Danelectro DJ-15 Chicken Salad Vibrato

Speed and intensity pots, on/off stomp. You'll know pretty quickly whether or not you like it.

Screw-type battery access isn't my favorite, but one screw certainly beats four. You'll get used to changing the battery on this unit.

I don't use a lot of time/pitch-based effects, and therefore don't have a lot of comparative knowledge about what factors make one superior to the other. That said, I'm satisfied with this beast as a cost-effective way to approximate that pulsing Robin Trower feel. Roll off treble, stir in flatted fifths, makes its own sauce...

I primarily play Strats with hot passive single coils. Trower reference notwithstanding, for my own style (which I'll dub "Pre-Van Halen rock") I prefer the sound of a small Fender amp turned up to the point of breakup, as opposed to either the Marshall roar or the modern high-gain, compressed tone.

The Chicken Salad pulses nicely at settings below about +8, then becomes a little too warbly and un-subtle for my taste. Your mileage may vary.

I find that the rotary controls are both nicely linear, so when you only turn the knob a little way, you only get a little change in the sound. Non-linear pots are a pet peeve of mine; they are all too common on inexpensive gear. It's nice to see that these operate smoothly and gradually, on a $29 item. The payoff is that the controls, though simple, can be fine-tuned throughout their full range, without frustrating jumps between knob positions.

Overall, the CS does what I expect it to do, without any serious downside.

Everybody's skeptical about the on/off stomp button. So am I. I'm a light user, though, so I don't require road-warrior build quality.

When I first bought the Chicken Salad, the effect occasionally did not engage when the light indicated that it was on. I swapped the battery (it comes with an old-fashioned Dan-O battery of dubious quality and lifespan) and things were ok again. Not long afterward (say, 2 hours of playing time) the pedal begain to tick in time with the speed control. "Junk!" I declared. But: I swapped the battery, and once again, the bad behavior turned out to have been a false alarm. I learned from all of this that the optional battery eliminator is a sound investment, especially for those of you who plan to use this frequently. The pedal seems to be, as others have noted, a bit of a battery hog. So learn from my stupidity: When you hear ticking, it's not broken. It's just the pedal telling you that it's hungry again, and sooner than you'd have expected -- like a teenager with a tapeworm.

No experience.

I have more gear than I would ever admit to my wife, collected over 33 years of playing.

I was scouting vibrato pedals, and was about to shell out $225 or whatever for a Uni-Vibe. Then I came across an online video comparing the Chicken Salad to the Uni-Vibe; I truly couldn't hear much difference. There may in fact be one (perhaps more sophisticated controls, probably increased ruggedness?) but certainly the Dunlop did not sound 7x better. You can judge for yourself; the vid's out there on YouTube.

I'd call it a good value, with the caveat that it does go through 9v batteries at an alarming rate.

Very easy to use stock. But to get the best out of the pedal you need to do the trim pot and foil mods. Not too hard, but taking the pedal apart takes some work. So I give it a seven. Once the mods are done, simple to use.

Incredible. Gets the Robin Trower tone and the Ritchie Blackmore tone of Catch the Rainbow on the "On Stage" Rainbow album. I love this effect. I can't believe it is only $25 bucks. On the other hand, I had to mod it and I am going to re-house it in an MXR style box to protect it, so it is not that inexpensive taking that into account. But it is worth it. I also put in the diode which fluctuates with the speed. Cool.

Well... I use it right now in a true bypass loop so I don't have to stomp on it. so it is very reliable that way, IF you don't try and use a battery. I tried the battery and it lasted about five minutes. Literally. But it is plastic and has cheap pots, etc.
SO I am going to re-house it with good parts in an MXR type box. Then it should be bullet proof. I got an 8 MM purple diode to fluctuate with the speed. That should make me dizzy all by itself.

No idea, it does not matter. THe day I got it I opened it up and did the mods. So thawt voided the warranty instantly. Cool.

This is greaat. I had a Fulltone Mini-Deja Vibe that just sounded weak and I sent it back. You can get five Chicken Salads for one Deja-Vibe. LOL.

The Chicken Salad has a bulb and four photo resistors in a box which emulated the basic concept of the original Univibe. Amazing. $25 bucks. Gets a 10.

Theoretically very easy to use speed and intensity. I give it an 8 because that internal trim pot is a bastard to get to but not terribly hard to access. The pedal is sensitive and pulling the guts out and putting them back in can take a toll. Genital hands and patience is what it takes. You really have to listen to the pulse and find good ratio's of speed/intensity to get that vibe sound.

I would give it about a 4 out of the box. Tweaking with the trim I give it an 8. To say this thing doesn't suck your tone you must live on another planet. It makes your signal sound a little thin but not too bad. It just takes some low end out of your signal. When using this pedal I run it first. Chicken salad, TS-9 analog/Silver, Keeley Sparkle Drive, Barber Tone Press into Hotrod Deluxe with a U.S. Strat. One thing that gets annoying is that it has to be first in line to get the best sound or else!!!! I found that the trim pot is very sensitive and controls the bias of the pedal. One way you get no effect and the other is all the effect. I found this pedal sounds the best when the trim is set to around 1 to 1:30. Compared to my Megavibe this pedal doesn't respond as well with other pedals and is not as organic and transparent sounding. Think pro baseball stadium (MV)to highschool baseball field(CSV). If tweaked right it does sounds real good and hits more of a phasey sound which I like. Think DSOTM and WYWH/ Hendrix. And yes with the speed around 3:00 or 4:00 and the intensity around 9:00 or 10:00 you can get a cool brain damage/ abbey road rotary sound. It did take me a while to get a perfect ratio of trim/intensity/speed. Just listen to the throb and experiment.

I would use this pedal live but it is plastic and very delicate. I play blues/jazz/fusion and respect my equipment very well but a spade is a spade. The thing I noticed to go in and out with touch sensitivity is the 9v power jack. Batteries don't even think about it, what a drain.

Other than my Boss CE-2 this was the best $25 I have ever spent on an effects pedal. I got this pedal in waiting for my Megavibe a year ago and I'm still proud of this little thing. My advice is that if you don't have $$$$ to spend on a vibe then get this and tweak the trim. I plan on rehousing this with True-bypass, better pots, and nooooo plastic. I pretty much look at this as a project pedal with unbelievable potential and if lost or broken I would probably buy another b/c of the price. I just hope some one comes up with a mod to get this thing to let your tone shine through a little better. Maybe an opt-amp or something. This pedal can almost get you you there and with a little mod or three I think people would be shocked at what $25 can get. Check out youtube for some sound clips.

After reviewing several Uni-vibe models the Danelectro Chicken Salad for $29 is a bargain!2 knobs and you can tweak your Leslie sound in.There is a manual but really basic picture showing best setting.Mine was new in a box and I believe they came out in 1999.Danelectro has a new Vibe pedal haven't heard it yet.

I play blues.Once and awhile an SRV tune comes along and needs that little rotovibe sound!It does a great job at Trower and Hendrix also.
I use the following:Peterson Strobo Stomp 2 (Highly reccommend!),Chicken Salad,DOD FX10 Preamp clean boost,TS-808,Vintage ProCoRat,and Digitech Digidelay.Use 1Spot to power all pedals.No noise from pedal and the lack of no true bypass doesn't affect my tone.All pedals into either Fender Reissue Deluxe Reverb, or Reissue Super Reverb.Like the Chicken Salad in front of all my distortions.Sounds like a real 1960's UniVibe.

The price is so low the box is plastic, knobs delicate(mine came with prtective clear cover I leave on to protect knobs), and I believe button switch is metal.Should hold up if you don't stomp hard.I use it for a couple of songs so no need to have 2 of them.

No.The $29 keeps you from contacting them.Get a new one if it breaks.

This pedal fills in some of those rotovibe blues sounds along with some great organ like effects when playing rhythm chords.I do like Trower as well and it does nicely!Use a neck pickup, low tone, and the rhythm sounds fill in nicely.Love this pedal for the price!Can't justify $200+ for another model.Wouldn't use all the time like a wah wah or fuzz just adds to your tone.Been playing for over 40 years,use 1991 Gibson Les Paul Standard,a couple of Agile guitars 1956 Les Paul Goldtop with P-90's and SG copy with Gibson Pickups (great great clones when you tweak them with pickups, new pots, etc.)and 2 SX guitars stratocaster and telecaster style also tweaked.Telecaster using Fralin Classic pickups.Wow!I use the knock offs because they are made very well,look like the real thing,made with great woods,and don't worry about them when playing out like my Gibson.I'm also left handed and these are all left handed models.Note I have several pickup combinations on these guitars P-90's, humbuckers, single coils.Plenty of room to experiment for your tone.I've had several Fender amps through the years, various pedals, and other guitars as well.I love the price of the Chicken Salad, sound of it, and especially the fact it does not suck tone from my setup.If you want to try a UniVibe sound try one of these.$29 not $200.This is not the you get what you pay for idea.The pedal is plastic and looks cheap on my pedalboard but there is noe cheap sound.

Could not be any easier

At first I pedal had been way over hyped. Sounded like a very muddy tone killin' phaser?! So, I was gonna scrap it for parts and build something useful...low and behold I found me a trim pot!! She'd been glued in place at the factory- so I popped the glue off and started to reset it and found a beutiful univibe sweet spot at about 2 o'clock on the pot. Now this pedal is worth all the hype and more. Great little SRV kicker know.

Don't know yet.

Pretty easy to use. 2 knobs, right? How fast and how much. But of course the knobs are small and not so easy to turn. But that's not really so bad, kinda keeps you from overshooting. So, i won't knock it a point for that even though I should.

