Danelectro DE-1 Dan-Echo

Best smooth-sounding delay I've heard yet in a simple stompbox. I used to own the Boss DD-3 but found the repeats too harsh, especially when coupled with overdrive. The DE-1 is a bit bulky & heavy for a stompbox, and you would have to treat the knobs with care, but I find the sound quality is the best in it's range.

Plugged into a Roland Cube-30 & Fender Pro Junior with a Les Paul Studio & Schecter Exotic, the Dan Echo handles both clean & driven delay very well, with a good range of short & long delay times on hand. It suits my needs perfectly for modern, smooth-jazz Carlton-esqe overdrive tone with medium to long delay. Only wish they would change that stupid "quarter-sized" off/on switch button that is sommetimes difficult to hit right the first time. Other than that, this pedal has the most perfectly voiced, unobtrusive, smooth delay sound I've come across yet.

Have only had it for a week, so I can't comment on this aspect yet.

Have had no reason to contact them so far at this point.

Great value for ninety bucks, the tone is definitely worth the money. Then again, everyone is different and it all depends on what you're trying to achieve musically.

The Dan-Echo has quite the learning curve to it to get a respectable echo. The four small knobs aren't the easiest to maneuver with larger fingers, but they are all very useful for making a wide range of echo options. I never read the manual for it but have kept it in my pedal line up since the late 90's

I use a Fender Strat with Vintage Noiseless PU's with a lineup of Guitar -> Dan-Echo -> Morley Wah -> MXR Phase 90 -> Danelectro Bacon&Eggs -> Amp
It's simple to recreate Van Halen's Cathedral echos or Jimi Hendrix's Star Spangled Banner from woodstock or even to change it up for a mild reverb effect.
I've got no buzzing or tonal depreciation that I have read others mentioning. If it broke, I'd buy another

I got this pedal sometime between 1995 and 1998.
I was worried early on about the short-long mini switch, but it's worked flawlessly throughout the years.

N/A works great

I play mainly 60's & 70's rock as well as a little bit of everything else.
I only wish my Fab Tone pedal lived as well as the Dan-Echo

This guy is pretty basic and extremely easy to use. I bought it about 8 years ago when I was still a beginner and even back then I had no problem getting good sounds out of it. Every switch and knob performs a basic useful function.

I've been playing guitar for a little over 10 years and I've used this echo with several very different guitars, amp setups, as well as keyboard synthesizers, drum machines, and vocals. Currently I use it with my 78 Gibson SG along side a Boss chorus into a Marshall JCM 800 2003 with a Sunn Reissue Cab (hopefully I'll be replacing the cab soon). Honestly, everything I run through it generally sounds really good. It's just a really organic sounding echo that doesnt getting muddy. The sound is clear and defined but at the same time very warm. I've gotten numerous compliments over the years on my echo sound. Everything from short slapback to longer spaced out delays keep their integrity without sounding sterile. Very low noise too!

Hmmm, well there are some plastic components to it, however I've been using it constantly for the past 8 years and have never had a single technical problem with it. Sometimes I worry about the plastic reliability but so far so good!

Never had to deal with them

I've stuck with this pedal even after buying several other "higher quality" echoes that never seemed to match the sound of this little guy (see Line 6 DDL 4 - whatever their echo modeling pedal is, various Boss echoes, even the famous memory man which I recently purchased and will soon be getting rid of is no match to the DE-1!!) I absolutely love this pedal and would definitely buy another one if it broke. My only small complaint is that it doesnt have a switch so you can keep the trail echo going after you turn the effect off. This could probably be fixed easily with a mod which I might have a friend work on. I think these things have dramatically gone down in price since I purchased mine for $100 8 years ago - probably due to the reputation of some of the lower quality products that danelectro has put out over the years (see their overdrive, heavy distortion, and chorus of the same time period - bad news!). Maybe time will be good to this product and itll go up in value after they stop production just like the tube screamer 808.

4 knobs. Mix, time, repeat, Hi cut. I have mine set up with varying mix settings (9:00 - 2:00), time @ 12:00, repeat (fully counterclockwise) and Hi-cut (fully counter clockwise). I saw a pro had this on his board with the same settings. Oh the switch was on Hi which is longer delay.

Hard to turn the little knobs mid song. I like a little delay all the time for reverb effect but I like to add a long repeating delay for that "dream sequence bridge" in a song or too. It is difficult to make this adjustment on the fly with the little knobs.

My setup, guitar-tuner-danecho-Boss NS2 (in the loop is a Tubescreamer, EMMA reeze, Phase 90, EH Small Clone)- Fender Pro Tube Pro Reverb.

This pedal sounds great. I love the Hi-cut knob which rolls off high end I guess like a vintage tape echo. The Hi-lo switch is cool for a on the fly quick delay like a rockabilly type.

I purchased this new maybe 4-5 years ago. It worked great but developed the previously discussed whining noise that is altered when you move the time knob. It can be loud during a gig. I really liked using this after all my pedal or in the effects loop but needed to move it to the input of my Boss NS-2 to take away the noises. Thank god for the NS-2 what a life saver. I have to sacrifice pedal placement in my chain but the noise is gone.

I almost removed it from my board before I cured the "ATARI" noises. I can't have an audience hear the funky things during a song break. I have to give this a low rating for the funky noises coming from the pedal otherwise a creamy and good sounding delay pedal.

Not reliable. I almost stopped using it but found a spot prior to my Boss NS-2 that eliminated the noises the unit was making.

No it is not my setup. I tried the pedal on many different amps and isolated the pedal and the noises were always present. I am using the supplied Dan Electro "Zero hum" AC adaptor.

It is not worth the money to send it to be fixed.

I have not called Danelctro so no opinion here.

Good sound, love the Hi cut knob and Hi-Lo switch. Very warm delay sound.

Making weird noises and almost parked it and bought something new. My Boss NS-2 Noise suppresor saved the day. I still use the pedal but comprised and placement by putting the delay almost first in my chain and before my Boss NS-2 input.

My recommendation is to avoid this pedal if you are a gigging musician.

If you've used delays before, this is pretty cut and dried. The "hi-cut" may confuse some beginners, but it a great feature once they figure out what it does. I like the "hi-low" switch for delay time. My only gripe is that the controls are a bit compact for gig use. But, like any other piece of gear used on a regular basis, you get used to it and appreciate how little space it takes up in the gear bag.

Even if you're new to this delay, the documentation will get you started with the basic settings.

Great! Looking at some of the reviews, I may have The Blessed Pedal. Very little noise and no change of tone along my pedal line when I hook it up. Keep in mind that I gig on Bourbon Street and do festival tour, so I change my battery at every gig. It beats the digital delays by a mile. It holds the tone without sounding sterile, which is something I get from most digital delays. This pedal has served me well in venues and the studio.

