Danelectro DJ-1 Pastrami Mini Overdrive

2 knobs! piece of cake!

i didnt know what to expect from this thing, and then i turned it on and it sounded pretty damn good. but as the days and plays went by, i found that the only use for this petal is to utilize its fuzzy distortion when the overdrive knob is all the way up. it sounds like a fuzz pedal being played through an fm radio! very low-end bassy sound. like the beginning of "time is running out" by muse. ******* cool. and it reminds me of the strokes meets the smashing pumpkins or something. i found that with that setting, it is only good for bar-chord work, so avoid the bottom 3 strings...they'll sound very muddy and unintoned.

i also use this as a boost for my other pedals (after all this is an overdrive). combine this with a big muff and you have the wall of sound fuzz distortion you've been looking for all your life!!! so many tone possiblities when i have those two set up together.

this should not be your main distortion pedal though. i'd like to see someone pull that miracle off lol

i have a black russian big muff that i use with this pedal not to boost the output, but to add a different sound to the fuzz. so ofcourse i'd use a backup. this thing looks sturdy, but it feels as though if you add your front body weight on the stomp, maybe the plastic would crack. so far so good though, but i'd use a backup just because.

never had to deal with them yet, and i hope it stays that way. calling customer service for a $20.00 guitar pedal would be embarrassing.

my playing style is very inspired by the bands of the early 90's. the pumpkins, the peppers, nirvana, pearl jam, jane's addiction, soundgarden..that type of feel. this pedal alone is great for fuzzy bar chord work, but stay away from the lower 3 strings...it'll get ugly. i combine this and my big muff for a great fuzzed out distortion with tones of sustain. it sounds so fucking sweet. very unique, and unrippoffable <<that should be a word btw.

It is a piece of cake to use. Gain knob and overdrive knob. On/off button.

I can get a great ovderdriven distortion sound from this pedal. It's great. I was looking for a fuzz-sludge with grit and this is it. It sounds like a million different bands from the past 40 years. Particularly good for something like shoegazer, any kind of melodic indie dirt. The sound is very tasty. I use this with my Yamaha Pacifia through a Pignose practice amp, a Roland SH-101 through a 15" Crate bass amp or direct into a Fostex MR8HD, and various other instruments friends bring over. Also, I run drum mics through it from time to time.
It's a distortion pedal, so it gains up the nosie and adds noise. It's not very intrusive as distortion pedals go because it isn't designed to blow out the signal. The increase in noise and in distortion is very linear and gradual.
"10" here is "pristine sound quality." Well...if pristine is what you're after, don't use an overdrive pedal. But it is delicious distortion.

It's plastic, so a lot of people are wary about its strength. I have a variety of plastic gear, and none of it is delicate. Companies designed these objects with their intended uses in mind, so I never worry about ruining my stuff as long as I'm using it as intended (including live performances). I feel as comfortable gigging this as I do any of my metal-cased pedals. Danelectro's reputation gives me peace of mind that everything will be fine.

I've never dealt with Danelectro c/s.

I've been playing off and on for about 12 years, intensively for a total of 4. I play noise, from white noise to abstract cosmic patterns. This pedal works well for that. It pulls out, and gains up, all the subtle underlying electronic processes of my electronic instruments and lets me make noise that would be otherwise unobtainable. Many distortion pedals have this attribute. The linear nature of the distortion and gain knobs, and the delicious tone of the pedal, make it a good match for my taste.
If this were stolen or lost, I would get another one in an instant. In both absolute and relative terms, it's a steal.
I love that it sounds so good. I like that the in and out sockets are on the top-back rather than on the sides. I love the way it looks; much better in person than in pictures. I love than it is small yet heavy. I am not a big fan of the small button used to turn it on and off. A big, obvious platform pedal would be preferable. I usually turn my effects on with my hands, and it's still something of an inconvenience sometimes.
My favorite feature apart from the sound is the clipping LED in the case that glows in proportion to the intensity of the distortion. It was an unexpected treat.
I compared this to the Boss MT-2 and Metal Core, the Line6 Uber Metal, the Digitech XMM, various tubescreamer and big muff iterations, etc. etc. etc. This one was way cheaper than any of the others, and has a more subtle usable distortion, useful for topping of the kinds of sounds made by the others.
This pedal is not missing any features. It is what it is very well.
It quickly fit into its niche and became indispensable.