Yeah, you can get some Hendrix types of sounds out of it and on the cheap. Sounds like a messy 4-stage phaser. That's good. I don't know if it is a 4-stage phaser, I'm just saying that's what it sounds like... but deeper and more off-kilter.

The thing about the chicken salad is it sounds a lot different depending on where ya put it. Mine with my rig, anyway... effects loop, cuts a lot of bass. Out of effects loop, doesn't seem to cut as much. Maybe I'm just crazy? Sound different with a power adapter and a battery too. Making no appearance otherwise, you can get some cool sounds from 2 o'clock speeds with a half-dead battery but you have to boost the depth all the way.

Some settings can satisfy your auto-wah cravings pretty well too. Fool around with it.

Even though I gave it an 8, I have to qualify that with an admission that it has kicked some other pedals out of rotation that are prolly 9's. Why? I dunno... this thing just sounds neat.

Well, it's plastic. Never had any problem with mine and I got mine used.

Danelectro? I'll just be political here and say 'no comment'...

Got to boost it. Oddball but useful effect. Well worth 20-30 bucks. I recommend it as a 'just for the hell of it' buy.

Two knobs and a switch, how easy is that?

You can get a Hendrix / Trower sound with this pedal.Just put the speed around 1 o'clock and the other knob around 3 o'clock and put the pedal before your distortion and you should be close enough to cop the "Bridge Of Sighs" sound.

It's plastic 1st off so if you have a habit of doing the stomp on pedals be careful with this one,also it's better to use an adaptor for this pedal cause this will eat up batteries.

This pedal has been called a poor man's Univibe and so right they are.It's not a bad pedal if you're into getting that Hendrix/Trower type of sound without spending lots of $$$ for the real thing.

Stomp GENTLY on the switch to engage, turn the 2 knobs as you like and dial in 100s of sweet spots. Couldn't be much easier than that.

Allright, a pedal for a few bucks in a crappy plastic enclosure with a bad bypass? Hmmm ... what could this sound like? .... FANTASTIC! I've tested some Phaser/Vibe-Clones/and stuff and the Chicken Salad was my Vibe at choice. It sounds fantastic. There's no try to create a new kind of vibe-sound, it's more or less an exact Univibe-copy with THAT great sound.
Only the bypass sounds like a farting dog ;)
Use a True-Bypass-box or rehouse it like i did ...

I would give a 10, but that bypass, man ...

Uargs... Don't even try to stomp it. I don't trust that plastic and even the stompswitch seems like you should stroke it instead of stomping.

I often use it in combination with my Digitech Synth Wah to create some synth-like spheres. Works great for that! You can use it for fatten your sound up, have a little more myterious wobbling in your sound or to go crazy with a whooshing Vibe ....

If it was built in a more sturdy enclosure and it would have a good sounding bypass I would pay MUCH more for this unit!
You get a huge piece of sound for a little money ... great deal!

This is a follow up. I meant to say I have owned 13 different choruses, 7 different flangers and 4 phasers. For modulation I have settled on a flanger as it is my favourite and now I have added this.

I have noticed that if you set the Intensity to 3'oclock and the speed to 12 o'clock you get realy nice Jimi sounds with for some reason with an enhanced layer of treble over the top. If you put the speed to 3 o'clock also it seems to become darker sounding. I have a theory that the higher speed means the light inside doesn't get a chance to become as bright as it does when more slowly ramped up. This effects the tone of the unit.

With the 12 / 3 settings I give it a 8.9

Everyone makes a chorus, everyone makes an overdrive, but not everyone makes a Uni-vibe. The fact that this vibe pedal exists, combined with the affordability provided the only reason for owning a Dano mini pedal. I would not bother with any other dano mini pedal because it violates the different pedals rule. I am however finding the cheapness of this pedal hard to live with and may buy a Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe. In any event this has been a great introductory pedal to check out the uni-vibe type of sound with my own playing.

Mine came in a box, you have to be able to open a box which is not too hard. Then the pedal is plugged in however first you must work out how to take the back off to install the included battery or else use a power supply which I highly recommend.

Two knobs which need to be used from a minimum of around 11 o'clock on-wards. These are small but even with the plastic guard on you can turn them easily.

Sound is good, no hiss or hum through a loud gainy amp, no tone sucking when bypassed. Makes a small pop when turning on. I plugged into my amp direct, then through all my pedals and it doesn't sound like tone is being sucked out. If this was a little tone sucker as some people have said (mine can be with bad power to) then I would put it on eBay toot sweet.

I may still sell it as I am not sure I like the sound of it. It is a little like some of the tones Jimi Hendrix and Robin Trower used to get. Robin still gets em but from a Fulltone Deja 'Vibe 2. I am not sure the Fulltone is better than a Mojo Vibe personally. I am not spending the cash for either of those when this thing kind of does similar things and also given that I'm not too excited by this type of effect over my Nady Flanger. The two or not alike of course.

It is like you might get a flanger or a chorus. You might try the Boss one and go yeah thats great. You may try more than one flanger or chorus and say I like this one a bit more because of this or that. I have had about The thing is if you like a type of effect you may kind of pursue that line of musical thought. Well this little pedal is the Uni-vibe type of effect. It is not the same as other 'vibes say Voodoo Labs, Fulltone, etc, but it is this type of sound.

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YOU NEED TO USE A GOOD POWER SUPPLY!! i.e. a regulated 9V DC supply.
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Don't talk about noise when used after a distortion pedal or weird tone sucking when bypassed because that means you don't have a good power supply. Other pedal may work fine but this one really suffers when the voltage drop below 9 volts. This means if you load up your small power supply, for example I was using a 200mA supply. I was running wah, distortion, flanger, tuner, delay no problems. When adding the Chicken it didn't like the low voltage. I put on a 1A supply and it is happy. With the smaller supply I had every bad thing listed in these reviews happening and then some!

I have a rule about pedals, well three rules. One, they must all be different brands (to give different shapes, sizes colors) and two they must be metal cased. Three they can't be Boss because they tend to sound like crap, and are overpriced cheap pieces of crap. The only pedal I ever had die was my first one, a Boss BF-2 Flanger with a silver screw.

So this pedal breaks a rule but it is one of the few 'vibe pedals you can buy and clearly the only one you can buy to try the effect out. I was almost going to buy a Mojo Vibe as I believe they are the best but then I just got a better power supply and this pedal began to shine. I have a Kaden Effects Fluttertone on the way so I may not use this 'vibe pedal as the tremolo should just goes up and down in volume without tonal or pitch changes whereas this pedal changes the tone and the pitch and is a bit nasty overall but I think it is supposed to be. The uni-vibe was a dreadful thing, it sucked tone, it added distorions and effected all sorts of things but that made it sound a certain way.

About the plastic case. It is such a tiny unit that it probably is very tough. I made my plastic rule after purchasing a Behringer tuner pedal which I returned due to it being as weak as piss physically. I don't think this is as bad as all that.

This is a druggie sounding pedal and it is best used when you have had a few cones and are feeling very mellow or at least when you are wanting to have that sort of effect on the listener. Since I don't smoke dope I kind of don't like this pedal as much as I thought I might.

It has some pretty great sounds with intensity nearly but not actually on full with the speed on around 3-4 o'clock. When you play with some amp overdrive it nails bridge of sighs if you use your imagination a bit, and it definitely refuses to get too revved up in terms of playing speed.

It is definitely a strum the chord and feel the vibe type pedal. If you want to play a little quicker through things I would strongly suggest a flanger. When you play slow a flanger gives the spacial quality that this has without the harsh stoned feeling, and when you want to play faster rhythms it adds sparkle. This one is like you took a handful of Valium on an empty stomach.


I give it a 7, it's a good sound, it works, I don't think it's the be all and end all and I don't think you could buy worse because this is the bottom end of the market. Things can only improve from here but it definitely gets you 70% of the way so I give it a 7/10

Two knobs: Intensity and speed.
Could hardly be any more simple.

The sound actually has nothing to do with chicken.
It is supposed to be a UniVibe clone and is quite good at that for the very little money (in comparison with most of the other vibe/leslie pedals).
I tested it against a VooDoo Labs Micro Vibe and the main difference was that the Micro was noisier and the Dano more intense !
It sounds very much like Dave Gilmour`s guitar on "Dark Side of the Moon" ("Breathe") or Robin Trower on his 70ies records ("Bridge of sighs"). Maybe Hendrix at Woodstock is the prime example.
Clean, you can set the two controls to around 12 o`clock to acchieve a very musical vibe. With distortion (preferably before !) you may need to turn up to maximum depth.
I play this kind of retro stuff in cover bands, so I am grateful to get an excellent UniVibe-imitation for ...
say about 200 bucks less :-)
I`m going to rate it 9, as I know there are still these best-sounding legendary old ones out there that I can`t afford.

Hmmm. Made of plastic, so I wouldn`t dare to step onto it with my whole body weight.

Worth the money. Sounds just good.

2 knobs. enough said

i havent tried leslie or those other "holy grails" of vibrato so i cant compare. i really like it. only one issue, when you step on the button, it makes a very silent click sound out your amp. i think a noice gate would fix this tho...i need to get one too...hmmmm

im really iffy on this. its plastic (thick tho..), small knobs, battery sucker, and sometimes im scared im going to push the switch in under the plastic like those laser pointers. so far no flaws. as long as you dont stom the shit the out of it (which you have no rason to unless youre jumping around like crzy....learn not to), its perfectly alright. try to use a power brick.

cheap. great sound. easy to work with. decent structure. what more do you want?

Two knobs - intensity and speed - self explanatory. No manual supplied or needed.

