

uh, well, see above. I've never used customer support except the 30 day return policy of retailers. Again, take care of your stuff...if you need customer support, you probably need ritalin as well.

My girlfriend is a singer-songwriter. We do Sarah McLachlan by way of U2 and Coldplay kinda stuff. Spacey, dreamy and melodic. Check it out at http://www.myspace.com/francescaleemusic
I've been playing seriously for about 10 years. This is my rig: Epiphone Sheraton II - Boss SD-2 Dual Overdrive (sson to be a TS-9 reissue)- Digitech Digidelay- Danelectro Fab Chorus- MXR Phase 100- Line 6 Verbzilla- Boss Tuner- Morley Alligator volume into a vox pathfinder, soonto be an AC15 reissue. Sold my fender 4X10 monster...
No one steals my stuff cuz I keep my eyes on itALL THE TIME.
I'm revamping my rig after selling everything I owned to move across country...

it would have been easy to use if it worked more than once

when you hit the pedal to switch to the effect, it doesn't sound any different than the regulat guitar tone

you get what you pay for I guess

This is the easiest pedal to use. Plug in, move the knobs, get a good sound.

5-string BB Series Yamaha Bass --> Fab Chorus --> GK 115/210 Rig

I just played with it at my church and our drummer was sick, so the worship leader just said to me fill up the sound, which is the greatest thing to hear in this group. Playing through a PA system, I didn't expect anything world-changing, but when I turned it on, it sounded wicked. Fatass tones from a stellar $15 pedal. I seriously sounded like Jaco with this, and I didn't even have a fretless! The maxed out setting is very, very, very unpractical, but hey, what can you say for $15? No good vibrato when speed is maxed either. No noise, fat sound, $15. Buy this.

Bass with chorus is great for solos and solo gigs, alright for some songs, but still I'll use this at every gig.

Never had to deal with them.

This thing can make a power trio sound fuller, can take your solos to another lever, or make your funk or latin sound rich and fat. Buy this pedal now!

easy if it worked

none, this thing is worthless.

the light turns off and on. I just can't hear the sound difference

no idea

just goes to show you get what you pay for, crap

It's about as easy as you'd expect from a chorus pedal, the usual controls, plus ths "mix" knob which adds some more versatility. Just play with it until you get the sound you want.

It sound like just what it is- a perfectly valid, usable chorus pedal, but for 15 bucks! I broke my vintage Boss CE-1, and stopped by Guitar Center on the way to a Saturday nite tuxedo gig, bought the thing without trying it, plugged it in on the job, and it worked just fine. Not noisy, but it does boost the overall level a little more than I'd like. (Hey, 15 bucks!) It may not be the sonic equivalent of a pricey AnalogMan (a beautiful sounding chorus, believe me!) or something of that ilk, or like my favorite, the JC-120 amp, but overall, it sounds warm and musical, good enough that I can see where working pro guys (that's me) will be using these things on a regular basis. I don't use chorus for any kind of musically innovative purpose, just to get the usual commercial generic sounds I need, working lots of casuals, sessions, church jobs, clubs, etc, here in LA. I like this little pedal a lot.

No idea - I used it on two gigs, and it still works.

Never talked with them. It cost 15 dollars - that's good customer service, far as I'm concerned.

This is a perfectly good, usable, giggable FX pedal, for the price of a pizza. I haven't tweaked around with it much, but the sounds I've gotten so far work just fine. It sounds fat and musical, it doesn't suck away your basic tone, and it doesn't make a bunch of noise. My only complaint would be the level boost it gives, but then, my old Boss did the same thing, and for this sticker price, I'm not going to spend a lot of time complaining. Buy one - it works.

3 knobs. Not much to it.

I have a couple of RGT42's, an RG770, and an MH201 running into a Morley wah pedal->B52 AT100->Effects Loop->Fab Chorus->DE-1 Dan Echo. The sound in this setup is phenomenal. The Fab Chorus would get a 10 but I can hear an ever so faint low pitched whirring sound when it is on. I believe this is normal for a chorus pedal and you can't really hear it unless you're specifically looking for it. But still, it's there. I got nothing but positive comments from my band when I inserted the Dan echo and the Fab chorus into my effects loop.(I was using a Digitech Genesis 3 before).

It was cheap so if something happens you can get a new one without breaking the bank. I'm not really worried about it though. It's a hard plastic case with a metal bottom so who knows how long it will last.

Never dealt with them. Website is practically useless.

Overall, this pedal does what it's supposed to without sucking tone. That's all I ask. I have no complaints and with the price it's an amazing deal. Try one. You won't be disappointed.

Ease of use is quite easy indeed. Mix, speed and depth controls- sometimes on some units the concept of mix and depth are confusing, but in this case depth is akin to "width" and "mix" is the classic wet to dry ratio.

Sound quality is stellar, forget about the $15 price tag. Here are the guys I A/B'd this against:

Small Clone- a great pedal, but somehow the FAB sounds better, more versatile as well!

MXR Stereo Chorus- the best, but more "rackmount" liquidly in it sound. The Dano is more like an EH pedal.

Boss CE-2- by comparison, it was a bit weak and anemic, sits atop your tone.

So the Dano is an incredible buy!

I have other Fabs, this seems equally reliable.

never dealt with them, I have other Fab pedals and they have never failed, but this is the sonic standout by a mile.

The new Arion secret weapon chorus, i.e a cheap chorus that sounds awesome that will end up in pro rigs. The only thing it can't do is the hi-fi "TC" or "Carl Martin" or "Fulltone" chrous sound, so if you're playing new age jazz then get one of those, otherwise this is IT!