Two knobs. Or three, if you're the type who finds the first two difficult.

I got this last week off Ebay for pennies just to see what Dano mini-pedals are like before I got the more expensive ones I'm after.

It's plastic, Fire Engine Red and very cute.

This is a really nice sounding pedal! Use it as it was intended and you get warm, bright, responsive gain with no noise or messy artifacts.

Someone below compaired this to a DOD-250 so I was half expecting Yngwie-like tones, but its not like that at all. At least, not in front of a transistor amp. Put it through a nice valve amp and it would probably sound and act completely differently.

I was trying to get Bill Steer's tone (from his Firebird records, not Carcass) and it gets me about a third of the way there without having to buy a 50's Les Paul junior and a 70's 50w Marshall.

The pedal also does the early Judas Priest sound if you're that way inclined. Screaming distortion this is not. If you want that then buy a Fabtone (great metal pedal!).

I'm not going to bore you with a big long pointless list of what gear I have. For one thing it'd take too long. Suffice to say, I'm using this in front of a Rocktron Chameleon that goes into a Marshall valve power amp. On a guitar with hot humbuckers (Duncan Distortion, Dimarzio Super Distortion, or EMG) this pedal doesn't really sound that good. You get a small amount of clipping on the higher gain settings. Ugh!

But on a strat or mid-power humbuckers you get lovely super-warm, bright overdrive.

I've found modelling pre-amps a little cold when it comes to overdrive. They do clean and lead tones very well, but that middle ground? Nothing beats a good valve amp driven hard. This pedal can give you a warm, bright front end to your Pod, V-amp etc, for about the same money as 3 packs of strings.

phhhhhhh I wouldn't gig with this unless it was securely in a pedalboard. If you're the kind of guitarist who thinks stamping on pedals makes them sound better (like Yngwie...) steer clear of these. Buy a RAT.

Saying that, provided it was safely tucked into a pedal board I'd gig with this without a backup.

This thing looks a bit daft next to all my other pro-gear. Plasticy and mickey-mouse with that 50's Cadallac styling. But: it sounds SO good! So, ten for sound with five points deducted for the styling, but four added back on because actually I think I like it oh I don't know...

One cool feature is that whether the effect is on or not, the internal LED lights up whenever you play anything. The harder you play the brighter it gets. Since the plastic is not all that thick you can just about see it. Very nice.

Based on how well this pedal sounded I bought several other Danelectro mini-pedals on Ebay, and out of the bunch I can strongly recommend the Pastrami Phaser.

volume, gain. watch the volume. it has a good amount of output.

In my opinion the people who would like this are the people who will never even try it. Pro blues, jazz, indie and country players. I do not think beginners are going to get much out of it.

I would compare it to the black ROSS distortion, and DOD 250 preamp. Just like those classic two knobers the dj-1 starts out clean then gets a slight crunchy, tubey vibe but turns into more of a fuzz tone than an overdrive at higher gain.

It does great clean and dirty boost. Very balanced, neutral and open. The perfect thing for goosing a tube amp. This is a great poor mans Klon.

On Ulysses .010 Robert Schneider plays this pedal into a Vox Berkeley II for the entire album.

If it breaks buy another for $10!!!!!

My ratings are based on price, but regardless of money this is worth checking out.

Using the unit is very simple: Connect cables, push button, adjust volume, there it goes ;) There is a sheet with a suggested sound setting for the two knobs, and if you put them as suggested, you will have a good sound - at least I have one.

So why only a "7" ? There was no manual with the unit, which is sad because neither I nor my brother achieved to open the battery deposal without damaging it. And we both play in Bands for more than 15 years and have seen a lot of pedals ... So I could not insert a battery so far . Guess I'll need to send email to Danelectro to ask them how this works.