I run a Ibanez GAX 70 and JS100 into a little Marshall MGDFX15 and various Digitech and Boss pedals. I demoed this pedal straight into the amp. Couldn't get a really good sound with the GAX, but when I switched it over to the JS100, the sound and tone drastically improved (no wonder). The CS is remarkably quiet for a pedal this small, no real noise issues here. Takes a minimal amount of tweaking to coax usable sounds out of it. I bought it mainly to get Bridge of Sighs - Hendrix and Dark Side era Pink Floyd sounds, and this little thing can get them all! I give it an 8, cause nothing is worth a 10.

Read some negative things on its reliability before buying it which made me a little suspect. Decided to take a chance, and so far so good. Only got it last week. It seems these things either work or don't, no middle ground. Gotta be lucky I guess. Don't bother using it with batteries, AC adapter is the only way. I use it with one of those Godlyke adapters.

Bought it online from Music Sales 123. Excellent support and follow-up. Never dealt with Danelectro on this or before. I suppose if it broke, I would try and get it repaired, but for the $30.00, is it worth the hassle?

I play classic rock - Hendrix/Trower/Pink Floyd/Cream - works well with these styles. I got back into playing about two years ago, after a long layoff. Own the Digitech Hendrix, RP300, DF7 and Digidelay pedals. Boss pedals include the Auto Wah, CS2, BF1 pedals. Tried the Dunlop Univibe SC1 - but for $150.00, was too rich for a one dimensional pedal, I mean how many songs are you going to use it with before it becomes too much? The Chicken Salad is great for messing around with, without a huge investment.

Easy to use - two knobs.

OK, if you want to use this thing with distortion or overdrive, you've GOT to put it BEFORE any overdrive pedals in your FX chain. If you're using your amp's overdrive/distortion, plug it directly into your input jack and don't use the FX loop. Clean, it actually sounds pretty good. It's NOT a Univibe, but it gets some pretty nice tones. It's a little whooshy but not bad. If you like the Univibe sound but don't want to shell out the money for one (or a clone), this isn't a bad pedal. I can get some Hendrix/Trower sounds out of it - I don't think it does a very good SRV for some reason...That could just be me. Personally I think it's completely useless when placed after an OD/distortion pedal...Unless you're going for a wild effect.

Be careful, OK? The switch probably isn't as delicate as it appears, but tread lightly anyway. The knobs that Danelectro uses are a joke - they come off pretty easily and they're so small I can see losing one eventually. I'm not using mine anymore but I'd probably get a backup if I depended on it for my sound.

It's not bad. I wish it had more range in terms of speed, but for $30 I've heard worse. I love playing around w/ effects pedals...Been playing for 25 years and I've owned a bunch since I bought my first Ibanez Phaser back in the early 80's. I think Danelectro is awesome for making cheap pedals like this - they're a little flimsy and the sounds aren't always the best, but for a very small investment you can buy something cool without worrying about the price tag if it turns out you don't like it or use it very often. I own the Tuna Melt tremelo and it's GREAT.

Couldn't get much simpler - two knobs!

I absolutely agree with the person posting before me: It's two dimensional and it sucks tone (the highs when activated. It's no fun except when looking for a cheap "some sort of" vibe sound, but it's not good at all for you effect chain, so I can not use it whatsoever.

If you are looking for a decent vibe sound go and buy the Sweet Sound Mojo Vibe (unfortunately you can't buy it in Europe...), if that's too expensive, go with the Rocktron Vertigo! When looking for a leslie kind of sound, the Dano Rocky Road (with modification) is absolutely amazing!

I'm not going to find out - I'm selling this one as soon as possible.

Never used till now.

It's no good - it's as simple as that. Even when looking for a more subtle vibe sound, I recommend the Dunlop Rotovibe and not this little tone sucker!

The wonderful effect that is "vibe" (or, specifically, univibe) is not a complicated effect, but here it is bare bones basic. 2 knobs, neither of which have much sweep. Basically, it's on or it's off, and that's it.

It's below no-brainer level. You actually don't need a brain to use it. Though ears will be useful to hear how underwhelming it is.

Soundwise, this is a just barely usable effect pedal:

IF you have nothing else available, you COULD use this pedal to add a little life and movement to your sound. Most useful on lower, almost-not-there settings, just impressing a little life. Best on guitar. A little too stiff on keys, but some tasty guitar playing brings out the sparse usefulness of this little discount job.

BUT -- if you've heard other (almost universally nicer) vibe pedals, THIS one will blow you away with its inferior and blah tone. First, it's not really THAT vibe sound so obsessively sought. Second it's not organic enough, like a nice modulation pedal should be. Third, for a cheap effect pedal, even if the precious tone isn't there, you should get enough control to make something unearthly or odd out of it, but not so here: the controls are just too limited. Doesn't get REALLY slow or REALLY fast, NO regen, just very middle of the road.

Lastly, it sucks (tone, and, well, in general) in a line of stomp boxes. The best I got from it was used all by itself. Blurry and dull in a line of FX. Actually has a LoFi charm, just not nearly enough to keep it in the mix, for me at least. YMMV.

Technically, it's usable, but offers very little else in any department. Honestly, dimed it sounds really cheap. Used with subtle effect, it is, I guess, OKAY. Most everything sounds better though. Recommended only for those on the slimmest of budgets.

It works. Just not well...

I have a bunch of other mini-pedas by danelectro, and they're all still hanging in there, though I wouldn't go abusing it. BTW, some of their other pedals are great! (see: BLT, Fabtone, Fish & chips)

But who knows what could happen down the road...

Never bothered them.

It's just ok. I got it for free, it's not bad if you have nothing else. I'm kind of a stomp box fanatic, and while some of these low-priced danos are really good, I never use this. Never. It's just not very good. So... what can I say.

Dull, but on a desert island I wouldn't throw it away. If you have a newer amp with built in effects, you've heard the quality you'll get here. Actually recent amps have superior fx, so... try it, you might buy it, you might use it.... and... you'll probably just buy something nicer.

For twice the price, and still quite cheap, you can get a MXR Phase 90. A much better pedal. Actually, for a little more dough, you can get a lot of better pedals. Modulation, when it's good, it's worth it.

Low score, for honesty's sake. Get only if you're in desparate need and have not another cent for a better pedal.

Two knobs, how hard could it be? Although it does bear mentioning that the only way you'll really be able to discern this effect from any other subtle modulation effect. With the intensity past about 1:00, the effect shows its personality a bit more.

I wanted to get a washed-out rotary sound for a decent price, and that's pretty much what I got. I don't think it compares to a univibe by any means, but it is rather effective at getting that dreamy, modulated Hendrix sound a la 'Machine Gune'. However, I wouldn't count on it to trick discerning Univibe fans, because they sound similar but by no means close.

As I mentioned earlier, the sound is rather nondescript until you turn the intensity beyond the 1:00 point. Then it becomes much more pronounced. I suppose you could liken this sound to an extremely mellow chorus or phase, although I hear nuances present in the Chicken Salad that are not typically present in those effects. It oscillates, warbles, and throbs, and it does it without staining your instrument's tone. It adds a lot of transparent color that can be as subtle or pronounced as you want it to be, which makes it a very usable effect.

The thing I like about this series of pedals is that all of the Dano Minis have such strong personalities, far too strong to be likened to any other pedal. The Chicken Salad Vibrato is no exception, and it delivers reasonably unique tones.

Questionable. Right out of the box, the unit seemed a little flighty. I had to coax it a bit to get the effect to engage, but after it turned on it seemed to stay on correctly. I play exclusively in a home studio, so die-hard reliability isn't a primary issue, but I was a bit put off by the fact that it was seemingly on the fritz right out of the box.

*shrugs*

I love the Minis. This pedal makes a really cool and useable rotary speaker sound for just a little bit of dough. If you've wanted to experiment with the Roto/Uni/whatever-vibe sound, check it out.

Remember though, this pedal's sound is too unique to replace any of those devices. I won't be trading my Rocktron Vertigo in for it, but it does make sounds that the Vertigo cannot.

easy to use until it breaks

sounds great until it breaks

i can't depend on it, cause it's broken

i'm outside of warranty. cheaper to buy a new one
than to ship this one back.

this thing sounds great till it breaks.
then it doesn't sound like anything.
just because it's inexpensive doesn't mean it
has to be CHEAP. a/c adapter plug sh!t the bed,
then the whole thing gave up the ghost.

consider this a "consumable" and you'll be fine.
an investment it's not.

no manual, tho sometimes there's a "settings" chart in the box...
nice univibe style effect, i use it just after my wah and before overdrive (boss sod), works real well....but only when hooked to a wart.
mine won't run on batteries for more than a minute or two before it fucks up....if it works at all!!
extreme settings sound ok, most useable sounds seem to be near the center of the pots, ya gotta kinda crank the intensity.
sounds just like Hendrix sometimes... amazing for such a cheap piece of shit!

the sound quality, for the price, is amazingly good...no true bypass, seems to colour some gtrs a little even off.
when the power supply fucks up, it can oscilate in a MOST irritating way....
usually unplugging/replugging the input jack and power supply jack cures it.
nice chewy watery tone, very phasey and acidic.
can sound almost like a leslie a little.
lotta bang for the buck!
it LOVES my Marshalls, sounds a little wek in over driven fenders, but great for nailing that robin Trower Bridge Of sighs tone with a clean amp.
remarkably un-touch responsive....
can modulate feedback real nicely.
adds some high-end presence and a touch of compression when on, prolly cuzza the opto electronics used in the pedal's circuit.
nice box, for a cheap cheesy piece of shit.

yah, reasonably dependable.....until it fucks up, and IT WILL, in my experience....
won't run well on ANY battery i've tried, and if ya do run it with a battery, when it dies, the pedal that appears to use some kinda transistorized bypass switching will sometimes stay like half on or something, so even tho it LOOKS off, it's not.
PAIN INNA ASS!!!
i run it with a wart, ALWAYS....and even then, every couple gigs i gotta mess with it..like alotta othe dano pedals i've tried, will do some weird shit sometimes, like the switching scenario i just described.
but hey the price is right!!
but i wouldn't use this pedal for anything it'll get too much abuse from....
plastic will break, and i've seen some of these dano's circuit boards break internally from over earnest stompers.
gives a whole new meaning to "step and crush"

Called them once, back when i tried one of them fuckin' horrible pastrami diode clippers....
was pickin up radio waves from Mars, and wanted to know if they'd had similar complaints,the sucked, and were rude and arogant, seemed put off that someone would question their shitty circuit design.
i think these things would be far better in a metal enclosure, both for durability and sound, metal would shield thes things from alotta interference.
anyways, i thought their customer support was rather lame.

i play classic rock and blues, gibsons and fender guitars, marshall and fender amps depending on gig and mood.
i actually like this pedal, it's a keeper despite it's flaws.
wish it had a control voltage jack so ya could sweep the mod time like a vibe, but hey, ya can't have EVERYTHING, LOL!!!
sounds good, works ok, very usable tones, and at $9.99, the price was DEFINITELY right!

