Danelectro DJ-1 Pastrami Mini Overdrive

I bet a two year old could use this pedal. It is bare basics on control but for 20$ thats not bad.

The sound quality is so so on a Peavey158 but i first tried it out on a Marshall full stack and was blown away. I can get a decent 60's sound, and if i work at it sometimes an ok Jimi Hendrix sound. It is really good for the stuff my band plays (unless it is a cover) becasue we don't like the really heavy metal sound, but we don't like super clean either.

It has yet to break on me yet, so it is pretty good, and besides, if it breaks i can get another one for 20$.

it doesn't have warranty as far as i know but its so cheap warranty really isn't worth it.

the pedal overall is well worth the price paid. it goes well with my Ibanez 7th Heaven for the different kind of music I play and sounds decent on my Peavey amp.

Only 2 knobs, level and distortion. What could be simpler than that?

First of all, I'm using a Fender Standard Series Fat Strat through a Laney 50 watt Pro Tube Lead series amp with a 2x12 Marshall JCM 900 cab. My first impression was that it sounded very thin, seriously lacking low end frequencies. I was very disappointed in it. Then I put an EQ in front of it. If you boost the low end, you can get a fair ratted-out speaker tone out it. Not great, but ok. It says it's an overdrive but this is really just a cheesy fuzz. By itself, it's crap but with an eq it's passable.

I would definitely not gig with it. The outer housing is plastic, as are the knobs and cable jacks. I wouldn't count on it to stand up to too much abuse. The footswitch is kind of rinky-dink too. They should've just put a plain old metal stomp switch on it.

This is the first Danelectro product I've purchased, so I've never had to deal with them.

You can't beat the price on this pedal. For $20 this might be a suitable item for a beginner, or just as a toy to play with occassionally. The quality isn't too hot and it sounds weak on it's own. Having said that, it's not the worst piece of crap either. If it were lost or stolen, the mourning period would be very brief!

2 Knobs--Easy as Zipping your pants

Okay--it's not a Fulldrive 2. This is a inexpensive, small dirtbox. I would say it floats somewhere between overdrive and fuzz; incorporates elements of both. Not particularly meaty on the low end--more mid-highs and highs, which can make it sound a bit thin with a single-coil, but does give a nice bite. Harsher than a TS-9. For $20, though, this is a great deal.

I've had it for 2 days, so I couldn't say.

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This is a nice little pedal for the price. I'm using it as a "meantime" pedal while I wait for my Jeckyll and Hyde. If you're just starting out, or you want another box for cheap, pick one up.

Very simple- 2 knobs (Level & Overdrive) and a footswitch. I got a good sound right out of the box. There's no manual, but it's a stompbox, not an electron microscope.

I'm using a Fender Standard Strat through this pedal, into a Tunamelt tremelo, into a Lab L-7 amp with an Alesis MidiVerb in the effects loop. It's not noisy unless both knobs are way up. If you turn it all the way up and turn your guitar all the way down, you can pick up AM radio. But under normal circumstances, it's quiet.

As many have pointed out, it's not really an overdrive. It's a fuzz. At first I was disappointed that it didn't nail the 60's fuzz sound I wanted. You can come close to the Stone's "Satisfaction" sound, but only close. After a while, I began to like it for it's own sound- fuzzy, full of harmonics, with a great attack. The best thing is it let's your guitar's personality come through. The only drawback is that it doesn't have much low end.

I play surf and I'm the only guitarist in my band. So I'm playing both rhythm and lead. I use the Pastrami mostly for solos (to contrast my clean/reverb-drenched sound).

It's plastic, but seems well-made. And I don't stomp too hard on my pedals (I'm a heavy guy). So, I think It'll last. I'm taking it to a gig next month, and I don't see a need for a backup.

I emailed Dano once about a different product. They responded the next day with useful information. But even if they don't repair these things, I can get a new one for $20.

The Pastrami is great for the retro style stuff I'm playing now. It has a 60's vibe, but still lets me find my own sound. My band plays vocal surf music with a garage/punk edge. For that, it's great. I only wish it had a tone control. But I can get the sounds I want by using my strat's tone knobs. So I'm happy.

One cool thing that I haven't seen anyone mention yet is that the Pastrami has an LED inside of it (as a clipping diode?). Since the plastic case isn't totally opaque, you can see it light up when you play. Every time I hit a note, I can see a faint red glow inside the pedal.

I bought it for the ridiculously low price, and I'll keep using it because of the sound. It was lost/stolen/broken I'd buy another one right away.

Okay, not an overdrive, it's a fuzz. Been through that already. Has two controls. Level and OD.

This is a cool, mild fuzz. Will get you somewhat near Hendrix at times, but not really. Will get you somewhat near Stones "Satisfaction," but not really. Gets close to many other fuzztones on classic and modern recordings, but not really. It has it's own personality. Not much bottom end. Tone's not really for me. Spend a little more dough and get a fuzzface or big muff. I exchanged for a big muff after a week and a half of sort of liking this pedal. The muff nails classic Zep, Hendrix, Floyd, Santana extremely well. Can get modern Bush, Nirvana, type sounds too I guess - not really my bag though baby. Cool for the money I guess. Doesn't get real balls to the wall fuzzy like a big muff or fuzz face.