I play in a Band doing Surf an Beat, using a real old Fender Twin Teverb and a Fender Jazzmaster. This is it - the amp sounds perfect by itself and only needs a little kick-in-the-ass when I play Lead or need a more crunchy sound, as it has no lead channel switch.

This kick-in-the-ass kann be done perfectly with the Pastrami. If I put the Gain on 13.00, I have the original Kinks-Rythm-Sound, if I turn it a little lower, I get my Dick Dale sound ... perfect for me. A tone knob is not needed in my opinion, because what the pedal does not at the useful settings is to change the frequency spectrum of the guitar - it sounds just as the guitar sounds. For me, this is perfect. I used overdrive pedals before that tried and failed to make the Jazzmaster sound like a Strat or even a Les Paul, and this is something the Pastrami does not.

So why not "10"? With my equipment, the sound variety of the Pastrani is a little limited. No humbuckers mean not too much crunch, and sometimes, I I want more distortion, I have to use another pedal. Because if you put the gain to maximum, it sounds as if you play over a cheap transistor radio instead of a vintage amp. So don't do that. Better get a distortion pedal for this.

I don not intend to jump on it. It comes with a knob protection, and maybe it is not the worst idea to use this protection on stage, as the knobs are no really rock solid. But for this little money ...

Compared to the old Dallas Arbiter Fuzz I once had, it seems very reliable (the effect comes every time I push the button, and I had no radio frwequency caught up so far), and yes, I would depend on it. I never had any pedal broken on stage, so I haven't thought of a backup so far.

Don't know, but I will see how they react if I tell them about my battery deposal problem ;)

??s I said I use the pastrami to achieve 60ties sounds, and this works very well with this little unit. I am thinking about combinig it with a pure non-overdrive booster pedal to add a little more variety to the sound, but so far I am glad with the little Danelectro. I guess I would buy it again if it were stolen.

I love the sound it makes together with my old amp and that it brings out the character of my guitar, which is something a lot of other pedals could not do. So, it helps me a lot. I had a Dallas Arbiter Fuzz, two Boss Distortions, a Nobels Overdrive, and all these pedals did not sound that good with my gear. I tried a Marshall BB2, and this is not bad as a Lead Channel, but the Pastrami has more kick and character, for a third of the price. So, it's a "10" in overall value.

2 fricking knobs

It is a decent warm sounding overdrive. It uses an LED to clip it, sort of fun to look at, heh. Kind of gritty. Different sounding, but not in a bad way.

Don't be fooled by the plastic, I've owned quite a few Danos and have had very little problems

Dano customer support is great, they'll send you a new pedal for free if you have a broken one. Anyone who says anything bad about their customer support has obviously never dealt with them and don't know what they are talking about.

To comment on the last reply: it sounds better than the DS-1 and is more usable in my opinion, although the DS-1 is in a completely different ballpark (it is a modern distortion, where this is sort of a vintage garagey sort of OD.)

I just picked one up the other day, and it obviously isn't one of Dano's gems (like the Fabs, the french toast, the chicken salad, the tuna melt, their delays, etc.) but it is still a cool little unit.

makes a good amp and guitar sound bad !!!! Sorry people, but this thing just sucks the tone outta anything
Has your unit been upgraded? God... I tried giving it away to a 12 year old, and the kid brought it back and told me it sucked !!!!!

Can you get the sound of your favorite artists? Who are they? Not with this hunk of JUNK

What setup (i.e. what guitars and amps) are you using this with? Peavey Wolfie and a kramer focus 1000 with an emg thru a Randall rg75g3. This pedal sounds like a CCRRAAPPP !!!!

Knobs fall off very easily CRAP

Buy a Boss ds-1 for like $20 bucks more and atleast you will have some usable tones

Won't want to waste my time on the call for this pos

What style of music do you play? Classic Rock Is this a good match? Nope

If it were stolen or lost, would you buy it again or get something else? I would feel Sorry for the sucker who stole it !!!!!

