Danelectro DE-1 Dan-Echo

It is very easy to use.Not too many buttons and switches. The manual is also simple and straight foward as well as fun because it directs you to some pretty cool vintage sounds....but experiment on your own to get the exact sound you are looking for. Don't take somebody else's word for it!

When I used it in a direct chain, I wasn't all that crazy about this unit. It was a little noisy(not bad), but worse, it seemed to color the sound. It wasn't until I used use the effects loop in my Fender Hot Rod Deluxe that this pedal really came alive!No coloration of sound, and I have love the warm, flexible delay that comes out of this little guy. The high cut is just wonderful, as it gives you a very warm smooth delay all the way down...and as you increase it the delay becomes more apparent and the delay sound has more treble(not irritating)-some may even it call it more present.I keep the high cut button close to all the way down, but it is easy to change. In fact, I place this pedal right on top of my amp using very short cables, as this gives me a bit more control if I need to change any settings. There is no tap tempo, so you don't need it on the ground anyway.

So far so good. And the battery drain is not as bad as I have read.

I have been playing for over 35 years and do my own recording as well in a small digital studio. I own a PRS Hollowbody and Soapbar, Fender Strat and Gibson Les Paul Class 5. I compared this product to the Boss products,Line 6 DL-4 and some older analog units. I feel this is a great product if you are looking for a delay pedal that is very easy to use, has a very warm and smooth analog type sound, and is not expensive.I t gives my sound a remarkable ambience, and works well whether I am playing clean or very, very dirty...the delay adds to the music rather than detract.

The Dan-Echo pedal has a lot of cool adjustments. The knobs are as follows...Mix, Speed, Repeat, High cut. There is also a toggle switch Lo/Hi to select echo time. As mentioned in some reviews before, the knobs are on the small side and close together, but no big deal for me because I tweaked it where I want it and won't be changing it on the fly much, if any. It would rate closer to a 10 for me if the knobs were bigger and if it has stereo capability. Again, no big deal since our soundman takes care of stereo panning for us through the board.

The lowdown on my rig is very simple. Customized Ibanez RG570 into a Morley Mark 1 wah, into my Peavey TripleXXX half stack, then I run the Dan-echo in the effects loop. I have always ran non-gain eefects through the loop on all my amps since I'm one of those tone freaks that doesn't want anything between my guitar and my amp. Just my wah pedal. I'm in LOVE with my new TripleXXX all tube amp but felt the need for some reverb or echo to add depth since the amp has no reverb. I originally bought an Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail reverb from Musicians Friend. I was a bit unhappy with the sound of the Holy Grail. It seemed to color my tone. Not to mention it only has one control. Back to the Dan-Echo. This thing is totally silent, very little if any coloration of my tone. I fudged around with the knobs until I found the exact sound I was after. Just a slight echo, kinda reverb kinda delay. I then switch it on with the effects loop button of my amps floorboard. The on off switch of the Dan-Echo pedal is itself, studio silent. The effect itself is surprisingly warm sounding for a digital pedal. It's not tinny or processed sounding at all.(Hmm...there must be a tube in there somewhere!) Thanks to the Dan-Echo, my sound is complete! Do yourself a favor, run it through the effects loop if you have one. Just a little suggestion to help keep your signal clean for maximum tone and to eliminate tone coloration.

I've never owned a Danelectro pedal, but after seeing how tough this thing is built, I have no doubt it's reliable.

I've only had the pedal a short time and hope to never have to deal with CS.

I'm so impressed with the quality of the sound AND the construction of the Dan-Echo that I'm rating it higher than most things I've rated in the past. I guess I just picked the right pedal for the job I wanted it to do.

Pretty good. Not enough room to git me fingees round the knobs and make quick micro adjustments on the gig. kinda slippery knobs. And small. Everything else is cake (the food not the band).

I like it. Don't sound digital 'tall. Really good for rockabilly stuff. Or Duane Eddy approximations.

No Problem.

Never had to.