It has a great rock-a-billy slap echo, and I usually use an EH MMD for that, but I switch to it for a different sound on songs.

I play an ES-295, Gretsch Falcon, Rik 360, and Telecaster through a Fender Blues Jr and Marshall JCM 900, and the tone sounds great because, IMHO, it all begins with the amp/guitar combo and this pedal does not take anything away from it.

Okay, no one is wild about the plastic plugs on this box. I've got 2 of them. One is a free flowing pedal and the other is hard-wired (sans plugs) to a pedal board for touring. They've both served me well. I play on Bourbon Street with loads of drunken tourists in the audience dumping drinks on my gear. The pedal has survived for 3 years without a problem.

It also survived hurricane Katrina. I had 1-1/2 feet of water in my house. The pedal wasn't submerged, but after spending 2 weeks in a mouldy house, it didn't corrode like my DOD flanger which was right next to it). The Dan-Echo still sounds in top form.

Never had to deal with it.

Great pedal! They've packed a lot of goodness into this little box. I've come across many delays that cost much more, but didn't sound nearly as good. It's not noisy. It's also got a wide range of sounds. I've used it for Johnny and Santo's "Sleepwalk" and Killing Joke's "The Hum". OTOH, I really wish Danelectro would make a stereo version of this pedal with larger controls.

A couple of knobs and a switch! It does have a myriad of tones and uses if you want to dig around and turn the dials. Fairly intuitive.

Does what it says. Can go from a clean 'digital' sound to a reasonable approximation of a tape delay with it's dark and fuzzy edge.

I have put it through much abuse after deciding that I should leave my Boss Dm2 at home. This pedal gets thrown about a bit and still has no problems. That said those little plastic knobs look like they could snap off at any moment.

Never dealt with them, so I have no opinion

I play a variety of music from rock, country, pop & jazz. This pedal works well for everything I do.

The knobs are kind of hard to turn and the rate and Hi-Cut knobs are backwards from what would make sense to me. The manual gives good explanations of what each knob does and also gives 15-20 sample settings which is really helpful and showcases what it can do. The lo-hi delay time switch makes it easy to switch styles quickly on stage.

Great warm analog sound from a digital delay, what more can one ask for? The hi-cut and mix really help to keep the echoes from over-powering the dry signal.

This thing feels like it is 5 pounds of solid iron, but the knobs are made of plastic and I'm afraid if I step on them too hard they might break. Also, my repeat knob is messed up and the thing only repeats once most of the time regardless of where the knob is. If I get it to repeat more than once it goes away after switching the switch or stepping on the button. If not for that I would give this a 9.

Danelectro has no customer support as far as I know.

I really like this pedal, and would recommend it if not for the repeats knob problem I have. I will eventually replace it with a good analog delay or Line 6's big green delay modeler.

As easy or as tough as you want it to be. You can set everything at about 12 o'clock at get a real nice delay effect, or you can play with the settings given in the manual to come up with more great sounds. Give it a tap tempo and you would have simply the perfect delay pedal. As it is, I'll take it over just about anything else out there.

I run this at the end of my rig and before the amp. I have a tuner, a Digitech Grunge, a Boss OD-3, Crybaby, MXR phase 90, yamaha chorus, then Danny Boy. The "mix" and "hi-cut" knobs make it very easy to avoid sounding "antiseptic" with this pedal. Very natural sound. My ax is an American Strat and my amp is a Peavey (oh, quit rolling your eyes till you've tried one!) Bandit II. This box very simply does everything I need it to do and nothing I don't.

I was surprised to find all the reviews about these things crapping out. Mine works like a champ. Every time. I've never even thought about getting a back-up. I'd just have 2 of 'em around.

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I play contemporary worship, which encompasses most everything, and I play in a retro dance party band. Lots of funk, r&b, disco and such. This little guy handles all of it. If you've used the Danelectro mini pedals, this is an entirely different animal. Those feel (and perform) like toys. This is a real tool. If it were lost or stolen, well, I ain't even gonna go there. I bought this pedal after hearing a friend use it. I've NEVER regretted it.

Easy to use, good manual.

My setup for the last 2 years has been Boss FZ-2 (for boost)>Fulltone '69>Danecho> 1968 Bassman. I haven't gigged during those 2 years, but I've been buying new stuff since it looks like I'll be back into it soon. The Danecho sounded very nice while it was working, but recently started making weird noises, whether it was on or off, and I'm currently looking for a replacement. Disappointing for a piece of gear that never left my practice space.

Worked for about 2 years, with very little use. Never had the chance to gig with it.

Never tried to contact, so I'll go with what others here have pointed out

Can't give unreliable equipment a high rating, no matter how good it sounds. I've been playing for 24 years, gigging on and off for 16. My current setup is Boss FZ-1>Fulltone Choralflange>VHT Deliverance (I like to keep it simple). My next delay will probably be a Boss; at least they're reliable...

Great easy to use for what I wanted. the swithch should have been a button.

Sounds great. Wait the review starts to go south.

I came to this post because I wanted to buy another one of these because I liked mine so much. I died and was unfixable. I thought it was a fluke and was ready to buy another. NO FREAKING WAY! After reading all the posts about this I'm taking out my old RP3 and using the delay on that.

Non existent

If they fixed the reliability problems I would buy another. I absolutely loved the sound. I must rate it a 1 though because if it doesn't work... well, it doesn't work.

I had no problems finding a good sound. Easy to use.

I thought it sounded good. I used a strat with a Mesa subway rocket, it worked nice with the effects I used, until the unit crapped out on me.

I bought it on ebay used. It worked for a month or two after I got it. Then it started up with all this horrible noise. I had it looked at by a tech, but he deemed it unfixable. I'd like to send it back, but I wasn't the original owner. So I'm sol, I figure.

There's no way to get in touch with them on their site, there's no service info on there. It's basically an advertising site, showing all their products.

I really liked it until it went to crap. I never dropped it or anything, I just hooked it up one day and, bam it went crazy with this sick blipping noise. I'll give a 3 overall for the nice delay and ok price on ebay.

easy if you know how to fiddle with delays. sure, it takes some tweaking to find the right amount of repeats/feedback and hi-cut, but that's the nature of a guitar pedal with 4 or 5 knobs, right?

i use strats/teles -> fender amps. the dan-echo provides good sounding (i.e., analogish or tape delay style) echo repeats. the hi-cut knob is great for that 60s tape echo sound. works pretty well with other pedals, doesn't get TOO muddy all things considered. this isn't the pristine digital repeats of a Boss DD-X. a whole different beast really. a good test for any guitar pedal (in my view) is set the knobs all to the midway point: do you get a good sound at that setting before any personal tweaking? then you've got a good pedal on your board. that's the case with the dan-echo. flipping the toggle switch from hi to low takes you from pink floyd territory to 50s style slapback. it does the rockabilly thing REALLY WELL, about as good as any delay pedal (short of an ibanez or boss analog).

built with a metal casing. much tougher (and heavier) than other danelectro pedals (and i've played several). no issues here, assuming you don't drop it off a third floor window. i haven't had issues with mine at all, and i bought it used.

i play experimental space/jam rock with british 60s influences of the kinks, small faces, yardbirds, early stones and who. the dan-echo works well for stretching out into david gilmour trips and also for the 50s style rockabilly the other guy in the band likes to do. very versatile in that respect, and the single toggle switch makes it easy to go back and forth stylistically on the fly without alot of knob twiddling. i like that... i won't sit here and say this is the best delay out there on the market, but you need to know what kind of delay sound you're looking for before you buy. but at the price you'll pay for one of these on ebay, it's hard to deny you're getting bang for the buck.