Are you kidding me? It's got 2 knobs!
Balance the 2 knobs with the volume of your amp and you're good to go (DON'T TURN THE FRIGGIN DISTORION KNOB ALL THE WAY UP AND EXPECT IT SOUND LIKE A DISTORTION PEDAL).

Here's the story. I've had this thing for over 2 years and never really used it. FYI, I'm not an effects guy at all - I HATE having anything between my guitar and my amp besides a cord, because it changes your sound... I don't care if it's true bypass or whatever - it changes the sound - which I personally do not like.

So, I busted this thing out the other night for shits and giggles while I was playing my little Kay amp (tube w/6 inch speaker) and recorded it as well to see what the deal was. Wow! I got some incredible overdriven sounds with this thing - like early cream.

Here's a link to a recording I did with this pedal, an '05 Heritage H150 (les Paul) and that Kay with the volume at like 4, and the amp is only 5 watts:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=578168
Song entitled "Cream Tribute" - My playing/arrangement is not up to par/crap. BUT the tones are impressive IMO.

Also, I think this pedal works better with old-school tube amps that do not naturally have a bright, biting vioce.

One more thing. This should be obvious:

THIS IS NOT A DISTORTION PEDAL!!!

I've owned it for over a couple years and it still works.

I've been playing for over 15 years. I have a roadhouse (USA) strat, a Heritage H150 and a Peavey T-160 (don't laugh, this guitar will rock your world). I play out at local jams every week and at other get-togethers and so forth. My main amp is a Silvertone 1335 - 6L6s and 15" speaker really sounds incredible. My style is blues, classic rock and funk.

You can get one of these things for cheap, so check 'em out.

Very Simpl 2 knobs

Excellent mild overdrive/distortion for Blues. Quiet operation. I use it as basically a Lead channel because my amp has only 1 channel. It works perfectly to enhance blues lead work. Wonderful, warm tones.

Looks tough. I do not abuse my pedals.

This pedal is aperfect match for someone needing a bluesy, mild overdriven sound. Very nice, warm, tubey sound. In 30 years of playing I've learned that you have to coax pedals, not crank them full out, until you find the sound that's yours. This is true for ALL pedals and this one's no exception. Most guitarists today want a pedal that when cranked will make them sound better. Not going to happen! If you want a pedal that will enhance your already good playing then look at this one.

Very simple unit to set up. I got a good useable sound in less then one minute

Good basic overdrive sound. Turned up it gets a little fuzzy.

I have it attached to a pedal board, so it isn't just "under foot".
I had never had problems with any Danelectro mini pedal.
Having said that this unit is not bullet proof, by any means

Never dealt with Danelectro. I deal with Kevin, Zach, Jim, or any other employee of Uncle Ike's here in Dub town.
They have always helped me with any gear problems I have ever had.

I bought the pedal based on cost, first and sound, second.
I noticed some reviewers stated that their units had a buzz/hum problem.
I actually took some REAL duct tape (the kind made out of aluminum stock) and covered the base plate of the unit. I have no hum/buzz problems.

Not an issue at all.

I have a MexiStrat with 3 single coils, including a noiseless in the bridge position. I play through an old 65 watt Peavey Classic VTX (solid state preamp and 2 6L6 power tubes) with two Madison Minstrel 12" speakers in a separate homemade cabinet. The Pastrami does a fine job of pushing the 6L6s. I have no problem at all with excessive fuzz. I only notice this when playing through small, solid state practice amps, such as a Fender Frontman 15R. I go back and forth between the Pastrami and a TS7 Tubescreamer. The Pastrami has more low end, and has more warmth and punch. It really needs to be used with a good tube amp, however.

No problems. When I'm moved to Flamenco, I try to avoid it.

The Pastrami is a really good, simple, effective overdrive, when used to drive power tubes. It will not transform your solid state practice amp into a Marshall stack. It is certainly worth the ridiculously low price.

Two knobs, drive and lever. THAT MEANS SIMPLE!

