Danelectro DE-1 Dan-Echo

It would be easier to use if the knobs were not on top of each other. Manual is ok. Never depended too much on manuals. You have to play with the settings to get the type tone and sound for your individual style of playing.

I play thru a Carvin XV-100 Tube Amp with Celestion Greenback 12" speaker. From my guitar I go into an "Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer(Reissue and unmodified), into a "MXR dyna comp", and into the "Dan-Echo". I presently do not use a noise gate but plan on getting the "MXR Smart Gate" to put at the end of the chain. At present the pedal is not noisy. Have had it for about a year and a half now and no problems. The sound to me is fine, I have no complaints as far as that goes.

I do not like the PLASTIC INPUT AND OUTPUT JACKS. That was a very unintelligent move on this company to save money. The body itself is built like a tank so why go cheap on two of the most used parts on the unit? Has the input or output broken or not worked as of yet? NO! But you have to know I am very, very careful when I plug into or pull out my cords in this unit. This is why I would not buy another one for a backup. Learn from "MXR". They've been selling some of their units for over 20 years now and some players have reported not ever having to call customer service because the unit never gave them a problem in 20 YEARS!! Do you think it's because they built them right the first time Dan-Echo?

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I PLAY Rock, a little blues for a long time. If it was lost or stolen I would not replace it because of the plastic input and output jacks.
To me, the sound is great. Knobs are too damn close to work with unless you have toothpicks for fingers.

Pretty easy to use. No complaints here. Points off for lack of tap tempo. This restricts it's ability to be easily used live.

Sounds decent as far as the delays themselves are concerned. It is noisy, however, and seems to suck tone pretty badly when placed n your pedal chain. I like the faux natural decays, but it is noisy. Not good noisy either. Like another reviewer said, it seems to invite interference and the poor quality of the pots seems to make accidental foot bumps into thunder booms from your amp. Sloppy. Boss doesn't cost much more and is built like a tank. This DOES affect sound quality

As I said a above the poor quality of the pots seems to make accidental foot bumps into thunder booms from your amp. Sometimes, it just doesn't work at all. Other times, the switch seems to stick. Just poor construction and components. It's heavy though, which makes many people think it is well made. It isn't. Boss this ain't!

Crap on the web. Non responsive. But so are many other companies that masqeurade as "high end", so this is somewhat average.

Delays are decent, but noisy. Quality is comical. Buy only if you are going to gentle with it, and if delay isn't a critical component of your sound. When the battery dies (VERY quickly, BTW), it just sucks the rest of your signal and your sound dies a painful death. Not practical for gigging musician.

Out of the box it's not too hard getting a decent sound out of it. The control knobs are not labeled like a Boss (or even a DOD unit for that matter) in terms of MS, so you sort of need to play around to find something that works with the tempo you're working with. Once you get used to the different speed settings you start to dial in settings very quickly.

The manual was pretty good about providing different examples of what you can do. Dano manuals are usually pretty simple-- you get a couple pictures of your pedal showing different settings and a differnt rock genre as a caption.

I use this with either an Epiphone Dot Elite, a Deluxe Nashville Telecaster or a Rickenbacker 330. My pedalboard goes from Guitar --> Vox V810 ValveTone --> EH Double Muff --> Boss EQ-20 --> EH Small Clone --> Dan Echo --> Digitech Digidelay --> Vox 847 --> Boss NS-7 --> Digitech Digiverb --> running stereo into a pair of modded Epiphone Galaxie 25R all-tube amps.

This is actually a very quiet pedal-- ESPECIALLY for a Dano. I've used the Daddy-O, Fabtone & a handful of mini-effects and was surprised how quiet this is. I don't know if it's true bypass but it does not seem to affect the tone when turned off. Using it with a dedicated power supply may help.

I use the Dan Echo for my primary echos that I then send into the Digidelay to loop and make chaos with. By itself it is a very organic, warm sounding delay. Slap echo has not traditionally been my thing but it's growing on me thanks to this effect. The lack of EQ is alright because the HI-cut knob largely serves the same purpose. I don't know the maximum delay length but there's enough in it to do some rudimentary sound on sound.