Cheap Plastic.

Dunno.

I've been playing for six years. I like classic and modern rock. This pedal will get you some useable tones to play this type of music in your bedroom, but it's nothing I'd want to use in front of people. Could maybe be useful in the studio I guess.

easy to use, just two knobs, volume and drive.

I played it on a tele and a Laney head, and it sounded too wicked to be a straight overdrive, it had a fair amount of gain, and could best be described as a distortion that has some of the warmth of an O.D., and the bite of a fuzz, but still you couldn't really call it a fuzz.... at least not with the single coil tele pickups.I'll give it a nine, why not? it sounded coolto me. mind you, I played it in the stoe for like 2 minutes.

I heard the plastic jacks break easily...... ugh.

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yeah, so I just wanted to say that it didnt sound like an all out fuzz like you all are saying, just a harsh, but cool distortion.

If this thing is not easy to use to you, you would have to be a complete dumbass. 2 knobs: level and drive.

Setup:(don't laugh at me for this) Squier strat with seymor duncan and fender pickups into a fender princeton 112 plus using any one of my 4 pedals. I also have a cheap epiphone strat copy which is what I have been using on this pedal since my squier is getting a new bridge and pickups. This sounds in no way shape or form like and overdrive, it sounds like a fuzz. For a fuzz it is good. You should only use it alone not wit any other distortions because it turns to crap. I really boosts the volume so be sure before turning this pedal on to turn the volume on your amp down. Sounds good.

It's made out of plastic so I wouldn't treat it as if it were a boss. It does seem to be fairly solid though. I however hav to gig without a backup because I cant afford a backup for any of my pedals right now.

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Really great pedal for the money. Does not match quality with a fuzz face but might with a DOD or possibly a boss.

Only a big dumb,dumb,dumb,dumb,fatty,fat,fat,dumb couldn't figure this out...2 knobs...

Setup: Fender Strat or B.C. Rich Warlock + Pastrami + Marshall JCM900
No Noise...Lacks a really bassy tone(ie: Big Muff,Creamy Dreamer)but makes up for it in sheer old school rock overdrive/fuzz sound

Seems very reliable and sturdy...Danelectro has never let me down before...made of plactic though...but c'mon its $20...I never gig w/out a backup pedal but I would trust this on its own(provided I didn't stomp the hell out of it)

I was really blown away...this would be the best $20 you could spend on an effect!!!

it very simple to use but at times i wish it was more complex.
i think this pedal might be better if u have an equalizer to go with it.

im actually using this pedal through bass. a yamaha rbx 360 into a peavey minx 110. i think the quality isnt amazing but its at the level of sounding cool.... its not solid.. but is still a very cool, rough sound.

i think i can depend on it. it seems well built.

ive dealt with danelectro products before and theyre extremely good wit them.

i think thsi is a great pedal it would be nice to have some sortoff equalizer but than it would come at its price. its worth it for 32 dollars but u might want to look into a boss bass overdrive first.

It's got two knobs fergodz sakes.

Totally trashy fuzz, laden with gobs of odd harmonics. It makes my humbucker-equipped strat clone sound like a hollow body or something, just incredibly trashy. When I purchased it I expected a mellow overdrive thang, like a tube screamer. Instead of a pleasant, well mannered midget, I got an angry, speed addicted dwarf. With the overdrive knob turned down, it gets a little mellower, but not really mellow enough to use as a booster for your amp's overdrive channel. With the overdrive knob almost all the way down it gets that 70's 'not-overdriven-enough' sound, like bruce springsteen or crap like that. I HATE THAT SOUND. Oh well. I guess it's better than the fab tone's distortion control that doesn't clean up at all. Humbuckers really drive this thing alot better than single coils. It sounds quite strange with single coils, at least with my pacifica 112 and peavey rage 158. STOP LAUGHING. I have a better guitar, but it's in the shop being upgraded at this time, as I'm a tone freak in training, and I have a MUCH nicer amp, but it's in the basement. I don't like the basement. It's cold. Well, better say some more relevant stuff so they'll post this. It's unpleasantly harmonically sparse with the overdrive turned down, and pleasantly (or unpleasantly, depending on your mood) harmonically rich and intense. AND I MEAN INTENSE. Maybe that's because I've never had a fuzz pedal before. A nice alternative to, well, better sounding overdrives, when you just want something different.

Seems good.

I dunno.

It was an impulse buy, as I had just come into posession of a large sum of cash. I didn't try it in the store, I just saw the box and said 'gimme'. If it were lost or stolen, I would be happy that at least it got a home. My last two stomp boxes were respectively; raped (and murdered), and abducted and sold into slavery. Actually, if I lost it, I would buy another, or not. Doesn't really matter. i don't play live yet. I find it's name to be a misnomer, as it is clear to anyone within a 50 foot radius of the pedal that it is a fuzz, NOT an overdrive. But, it's neat anyway. Maybe I'm looking at it through rose colored glasses because I'm subconciously trying to justify my purchasing of it, but oh well. It was cheap. If I start hating it, I'll give it to me ol' buddy, Bob.