Pretty straight forward. No need for a manual.

I am running this in the effects loop of my AT100 along with a Danelectro Fab Chorus. I'm totally satisfied with the sound. I AB-ed it by switching my effects loop on and off and it does not detract from the signal at all. This pedal sounds much warmer than the other delays that I've tried. (When I say warmer, I'm speaking specifically about the delay sounds after the initial guitar signal).

Too soon to tell. I've only had it for a few weeks.

I haven't tried to deal with them yet. Their website is practically useless.

Very nice pedal. I highly recommend it.

Very simple to use. Useful for what I needed at the time. I didn't use the lo-fi cut much but it does give vintage dark repeat.

Ok here goes.....I needed a cheap slapback-style rockabilly echo and I saw Brophy Dale of Lee Rocker's band using one a few years back , and it sounded good live. Let's face it, you can't go draggin' a real tape echo to gigs, so there's going to be some compromise with any pedal. So I got one from GC cheap right after Dano went away . It served me well for a ton of gigs. It did have a useble 50's echo, but I don't reccomend it for any long-delay freakouts. The repeat is not as clean as I would like, but for the price it's good. Every repeat has a small amount of "break up" present. More with louder-gain pickups. I also experienced what others described as 8-bit Atari noises after awhile. I thought it was the dimmer switch in the rehearsal room at first. The pedal does eat a bit of signal even when off, and I had trouble with the input jack shorting occasionally. After 2 of those episodes, It went into the backup pile and I got a new Ibanez DE7 delay. It's more verstile, plus it can do the UFO thing! I'm not bashing the Danecho, it is a good alternative to the colder-sounding, pricier Boss. If grit and lo-tech is your thing, it could be for you.

Because of the inherent clock-noise and sketchy plastic inputs, it gets hurt here. But I still have it and it still works.

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To be honest the Danecho gave me some nice ambience and decent rockabilly Sun-type slapback for years. It did what it claimed. The same technology that makes effects pristine and versatile, is what loses the vintage mojo and organic/musical feel. It sounded a little better on clean settings. I'll keep searching for the ultimate gigging delay, perhaps the tiny blue Guyatone?

- yes it is easy to use. i bought this because it was a danelectro product. i also bought it because i'm a sucket for anything with delay. the manual shows how to tweak the knobs to emulate sounds from diferrent eras. however, my only concern is to get make little slap back and sometimes make that little slapback wetter.

- i currently have two electric guitars, a telecaster and a dean stylist. i play these either through a crate mxr 65 or a vox 15smr408. either way, this pedal sounds great. i like the rockabilly sound, although i don't play in my group, howevcer i always keep my guitar to that sound. with a slight delay it makes the distortion sound fluffier, with a slightly longer delay it gets more fluid. playing the dean through this pedal is sweet, fluid, wet and deep. through the tele, it sparkles, adds a little more depth to the notes it makes it even more fun to play.

the only reliablity complaint i have with this pedal is with the input jack. it seemed to get loose real fast. i have overcome this problem by using a planet waves jack end. it grips a bit more than the standard jack thereby staying in place better. it also helps going into the pedal once in a while to tweak that jack back in place, a little flat head screw driver, a little force and a little while later everything is back in place.

- excuse me?

i play clasic rock and anything in between, i'm no guitar god, i just like to play anytime i can.. i've been playing for around 35 years now. mostly acoustic. when i finally had the resources to go electric, i made up for lost time as fast as possible. i listened to a lot of john lennon in the seventies, i always liked his use if slapback, because of him, "i gotta have me slapback". i haven't tried to many other pedals. some how, this dano product hit the right nerve.

10 very easy and with a wide range of options

well right now this is my rig~~~fender american standard (but customized) strat~~~whammy~~~boss tu-2~~~boss dc-2~~~boss ce-2~~~mesa boogie trem-o-verb 2x12 combo. this is my first review here on HC and i really just felt that this needed to be said: this is the best delay pedal out there. i've tried a couple of high end deals which were nice but most of them are either to bulky or too pricey. let me just say that the deluxe memory man is not worth the money. for one its to big and two it will suck your guitar tone. maxon's ad-900 is an awesome pedal but i really don't need that much delay. you can get almost the some tones and delays from the dan echo. and for a lot less. i paid $45 bucks for mine used off of ebay. and will never sell it. i've finally found what it is i wanted in a delay pedal..yada yada yada.........worth every penny.

built like a tank
no problems yet

don't know

for the money you can't beat it.

The bad thing about this pedal is that it isn't a "set it and forget it" pedal. That's also the best thing about it. I keep the manual in my gear bag so I have a quick reference to all it can do and how to get there. That said, it's also designed to sound real nice with everything set straight to noon. Quite frankly, this pedal does everything I need it to, and leaves behind everything I don't need. Just gotta memorize the settings you need and for what.

I was sold on this pedal not knowing what it was. A friend had a guitar synth and produced a GREAT sounding delay during a song. I ran up and asked what part of his multi $$$ rig he used for it. He sheepishly grinned and pointed to his DanEcho. I promptly hit E-Bay and landed my own. I have never like the sterile sound (IMHO) of digital delays. This unit has a warmth matched by none. Some units claim 5+ seconds of delay. Why? Sound quality is where the rubber hits the road. This baby is a michelin. Who do you wanna sound like? I've gone from Temptations to Prince to Journey to Marvin Gaye. That's just in one set. Plays well with other effects. What can I say? It RULES!! (Even with a solid state amp)

As good as this sounds, a delay is not something I'm real stuck without, so I routinely gig w/o backup. I treat it decent and it more than returns the favor.

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All I can say (again) is this pedal delivers everything I need and nothing I don't. No, it doesn't have a tap tempo. I've learned to live without it. Easily. The main job for ANY stomp box is make the sound you want burst forth from your amp/cab/speaker. This box delivers like a mailman. Nuff said.

Really easy. But it is a device you should know well to get advantage of it.

