Danelectro DJ-16 Bacon & Eggs

If you can't figure it out, then how did you get here?

Sound is very weak, but it's not supposed to sound great. I use it with two other Dano pedals to color the sound somewhat. I keep them on my coffee table, and fool with them during the hockey game.

I don't step on it to turn it on, so it gets spared that treatment. I just push the buttons with my fingers. No problems at all. We'll see just how well it holds up after months of this.

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I play blues, and classic rock, but with this, I just practice my licks. I use an Epiphone LP Junior, through a T-Bone distortion, and Corned Beef Reverb into the B&E. Quite the simple setup. I like it simple. I plan to get one of those wall warts with the splitter so that I don't have to keep burning up 9 volts. This works great as a quiet practice setup, and I don't have to worry about waking anyone up at night.

duh....

yeah, right. If you are concerned about it's sound quality then you R missing the point.

Yes, I give it a 10. Because for $13 it looks cool and makes a great (and very small) practice amp. Think about it...you could actually stick this in your pocket and go practice somewhere and get some sound. Better use a Duracell or equivalent. Dano batteries are for looks only. There are not too many amps without a volume control! Guess you'll have to control that from your git-box! Best feature: great retro styling. They should win an award for that, and probably have.

plug in cord, hit button, play song.

i will give it a 5. this little guy is very cool for playing around, i keep it in my den so i have something to play on in there and don't have to go in my studio. that way i can play and not antagonize my girlfriend. the sound is interesting, sort of like a tiny, trashed out marshall.
plugging it into an amp? i wouldn't advise it. i pugged it into my little 25 watt gorilla, and by the time i got the feedback under control, the distortion was not evewn remotely usable for anything other than torturing people.

solid as a rock.

i haven't the faintest idea.

i got this free from a store, i expressed interest in the price, and they begged me to take it out of there store. so id say it was a good deal. i would have paid up to $10 for it, it's fun to mess around on. and if you plug a mike into it, presto, instant tom waits! if you are looking for a real distortion pedal, not for you. but if you want a fun toy and can find it for under $10, hey, go for it!

Easy to use. It's either on or off. No manual but you don't really need one.

I reckon some reviews of this unit have been a bit biased and simply not fair. I've got a Smokie amp and the sound quality is about the same if anything the Dano is a tad less noisy.
I used a Danelectro U2 with Kent Armstrong pickups and the sound was good enough. I tried the pedal with a Fender Hotrod Deluxe Tweed and instead of puny distortion ( what I expected if I'm honest ) I felt a booster in the high mids which was lovely and usable.
After all I bought this amp to take it with me in my guitar case and plug and play wherever I want. It sounds different to my Custom made 50 watt amp with Mullards and KT66s but I can't take that one in my guitar case so I guess The Dano offers a good sound considering the price and the dimensions.

It seems alright. Not bomb proof a a tad plasticky but good for my purposes.

Mixed emotions here...

Good treble booster and a decent portable amp in the fashion of the Smokie amp. Built quality just fine and a fair price.
This pedal is not to record a Metallica album with but it's fun and cheap.

You plug it in, it has an on/off button, that's it.

I have a strat that is my main practice guitar, and a Champ and an old Airline amp that I use. The sound quality of the internal speaker is fair, exactly what you would expect for it's size and price. As an overdrive, it is horrible. The only thing I get out of mine is volume boost, not a distortion sound, and it just colors the amp sound badly.

It works, and it has 9v plug so you don't have to "rely" on batteries. It is solid state, so it should work indefinitely. I have had numerous effects, amps, guitars, etc., both SS and tube, new and old, with no problems. I wonder what some of the submitters or their stores did to the equipment (not just this, all equipment) to get the failure rate that they report. Maybe people with problems are more likely to write in?

For messing around with, this does the job. I wouldn't attempt a "style" from it on a bet, unless you wanted to mike it for a tinny, techno-computer type sound. If it were stolen, I would wonder why they didn't steal any of my better stuff. I have a honey-tone, and an epiphone mini-amp that falls way short of the honey-tone, and this is the worst of the lot, so I wouldn't replace it unless I got really bored, which is why I bought it in the first place. As a previous submitter mentioned, it is excellent as a workbench tool when doing guitar wiring.

You plug it in and you get sound.

Whelp, I'm gonna compare this to other mini amp's such as the Danelectro HoneyTone mini, because it's in the same general price range. It lacks a whole lot in comparison, and doesn't sound very clean OR very dirty, for that matter. Not really even fun to listen to, and worth more like $9.95.