I play my version of jazz and was going for something a little tweaked; not the digital sound everyone has. Something funky. It's good for me; it's too weird sounding to work as a cathedral-type delay but the parameters are interesting. The extremes are nice. Great for slapback and science fiction sounding stuff. Would I feel that comfortable playing this backing Peter Gabriel? No, cuz it's too cheap. But IT IS FUNKY, kinda like EH stuff of the 80s. I want one of those tape simulators (same company that does the high end rotating speaker thing), the Re-whatever, but it's $400. I was on the same bill as Dave Alvin last year and I saw he uses one. Print that, that Dave Alvin uses this pedal and he is one of the scariest guitar players I've ever seen!! (Mr. Gabriel - call me)

Very simple. All knobs are self-explanatory. Only problem I could foresee is changing from the delay mode to the reverb mode on the fly, which is achieved by flicking a switch. Perhaps a second button next to on/off would be good, but really I've never had to do it and doubt really anyone would!

My rig is: Homebrew telecaster>Boss OS-2 overdrive/distortion>Fender Concert Amp. I then run my effects through the loop in the back in the following order: Marshall VT-1 tremolo>MXR phase 90>Marshall ED-1 Compression>Danelectro-Dan-Echo.
Nice volume from this pedal. Suits set-up well in that it doesn't add or remove volume when turned on. Doesn't colour sound either.
Great thing is ou can acheive every sound from a vintage Rockabilly reverb to spacey Pink Floyd with this pedal. The music I've been writting lately requires a blend of both and I could be that the sound quality of this pedal has pushed into that direction somewhat.

Very reliable. Plastic knobs may break if something laded on it, or the lo/hi switch too. Steel construction. Never had any techincal problems either, no shorts, etc. Always did what it was made to do.

Danelectro customer service rocks. I e-mailed them asking for manuals for other pedals and received responses and the requested items in the mail shortly after. Friendly rep. asl well

Best thing about this is as stated above is the steady volume. It is only as loud as I am playing at. This is a problem that I am finding with my other pedals (namely the mxr phase 90 and Marshall tremolo which both add volume.)
If lost or stolen I would try something else for the sure hell of it, but I got what I want with the Dan-echo. I've been playing 4 years and I've changed all my pedals many times. The Dan-echo was the second effects pedal I ever bought but has endured all the cuts I've made! Never had to urge to replace as it works and sounds fantastic.

This pedal is really easy to get the speed and the number of repetitions you want. The only problems I had with the ease of this is the direction you turn the knobs to make it go faster or increase reps is somewhat counter-intuitive and takes a minute to figure out.

My set up is a sundown head with a standard marshall cabinet run through a boss tuner, a rat 2, and a electro-harmonix octave multiplex. No noticible noise, very rich warm tones... although it doesn't have the versitility of the boss digital delay, it has a mouch smoother and warmer sound. I play originals that have a lot of feedback (through an ibanez semi-hollow) and it works beautifully with that. If you like you can put the high end cut up and it builds extra feedback out of that, if you have your levels right. Really good for trippy songs. The low setting (the switch on top) had potential for cool trails to go under solos, but no matter how I messed with it I couldn't get a decent sound from that setting. But everything else is excellent.

Never failed me yet. I have no choice but to use it without a backup (I'm on a college budget)and it has never ever failed me.

never needed them

As I said this is a good choice for warm trippy pieces or for beautiful "Soma-esque" (smashing pumpkins) sounds and the like. It also is great for distortion, however, and keeps the exact same sound down to the last audible repetition. It's a good match for my rock band, and has really helped up define our sound. The only thing I wish were on it was some sort of reverb option, but hey... it's really good at what it does. If lost I might buy it again, but since I try and do as much with as few pedals as possible, I may go to boss simply cos it has the reverb option, which I really like.

not hard to figure out. manual is to the point, not much to describe. easy to tweak it and get the sound your looking for.

setup - fender "70's" strat > crybaby wah > ts9 > Mutron III > danelectro swami sitar > Univox proverb reverb tank > Dan Echo > 73 silver face twin with jbl d120 orange baskets

warm, clear, great. simulates tape echos great for a digital pedal, love the hi-cut option. I use this mostly for "space" with the reverb on full and some ts-9 or wah (usually go into each pedal a little) and for some solos with my ts9 cranked and the wah on. i get some great blairing soaring hendrix that way. enough for all your sences to explode. some time when i switch the switch on it i get a wierd sound, maybe its suppose to do that.

tank

never talked to them, hear theyre good

i play blues, dead, phish, funk, reggae, jazz and bluegrass (no electric bluegrass)
very versitile pedal, if it was stolen id buy 2 next time

Just you pay attention to the Hi cut knob (I keep mine so no highs are cut, but dial in the sound you prefe), and know anything at all about effects, it's a breeze.