Well it's a cheap pedal and it's so tiny, so don't expect the holy grail of overdrive. I usually set it low on drive so it gives me a good kick on the distortion and a dirtier clean sound without much time wasted tweaking. But if you want an overdrive to crank up look somewhere else (Tubescreamer anyone?), unless you are a beginner and want an entry level OD since this is cheap and simple.

Not the sturdiest pedal i got, too much plastic. I wouldn't recomend kicking it

never tried

Well i like it for a distortion booster and for some color on my clean sound, it's simple and it works. Cranked at full distortion it doesn't sound great but not even that horrible. Considering everything it's not that bad, if you want a cheap distortion booster, a replacement overdrive to use live instead of an expensive one or simply need your first overdrive give it a shot. Personally i love it

its not even easy its so easy

sounds pretty good for 20 bucks.its not very heavy so i set it with a rocktek compressor.that gives a pretty good sound with the compressor but a lot of hiss

i can depend on it with what i play, its pretty much on the whole time so i dont really need to stomp on it

never dealt with 'em

i play pretty techie stuff with single note riffs (cky) but it doesnt work great for that. but i did find it sounds pretty awsome with deep purples smoke on the water and sabbaths iron man. i love that it so small.i compared this to the rocktek overdrive,much better than that.i wish it had a heavier overdrive. it doesnt help me make music becuase every time i stop that anoying hiss. some times it picks up the radio and shit.

Danelectro, as far as I've seen, keeps their stuff as easy as possible.

As far as the sound goes, it's alright for an overdrive - nothing like AC/DC or something - I've noticed it reacts well with power chords. LOUD, with little sustain.

I don't use this in my current setup, because of the fact that I can get better pedals that won't slip'n'slide all over my board.
It isn't very noisy - one of the quietest Dano's I've had.
The effect is somewhat weak, but is good for gradual picking intensity.
I used a small-but-tough amp to use the Pastrami.
I don't know anyone who plays with this little of overdrive.

Apart from the fact that the activation switches on Dano's Mini-Pedals are extremely weak, they're fairly dependable. I would use it on a gig without a backup, if I ever used it.

Never had to deal with the company, the thing always worked.
Never had to get it repaired, either - worked/works just fine.

I play metal/funk/whatever, and this isn't a good pedal to use for that genre of music. I've been playing for about a year and a half, and I own three other Dano pedals, as well as 2 Ibanez Tone-Lok pedals [very nice], and a Mister Crybaby Wah/Volume pedal that doesn't work. BE WARY OF BUYING WAH PEDALS ON EBAY. I chose to buy this pedal because I had little money, and I wanted to see what pedals were like.

omg if you can't settup a lil pedal like this, there is something wrong...

crap crap crap crap crap... Well if i turn it on, i get a VERY annoying RAIDO???? freaking fm radio... it picks up a radio station where ever i am...i can't stand it. it does it in the recording studio too..hahahaha. there isn't any good warm tone, just bright, ugly, useless distortion, for a lot of styles. I mean a fender amp is more verstaille..come on now..how did they manage that? I got a marshall avt 50 stack so this pedal doesn't do any justice to the amp.. so i smashed the pedal to smitherines..hahaha good times

plastic? radio? smashed in smitherines? no

hahahaha i am too embarrassed that i bought this that i don't even want to talk to them

i really don't recomend this...there is like better pedals out there...like all them except this brand. danelectro sucks and they should quit making these pedals.

Like most of the Danelectro mini-pedals, this unit is minimalist; just the basic Level and Overdrive controls. It's intended to be a low-budget entry level option I guess.
Sounds okay - doesn't take more then a minute to tweak a few good sounds out of it. Could of used a tone control though. That and it's too damn light. Everytime you tap the footswitch, the pedal moves around slightly, and that's with a soft tap.