This pedal is so simple a monkey could use it well.

Here's why I'm writing a review. I can't believe that the review by Anonymous at 11/24/2002 said that it's not a true bypass but it doesn't alter your tone. I LOVED the way it sounded with the vibrato on - just what I was looking for - and dirt cheap. Then I turned it off. Thought something was wrong with my guitar. When I unplugged the pedal went back to my original setup, my guitar tone returned. This pedal ALTERS YOU GUITAR'S TONE even when it's OFF - and I mean a BIG alteration. It will turn a Les Paul into a Kay. Maybe I got a lemon.

I've used it once.

Haven't tried support. Maybe I should.

Great for a studio effect to fill a track, but I can't handle the major tone loss I'm getting.

Just updating my earlier review dates 5/14/03

I couldn't figure out why this thing sounded so much better with the adjustable Radio Shack Transformer than any other 9V tranformer I would hook up. I finally got out the meter and measure the output voltage on the tranformer. BIG SURPRISE! It was delivering about 11.5V on the 9V setting. In fact every setting was delivering more voltage than stated. Now I need to find out if I'm damaging the Vibrato Pedal running at 11.5V. I certainly hope not because it really has a brighter more open sound at this voltage. Almost chorus like.

Very easy to use, but it loose one point for the name. Dano folks should rename it to Chicken Salad VIBE,
since it doesn't sound like a true pitch vibrato.

It nails the Univibe sound. Put before your fuzz for Trower and after for Hendrix. I have mine last in line, after a Big Muff. No noise added, but any hiss caused by other pedals (like a cranked compressor) will shrill in the background.
Some have noticed a little treble and output boost. The treble part is true, but it doesn't add volume, only make you sound more full in all frequencies.

I can depend on it, and I never bring backup.
The plastic case is sturdy and Dano suplies a protector for the Knobs.

But here is the reason why I dicide to submit this review:

Some have have noticed that it eats bateries. Thats not true!!!!
It will indeed suck the bateries that Danelectro suplies with, the "Vintage Power Source". Those are carbon-zinc bateries based on obsolet desing. STICK WITH ALCALINES AND YOU WILL BE FINE!

A real Bang for the Buck! A great univibe clone for 1/4 price of the Voodoo Las and 1/8 of the Dunlop.
This unit is suited for any mellow tune playing clean, and for wierd/experimental when drived hard. Love the sound and the price.
If it was stolen right now I would buy it again. Of course there are better units. I really loved the Sweet Sound Ultravibe but for now I'm not willing to cash 300 bucks on a effect. If Wish it had a foot switch out to control the speed like the Dunlop and the Ultravibe, but thats not realy a issue.
Overal a great product.

2 pots, pretty simple

Great clean sounds through both my 100W Lee Jackson/Ampeg, and 15W Fender Blues JR. with vintage strats, and new deluxe strat. Kind of chorus like with slight boost. I set the Intensity between 9-11 o'clock, and the speed 10-1 o'clock. Forget using with high gain unless your looking for something outer limits like.

Seems very touchy to voltage changes. Sounds good with 9V battery for about 10 minutes. Bought the Dano power pack (rated 9.6V) and sounded awful, very harsh. Went back to using and universal adjustable transformer I think I got from Radio Shack years ago, and it sounds great @ 9V, 300 miliamps, just like the first 10 minutes of battery life.

Experiment if using other effects. I've noticed some swoshing noise in downline effects when pedal is off.

Seems sturdy for the size. Would keep an eye on dano postings to see if the switch holds up.

haven't hat to try yet

For $30 you can't go wrong if you play clean tube amps. Just seems to fill up the empty spaces. Would definately replace. Would like it if it sounded good with the Dano power pack.

Boy howdy its easy, set Speed and Intensity and Stomp (be gentle) To small to close your eyes and put foot down as you'll probabilly hit the speed turner

Stagg Flying V>>>AXL Tube Overdrive>>>Dano Chicken Salad>>>AXL Flanger>>>Kustom 20W 2 channel. Virtual bypass. Not got a gain boost of any kind. Pretty good effect off it all the time. I can nail the Bridge in "Can't stop" using this (Where fruiscate uses a vibrato) I also use it as a chorus pedal for now untill i get one. The sounds is terrible when the battery is low, it sounds distorted or something

I'd depend on it, mainly cos i only use power supplys for my pedals. This little monster eats batterys for breakfast. I got curiose as to how stong the plastic is, i jumped on it from 3 foot (I say jump, i mean stamp) and it still works, i heard a snap of some kind but theres no damage on it, still i probably wouldn't go without a back-up

N/A

considering it is free its is pretty sweet. but since it was free i'd not buy another one, i'd get a marshall vibratem or something as its more solidly built and can dial in more variables. I use the intensity at about 3 O'Clock turning point and speed at 1 O'clock turning point. I wish it had a true bypass and a metal body but its quite novel as it is.

Super easy to use. Speed and Intensity knobs. Manual give one setting, but it's actually the best one

Sounds amazing clean. Wooshing everywhere. Pink Dloyd never sounded this close.
On overdrive, don't even think about using this unless you want really weird experimental sounds.
But the clean is amazing considering the price

Switch is iffy. I don't really like that design and its a small...Afraid i would crush it.

Never dealt with them

Very cool..especially for 28.00 Definitely would buy again!!

Pretty easy to use.

No manual.

This pedal sounds good if you use batteries and if you only use it on a clean channel. Once you plug it into an AC adapter the sound gets muffled (a little) but then if you add distortion it doesn't sound good at all ... it has too much of a "whooshing" sound, plus it boost the signal ... which is not something used want all the time.

It has a decent "Univibe" type sound but only if you set the knobs past 1:00.

The 1st one I bought I took it home and it didn't work (batteries and AC adapter didn't do anything for it), then I took it back to Mars and they gave me another one and it worked fine and has been working fine ever since.

It should last for years as long as you don't stomp on it.

I have my pedal in the Dano plastic case (with the AC plug in).

I've never had to deal with them.

A decent (and very cheap) "univibe" / vibrato sound. It could use some help in the sound department when used with distortion ... but for the price I'm not going to complain.

This is just an update on my previous post... the problem with the pedal causing static noise/distortion was due to inferior cables and batteries. Use an adaptor and it is fine fine fine. Go and buy this pedal!!!

Simple, simple. Two knobs (speed and depth) and an on/off switch. I set them both to about 1 o'clock and I was away. Couldn't be any easier to operate.

Very impressed! I can't believe they've captured this sound on such a budget. Having owned a Dunlop Rotovibe before and heard many of the other vibe units around, it sounds pretty darn authentic. It swirls and takes you on a time warp just like any "vibe" pedal should.
I do find it a little bright - although it was the warmer of the two in the store and unlike the other posts here I probably lose a bit of gain when it's switched on. It's more like the bottom end drops a little bit.
For reference listen to Hendrix's "Machine Gun" or Woodstock version of "Star Spangled Banner" - I'm a Hendrix nut so that's the benchmark for me and this dinky little thing does it well. It's also remarkably quiet.
As for the problems with the battery consumption everone seems to mention - I had the same problem with my Rotovibe and my guess is it's just an inherent problem with this kind of circuit. Just stick to a power pack!
I'm playing it through a Line6 FlextoneII XL and it's a great addition to the set up - and WAY better than the univibe setting on Line6's modelling unit!
The lack of bottom end is the reason I'm down-scaling to an 8.

A little to early to say. I've being using it for about 4 months now and so far so good.

Never had to try this yet.

I've been playing for 20 years, most of which professional, in all sorts of bands - blues, country, grungy rock...etc. Over the years I've owned a hell of a lot of pedals and I'm really taken by this one. If it were lost or stolen I'd have no hesitation in getting another.
The curse and irony of the full time musician is that we often have less expendable money to spend on new products than others. I for one couldn't afford or justify the going rate for a Fulltone or similar boutique equivalent - especially in New Zealand where you pay 3-4 times the US price - and that's if you can find one!
So for Danelectro to bring out this "vibe" on a budget - which sounds bigger and more expensive than it is I'd say incredible value.

Another point: These types of pedal by their nature have very strong individual personalities. You could easily spend god-knows how much more on an original that doesn't even compare to this one. Try out and compare as many as you can before you buy!

Two knobs - how much easier can it get?