I've outgrown each of my Dano pedals before they've given up on me. I'm not crazy about the plastic jacks, but the "big" line of effects have a pretty good reputation for holding up. For the price, there's no reason not to have a backup though.

The Dano website no longer shows anything but their new line of Wasabi effects and a couple of the mini-effects line. Are we to assume they're phasing out the Dan Echo?

I play music you take drugs to play music to take drugs to make music to take drugs with, and I am very happy to have this pedal at long last. I've been playing guitar about 5 years, but was a keyboardist prior for several years.

I have a serious bias toward the Danelectro product line, probably because my first guitar was a 56-U2 that I wish I still had. Their effect line has been hit & miss, but Daddy-O was a good pedal. This is a good pedal also. Prior to this I was using a Boss GT-3 which was just too much hassle getting to sound warm. I have also used the DD-3 & DD-5, as well as one of the DOD delays, and of course the Digidelay.

Did I mention I got this used on ebay for just 30 dollars?? You can't do better than that with ANYTHING else. Besides, the warmth of this pedal makes it stand out against its contemporaries. It's a very helpful tool in making music. I plan on keeping this one for some time.

Very easy. Suggested settings in the booklet are a good start.

Great echo sounds. A little on the noisy side.

Died in under a year. Probably had 20 hours total playing time on it.

This is where they totally lost me. Mine was still under warranty so I followed the directions which were to send it, return postage pre-paid, to their PO Box address. I was hesitant to do so -- round-trip postage cost me $20+ on a unit that only cost $100 new -- and rightly so. I got the package back about a month later -- and now outside of warranty. The Post Office was unable to deliver it. So now I've got a worthless pedal and am out $20 worth of postage. I really don't think I'll be buying anything from Dano again.

I chose this pedal over several others because I really liked the sound. Unfortunately it didn't last. I'll miss it, but I wouldn't buy another one.

Takes a bit time dialling in the sound you want - tricky the little knobs - but thats why you bought the Dano, didn't you ;-))))
I miss a tap option to get the right speed though.

I am impressed about the versatilty and the warm and vintage sound you can get out of this little thing. I chain it as the last unit in may setup. (Cry Baby - Rat - Daddy-O - CS9 - DanEcho - Amp). Perfect!
I noticed at high gain feed that it tends to act like an old am receiver.... some static noise sounding like russian radio stations appears but it goes when bypassed. I can get get along with it. Lotsa people rubbishing Dano Pedals - probably a matter of pricing... Hey - good quality doesnt need big names and high prices!
I play mainly blues - rock and some retro 50 60 style music and it suits my needs perfectly. Any other unit i had matched my sound desires as much as this fancy looking stomp. I give it an 8.

Tank - tank - tank - no problems by now. solid metal. ohh - one thing: the battery case is tricky to handele and i broke the clip once. No issue since i use ext. adaptor.

Never dealt with them.

If it gets stolen or lost - I'd go for it again. Nice sounding work horse. Very valuable.

Very easy to use and find a good tone for anything you're doing.

My ONLY complaint with this pedal is the lack of a tap tempo, even with an external footswitch.

incredible sound quality. Warm when you want to be warm, lo-fi when you need lo-fi, etc.

Just a perfect delay sound.

Tough as nails. A previous post said something about Dan-o's being flimsy... I have 6 Dan-o pedals, and I've had them for 3 years or more, and I've never had a problem. Great workmanship for the price, and great sound.

Dan-o wrote me right back about a problem with a screw in one of my friend's pedals. Other than that, haven't had to deal with them because they make a good product.

If this pedal had a tap tempo option, it would be the only delay I would ever buy.

I still use it a LOT, but I can't use it in the middle of a song usually without bending down and changing the delay time manually.

I can start songs fine, but I usually just put it on for effect on solos and such.

That said, great pedal, tough as hell, great price, great sound.

This pedal came with a little manual and some suggestions for settings... Bingo! I picked one and even used the settings in conjunction with some other dano pedals... worked like a champ.. it sounds good... easy to use

I like how it sounds! It isn't a super fancy, super clean thang...but, for the price it is great!