The sound is ....... hazy...... for the most part. It's not so much overdrive as it is just a lot of fuzz. Mine tends to have a slight hiss to it when it's plugged it, but nothing major.
The higher you crank the Overdrive control, the scratchier the tone gets, but it doesn't break up - there's still a bit of bass and mids in there somewhere. That's probably been it's saving grace for me - I'm so sick of trebbly distortion.
I've used it with a variety of amps (Marshall, Peavey, Fender) and guitars (Telecaster, Strat, SG, Les Paul) belonging to myself and my bandmates and there's been little difference across the board. Ironically, it actually sounded quite good with our bassist's Karina 4-string and Peavey amp!
This pedal works best if you have a good EQ on your amp or responsive tone controls on your guitar.

It's dubious as to if this would be reliable or not. The basic footswitch principle is good, but lack of weight in the unit means it moves around a lot and although that plastic casing is thick, it's not metal a-la most other pedals.
I would never gig without a backup, but I have another overdrive and a distortion pedal so that's not a issue. They are also very good on batteries - I'm still on the orginal one I got with it nearly three months ago.

Never dealt with them. The Danelectro website was reasonably helpful though.

I play rhythm and sing in a five piece indie/dark rock band. We're part Black Rebel Motorcylce Club, White Stripes, Strokes and Pixies.
This pedal is limited in its applications, but works quite well if coupled with either an EQ or another distortion/overdrive pedal with
better tonal control. It's biggest asset is that it's not a high-end screamer, probably sits in the middle catergory of tone.
I got a Boss BD-2 Bluesdriver a week or so after I got the Pastrami and it's much more suited to the sound I want. However, I still like the Pastrami despite its shortcomings. We have a couple of more punky, garage numbers that this pedal sounds mean on - I'd say it's good for all those playing punk/emo/ska and even nu-metal.
Just remember, this is not really comparable to other more expensive pedals like a Big Muff, DS-1, Tubescreamer or Fab Tone.
However, if you like a bit of oldschool fuzz, you'll like this unit. I've found it sounds best with single coils rather then humbuckers so a Strat or Tele gets a wicked tone out it.
If it were stolen, I wouldn't rush out and buy another one, but they're cheap enough 2nd hand to make it reasonable to justify repurchasing.

well, two knobs, volume and drive, as for application, that might be tricky for some...

i found that it sounded good it was more a distortion than overdrive, but it sounded better than any of the proclaimed distortions by danelectro(mini any ways)... but that was before i went mod crazy... it no longer has a volume knob, but rather a color knob and drive knob... i disconnected the blue wire that was connected to the white socket and connected it directly to R101 with a 10k resistor (point to point). then i exchanged the volume knob for a 500k pot and the drive for a 50k pot. with "volume" all the way down it sounds like harsh hendrix fuzz and all the way up it is muddy fuzz. the drive knob acts the same ijust changed it to accomodate a new case (the new "volume" knob was too big for dano case, drive was too small for new case... this thing is loud and harsh, so i wouldnt recomend it to any one that has ever complained about either of these in a distotion pedal.... harmonics are great. levels equally with bybass volume( gets louder, but in my opinion if as distortion unit doesnt get louder than the clean signal i take it apart and then mod the hell out of it( id rather not have to do this all the time, though it is funn)

though its plastic and ive cracked a few of these in half, it never affects the sound, so i say they are pretty reliable.. dont like the knobs though, super glue phillips heads interchangeable screw driver bits and you have some heavy duty knobs...

f@ck them... if you have a problem fix it yourself...

it was good left alone, but got boring and now it is great

Very easy to use. Just two knobs. A level and a distortion knob.

All the Danelectro mini pedals are a little noisy, but they are a great value for the money.

Since I started playing out again, I really wanted a simple foot switch able overdrive unit. This fills the bill.

I had the French Toast Octave distortion, but it was too much fuzz for what I needed and just too much in general for Jazz and blues.

The mini overdrive works perfect for what I need it to do. You can dial it up to just where it is starting to break up. Very nice, but it does have a tendency to lean on the fuzz side of distortion.

New so far. As long as you use an AC adapter, I don't see a problem with it. Because it is an over drive unit, I always have a backup, the amp itself.

Very good. I did not have to contact them on this pedal, but I did on another one. I sent an e-mail out at 10:15PM and got a reply by 10:30PM. Wow, that was fast.