I was after an effect that would give me something similar to a really slow leslie effect or a uni vibe type effect. While I haven't bothered to try a univibe (too much fucking money, just like everything else from the US), I did try the Marshall vibratrem to see if I could kill two birds with one stone... The vibrato on the marshall was more traditional I guess, but not swirly and mushy like this pedal. The best example I can think of to describe how this sounds is the main riff from White Discussion by Live (off Throwing Copper) or the notes that are played on the first beat of each bar in the song 'Ghost' by Live off of the Secret Samadhi record. It's more of a phasery sort of sound, but as if you are "stepping" on the note and squashing it every now and then. Really nice, smooth wobbles, fantastic. Perhaps not so good for fast rhythm parts, but great for long drawn out phrases. The pedal does boost the gain a little bit, but this makes the effect a little more noticeable.

Here's the problem - I tried this out in the shop and it was causing mild buzzing/distorted noises from the amp... I changed the batteries and it did the same thing, especially when I played the guitar hard. There is apparently a problem with the particular pedal I was playing, and there will be a new one in the store in a few days. So I am afraid I can't give it a good mark for reliability yet. Having said that, for a pedal this cheap you can't expect lifetime guarantees or anything. If you think that then you should try putting your guitar up your anus and playing.

Haven't dealt with them - store is. If it does break down, then big deal? I wouldn't bother the makers, I would just go back to the store and get them to do it.

I play alternative, rock, a bit of blues and sometimes try my hand at a bit of metal. I have been playing for about 5 years now, and am not going to write down my other equipment coz you aren't here to read that are you?!?!?! If you are looking for something a little different than your regular phaser/vibrato, then give this a go. Make sure you check it in the store first!!! I laugh my arse off when I see some tosser who has bought something through mail order or something and it breaks/doesn't work/doesn't sound like they thought it would etc... Keep the music stores alive and use them, not some fat chumps at an online ordering place.

Ther are two knobs and a foot switch. Its either easy or you are stupid.

For $25 you can't get much better than this. There is even a subtle increase volume when you step on it. Not too much, just enough to show off the effect.

Well, the thing will kill you if you use batteries, use an AC, my battery lasted less than 10 minutes. I put in another battery that was 75% full, and after a couple minutes I could hear the effect turning off. I wish I was recording, best effect money can buy.

ITS $25!!!!!!!! If you need a better Vibrato then just get a Vibrolux.

Two knobs, easy as that. No manual comes with it, but again, two knobs.

Here's the part that got me, I played this at the store with nothing chained to it, and loved it. I have been wanting a Univibe, but didn't want to spend so much money, and this pedal really surprised me. It had a really rich sound, and the effects were really versatile, so I bought it. Then I take it home and put it in my chain and it sounded like crap. First, you can't use this pedal with distortion...at all. If you use it after distortion, it creates a noise like a model airplane buzzing your bedroom window every couple of seconds. If you use it before distortion, it's a tone sucker. So now I use it after my distortion, but only clean. It's also noisy no matter where it is, but I use a Boss noise suppressor to zap that. That's the best I could find for it.

Plastic, so one day I'm sure I'll have to bury it. I think that if you take care of it, though, and get one of those knob guards (which the store clerk gave me) it should be ok.

Never dealt with them.

I play alot of jam type stuff (Phish, Gov't Mule), so really wanted that rotating sound, and I get it, so long as it's not with distortion. If I lost this pedal, I doubt I'd replace it, because I am only able to use it for a couple of things.

2 knobs(intensity, Speed)
1 foot switch(on/off)
Very easy to use.

Honestly, I haven't tried any Uni-vibe pedals, but I've been playing for 7 years and I usually can figure out what sounds good and what sounds bad.
Used with clean channel, it sounded GREAT for such a cheap pedal, warm and swirling univibe sound. But, using it with fuzz or distortion, the effect took over the sound too greatly and sounded very muffled. So, instead of thru effect loop, I ran it thru the input of the amp and it sounded MUCH better for me. The same thing with MXRPhase90, I much prefer it thru the input when using with distortion. I use this pedal with Fulltone Ultimate Octave and I love how they sound together. It's not a true bypass, but it doesn't afflict with tone when it's off.

I wish it was metal casing, and those knobs... I don't know what Danelectro was thinking, those knobs would come right off with little bit of force on your finger.
The Battery... reviewers here are NOT exaggerating, it literally EATS batteries. I put a brand new battery and strummed a chord, "sounds great" but I suddenly had to go to bathroom. I went back 5 minutes later the led lights on bright but NO sound. I was going to put a new battery in it, but then I read the reviews here and I knew I had to stick with an adapter.

I play blues, rock.
I wanted some unique modualtion effect to my sound and I got this Dano since it was only $20 at Guitar Center.
I wish it had metal casing, or at least use sturdy knobs, but for only $20 it's a fantastic value.

Couldn't be easier to use. Two knobs. No brainer.

I'm using this with a variety of Ibanez, Fender and Gibson guitars. All sound great with it. it's not noisy at all. Other reviewers have stated it was muddy or cut out the highs or boosted volume, but I haven't experience anything but thick, lucious, swirling, Trower-ism. This pedal is everything I've been looking for in a Univibe...Trower in a box, basically. I own a Dunlop Univibe as well as a Voodoo Labs Microvibe. While they're both very cool pedals, the MicroVibe thins out the sound and the Dunlop is one dimensional. This one has got them both beat! Really!! The Chicken Salad has some really cool nuances to it's sound that the other don't. Much more complex sounding. I'm about to record a track for a Uli Roth tribute and you can bet this pedal will be on it.

I've not had it long enough to judge reliability, but the other reviews pretty much make it sound like a piece of crap. One thing I notice is that several reviewers say their pedal stopped working after 5 minutes or so. It's my guess that their batteries merely died instead. You absolutely MUST use a 9 volt power adapter with this pedal. The pots they use on this pedal are really cheap too. The knobs are one piece with the shaft, so if you kick a knob and snap it off...game over. The guy at Guitar Center was cool and stole a plastic protector from another Dano mini pedal and gave it to me! If this thing breaks, I'll transplant the guts into a new Radio Shack project box and buy some good pots for it. Hell, I might do that anyway, slap a cool boutique sounding name on it, paint it psycho colors, resell them for $150, and read all the cool reviews here on HC! :^)

I wouldn't bother. It's too cheap a pedal to sweat over. Buy another. At $29 they're disposable like Bic lighters.

This thing is so cool, it's not funny. The little Dano FX are awesome, at any price. I also have the 7 band EQ and it blows the Boss unit away. I use it for a gain boost/overdrive. I've been playing hard rock, and shred for almost thirty years. Visit www.ericsands.com
This pedal has earned it's place in my pedal board. I'd certainly buy it again, in fact I plan on buying a spare as I understand they are discontinuing this line. I wish it were sturdier built but I'm glad I at least found this little secret weapon.

two knobs, how simple can it get...

92 strat with classic stack in neck position>old crybaby>chicken salad>rogermayer octavia anniversary model>tube screamer reissue>unknown ibanez fuzz>fender silverface twin reverb master volume. the pedal is noisy but for 25 buck's for the pedal, 9 for the adaptor, whaddya expect..sucked three batteries dry in 10 minutes...not quite the sonic clarity of the univibe but a good substitute

dont know yet bought it today

great for hendrix,trower etc on a budget..couldnt swing the dunlop or voodoo labs so i took a chance

very easy , 2 knobs and they can explain themselves.

very nice, i use this pedal for most of incubus tunes in exchange for a very expensive phaser and flange. i really love it . of course, you can only love it when you have a 9v power supply, this thing literally eats up battery's.

eh, i first got this pedal for 14 bux new and i brought it home and runned it through my rig and i was pissed off. On my certain speacial needs pedal it only makes whooshes when it is above the mid point and less than max on the speed dial . the intensity works fine i beleive.
DONT USE A 9V ADAPTER THAT IS USED BY A HOUSEHOLD ELECTRONIC/ UTENSIL, IT WILL MAKE THE PEDAL CATCH FIRE! ONLY USE THE 9V THAT ARE SOLD FOR PEDALS! im not even bullshitting on that , im seriose , live by it.

its all good

This unit is very easy to operate. All it has is two knobs. Very easy to use.

This pedal gives a nice swirling sound. The sound is nice, but can tend to be noisy for me. I would like it more if the was possibly a llittle more control. But for what this pedal does, it sounds good.

I don't like the fact that this thing is made out of plastic, but probably my biggest problem with it is the fact that the screw to the battery compartment is plasstic aas well and strips way too easy. I have had problems with this unit and it took me some time to get it working, because evidently it likes to drain batteries. I probably wouldn't be taking this one to a gig period.

I like the way this pedal sounds, but I don't like at all the way it is built. I would like this thing a lot more if it were possibly in a hrad metal casing. I have actually thought of switching it to a new housing on my own before. Playing around this is a neat pedal, but I wouldn't reccomend buying one if you don't require having one.

Easy as pie. It's two knobs are "intensity" and "speed." No manual and no need for one.

This is damned close to a UniVibe, I know because I have owned two-the Dunlop and a Voodoo Labs Micro Vibe. It can be noisy as others have noted. I do not remember if the Dunlop was, but the Micro Vibe was noisy as hell(at least the one I had). The effect is most noticeable at fast speeds--past twelve 'o' clock, with the intensity maxed. I use this lil' beaster in this order: American Lefty Strat w/Duncan '59 in the bridge and Rio Grande single coils in the mid and neck=> Roger Mayer 9090A wha mod in a Vox shell=>Chicken Salad Vibe=>Peavey Delta Blues 210. I also split my signal after the vibrato to go between the Peavey and Pro-3 rotary horn w/a bass amp for the low rotor(if you're lost think of a Leslie speaker). This pedal is a bit brighter than the other vibes I have owned, but I knew that it was built around the same schematics as those two vibes. I actually looked at the circuit board and IT USES THE PHOTOCELLS AND INCADESCENT LAMP just like the $200 Dunlop and $150 Micro Vibe!!!! So for anyone who dares to say it isn't close, listen again. That makes me wonder why Dunlop and Voodoo Labs ask so much? Of course the chorus mode is the only option(like the Micro Vibe), but what is the expense? The shell? I can't say how well it works with a good fuzz sent into it and then into a good tube amp, as I got rid of my fuzz face a while ago.