I found the hi-cut really helpful.this is something that the boss digital delays lack.The hi-cut get you to softer delays.I can't wait to try it with a reverb altogether.I was inetrested in the Hughes and kettner Replex but it is too bulky.My Danecho lacks cristal clarity, thats is why it is ideal for slapbacks, like Scotty Moore.It can produce acceptable delays and echoes.I find longer delays useless.What's the case in a 20 second delay?

Not so reliable.I wanted to change the led to an ultarbright purple led(it looks gorgeous!)But the pots are crappy and I broke down one.It was my mistake.I was unable to get the replacement, so i had to made up a mew one with two different parts.It's like new now! Besides, it swallows batteries. I use rechargeable, but since it is digital, even an alkaline lasts three hours. Get a power supply. It worths it.

I coul never get in touch with danelectro. Other items are worthless. I would only recommend this one.

Amazing sound, but it could be done with better quality.Input jacks.potentiometers.

if you are used to any other delay/echo it should be simple, if not it wont take long to learn

i am giving it a 9.

first i want to say ive had the pedal for 5 days. usually i will not write a review for a month or so but i know i love this and i know it sounds good.

it can be set for that crisp delay like the PB&J but also can be set for warm vintage sounding repeats.

also - the mix can get very wet and thats a good thing if you like to harmonize notes with your playing and having a thich repeat.

the sound is very usable and natural. i should point out that i dont like boss DD-series delay/echo at all. its just something in the sound, that "boss stank" that seems to accompany alot of thier effects - not just thier delay.

that is why i am glad i found this delay. i have seen it a million times but never once played it until recently. i absolutely love it and i cant think of any dleay/echo purpose that it will not serve other than maybe endless repeats or solf oscillation madness.

other than that ive covered all the bases with it and am impressed. it sounded just as good through my marshall 1/2 stack as it does through my favorite home setup (class A combo) so it holds well loud. very good rockabilly/slapback sounds as well as the longer solo settings

it is built like a tank and i know some people question the switches but we've got a daddy-o overdrive and cool cat chorus we have kept where we play on weekends for about 4-5 years now and they get used often with various guitars for different songs and have held up well over time.

i know for a fact these are top-notch guys at the service dept.

overall i think its an 8.

easy enough to get the hang of even if youve never used delay (the knobs ARE labled!)

the sound is great, better than most of the stompbox competition out there (IMO)

built like a tank.

also, i can see this pedal getting alot of use in the years ahead because it has alot of good settings and seems to cover many different needs well.


i want to put a battery inside, take it camping with my small portable mini-amp, my ho and my guitar. when i scream into the pickups "hey ho you know what time it is" - she will know without a doubt what time it is because my dan-echo will tell her over and over exactly what i said, and its such a good delay im sure she will think it is still me telling her what to do (as she goes down slow)

Its hard for me to dial in a sound that I really like. Maybe I'm just dumb. I'm very fickle with this delay pedal, so I'm constantly changing settings.

I'm using this with a mexican strat through a blues junior. For the amount of money it cost, this delay pedal is decent. One thing I don't like about it is that the delay effect cuts off when you turn the pedal off. So you can't turn it off and then immediately start playing something without any delay. But the high end cut is pretty cool, I'll give it that. Its not a super pedal, but for $30 off eBay, its a keeper.

Good pedal for the money. Will eventually get a Boss DD-6 modded by Analog Mike. Its a good pedal, but I'd recommend going the extra mile to get a Boss delay or something else. I don't use delay a lot, but I know what I like. So for someone who uses delay a lot, I'd tell 'em not to buy this pedal. But if you just want some occasional delay, the Dan-Echo is a good idea.

It is kinda awkward to turn the knobs but it sounds good period. Great for rockabilly.

sounds fine! anybody who doesnt like this pedal probably either has a bad overall sound or just cant play guitar very well. We all know how many of thoes kind are out there! ha ha.

holds up ok. Just dont tie it to the back of a pick-up truck and drag it to the gigs to match your SRV strats!

Never tried.

I play Blues and jazz and rockabilly and country and this pedal is quiet with the right kind of treatment. I use fender twins and deluxes and some fender solid states and teles and strats and sg's and Pauls and dont have a bit of trouble getting what I want out of any of it. I'm 53 and have been playing since I was 8. It is a good pedal as far as sound goes but I wish it was a little different in design and shape but over-all I would get it again if it got lost broke or stolen. I like how quiet and pure it sounds.

Easy to set up for a good tone, 4 knobs and a switch. Knobs are very sensitive and offer a lot of range, but it can be a little difficult to dial in exactly what you're looking for

The Dan-Echo sits in my effects loop in the second to last position with an ever-changing set of neighbours. Basic setup is Goth Explorer -> Bad Horsie -> JCM2000 100WDSL -> (loop) various modulation, fuzz, weird pedals -> Dan-Echo -> microamp clone (end loop) -> 1960A 4x12 cab.

It's weird, sometimes it's super quiet, sometimes it makes some noise. I think I was running too many pedals from the same power source nd now that I've split the load, bought heavier duty adapters, and finalized my pedal board, it's not been a problem. The sound is killer, very warm, very tight sounding. I use it a lot on its own for light runs, use it in conjunction with other effects to make some wild, swirly sounds, or kick it into "lo" mode to just thicken up a solo. It's super versatile and it makes really great, unpredictable sounds when you manipulate the "time" knob while holding a note. Kind of like a theremin. This thing has been in my rig since it came out and I've never heard another delay that I like as much.

It's never failed me. It's made some weird noise along the way, but I think that was my fault. It's survived 6 years of me tossing it into a milk crate, unprotected, after shows. I play a lot of shows and I never worry about this little bastard.

Never had to call

In life, pedals come and go, but this has remained static. Before I bought this, I had a cold, shrill sounding BOSS unit that I used, but never really liked. This thing is an integral part of my sound and I'll buy it again if it gets stolen, lost, or killed.

In addition to the standard knobs for delay time and number of repeats, a toggle switch lets you choose from Lo and Hi delay fields, effectively doubling the range of the Time knob. The mix knob lets you balance the volume of the delay against the dry signal, while the secret weapon -- the main marketing point when this came out some years back -- is Hi Cut, which filters out the high frequencies from each successive repeat, to approximate the signal degradation on an old tape-delay unit.

There's one footswitch, On-Off, and jacks for In and Out. Plug in, play, and twiddle the knobs til you find what you want. Easy.

You can get a pretty cool array of delay sounds out of this thing, spacey stuff, Pink Floyd solos, pristine digital "dang dang dang" repeats, slapback, reverby-sounding stuff, and the more muffled analog-style tones you can get with the Hi-Cut function. Notice i said analog-style; you CAN'T get any of the weird self-oscillation and infinite repeats that you can get with a real analog delay, and the repeats aren't as gloriously dirty as with a Memory Man or an AD9. Nor does it have some of the frills of the contemporary digital units, like Tap Tempo and Hold and what-not. But in terms of sounds, you can cover a lot more ground with the DanEcho than you can with either a digital or analog pedal.