This is a great little unit. You can really adjust it the way you want. Great Blues / Jazz pedal. Will work great for rock also. Versatile.

I can live without it, but why would you at that price?
So if you are low on cash, but still want a decent sounding / quality overdrive pedal, then this is it.

The only down sides are that it boarders on fuzz, and the are a little noisy.

Very simple, two knobs (level and overdrive)...doesn't get much easier. There was a manual that had sample settings, etc, but I didn't need it. Getting a desired sound was easy.

I am running an Ibanez GAX70 or Samick strat copy into a Morley Mark tremonti Power wah, then this, then the French Toast Octave Fuzz, then Cool Cat Chorus, then Zoom 505ii into a cheapo Matrix M10 or a Peavy Blazer 15 watt. The pedal was noisy when I put it before the wah. The pedal cannot produce the down and dirty distortion sound that I sometimes crave, but it is, after all, overdrive, not distortion. I think it is a great overdrive pedal. I like it just as much as the new DIgitech X-series one.

Although it is plastic, its HARD plastic. I could depend on it.

I really like it, especially for 20 bucks. I play Creed, Metallica, Zeppelin, the Foos, anything rock basically. If it were lost or stolen, I'd buy another in a heartbeat. I compared it to other overdrive pedals, and this one really stood out.

Plug it in... Turn a couple knobs, push the footswitch... couldn't be much easier..

I'm surprised to see all the 10 sound quality reviews... Given, this pedal is SUPER cheaply priced, it actually impressed me for what I paid... I bought it a while back when I just wanted to mess around wtih distortion for as cheap as possible.. It did the job.. but now when I compare it to many much better pedals, I honestly never want to use the thing again. Way too much FUZZ and lack of tone. Don't expect to be amazed, but at the price it isn't too bad if you like fuzz.

Built like a tank. Oh, wait... It's plastic. Danelectro has never been much for high quality, long lasting pedals.. These little guys probably wouldn't last too long out on the road.. But, honestly, would YOU take it on the road??

I gotta give 'em credit for making such an incredibly inexpensive pedal.. It worked for me when I was younger.. so hey, if you want something cheap, go for it.

Two knobs...Level & Distortion
Pretty easy!!

Alot Better than I expected!!! I play an Epiphone Les Paul Jr with Gibson P-94 pick-ups in it, and I use an 73 Ampeg VT-40
The ONLY reason I bought it was because it was only $20, I figured what the hell...I was pleasantly suprised!! It sounds to me like an old school fuzz

So far so good....

Dunno !

Overall it is a great pedal to have...AND its ONLY $20!!
Not for Metal, Rock-n-Roll, AC-DC, Johnny Thunders, Mudhoney, etc..
I never really cared for Danelectro...but this really is a good pedal!

This is very easy to use, only a couple of knobs. they're labelled, but i don't think they do exactly what they're supposed to.

Oh yeah! This little bitch sounded great when i hooked it up to my Fender Champion 15! Here's my setup Hohner HAG-250 (the bomb with a Dean Markley pickup!)>Boss MT2>Line6 POD (I got it from my uncle, one of the knobs is twisted off, but it is ok because I still have the Modern High Gain setting)>Snarling Dog Mold Spore>Fender Champion 15. I think I need a Klon boost and a nice warm analog delay. It makes this already tight rig sound like Brian May and his Vox amps!

Not very reliable. One day my dog got into my pedals (he's a big dog) so i tried to fight him off, but not before he bite my Dano Pastrami in half. It is ok, though. I put some scotch tape around it and put it back together, now it sound more like a Slipknot distortion, but if I tweak it just right, I can nail EVH's "Eruption" (only a few more bars to go).

I have never needed to talk to them. One time I emailed them a joke, but they didn't say whether or not they thought it was funny. Cool website, though.

I bought this pedal used from my older brother who plays in a metal band. He said this was crucial to his sound and that if I wanted to sound like anybody totally sweet, I had to use this. Boy, was he right! I love it! I practically stole it from him. I am trying to start my own punk band and the guys I have been practicing with play trumpet in the school band. Even they say it is killer!