Here's the shitty side and why I believe other vibes are more expensive. The Chicken Salad is in a plastic shell. My friend has had the Dano mini-phaser for over two years and no problems, so hopefully I will have the same luck, since he bought that phaser off of me. I would use it at a gig without a backup because as I once read, if you need to have a backup...it's probably no good in the first place. But again, you should take care of your pedals and then they will last forever. Though I am not like everyone else, so I definitely see this pedal as easily destructable to a heavy foot and no conscience. Its lamp and photo cells are more secure than on the Micro Vibe, so there's a plus. But again the plastic shell and bite-size are drawbacks. So to be honest...I have to give it a 5.

Musically, I'm all over the damned place. So this pedal is just another flavor for my tonal arsenal. I mean you never know when you might need to get "freakish" and become a voodoo chile again. I've done too much acid to ever get sick of that sound. I've been spending my money and calling myself a "musician" for almost seven years. I have had so many different amps, guitars, and effects, I wish I would have just saved the cash a gotten a better car! So if the lil' Dano was stolen...I wouldn't hesitate to spend another $30. Danelectro has some great stuff for great prices and this pedal is an example of that. I only wish this had the ability to switch between chorus and vibrato like the Dunlop, but again $30 isn't a huge investment. I would also say that Dano needs to call this the Chicken Salad Vibe.

ez ez

really good for money a little noise when on, and does not suck tone when off.

be careful but price and sound make up for that I use their pedal board and I think that will extend its life somewhat.

ok but SLLLOOOOWWWWW slow

after a tunamelt I prefer a chickensalad. I am into the sandwhich named pedals you can't go wrong. I am getting a pb&J next.Money great sounding tool

2 knobs how har can it be.

For a clean sound it does a good job. It is similar to a phase but with it's own sound.Now as far as useing this with distortion, well thats where it sounded like garbage. There was too much swooshing that was brought out by the high gain so I just couldn't see it's use on high gain settings. The only other problem I found was that it robs your tone big time if you turn the intensity anywhere below 5.I was a little bumbed about the tone robbing but for me I like the intensity turned up around 7-10. Like i said for that clean smooth sound yeah the chicken salad will do the trick and for the price even if I only get one sound out of it it's worth it.

Bottom line for 25 dollars it's hard to ask for an effect to do everything. If you want an effect to do it all then go spend 100 dollars or more and buy a Boss.

Two knobs. Easy to use. Fiddle with them a bit and fiund a sound you like.

Excellent sound. It gets that Uni-Vibe thing down easily.

Thank goodnes for Harmony Central. If I hadn't read the reviews here first and known about the fact that this pedal sucks batteries like a vampire at a boold bank I'd have sworn it was broken and taken it back. The battery that came with the pedal lasted, and I timed it, less than three minutes, but an old Boss AC adapter had it up and running perfectly. You HAVE to use this pedal with an AC adapter, it should have that written on the front of the box.

I'm going to send a note to Danelectro about the whole battery thing. They're really doing their customers a disservice by not telling them up front that you should use an AC adapter.

Sound? Great.
Battery life? Sucks big time.

Got it home, plugged it in, sounds good - for 5 minutes. Battery stone dead. After 5 minutes! Dare not use it without a power supply.

Use it with Mesa Mark II-C and a USA neck-through super-strat. Nice swoosh, like a phaser, only more subtle. The problem is it sucks the top-end out of the tone when switched on. I'm surprised no-one else has mentioned this (or is mine faulty?) Lose 4 points for this.

I don't know if I can gig with this - a shame, because the effect is nice, I just can't accomodate the loss of top-end every time I switch it on. And surely they ought to build them without a battery compartment at all if they drain so much power - 5 minutes is just silly. How come Z Vex effects are soooo good and have such a long battery life?

No idea. My music shop is good to deal with though. Maybe I should talk to them about the probs.

Love the Tuna Melt tremolo, the compressor is pretty good too. I also have the big delay pedal, which could have been put into a smaller case (the big ones looked really cool when they came out, but take up too much unnecessary room on a pedal board).

Only two knobs. I guess really really dumb people may want one knob.....but this guy has two.

I tried a few other units from other manufactures....and this one just seemed warmer and less "stiff" sounding.

This is where it gets weird. I bought it...took it home...plugged it in and it sounded KILLER in my rig.....for about 2 minutes...then nothing....dead. So, I took it back and got a new one...get back to me on how long this one lasts.

dont know...

If my new one works and doesn't die on be this thing is GREAT. If the new one dies also...i will just repeat to myself.."you get what you pay for...

Very easy to use. The only thing I think that seems to be stumping some people is it eats batteries faster than a digital delay. I tried
mine in a store and the battery went dead in 5 min or less. Get an
adapter!

For the money this is real tuff to beat. I like this pedal better
than the Voodoo Labs Vibe (too dark!) and Roto Vibe (Too chourusy)
at a 1/4 of the aboves price. The only down side is a slight hiss--Not bad at all...I think this unit uses IC's and not a photo cell--which is amazing cause it sound very close to a univibe. And for $30.00 or less

We'll see

Never delt with them

Getting a good sounding uni-vibe "like" effect for $30.00 is the
best value on my pedal board. I also bought a regulated adapter
with the unit. No problems at all. It's sad that soo many of the reviewer's took this pedal back for a new one/or got rid of it
just because it uses alot of 9v juice. GET AN ADAPTER!!! and this is
a great sounding pedal reguardless of the price.

Plug it in and go.

Set both knobs at 2 o'clock for that "Too Rolling Stoned" univibe sound. I used an ac adaptor--didn't try the zinc battery. Alkalines would be a better choice for this pedal. For $25 bucks I give it a nine.

One misstep and the reliability will definately be tested.

No opinion.

It won't make the pedal board, but it's small enough to bring along. Patch it in for a song or two for something different.

Sound, what sound. This thing was broken from the moment I got it. I bought 2 Pedals that day, and it was like the sick little runt in the litter, plugged it in and turned the knobs all the way up and it just stared at me with that cycloptic red light looking stupid. The only odd sounds I got was when I turned the Speed knob around rapidly, otherwise, it did not do a damn thing.

For awhile, I thought the crappy Gorilla Amplifier I was running this thingy through (Which has two volume settings: off, and SHAKE THE BLOODY HOUSE), was why it did not work. Instead I shook it, took it apart, and put it back together again all to not know what the heck was going on inside this thing, only until I could completly disassemble the basic assemblies with a screwdriver, It basically was a little orange decoration with a beaming stupid LED.

Now heres where I continue my rant, tonight I just took some time to do a little discovering (For $10.00 I should at least learn something), mainley how a Vibrato Pedal, I mean, a Danelectro Vibrato pedal works. I took off the bottom cover with a dime (as always with the little plastic screw), took out the old 9 volt from my compressor, and, unscrewed and removed all the boards and knobs, then hooked back the ribbon cable and plugged the battery back in. At this point I tried grounding the pedal to everything inside the case, to see what was wrong (it's called deductive reasoning). I grounded it off and got a few ground faults and odd hums but nothing unusual. so then I would proceed to the next step, that little cooler looking thing in the middle of the effects pedal.
I took off all the hot glue (which was not holding shit together), and took off the top of the thingy that makes this thing tick. Inside were four light sensing diodes (I think thats what the Light sensors are called), and one little tiny light bulb looking dead as can be. I finally put the board down on my desk with this pedal hooked up to my guitar and my Multi Effects processor. I played a few notes and noticed a wah kind of effect. The wah was coming from the lamp on my desk blinking into the light sensors as the board rocked back and forth, I discovered how this thing works, the little light blinks, and the sensors go on and off rapidly causing changes in the tonality of the guitar, thus causing a vibrato-like effect. So I finally got my moneys worth out of this busted in the factory pedal. Plus I got a new wild Idea, If I drilled a hole over the sensors, and waved my shoe over them, I could get a crazy Wah like effect using the stage lights and my shoe, it would sound insane. I found the faster I cut the light source from the sensors, the faster the changes back and forth went. So I'll give it a 5 here just to be fair.

This is a disposable pedal, if it breaks the company will laugh at you for asking them to fix it, get a day job.

I learned more from this fucked up piece of camel poo than anything else I got for $10.00. The Vibrato did not work because one of the capacitors or ICs were blown, but the numbers on the ICs were too small for anyone to read much less desolder anyway. Besides, now I can have a perfect companion to the Z-fex Fuzz probe I still have my eye on (Some crazy distortion pedal that uses the RF frequencies in your boots to make crazy distortion related noises). It will never be stolen as I will keep it around to use as a brick on drunk ex-best friends and theiving ex-lovers psyches for awhile. Its a lovely toe toy now, so I will give it a 10 for educational value and experementers delight.

There's only two knobs. VERY easy to get some cool sounds. A retarded sea cucumber could use this. There's no manual with this guy, but who needs it? This thing is simple and fun to use.

