Danelectro DJ-12 Chilidog Octave

very very easy to use. doesnt come with manual. Doesnt need, though.

I am using the following setup: Yamaha RGX121D -> Onerr Wah -> Boss DS1 -> GT2 -> AMP Send -> Danelectro chilidog -> Boss PS5 -> DOD FX75 -> Boss CE5 -> Boss DD20 -> AMP return. The amp I am using is a Warm Music 112gt. There is no noise coming out of it.

It doesnt sound very good. Sometimes it doesnt it sounds very strange to tell the truth. I will give a 7 because an octaver is not something to use all the time and it is impossible to sound as a real bass.

The quality is very poor. In the first day one of the knobs pulled off it. But I tried to push it inside the hole and it worked... maybe it will break in a few months.

I play blues, rock and metal. Maybe I wouldn't buy again if it were stolen. By looking at the reviews here, this is one of the bests octavers in the market... very good for the price.

VERY EASY TO USE.

NOT PRISTINE, BUT I LOVE IT. THIS PEDAL IS INSPIRING FOR ITS CRAZY TONES AND RUMBLING. IT TRACKS DOWN TO THE LOW E IF YOU PICK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STRING AND USE THE NECK PICKUP, TONE ROLLED DOWN. ITS STILL A BIT UNRELIABLE, EVEN WITH THOSE MEASURES, BUT BY NO MEANS UNUSABLE DOWN THERE. BASICALLY, I THINK IT HEARS THE SECOND HARMONIC OF THE STRING MORE THAN THE FIRST, AND JUMPS UP AN OCTAVE FROM TIME TO TIME. THERE IS NO LAG TIME FOR THE OCTAVES TO COME IN. ITS THE GNARLIEST PEDAL I HAVE. I HAVE AN EH HOT TUBES, BASSBALLS, TUBE SCREAMER, DOD DELAY, SOVTEK HEAD, MARSHALL 212 CAB. SOUNDS AWESOME WITH ALL THAT. MY NEW FAVORITE SETTING IS WITH ALL THE PEDALS ON.

UH, I DON'T KNOW.

DON'T KNOW DON'T CARE.

I'M TRYING TO START A BAND WITH A PUNK-INFLUENCED FEEL, BUT WITH SOPHISTICATION. I LOVE INTERESTING NOISE. BEEN PLAYING TEN YEARS. I REALLY LOVE FUGAZI, AT THE DRIVE IN, RADIOHEAD, CAFE TACUBA. The pedal is awesome. Price is right.

What's here to confuse anyone? About as simple as it gets!

This thing ain't so hi-fi, but it works. I got it for curiousity, but I really found a lot of places for it on recordings, so much so I'm thinking about an upgrade to Electro-Harmonix stuff, microsynth or pog maybe. They are exponentially more expensive though, so this was a good place to start. Turned out to be a good fit, well worth the price.

I found it suffers a lot when moved in between other effects. Still works, but with some iffy results. Use it alone with no other pedals or at the very front of the chain and you're good to go.

Anyone who gets this to track bass lines with a guitar is mostly missing the point. It can be done, but that's not how it's best used. You're mileage may vary.

Not perfect but the price is 'pristine!'

I doubt I'll be passing it on to my grandkids, but the danos I've had hadve held in there without incident, and that's enough for me.

Never rang them.

Cool octave. Great price. Not too hi-fi though, like I said. But I find myself keeping it on for exploring melodies, which means I like it for sure.

Like any synth'ing pedal, it's no good on chords, unless you have a way with sonic noise, which I'll admit to. If you can get with noise, then you'll probably like it too. Just watch your speakers.

Just about easy as pie to use. It's got volume knobs for unaltered tone, -1 octave and -2 octaves. Adjust it untill you like the way it sounds.

I play an SG, I've used this sucker through a crappy old crate amp and a marshall valvestate half-stack. It pretty good on it's own though you would be very hard pressed to try to use it as a replacement for a bass by turning the -1 octave all the way up and the other too zero. Really, the clean sound is kind of neat but with some fuzz or heavy distortion, it takes on a really awesome analogue synth sound.

The biggest problem is it doesn't track the low notes well and chords are out of the question. It's also not very good for playing with a band sice you don't cut through the mix well with octaves going. A volume boost would make this much more usefull.

Mine never broke but I've had other Danno pedal break so I don't trust it. I've gigged with it without a backup but, really, I don't hardly use it live so it wouldn't be an issue if it broke. It's just not a critical element of my sound.

When I played in a noisy improvisation mess of a band, this was good fun. It would be good too for some stoner-rock, Clutch-style rifage I think but you'd want to boost the volume somehow and that might be hard on your speakers. It's an interesting and fun effect to have. It makes cool sounds but it doesn't end up being too useful.

Quite easy to use if you know what you doing. Easy to get the hang of if you fiddle with it a bit.