And that's what's cool about it! I would think this is an excellent choice for guitarists on a budget or just starting out, players who haven't used delay before and want to explore the palette of delay "colors" without throwing a lot of cash into a Boss digital or an Ibanez analog. The sound quality is really quite good, especially for as cheap as you can pick these up Used these days. Try one!

Oh yeah, the delay time is up to 1 second as i recall. Longer than analog, shorter than most of today's better digitals, although why you'd need longer delays than that is beyond me.

I've played this with a lot of different guitars and pickups, Rickenbacker, Epiphone, Dano, Seymour Duncan, and always enjoyed it.

I've owned mine for about six years, and it's always worked fine. I made it a point to buy the 9 volt adapter, since digital delays will spend down a battery in nothing flat.

This SUCKS!!!!! Unbelievable! Can anyone find ANYTHING even remotely informative on the Danelectro web site? What a junk site, a complete waste of time. I've concluded that they don't feel any responsibility for customer service any more, and have made themselves inaccessible to avoid having to do repairs/replacement. (Read some of the other reviews of the products for some horror stories.) Shameful!

It's sad, because a lot of their products have been cool, and they seemed like a pretty hot outfit four or five years ago. I've owned two or three Dano guitars and enjoyed them all, and right now I'm looking for a 12-string double cutaway in good condition (i think that dude in REM even played one in a video, and how cool is that? If the company wasn't so STUPID all of a sudden that would make a good endorsement, I should think).

I bought this because the Hi-Cut function seemed like a clever idea, and it proved to be so. This pedal may be the modern Danelectro's finest moment, or at least it's tied with the Tuna Melt tremolo, which is also excellent.

I own three delays, a vintage Ibanez AD9 analog, a vintage Ibanez DM1100 digital rackmount that sounds really rough and cool, and this Danelectro. I've also owned and sold several other delays at various points. As much as I love my Ibanezes --- and you really haven't lived until you've played with a real analog delay - I have to say this Dano is still really neat. I've thought about selling it, but I just can't bring myself to part with it. So now I think I'm going to set up a third guitar rig, just so I'll use this one more often.

very easy to use, with a little tweaking, it does a real good, full slapback. the manual will give you ideas, i just tweak to taste.

i use this pedal with my just purchased roland bc-60 blues cube, in the fx loop, this a great sounding amp by itself, but kick in the echo and the bitch comes alive!! i've owned dozens of amps and this is the first amp i've used an effects loop on! well done roland!!, i'm going to play this live soon, i'll probably leave the pedal on all the time!! i also have a tonebone hot british pedal, a boss od-3, and a boss super shifter, i like to run stereo when i can, usually with a cube 30, and i get an awsome sound!!

i have had this pedal for 8 years, never a problem!!, however-- i did have a dano-daddy-o overdrive,the dc jack came loose, got it fixed,farted out again, so apparently there is some probs with some of the models! luck of the draw, i guess!, back up for pedals?, if one takes a shit, i don't cry, if it all screws up i just play it straight!! when i was younger i'd whine because i need this and that, but after playing 35 years, 15 years as a pro, I LET THE FINGERS DO THE TALKIN!!

never had to!

it sounds great with my bc-60, i've played and recorded in many bands, rock, punk, country, blues, oldies, surf, etc., i'm 47, been playing guitar since "INNA GADDA DI VIDA" was on the radio,(1968), just a weekend warrior now, put johnny winter, alvin lee, ronnie montrose, stevie ray, and a dose of clapton, all together, and you have my identifiable style, which i'm proud of!! i have an orange ad-15 amp (SWEEET)! a gibson skylark, a small vox,and 2 cube 30's, also a line 6 flex-plus, (i'm sellin it soon!) NOTE TO YOUNG PLAYERS!-- I'VE SPENT MANY YEARS PLAYING AT DEAFINING VOLUME, IN SMALL PRACTICE PLACES WITH MARSHALLS, AMPEGS, WHATEVER WAS LOUD! I AM PAYING FOR IT! I HAVE SEVERE TINNITIS(RINGING IN EARS!)WORD TO THE WISE--"USE EAR PROTECTION!!" YOU ARE NOT FUCKING INVINCIBLE, TINNITIS SUCKS BAD, AND THERE IS NO CURE!! PEOPLE HAVE COMITTED SUICIDE OVER THIS AFFLICTION!,BE WISE--BE WARNED--HAVE FUN ! KEEP ROCKIN!!!!

I HAVE THIS PEDAL FOR THE LAST 4 YEARS AND WAS NEVER SATISFIED.
WHY? BECAUSE IT CHANGES MY SOUND EVEN WHEN ITS OFF!!! I HAVE SO
MANY EXPENSIVE EFFECTS IN MY PEDAL BOARD AND THIS ONE PEDAL SUCKS
AL THE TONE BACK! FINALLY TODAY I WENT TO A MUSIC STORE AND BOUGHT
A USED BOSS-DD3 FOR 100 BUCKS AND ASKED MYSELF WHY I DIDNT DO THIS
BEFORE.
GUYS...... THIS IS MY FIRST REVIEW HERE... BUT I HAD TO TELL THIS.........
********* NEVER EVER BUY THIS PEDAL. PERIOD ************
NOW I FEEL BETTER.

The manual is the only thing that helps here.

I used a Strat and a Fender Twin Reverb with this and it sounds ok. You can get the Pink Floyd sound out of it but not too much more versatile. I don't care much for the Sun Sound slapback anyway.

THIS IS A PIECE OF S%$#!! Do not waste your money on this as the unit will crap out on you during a practice or worse yet-a gig! The jacks are cheaply made and fail after one month or so of STUDIO USE! I sent the unit back to Danelectro @ their San Clemente Post Office with my complaint and received a fresh new one that crapped out within a few months. TERRIBLE PRODUCT!! DO NOT SUBSIDIZE THESE CAPITALISTIC THIEVES!

Their customer support is practically non-existent because you wil get NO CService by phone. The only thing to do is take it back to SamAsh or GCenter and get your money back.

Overall, this pedal sucked up much of my energy in trying to get it to stabilize and work as it should. fresh out of the box you are lucky to get a few months of life out of it. PIECES OF JUNK!

Although this pedal has 4 knobs and some idiots won't know how to work it, I bought it Secondhand for $10. And it 's like a charm to work. But that's befor the problems start.

I have a Gibson Explorer, Fender Strat, Played on a Marshall MG Amp and a Samick SM%0 Amp. Effects Rack : Boss DS2-trubo, Danelectro flanger, Boss overdrive.This damn pedal was supposed to be my analog delay...but it faield me within two days.