I have probably 40 pedals/effects... 10 of which are danos.... I've not had any break...but, I am careful with my tools and I take good care of stuff... I've read the problems others have and they worry me... why have I had such good luck? Dunno, what I do know is all of my dano stuff has always worked and I have no reason to thing that won't continue.. in fact, I've only had one pedal fail in 22 years of guitar playing... and that was a pedal that was pretty battered that I got at a garage sale 5 years after I got it for 5 bucks...

Never had to deal with them...but, I have played with some mods and fixing these bargain basement dogs looks pretty simple.

I play americana, roots rock, singer songwriter/tom petty type stuff... 22 years of playing off and on in bands, home studio etc... I have mostly fender gear, teles, strats, acoustic, p-bass, danelectros, 12 strings.... This is a solid delay, I choose it over my boss and over my adrenalinn and pod for delays on guitar... it works cool on my lap steel. For the price and for the relatively low level of demand (home studio) this is a great tool for me...

Ease of use was okay. This takes a bit getting used to but use the charts in the cardboard pamphlet to steer you where you want to go.

The sound quality when working was fine. A very nice echo.

Reliability of Danelectro products is nonexeistent. I had previously purchased a Dan-Echo new and had problems with the input/output jacks. Terribly constructed to say the least. I dropped it off at a mailbox that serves as the Danelectro service department and wanted a replacement. The new replacement came in the mail and this time everything was cool for a while. After playing for a while in home and in band practice the jacks start cutting out again. Also, the power supply jack starts with this crappy behaviour to boot. Suffice to say it sucked but I dealt with it until now. One of my speakers' voice coil is shot and all the times that the Dan-Echo has cut in and out has me really believing that this damaged the voice coil.

The customer support, like I mentioned before, is a PO box in San Clemente. Good luck.

Don't waste your money on this nightmare. Damn-I'm-ought-of-dough should spend more of their money on point to point construction because their built like a tank feature is claimless and ultimately leaves the pedal to serve as a paper weight. Shame on Danelectro.

Very Easy to get quality sound out of

This Pedal is SOOO warm and very underated on e-bay, People go crazy for boss delays, analogue and delay, and although this won't get you all the mad sounds that a digital delay will, it kicks ass out of any delay sound i've come across. It's an essential pedal for me, i use it aswell as the digital dd3 from boss. The Danelectro gives you a beautiful tone for more ambient style playing. It's Like having a beautiful reverb on when you have the height knob quite low. Sounds Big and beautiful with a distortion on too. There are four seperate controls on it that give you great handle on any sound you want. I can't reccomend this pedal enough, just cos you can get it soo cheap compared to other analogues. Just BUY IT you won't regret it. p.s. It's got no noise when on. Even with a wall power supply.

Solid as a rock

never had to use it

As i said before Buy it, If you're a pro or a beginner, easy to get good sounds and for the pros it's pretty easy to get great sounds cos there's so much control range.

The amount of different sounds you can get is incredible. It just never stops, the buttons are so sensitive that you really need to learn to "feel" the position. This is positive because when you play you should be aware that you feel every aspect of your whole set-up in order to gain the best results! The manual gives some 30 examples of very different settings so everybody should find his favorite very easy. My unit is 3 years old and had no upgrade.

I use it on a Marshall JCM600 pre-amp, send directly through a '73 Fender Twin-Reverb. I use Gibson Flying V mostly, but also Explorer, Danelectro and Hagstrom. Other effects I use in this set-up is the Jim Dunlop cry-baby.
The echo/delay never gives any noise, only when you change settings while it's activated, you can hear pitches changing through your amp. But this is normal, you don't play and change settings at the same time. The effects ALWAYS sound great and I think this is one of the very best pedals ever made!

I use it on all kinds of gigs and there were never problems.

no experience needed so far

For the psycho bluesrock I play it is an indispensable pedal. I play for 19 years now and this is by far the best pedal I've met so far.
Yes, I'd buy a new if it was stolen. I compared it with the "traditional" pedals of BOSS everybody is using. Well, very simple: BOSS has a cost twice as high and the sound is terrible, it doesn't sound realistic! I think you should put 5 or 6 BOSS-pedals in line to obtain a sound which is only distantly similar to the dan-echo, but then you'd pay the ten-double amount for a worser sound.
Last comment: Danelectro is simply the best > they have the very best sounds for the cheapest price.