Well... I'm a weirdo keyboarder who likes to use effects pedals, and this thing did the trick for me! I have a great selection of flat tones on my 'board, but none them have ever had the modulation I've been looking for - until now! This pedal is now an essential part of my sound now. You can get some REALLY cool synth sounds when you use this on top of distortion. This pedal also works great with my Yamaha acoustic\electric. The best sounds for guitar are the really low settings.
Oh yeah, allow me to take a moment to address the battery consumption issues concerning this pedal. Here's my story: I brought this pedal home, plugged it in, and gave the button a push. The LED came on, but I got no effect. At this point I began to feel pretty bummed out. But, since I had read the reviews of my fellow Chicken Salad owners who complained of shotty battery performance, I though I would try the effect with an old 9v AC adapter I had laying around. Guess what? It worked!! But... I still felt something was wrong so the next day I replaced the Dano battery that comes with it with a normal Duracel 9v. It worked fine without the AC unit!! I have no idea what's wrong with dano batteries... but if your's dosnt work with the battery that came with it try another. I know the battery life sucks on this pedal so I'm not going to make a habit out of using batteries - but it's nice to know I can use one if I HAVE to. Here's my thoughts: Do yourself a favor, buy an adapter. I don't know why dano dosnt just tell us this, they HAVE to know that this pedal blows on battery power, especially THEIR battery power. If you dont already have an AC 9v adapter, buy one for this effect - trust me, it's worth it! My cheap keyboard sounds like a genuine organ now!

Hmmm... well.. it IS plastic. I guess that's ok, I've never heard of anyone completely breaking a mini. Just be reasonable with it, and it should give you years of great warbly-sounding effects.

Let just say something here... I hate it when people say they've never used a company's support and give a rating of 5 or something. That's crazy! If you've never used it, don't rate it! I've never had to contact Dano, so I have no opinion on the quality of their customer support.

I play in a punk band. This pedal allows me to get the rock-organ sound that I need to play The Clash\Rancid style tunes. This pedal is an essential part of my sound. This pedal hicks serious butt when combined with a distortion pedal, I can dial in some extrordinary synth sounds. It's like owning a poor-man's analog synthesizer. If someone stole it I would cry, and then buy a new one($40 yay!!!!!). If you play a fairly cheap keyboard like I do, this pedal is essential for the modulated sounds that are the trademark of rock organ. If you own a guitar, this pedal is still a great buy. $40 gets you some wonderfull trippy sounds when the settings are cranked, and some graceful, swooping melodic action when set low. Buy this pedal!

There was no manual, and there were only two knobs so you think it would be pretty easy, but no. Plugged it in, nothing, used the battery, nothing. Tried all my different AC adaptors and nothing. I looked inside and couldn't see anything that might be wrong so I closed it up again. It worked for about 30 seconds then didn't turn on next time I clicked it.

Switch (when it does work) makes nasty clicking and buzzing noises, it doesn't vibro so much as it's just another trem. Swirly and distorted. Yuk. I'm glad it doesn't work so at least I've got an excuse to take this back. It isn't a vibe at all, god knows what it is.

Reliable? It doesn't even BEGIN to work. I can't use it on a gig, I can't practise with it. It's a cheap plastic wank box.

I won't bother, I'll take it back to the shop and use my refund on a second hand pedal that does something.

I only gave it a one because there's no zero. Don't waste your time even thinking about walking to the guitar shop to try this out. It's awfulawfulawfulawful and doesn't work either. Shame, cause I was really looking forward to having a cool looking, nice sounding pedal but all I got was an abortion.

Okay, see if you can understand this:
this unit is so easy to use that you may wonder if you're using it right. It gets a great 60's -70's vibe effect, and that's about it. I found that turning the knobs down under 12 o'clock seems to make any of the effect dissapear. So I guess the useful range on the dials are between 12 o'clock and maximum. The battery compartment on these little puppies is only accessible with a flat head screwdriver. And batteries get drained too quickly anyways, so an adapter is pretty much mandatory. Strange thing happens when the battery gets low; the effect dissappears and you're left with a dry signal, wondering if the unit is faulty i.e. " Crikey! wot the 'ell 'appened to my vibe sound?" Just get an adapter and forget about it.

Used with humbuckers or single coils this box had me smiling as I recognized that old vibe sound from my earlier days. The vibe effect this box puts out is useful, but must be used somewhat tastefully and more subtly than say an overdrive pedal. A great description of how this sounds would be as a keyboard player mentioned. It's just like the washy sound on Billy Joel's keyboard in "Just The Way You Are". Very dream-like effect. I'm glad I was able to pick it up so cheap because this is not an often used effect, but a very recognizeable one. It hums a little, but not enough to render it useless even in a studio. Besides, it's a great way to add Lo-Fi noise to your digital recordings.

What do you want for $25? This unit will continue to give you years and maybe even decades of pure playing pleasure. I just had to say that since Danelectro didn't in the invisible manual that comes with this unit.

I called Danelectro awhile back and they sent me all their literature and even a *gasp* STICKER! Oh what joy! What rapture! They seem like real regular people intent on satisfying their customers. Hallelujah!

I like to play roots rock and surf-a-billy-ska. I wanted a vibe effect like dave Wronski from Slacktone (incidently the best surf band in the galaxy). I have other "large" Danelectro pedals and I'm very happy with them. I think this unit will help to add some signature sounds to my tunes.
What I want to know though is the story behind the naming of these little pedals. Marketing mayhem.

Very easy to use! Getting a good sound out of it is fairly simple as long as you can figure pout what exactly a Vibrato pedal can do! The manual (as with most Dano Mini pedals) is pretty useless, but if you have used phasers, choruses and the like, setting his pedal to a setting you like is a breeze!

The sound quality is quite good considering the price I paid for it! There is a bit of hiss (but then again I like to compress My Strat) but nothing too earth shattering. Describing the sound of this Vibrato compared to Phasing, Chorusing and Flanging, well, let's say it's is in a league of its own: similar but not identical.

A chewier sweep so to speak, any more intense would be distracting!

Allow me to repeat myself: those plastic suckers are more rugged than they look. Treat them with respect and they'll last! Forget about using batteries though they won't last.

The AC adaptor is a wise investment. Or if you intend on owning several Mini Dano's, the Minipedal pedalboard/Carry case is an even wiser investment as it will get you the adaptor, carry case and patch cords all at once!

I've never dealt with the company but I have heard a lot of good things about them.

I've always been on a retro trip it seems, getting "retro" sounding effects to nail those old Prog/Psychedelic/Brit-Rock sounds is quite natural!

I confess that in spite of a few bugs here and there, Danelectro's Minipedal series is impressing me a great deal:

their Surf and Turf compressor brings out the best of my Strat, their French Toast octave fuzz makes my epi Les Paul sing, their Rocky Road rotating speaker pedal brings back memories of Pink Floyd, the Chicken Salad takes my guitar tone to a new level!

I'm expecting a BLT slap echo (got it from Ebay) to complete my "retro" mini Pedalboard ... get some of that classic Scotty Moore vibe!

I'm personally trying to crusade more keyboard players to write reviews on pedals- it helps us all since it's such a different beast.
Nothing like running a $30 pedal on a $3500.00 Kurzweil.

Anyway: dead easy to use. No manual, you won't need one. speed, and intensity.

Tried the pedal on a couple of honest to goodness vintage keys: Rhodes and Wurli, as well as my Kurzweil Pc88 and some other synths. When I first plugged it in it was completely different from what I expected. On keys it gives more of a phase shift sound, but without the "swoopy" cycling whooshy sound [how's that for technical terms?]. Almost like phaser-"light". I instantly dug it. You can get a qausi-vibrato out of it, and it really is limited to either a slow swirl or a vibrato. But hey, $30.00!!

You know the drill on these things by now.

Gig without a backup: unless my band played "deacon blues" and "just the way you are" all night long, I think I could survive. Not planning on playing "babe" anytime soon.

Listen to the six-stringers here; [thanks for the tip!] , buy the AC adaptor.

Actually pretty good. I've found with emails to companies like this that a little courtesy and compliments can go a long way.

I found this pedal much more useful, and preferred it, over something like my phase 90 or the Dan Electro pepperoni. Those pedals (at least the re-issues) tend to distort with my Rhodes and Wuril, and I hate how they suck the life out of the tone. This pedal works great with electric piano and clavinet sounds. I finally found something that gave me that Donald Fagen phase 90 sound without killing the natural tone of my Rhodes.

Been playing professionally for over 20 years. I've spent way too much money on things in the past to be on the bleeding edge anymore. This pedal makes up for that $700.00 I paid for a Roland Space echo.. ;)




Lost or Stolen: Yes, I'd buy another.

Anything I wish it had: built in ATM machine.

Hey fellow keyboardists how about your thoughts on pedals your using it really helps!!.

this thing is too easy 2 use.just 2 knobs, intensity and speed. they do work well though.

the sound quality is much better than i expected before plugging in. you get that trippy "little-wing" effect. i am using a strat-copy with humbuckers going to a daddy-o o.d. pedal, then to the vibrato, then to an echo pedal. i have to say this thing sounds very good without any overdrive. if you are looking for a new sound, definatly check this out. im glad i plugged it in

like everyone said ...its hell on batteries. i was going to really stomp it after ten minutes, but figured i'd try an adapter. that was the problem. but it does sound good with adapter, just dont go gigging with batteries.

ive never had to return anything yet, but i hear that there pretty dependable

i play rock/metal..but this is the pedal when you want to clean it up and play somethin sweet. ive been playing for ten years and finally checked out a vibrato.. so glad i did. if it were lost i would buy another one right away. i love the moody sound you get, its instant inspiration for something trippy. i do wish batteries lasted longer. i highly recommend this pedal to anyone

Simple. In - out

Set both dials at 2 o'clock to get an awesome Robin Trower Warble. Low hiss and no "POP" when you kick in switch

OK, here's whats bad. I really does eat batteries. Sort of. It works only for about 15 minutes "cold" the the effect dissappears. If you plug in the next day, same thing. It does not drain the battery, but it fades out or something

1 year warranty , so mail in reg card. Dealer took back a bad compressor w/o any hassle. I think Dano knows these things are cheap, but I dont expect a problem.