This is the cheapest piece of sh@# that you can buy. It makes a good delay effect up until it starts picking up weird noises. That no-one seems to be able to fix. So if some one knows how to bypass this(And I think it's happens when you turn the Repeat knob) please let me know at josias_esterhuizen6@hotmail.com. PLEASSSSEEEEEEE.

Can't get hold of the FU@#$%# to SH@#$@# on their heads for constructing this "thing" - mind you the website isn't even worth visiting

I play absolutely everything from rock-metal-pop-blues-jazz-reggae ext. And I have been playing for eternity now. I should have used my knowledge when buying this...but for the price it was a deal. (Which turned out to be a bad one)

Very Simple to use. This was my first delay type of pedal ever and I figured out tons of settings and formats within a few hours of toying with it. Manual was very helpful. I basically set one in and then worked it from there till I found my own little prefrences. Im giving it an 8 because it took some time to get to know everything, but it wont be a problem with anyone that has ever used a delay before.

I play this with a Standard Stratocaster, a Big Muff Distortion, and a Roland Blues Cube 60. By itself it is very nice, it cuts the highs slightly, but all you have to do is readjust the EQ. The effects are very distinctive in the sound and can clearly be heard. This helps me get some David Gilmour sounds when I have a very slight delay by thickening up the sound. It makes it sound powerful for single coils. The downside is when I use this in combo with my distortion, it gets VERY muddy and I have to cut the bass and mids completely to get it to sound decent. Im thinking of buying some more cables and running it through the loop to see if that helps.

Very dependeble, the jacks seem pretty good, but may wear down after time. The knobs also seem a tad weak, so dont push them to hard. But yes, I have and will continue to gig without a back up.

Never dealt with them. Though they gave me a free sticker with it:)

I play mostly classic rock, Pink Floyd mostly, usually some Led Zeppelin and some Beatles, and occasionally The Yardbirds and The Allman Brothers. Ive been playing about 6 years. If it were lost or stolen, I would probably buy one again, although I would shop around first since Ive never used any other types of delays or echoes. I wish the delays kept going after I turned it off. This makes it impossible to play a solo over chords. You can get some nice chords, and then when you start playing something over it, that keeps repeating too. So basically you get a big mess of noise. Overall I would recomend it to anyone interested, mainly because of the price.

delay is never very easy, but this one doesnt require a class to understand it. has mix, cut, speed,and repeat and also has a hi-lo switch for speeds.

it sounds wonderful. good vintage delay that ranges from low-mid speed echo to fast reverb-type sounds. it can get a little muddy and looses articulation when used after dist. its not noisy at all and it always sounds good.

so far so good

using delay is an art form and it takes practice, but this is a really good pedal. if you need a super wide range of delay sounds, go with one of the boss delays that have four or five different modes on them. this is a vintage type "tape" delay and has a set sound with basic controls. try it out... i love it.

Okay, let's start with a few facts....up until the last few months I've always pretty much been a plug and play kinda guy, so I'm not an expert on effects pedals. This is the first delay pedal I've owned (digital/analog or otherwise). So, it took me a little bit to figure out how the knobs and switches interacted with each other. However, Dano does supply a nifty manual with several suggested jumping off points for different sounds and delay types. But, with a little patience and lots of fun experimenting it all makes sense now. Would probably like it a little better if it had either a tap tempo feature, or at least a blinking LED like my chorus to help fine tune the delay rate.

No, it does not have super hi-fi sound reproduction, but, it's not supposed to. What it's supposed to do is sound like vintage tape echo. I don't know how well it does that, but it gives me a really nice rock-a-billy slapback and adds a reverb presence to my non-reverb Ampeg. It seems to function better on an adapter as it gets noisy when the battery starts to die. I will say that eats batteries quicker than any other pedal I own. It doesn't add any noticable hum to my tone, and i don't notice any huge tone suckage either. A little loss of high end, maybe? One quirk I have noticed..and this is only in battery mode, was some weird 8 bit atari noises when I was switching the lo/hi delay switch. The high end roll-off knob is extra nice to muddy up the repeats and keep it retro sounding, as well.

Have only had it for a few weeks, but my Daddy-o has held up fine, with the exception of the battery compartment door. I always gig without back-ups...I'm poor. Plus...I use effects to add texture, I don't depend on them for the song.

Haven't ever had to deal with Danelectro, but they seem awfully hard to get ahold of..their website doesn't have support for any of their older pedals abd when I did e-mail them to see if I could get a manual for my Daddy-o (I got it second hand), I never got any response.

This rating is based on what I paid...I got it on e-bay from a music store that had closed and was selling their new stock. Would I think it was a 9 if I had paid $100 or whatever list is? Probably not. But for $50 it fit's the bill for what I need. It gives a nice slapback echo to single note runs and adds echo texture to chord progressions. Don't get me wrong..the delay and repeats are enough to do some brit-pop noodling or metal soloing, but it's forte is VINTAGE.

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?

N/A

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.

only bad thing about this pedal (and about every dano, btw) is how small and narrow knobs are. for the rest, it's quite intuitional, mostly when you figure out what "hi cut" does... tricky...

ok, it's not a tape echo. if you are for THAT sound, this is just something to make do with. but still, it sounds far far better than any digital delay, since the repeated sounds are warm and slightly distorted, unlike those cold extraclean overprocessed newer units.
I wish it could crazily feedback, like a Memory Man, but I also wish that MM costed less... quality has its price... anyway I'm happy with the way this pedal helps my sound. Of course I'll change it if I win a lottery.

Metal case, seems sturdy, in almost one year of stomping the switch is the same as like the first day. But when I look at those plastic jack inputs, I pray to God above.

Never dealt.

Ok, spacey and psychedelic atmospheres require delay. A warm delay.
It does the quest. It enriches overdriven sounds as well.
Not the best thing you can find on the market (maybe I said Memory Man, didn't I?). Or maybe yes, if you consider it's digital.

Fairly easy to use. No markings on the pedal to indicate levels in any numeric form (i.e. 1-10 around each knob). If you plan on changing your delay settings several times during a gig or practice, be prepared to do a little guesstimating and fine tuning. Although I never use it, I do enjoy the possibilities offered by the toggle switch in the middle.

The sound quality (and I am speaking about the quality that it is suppose to have) is decent. Nice warm tones and good definition.

Disclaimer: Just in case you see this review and pass by it due to it's length (like I occasionaly do), if you are having problems with your Dan-Echo pedal and are looking for like minds to compare to, read this. If you are a potential buyer, I have two things to say:

1. Buyer beware
2. I'll sell you mine real cheap.

It goes without say (but, hey, I'll say it anyway) that these are strictly my opinions based on my experience with the Danelectro product(s). Like anything else, there are always going to be those who absolutely love it and those who extremely hate it. Now then, on with the review.