2 knobs - Level and Overdrive. Danelectro makes it simple enough

I'm using this with a Crate GX-15 with my JB Player Les Paul cut. Sounds great! A very hot pedal, great for lead. I only have my overdrive set to about 6 and it is perfect.

Danelectro has never failed me. If I were good enough, I would take this on a world tour if I had one. Very awesome pedal

Never dealt with Dano.

I play classic rock like .38 Special and Van Halen. Pedal does it great, especially for Van Halen, even if I dont have a 5150, I can get a great "EVH" sound, sounds awesome when you play "Little Dreamer" and "You Really Got Me"

Ok...2 knobs...level & drive...how hard is that?...get the amount of drive you want and then either optimise your level or boost it...i guess you could cut it if you want, but that is tonally degredating

I use this to boost the gain on my Marshall VS65R. I use this amp as my rhythm amp (lead is a Peavey Classic 30) and I only use the overdrive channel because I don't use pristine clean...just drop the gain down on the drive channel for semi-clean/lightly overdriven and then kick in the pastrami crunchy rhythm tones and power chords. This works well enough in that it boosts the gain just a little, not too much and doesn't sound like crap as long as the gain on the pedal is below 12 o'clock. The cool thing is that, since this pedal is a little bright (compared to boss) it keeps the marshall from being muddy with the gain boost. If I need any more gain than the pedal at 12 o'clock then I boost it from the amp to keep the tone smooth and decent cause this pedal will sound like crap at higher gain levels. So, 9 for gain boosting (for me anyway)-6 for anything any gainier than that.

Yeah...its plastic...I will only use soft velvit gloves on my hands and press the footswitch with my index finger. Well...not likely in a gigging situation, I think as long as I don't actually stomp on it I will be ok...I don't really need a backup because I can always bust out the channel switcher and use that...I just hate the pristiness of the clean channel...but I can live with it if I had to.

Right...don't know, don't care

Playing 8 1/2 years, classic rock and blues based rock. This gets me the crunch rhythm tones that I need for most of the stuff on the set list without making the tone crappy thin or muddy, so it works for me...plus...I only paid $20, I can live with that. Replaced? like I said I can live without it, but I might get it again seeing as its cheap.

It has two knobs and a footswitch... ummm... pretty easy to figure out

First, I paid a measely, lousy $10.00 for this thing "used" it still had the "Editors Pick" label from GP on it, it looked like it was used maybe once...its not all that noisy, I use it in front of my Fender Champ 12 tube amp, with a frankenstein style tele with a vintage noiseless bridge pup and a texas spec. rythym pup, its a fuzz box / Semi-clean boost pedal as far as I am concerned. Fuzz tones are hard edged and mid-rangey, and this I like alot. To my ears, its Jimmy Page-ish all the way. As a boost (with little drive added) its well suited to use with my Champ, like a third channel almost. At one time I owned a Vox Cambridge 15, and for reasons I cannot explain, This pedal warmed up the Hybrid Vox very nicely when used as a "clean Boost" I am partial to this pedal, At times it can sound harsh and edgy, but again, I like that, you may not.

Its plastic, but its heavy plastic and all things considered, fairly well built and solid... for living room use that is.. the the controls are tiny, and the foot switch is suspect... My plan is to (someday...) gut it and stick it in a more suitable ie. rugged housing, or i could just go buy a couple more of them and keep them as backups.. Hell for $10 or even $20 apeice who cares.

? dont know

Hell its a $10 pedal, cant think of a better or cooler gizmo for that much... I happen to like it alot, If i gigged (I dont) I would either buy a backup or rehouse it and upgrade the footswitch. I think at this point it may become a keeper and a permenant part of "my tone" I play a bit of everything from Zep to the replacements and everything between. for some tones its not the tool for others it is... I wont part with mine... could become a "Pawn Shop Prize in ten years..." Try it, you may like it and as I have stated over and over its CHEAP!