I don't trust any of these mini pedals now. I never know what it's going to do when I plug into it; meaning that I plug into it once and it turns on by itself. Next time I plug in it doesn't come on and I have to press the button. Then I'll be playing and it shuts off. Then when I pull the cord out, it stays on. I mean, they should at least make it work properly.

For this? ... then again, I may need it soon!

I certainly won't buy any more of the Danelectro Mini Pedals again. The other day I bought the Dano HoneyTone mini amp, and thought it was so cool! (and still do). So, I figured I'd get the "Corned Beef Reverb" box to spice it up a bit. That "reverb" box was the most aweful sounding echo unit you'll ever hear. So, I returned it and exchanged it for this. But, this ain't much better quality. I'd really love it if it worked well, but I can't even trust it to strum on the couch. With most mini amp's like the HoneyTone, you usually get three knobs: volume, tone, and some sort of gain. Almost all of them have headphone jacks, a larger speaker, and sound much louder and better compared to the Bacon and Eggs mini amp. So even though it's very simple, you would be better off spending the extra 5 or 10 bucks and get the Dano mini amp rather than this. I will probably just throw it in my guitar toolbox for when I work on guitars, and use it as an amp to check pickup and control functions, or else sell it on ebay.

If you can't figure this out, you really need some help.

Not bad considering it's a 1 1/2 inch speaker in a tiny plastic case. Not a serious amp by any means, but great for screwing off late at nite when the neighbors would complain about the regular amp.

I haven't had any problems yet, and don't really expect any. C'mon, its a $20 "toy" basically. It's fun to goof off with and that's really what its all about.

Never had to deal w/ them on any of the Dano equipment I've used/owned/abused. I take that as a good sign.

Overall I think its a great little amp for screwing off with. It's more fun than a headphone amp but you won't get the cops called on you using it. Makes a better play-amp than distortion box, but for what I paid, who am I to complain? If you're looking for a living room amp to get some volume when you're just goofing off, this is it. It's easier to use than a headphone amp. It'd be nice if the distortion was optional when using it as an amp, but again, who am I to complain. Don't expect it to create a wall of sound cuz that's not what it was meant to do! Just plug in and have fun!

plug into it with or without amp there are no controls

nice to play on the floor in front of tv etc
but I really do use it in front of my amp because it gives a grungy treble boost that sounds clean when you play soft and crunches
like Malcom Young when you hit your strings hard. You can also get
a Johnny Winter sound from your neck pickup when using this as a distortion pedal if you KNOW WHO THE HELL JOHHNNY WINTER IS??!!??!!

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for 20 bucks how can it suck?
actually usable as an amp booster but very trebly I like it I put
a bass boost eq after it

There aren't any knobs just plug in. Absolutely with out a doubt the simplest pedal in the world.

This thing would best be described as cute. Its a toy. Just for fun, not a serious effect. I use it with any of my guitars (Strat, Mustang, Dano 56-U1). Its just a cool little amp that doesn't sound GREAT but it gives me volume when I'm just playin around. I give it an 8 because its not great but its not meant to be.

Haven't had it long enough to say.

I had a question about the serial number which I e-mailed to Danelectro. They responded with in 3 days so I guess thats good.

I think this thing is meant to be a cool little toy and it serves it purpose. The distortion might be good but I don't want to comment on this because the only amp I have available right now would not do it justice. The fact that the mini amp won't play clean is a little annoying sometimes but what do you expect for like 20 or 30 bucks?

It played well in the begining. After half of my first song, the pedal died on me. Nothing came out of it. I returned it to the store for a replacement, brought it home, and the same thing happened. There is no manual for it.

I was playing my Fender MIM 60's RI Strat straight into the pedal.

It got really noisy before it died. If you let the chords ring out, it gets really fuzzy and heavily distorted.

There are no settings for this pedal, you have to just plug into it, or use it as a distortion box.

I was using this pedal alone as an amp (one of the specific features for why I bought it).

The pedal/amp doesn't replicate any sound of anybody that listen to. Since there is no setting for gain, level, tone, etc. I can't tweak to what i think sounds good.

Effects:

Mini amp. Its the size of the pedal so it would be easy to carry around w/ your guitar. But, like I said, it shorted out on me (two of them).

Distortion. Place this pedal in front of your amp and it can be used as a distortion box. I never got to use this feature since i wasn't able to play for more than a minute before it died.

This is not very reliable. Two pedals shorting after about thirty seconds each is not reliable at all.

This pedal would not be made for a gig, since the amp is to small and not loud enough to be used at a gig.

I give this a bad overall rating. Like I stated before, the pedal shorted a few seconds into playing. I would never buy this again. It has really turned me off to the "diner" line by Danelectro.