Oh boy!!! I've heard other say built like a truck. This couldn't be more true. Ford body frankensteined with Dodge engine and various components. I'd rely on this things structure staying intact if the house collapsed on it, but that's as far as I can go. Ive been getting a lot of hum out of my amps recently and I attribute the Dano to at least a portion of the problem. I was doing some close examinations last night and I noticed several problems. Maybe it is just a defect in my pedal (I've yet to read anyone else mention this) but it acts like a microphone. Literally!!! I tapped the pedal and heard it through the amps. It was exactly like tapping on a mic head. It also did this when I tapped on the end of the cables going in and out of the pedal. When I tapped the end of the other end of the cables (coming out of my AudioTech wireless receiver into the Dano and the out into my MXR Phase 90), nothing. Which lead me to the next problem. When the end of the adaptor cable (when plugged into the Dano) is even lightly touch, horrible noises came out of the amps. It's best compare to the sound generated by rapidly unplugging your guitar over and over again while you amp is on. That is just a description of the degree of noise annoyance and concern. I don't remember ever having this problem while playing, but I'm fairly gentle with delay pedals. Lastly is a past problem that I had that I have heard others complain about. I've had my pedal for a few years now and can't actually recall how long before this problem arose nor how long it lasted. Basically, I bought it, it worked fine for a month (or a few maybe), then one day it stopped working. "What the F@#K!!! It worked last week?" I thought. Well, after countless attempts to get it to work, I gave up, took it out of the chain and just put it aside. I sporadicly, checked on it and nothing. The one day (a few months to half a year down the road), I check it and to my surprise, it's working like there was never a problem to begin with. Temperature, humidity, bored little elves that normally steal remote contols... to this day I have no idea what the problem was. I also had a mini Dano chromatic tuner do the same thing. Piece of s@#t still won't work. Just stopped working one day. I'm very displeased with Danelectro products and will mostly never have confidence in their quality. Even today, if I ever hear of someone having a rig with a Dano product in it (amature or profession musician), I can't help but shake my head in both shame and wonderment. The only exception would be the classic Danelctro guitar made famous by Jimmy Page. I trust his opinion. I'm pretty confident that, due to Jimmys endorsement, thay would put a little more quality, time and care into that particular series of guitars. As for effects, wouldn't touch as of now. I'm saving money to build a rack system and several delay opions are going to be part of it (from a boss pedal to a T.C. Electronic rack effects unit). I may sell the Dano if I can find my conscience clear. If I don't just store in an old box never to be remember, it will at least be a hell of a bargain.

Don't care enough about the company or products to try. They may fix it. They may replace it. But honestly, a refurbished or a new piece of s@#t is still a piece of s@#t.

If are in anyway interested, try it before you buy it. If you can test it with your own equioment, even better. All in all, keep your receipt and the packaging it came in just in case.

The pedal is actually quite complex, with the hi-low feature and 4 knobs that each provide a distinct and huge range of sound variations. If you buy it used, attempt to download a manual. When I see bad reviews of the pedal on here, I'd be willing to bet a buck that the user didn't get a manual. Well, this isn't a Boss DS-1. It's not "plug and play". You have to mess with it.

10 for the echo, no comment on the delay because I don't really use it for that purpose. I'm running a Toronado through a Harmonic Percolator, a Small Stone, and the Dan-Echo into a Peavey Classic 50. I couldn't be happier with the way this pedal's echo allows me to create an endless, giant cacophany of noise and distortion. 99% of the people who buy this are into rockabilly, but for noise-rock (Shellac, Tar, etc) this thing makes you sound like you've got 4 guitarists on stage. A+.

Danelectro products, while often considered cheap or crappy, have always performed wonderfully for me. Even their little plastic mini-effects hold up.

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Great pedal for a noise freak. Think the beginning of "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" by Nirvana.....that's the kind of reverb/distortion/echo mess you can make with this box. Rock + roll. For $35 used, can't beat it.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THE GOOD RATINGS THIS BOX GETS! Okay, here's my story...
First one I bought: Failure of the input and output jacks after a few weeks. They are made of plastic and soldered to the circuit-board (saw that when the guy in the shop took it apart). A very cheap and unreliable construction, as far as I'm concerned. Exchanged this Dan-Echo for a new one: After a few months the on/off switch on this unit was not working anymore! I asked around and found other guys who had the same problems, so I know these defects are common.
OTHER CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN PROBLEMS I NOTICED DURING MY USAGE:
a) When in use, the Dan-Echo emits a high-frequency whine. Not to loud, but noticable. It changes when turning the second knob from the left, but never goes away. Out of curiosity, I checked two more Dan-Echos in the guitarshop, both had the same problem.
b) Using the switch located in the middle of the knobs, when unit is on, sometimes produces a very loud squeal. Watch your ears!
c)Knob on right (attenuation of highs) works the other way round.
I think Danelectro should spend less money on "Retro"-Design and advertising and more on the quality of their products. (I once had a Dirty Thirty Amp, that was crap, too). I have now exchanged the Dan-Echo for a Digitech DigiDelay: More expensive, colder sound, but at least it works! End of story.

Tiny, too-stiff knobs are a bitch to tweak, especially on a dark stage, but at least they're straightforward enough in function. The only oddball (but not necessarily bad) feature is the switch that selects fast/slow delay range; I would rather have had one nice big full-range knob to control delay rate.

Mostly, this is one nice sounding pedal. The repeats are not nearly as glass-clear as a digital delay (or at least one that speaketh its name) but that's the whole point of a tape-echo simulator, right? I hardly ever use my Dan-Echo for the rockabilly effects that everyone else seems to dig; I'm more for the spacey long delays of Pink Floyd or early Joe Walsh, and the pedal produces this kind of stuff with flying colors. Two gripes: there is no setting for endless repeat or those whack oversaturated tape feedback effects--a very important part of tape echo's sonic appeal for me--and the distortion that gets added to the repeats sounds more like digital artifact than something intentional, and gets annoying, especially with clean guitar where you don't want distortion at all.

BRING EXTRA BATTERIES! The Dan-Echo eats nine-volts like a mother, and when the battery goes, the tone and volume go to s**t. This actually happened to me on stage recently with an Epiphone Les Paul, fuzz, Cry Baby, and a flanger behind it...I was all ready for the dramatic set-closing E-bow solo and the wimpiest wet squeak of a sound came out.. The Dan-Echo had just swallowed another Energizer whole. It, and I, went out not with a bang, but with a whisper that night, so to speak. Ugh! Go with one of those Dano AC adapter thingies, and this problem disappears, so my rating reflects this:

Physically, tho, Dano's higher end pedals seem pretty well-built, although I wouldn't count on those knobs lasting forever--they look like that chintzy chrome-plastic that they used to use for the bumpers on toy cars. The jacks appear to be plastic too. Hmm. Best to be careful.