Sound is awesome, but get an adapter to fix the battery problem.

Typical modulation pedal two-knob job: intensity and speed. Doesn't go VERY slow or VERY fast though.

This pedal really does do a superb uni-vibe effect.
I play a Fender Jap strat through a silverface Twin with various pedals in between (my drive sounds courtesy of the Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde pedal, a a Voodoo Lab Bosstone fuzz and a very cheesy Companion fuzzbox) and I can get an excellent 'Izabella' (from Jimi at Woodstock) sound.
The only other uni-vibe units I can compare it with are the Rotovibe (which I am now selling as it is rubbish compared to this!) and the uni-vibe sound on the POD MM4 I played in a shop (way worse than this).
Others have noted a bass cut with pedal on - I have not.

It does truly eat batteries - a good battery will last 1-2 hours at the most; after this the efeect intensity just diminishes. Otherwise it's as sturdy as you'd expect a small plastic box to be.

Put it like this - the next cheapest uni-vibe pedal is the Voodoo Lab Microvibe which costs four times the price of this thing. On that basis this is the bargain of the century!
I believe that this pedal produces a very genuine uni-vibe sound - deep, swirly and certainly NOT just a phaser pedal in disguise. You are stupid if you do not try it!

Easy to get good sound. These things won't really work with batteries, so get an adaptor. 1st one I got was messed up, so I took it back to the place I got it. Pretty easy to get weird sounds with it once its going though. Kinda have to really micro-dial it in.

I'm using this, or have used it with a Fender Tele, Strat and an Epiphone with P-90's. My amp is a fender twin. Its not really noisy, but when this thing get's turned on, its like my bottom end just disappears, like no bass... There must be some kinda circuit in there that's acting like a filter cuz it just cuts the bass big time. If it were'nt for this 'bass-robbing' I would say the sound quality is pretty dang decent. But with the tone-robbing that it does, I can only give it a 5. Don't get me wrong though, the effect sound itself is pretty cool, it just strips the lower frequencies something awful...

I would depend on it to a point. I mean, forget about using batteries, those ain't going to work longer than 5 minutes. I would use it on a gig, however, I would'nt have to depend on the sound effect it makes. I wanted to use it on just a couple of songs, but since it robs so much tone, I found it impossible to use in that manner. Now I'll just use it as a novelty effect.

don't know....

Overall, if this thing didn't rob the bass frequencies I would say its a winner. However, I can't say that. Its a cool effect and I wish it wouldn't kill the bottom end, but it does and thats that. Kinda neat effect though, better than paying $300 for some real univibe...

I just can't use it the way it is. Maybe there is a way to modify it so it doesn't kill the tone?

Caveman simple

An acoustic sounds great with this pedal, but it does add some hiss and high end to the sound, even with an electric. Mine also pops when turned on and off. However, I think it is way cooler sounding than a tremelo, so I'll live with the drawbacks.

I wouldn't depend on any Dano mini effect pedal at all. Mine stopped working a day after I bought it. It stopped running on battery power and would only work on adapter. Then it made some crazy loud popping sounds. So I unplugged it, swore at it, shoved it back in my bag, and sent it back. Friends of mine have had mini effects malfunction on stage. Either the effect doesn't come on, the thing won't run on batteries, or the thing won't turn off.

I got a new pedal, no questions asked. I'll give Dano their due on that-they replace their defects. But it is annoying to have to be without my toy for a month.

I guess I'd buy another one if this one was destroyed, because who else makes vibrato pedals? If Boss still made a vibrato I'd buy the Boss rather than the Dano. I love the sound of the Chicken Salad, but it's too unreliable; that's my opinion of all the Dano mini effects.

This product is so cool! The only reason I give a 9 instead of a 10 is there is no manual. (At least my box didn't have one.) But theres only two knobs- who needs a manual? This pedal is so simple and so musical!

I give a ten on sound quality using my analog boss pedal as a reference standard. I've been using my Ibanez Talman with two soapbox humbuckers into my practice amp- (Traynor bloc 50G) This pedal is quiet and is extremely musical. This is one of the only effects that has over 90 percent usability. I'm used to having effects that have about 35-40 percent practicality and the rest sounding like low budget space movie special effects. It makes a great little level boost by turning the level & intensity knobs to 9-10 o'clock. I chugged on some power chords with the controls turned to 3 oclock and this box was still musical. Picking chords or strumming at 9-10 o'clock gives you kind of a dreamy pink floyd feel. I loved the noise pop possibilities from cranking my amps reverb and giving a slight overdrive. Bottom line- if you can play at all, you can create musical tones with this. I only played with battery power for ten minutes, I heard it sucks them dry. I promptly plugged into a radio shack adaptor. It's not noisy even with a battery, but it's a tad quieter plugged in the wall, and that is whisper quiet. Sound quality is equal to my Boss PH2 phaser pedal.

It's plastic-but fairly heavy duty. I'll use it at a gig, but if your depending on it, buy an extra. They're cheap, why not?

Haven't yet.

If you want a little atmosphere to warm up your sound or are into noise/dream pop- It's a must have! I've played ten years now and this is one of the coolest pedals I came across- and much quieter than some pedals I've come across- especially dod and arion. This is the most musical pedal you'll find for this price, and definitely the quietest. I'd replace it immediately if something happened to it.

easy and settings all sound good, choose your flavor

sweet round pulsing sounds, before or after distortion, your choice. I was looking for something I thought I could get from a phaser and it wasn't happening then I bought this on the strength of these reviews and was immediately caught up in this marvelous "clean distortion"

no problems yet, never had any yet with the danos. I use an adaptor

Honestly I really don't care for any of the dano distortions(my opinion) but many of the clean units are excellent even if you don't consider how little you're spending. This is probably my fav for character. But the trem is really good, also the french toast both of which will be sitting on my pedal board with big bro danecho and assorted other brand distortions.

This does sound tres cool when given an adequate power source. Distortion in front does push the sound out even more. I swear that there is a volume boost when you kick on the pedal.

Thanks to those who told of its battery consumption issues. I went and tried this pedal with a Dano Zero Hum adapter ($10) and all was well as I played much longer than I did with the Dano battery.
Still, a lower mark for the battery gobbling. My Boss Bass Synthesizer lasts longer with an alkaline 9v.

It's a nice, inexpensive pedal that can now function properly with an adapter. You can't beat what it does for the price they sell it at.

Here's the scoop...this thing EAT bateries...Mine lasted, out of the box, about fifteen minutes...I changed the battery and it worked fine...the light stays on when the battery is not charged enough to make a sound. I hope this helps. I though at first it might have been a problem with the peadl.

2 knobs strength and speed

For 30 dollars this is a MIRACLE. It sounds like a univibe. Your
mom or girl friend at least could probably not tell the difference.
IT SUCKS A BATTERY DOWN IN 20 MINUTES. So feed it batteries or get
an adapter.

The other two respondents took it back which is a shame. Because
it only works with a STRONG fresh battery. So get an adapter

who can say without experience

I play a variety of rock and will use for Hendrix and Trower.
You will like it if you can't afford like a Fulltone Deja Vibe
which I sure as hell can't.

Pretty easy to use. Has controls for speed and intensity.

Fantastic sound for such an economical pedal! As others have mentioned, its comparable to a MicroVibe at about 1/4 of the price. Its truly amazing that such good sound can come out of such an inexpensive pedal.

Rock-solid. I've had lots of the Dano pedals and I've beaten the crap out of them. I cannot imagine breaking one unless you really abused it. I also can't imagine having them break five minutes out of the box. Those other guys must plug them into the 120-Volt AC wall outlet or something.

Only one problem with a Dano product - I had a Tuna Melt with a broken knob when it came out of the box. Danelectro shipped me a brand new replacement right away. Can't get much better than that!

A really great sounding "vibe" at an incredible price. Surprisingly, the plastic case is alot stronger than you'd expect it to be. These things are bulletproof.

Interestingly, the effect can be fairly subtle at some settings. This is a TEXTURE pedal, not a distortion pedal. As a result, you should plan on getting subtle variations in sound out of it. Its not going to make your axe sound like flying saucers or anything like that.

Speed and Intensity - how fast and hard it warbles.

Sounded like 1975 to me. It swirled and whirled and stuff when turned on with the controls set as they came out of the box.

Then I twirled the knobs myself and it quit making any sound. I turned the thing on and off and the only difference was that the volume went up a little bit with the pedal on. Five minutes of psych followed by fifteen minutes trying to get the sound to move again. It's going back to Musician's Friend.

They have a number, email, website and fax. Whether they'll do anything is unknown.

Hell, it's a micro vibe at 1/4th the price. The micro vibe might function longer, too. I wanted to get that weird '70's sound, but for more than five minutes one time ever. I have the Pepperoni phaser, and that has worked just fine so long as the patch cord is fit for it. It was a gift, I'm exchanging it for another Chicken Salad. I hope to heck that it works.

very easy-two knobs.

pretty good compared to an expensive vibe-type...not a real photo-
optical circuit(it can't be?)but that's why it's cheaper.

it stopped working properly after 15 minutes or so-the controls wouldn't respond to changes and it didn't do it's thing unless i
maxed the intensity knob.

there is a 1 year warranty,but i took it back to the place of purchase
and got a french toast-fuzz instead(10 bucks more) which i have not
yet had the chance to use with my stuff.we'll see...it sounded good in the store.

if it kept working i would have been happy to have it, but it's not
something i really need as i own several other modulation pedals
but no uni-vibe types.i suppose i can't rate this overall under the
circumstances but if you find one that works it's a good deal.