Great sound. I even managed to play chords without it sounding crap which you can't do with most octave pedals. Sounds like a really cool bass.

I'm not too sure about the plastic case, that looks like it could break easily. I got a free pedal protector with mine which is quite handy because I've heard the knobs fall off easily.

Haven't dealt with the company.

This pedal is great for me because i don't know many other musicians so i can get a bass sound without shelling out #200 for a bass thats going to fall apart.

Easy. Three controls - one for direct, one for -1 octave, one for -2 octave.

Octave pedals are weird things, and I've never really found them to be that useful. However this was a cheap purchase on E-bay, and I've usually found the Dano pedals to have a grin-inducing sound in there somewhere...

For those moments when you need an analogue synth style sound, this works very nicely. Best sound for lead is from a guitar's neck pickup, tone wound right down, light distortion, -1 octave full up, direct about 75%. Lovely synth style sound. Very retro, very 70's, but fun.

Tracking is good, but it won't handle the lowest or highest notes on the E strings, neither will it do chords. Think of it as a monophonic synth, and pick cleanly, and it's good fun: try and do anything else with it and all kinds of weird, bad noises result.

The same applies for bass use: lowest notes are more of a problem here, and obviously the -2 octave option is going to give your speakers a problem...

It's plastic, with a pegged in PCB. Don't throw it about, don't jump up and down on it, and it'll be fine. Mister Clumsy might have a problem with the battery terminals (which are a bit exposed), but guitar players shouldn't have any problem with a bit of delicate fingerwork, should they?

Never had to deal with them.

Dano Pedals are named after foods for a reason! They tend to do one flavour of effect well, and if you like it, then you'll like the pedal. If you're after something ultra well built and versatile, that'll last you a lifetime, buy a Boss or something.... don't expect to get it on the cheap.

I like this pedal - it's an effect I'd use occasionally, so I'm not to worried about the plastic build or the cheaply assembled components. Good value for the price.

easy to use if you know what you're doing. octave down 1 and 2 should be used sparingly to avoid punishing your speakers.

i think this is the best mini pedal dano ever made. set the oct2 at nine and the oct1 at noon, you will get a cool "speaker sliding" effect that sounds like your speakers are warping loose from the cab and that the damn thing is "walking" away from you. no you are not on acid! sounds good with tube or solid state, i use a gibson sg.

use a 9v power pack and battery backup.

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i don't use this live or for recording, just like how cool it sounds. would use it if i had no bass player to pull a "white stripes" of local h deal. maybe some day i'll find a use for it. great tone tho.

It is real easy.

I think for the price it is really good. I think the best setting is octave 2 all the way down direct all the way up and octave 1 all the way up. It fits with my hole set up. I use 5 pedal's a dunlop orignal crybaby wah-wah>danelectro octave>boss BD-2 blues driver>boss PH-3 phase shifter>danelectro delay into a peavy clasic 50. Really a great tone from this pedal.Im sure there is better but, I don't need it that much

I have about 15 dano's all still working after 2 years.

Don't know.

I play blues and rock music. I do gig with this pedal. It does what it needs 2 I love it.

Direct leval,Oct 1 leval,Oct 2 leval don't get easier than this.

Well to start off I have no clue as to why I bought this.I think it was one of those times you visit the music store just to BS and have to buy something out of curtisy and you allread have 8 packs of extra strings and 4 gross of picks.Evan the guys at the store were breaking my balls cause they knew I only bought it for amusement.I didn't evan try it in the store.Anyway it seems to sound OK for a cheap pedal,although it tends to sound like the other Octaves are not in perfect time with the original signal when they are turned up high.I don't really know hat to use an Octave pedal on and bought it as a spur of the moment "Why did I buy this and what the hell am I gonna use it on" kinda thing but its OK.I'm not a big effects guy but I may throw it on a solo live sometime at a gig just for the hell of it,thats if it fits.

Like I said about my chorus its plastic and its cheap but don't beat the hell out of it and it will be OK for a while.

Not bad for what it is.Would prolly work on Hendrix stuff.Or maybe for fattening a song were one guitar has to play a part that a guitar and B3 organ play along together on the record.

It's Danelectro! Very easy to use - 3 knobs - Oct 2 - Direct -Oct 1. No manual came with it, don't need one.

Great sound, for Hendrix's Fire. On my JB Player JB-150 Les Paul copy. The pedal always sounds great unless of course the 9V is weak. My amp is a Crate GX-15. Light to Mid-range distortion sounds great with it to get Jimi's sound.

This pedal rocks, very reliable, tough as nails as long as you jump purposely jump on it.

Dunno, never dealt with Danelectro

I bought this pedal cuz I like the deep sound it gives, I play blues and somehow this baby does blues good. Don't do chords with this pedal, it's made just for lead licks. I love the value it has and how reliable Danelectro has been to me over the past year. It helps me make more music. It rocks! A must have