Never used it.

The Dan-Echo doesn't create a perfect tape echo simulation, but it puts you in the infield at least, for a lot less than a real tape-based delay would. In the context of my current band, something like the Dan-Echo is indispensible, although we also use a Roland Space Echo on stage and in the studio, and I wouldn't dream of replacing that amazing piece of vintage tape-based analog delay with *any* pedal. The Dano is great as a general thickener-upper and also as a spacy weird-effects generator, especially in combination with a good fuzz or distortion pedal. I suppose that it'd also work great for rockabilly slapback echo, although that's not my thing at all and I never use the Dan-Echo in that way, so let the Gene Vincent and Stray Cats fans have the conch for that side of the story. Bottom line: as long as you don't have to do too much involved, detailed knob-tweaking--if you don't need to "play" the pedal's controls like you would a Space Echo or an analog synth, and all tape-echo-like devices almost beg to be "played" like this--, the Dan-Echo delivers the sonic goods. And remember to bring extra batteries.

Easy as. Knobs are a pain to deal with onstage, so I set it to a slight slap back and forget it. I've found a setting which lets me switch LO-HI between slap back and echoey sound. Wish there was a Tap function, IMHO all echo units should have tap built in.

Out of the box its pretty good, but it does suck the tone and can steralise your sound, the bottom end drops out altogether.
It does this whether bypassed or on because it isn't true bypass.
There is a mod which you can do yourself or pay someone else to do which fixes this right up. I had this done by Ron Holmes for US$75+P&P and feel it was well worth it.
There is very little change in tone when plugged in now and after a year of collecting dust its now back in use full time. :)
The mod is written out well here:
http://www.e-basteln.de/harp/
or you can get Ron Holmes to do it for you
http://www.holmeseng.com/
or Kinder who charge twice as much.

Now its a sweet little unit with lovely echo and plenty of flexibility.

Very dependable. Haven't had a problem with it yet. Built like a tank.

N/A. No need to contact them yet.

I play Harmonica & Sax in Blues, Rock, Jazz and sometimes Pop. Definitely a good unit once I had the mod done. If I had to start over I'm not sure what could deliver the same results for the same price including the mod. But since I already had the pedal, the mod was what made it really worthwhile having for me.

I find this pedal great for studio recordings, but a bit bothersome at live gigs-quick change of number of repeats or speed was nearly impossible until I Mcguyver'd a rig-- my delay now wears the tip of a radio antennae (so I can kick it back and forth between reverb and echo) and wire "t" bars to adjust time and number of repeats. Easy enough though, who wants to have a perfect effects pedal anyway?

I now use two seperate danecho's, both set at parralell time, on with the antennae to kick into reverb; a wah, flange, phase, and overdirve. The delay is super meaty, almost tube sounding, and works well i.e. doesn't leave that empty metallic sound when bypassed. Overall great sound

I've used one pedal for about two years and the newer for a few months, both are definitely dependable.

I play roots, dancehall, and dub reggae/rock, and this pedal is a great match. I've been playing music for around ten years, and this is one of my favorite effects, both in the reverb and delay settings. I've played it through Ibanez G series guitars, Fender strats and tele's, and even keyboards for live dub applications. Definitely a great value, worth dropping the bill.

I would say 'very', you plug it in and it sounds beautiful. The four knobs (mix, speed, repeat, and hi cut) are intuitive (for anyone who understands delay boxes) and easy to change on the fly. There's also a switch to adjust the speed range, from hi to low, which I find very nice (set it one way for spacey, reverb sort of effects and set it the other for rhythmic ones).

I am using this with a fiddle, and I love it. Violins have a very complex timbre and poor equipment just sounds like ass. I play a quintus 4-string with an Ithaca Strings two-part bridge pickup system. Sometimes I run through a Fishman Pro-acoustic preamp, but lately it hasn't been doing much for me and it's extra weight at a gig. Most often I'm using an acoustic sound with minimal effects.
I have had no luck what so ever with digital delays, even the best units leave a metalic residue in the sound. I run this through the effects loop of my AER Compact60, an amp which exposes all the weaknesses of any electronics, and this unit sounds like gold (purple gold). If you give it good sound it will echo it!
In edition the hi-cut knob can give a really nice filtering effect, harkening back to the tape delays of yesteryear. Turn it to the left and it leaves the sound un-altered.

It feels like a rock, and although I haven't had mine too long I would trust it. If I were to drop it on concrete or it got run over by a hummer I might check it out carefully, but I suspect even then it would be fine.

I have been play everything from old-time southern to celtic to bluegrass to jazz to funk (on the fiddle) for 13 years now. Most of the music I play doesn't allow for heavy effects and so I use this unit on its own most of the time (with my amp - see above). If you're playing acoustic music, and want to hear the sound of your expensive instrument ringing through, then I would say this is the delay for you.
Then when the time is right and I can get out my fuzz and wah and let it rip - this unit still comes through! I love it.
I'd buy another to replace it if (heaven forbid) it were to disappear. My setup wouldn't be right without this purple pedal!
at the risk of rating inflation I give this pedal a 10:

Its labeled with ease. If you can read you can use this pedal. Selector switch for Delay to reverb. I love slow solos on Reverb.

I run a Epiphone Sg400 and a Ibanez Rg370 through this to an Ibanez 65w amp. Sounds great. I mix it with the Distortion and Wah and bam its awesome.

Its tough but alot of Danelectro products are cheaply made. But Ive had no problems. Others have. Just like cars, built on a friday and they suck.

Great Pedal!! I have been playing 4 years now. This has improved my sound and my will to play. If stolen I would buy it again. I played a friends Boss Digital Delay and this pedal eats it alive. Aside from having both echo and delay. Its got a great sound!!

pretty good. Two settings - one cleaner, more clinical delay, and one duller "deteriorating tape machine" echo. the controls make sense in each setting. Very adaptable, and easy to grasp.

The effect is very good. the sharp delay is sharp, and the dull, deteriorating sound is just that. However, it is pretty noisy when not in use, picking up other electrical sources.

terrible. As I've found with other Danelectro pedals, the quality of the jack & power sockets and knobs is pretty low - none of my Dan pedals will work off of a power jack, as the sockets break. It also malfunctions pretty regularly, cutting out or just plain not working in the middle of a gig. I've only recently had to start using it at gigs, and I'm getting a new pedal as soon as i can

not been back to them - warranty out of date by the time the problems appeared

If it worked properly, this would be a fantastic pedal. However, it can't be relied upon, something I've found with other Dan pedals, and so i wouldn't recommend it to anyone. I'll be replacing it with another brand as soon as i can. It looks great, that's about the best i can say for it.