My setup goes: Fender American Deluxe Strat--> Fulltone Clyde Wah--> Keeley Compressor--> Analogman SD-1--> DanEcho--> Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb RI.

I've gigged out and extensively tried out the folliwing: Boss DD5, Visual Sounds Liquid Chorus/Echo, Guyatone MD3 and an Alessis NanoVerb. I like the Dano best of all of these. It doesn't color the tone at all, the overall volume doesn't increase or decrease, the delays are smooth, warm and natural sounding.

Built like a (insert humorous simile here). No problems whatsoever.

I've never had to deal with them (good for them), but there are numerous posters at HC forums who say DanElectro will pretty much give you a new pedal for free is your shit conks out.

I forget what I paid for this, whatever the going rate was 3 years ago when I bought it, but I do remember it was pretty cheap. It sounds and works marvelously as far as I'm concerned. A perfect echo for me.

Abot average. The Knobs are a little smaller than what you usually find on pedals but that's OK. The controls are pretty self-explanatory. The manual is very concise, provides some good sample settings. It's not very hard to get a good sound out of it!

The delay itself is excellent. The Hi Cut knobs really adds to that fat vintage tape echo flavor, I love it! It's absolutely silent, no processing noise whatsoever, It's digital but it sound like and analog unit! It takes away a little high end due to no hardwire bypass but this also served to thicken the tone.

It's buolt like a tank and has not failed me yet! I don't need a backup. If I did it would be another one of these.

Unfortuantely, Dan0's CS deptarment stinks. Multiple calls and emails for product info and suggestions, and none of my calls or emails were returned or answered. VERY BAD customer service. Shame on them!

It's a great pedal for people who think modern digital units like the BOSS pedals sound too harsh and sterile. This echo is lush, thick, and dripping with vintage flavor. It really gives the sound a new dimension. From Hendrix's "Red House" to Rockabilly slapback to Pink Floyd to modern delay this can do it. This is my favorite effects pedal out of all the ones I own, I'd buy another one in a heartbeat if it was stolen. I wish it had a tap-tempo button, though. Other than that it's a great value!

Fairly easy to use, fairly versatile. Some of the controls seem to work in reverse of what I expected... maybe it's just me, but once I got past that, all was fine. 4 knobs, 1 swtich... not too complicated.

I use a Hagstrom with Dimarzio HB's or a Godin LG SP90, to a Snarling Dogs Firebawl Wah, Ibanez FL9 flange, the Dan-Echo, Morley ABY that routes between A: home built distortion preamp to Channel 1 of a Traynor YSR-1 and B: straight to Channel 2 of the YSR-1.

My preamp is great big full sounding versatile beast that I find indispensible now, and the combo of guitars and such sounds great... Then I put the Dan-echo in the chain... immediately sucked tone. I was able to compensate with the preamp/amp most of the way, but not quite to what it was without.

I like the delays themselves, but it seems that no matter how I set it when clean, there is a noticeable distortion on the repeats that isn't pleasing. I know it's supposed to be "tape-echo-like", but it is harsh and I can't seem to get rid of it, even with adjustments to the "hi-cut". When I have distortion it isn't noticeable so no biggie. This isn't offensive, just annoying.

I think for the price, there is likely better units out there...

Is built like a tank, the stomp switch may prove to be a bit of an issue later I think. I'm like most musicians, I can't afford backups, if I could, I would have a different set of gear altogether.

Never have had to deal with them... don't know...

I've been playing for 17 years, everything from Metal, to Blues, and have settled in on Classic/Modern Rock. I was looking to simplify my setup from a multi-effects unit that I found I only used about 10% of. I bought this based on reviews I read here and for the most part it had good ones. I liked the "tape" vibe thing and the "warm for digital" comments it got. However, for the money, I tried the PB&J mini from Dano and I think it would work just as well for WAY less money. If it were stolen I would likely try something else. I don't hate it and it is useable and looks cool, but I'll try something else next time.

Very easy to get "very good", realistic souns. You don't need the manual.

Use PRS Custom, OD-3, TS-9, Vox wah an Boogie Blue Angel.
A bit noisy when turned on. FX sounds very good I think.
I can get easyly a real Brian Setzer Sound out of this unit.

Heavy Duty case (metal), Yes, I do gig with it !

Never contact the company..

I play Blues, R&B, Rock, pop, disco,... for over 20 years.
I would buy this again if it's stolen.