Danelectro DJ-16 Bacon & Eggs

It is very easy to get a good sound from it. Simply use the tone and volume knobs on the guitar to adjust the sound

Since this is my practice/carry around amp, I don't use it with any other amps. On my Lyon Washburn guitar, it sounds very trebly and raspy for a 1 watt amp. With my Squier mirror fat strat it sounds crunchy with the pickup switch on the humbucker position. Either way it sounds good. As far as other effects are concerned, I intend to use a Milkshake chorus pedal in the future.

Yes I can, unlike what some other people have said about the pedal amp, even though I have had for almost a week.

never dealt with them but I've heard they are good though.

I play a slow style of Black Metal( think of Mercyful Fate)with Hard Rock, other Metal styles, classical and Blues thrown in. I have been playing for 3 years straight now and haven't looked back since. My other gear is the aforementioned Washburn Lyon fat strat and Squier mirror fat strat, and a Polytone Mini Brute 2, 4 or 5 big amp with reverb. Lost or stolen, I would replace it with another Dano pedal amp. In the sound, department, it sounds better than the Honeytones that Dano makes or other amps in the price range. Since this is just a practice amp, I don't have any wishes for additions, such as a tone and volume knob

This is the easiest to use plug-in and play mini-amp you can get. No volume knob, no tone knobs. Mine was bought used off Ebay, so no manual came with it, but you don't need one for something this simple. If you have humbuckers with high output, turn them all the way up for heavy distortion or roll off the volume knob on your guitar for a cleaner sound. I have a Fender Stratocaster with a Pearly Gates bridge humbucker with coil tap and the singlecoil sounds best, as a general rule.

The distortion is great. Use your guitars tone knobs to cut down on the harshness. I generally use this along with a Dan-Echo, MXR Distortion+, a Vox V830, and a Boss TU-2 with daisy chain to power them all. Oddly, this pedal is noisy when you roll off the guitar volume. I give it an 8 because of the harshness, but for $20, you can't ask for too much from a living room amp, lol.

To cut down on harshness when using full guitar volume, place a stuffed animal or pillow over the speaker. The sound will be clearer, with less treble harshness. I'm not joking!

I've never had a problem with it, but I can't see this being useful for gigging. I record with it all the time though. Just stick a shoebox over it and stick the mic throught the shoebox as close to the speaker for strongest sound. I've also used this to record direct to board. Go to youtube and do a search for "carry the falcon home" and you'll see my set up in action recorded to a little camcorder. Its just noise experimentation, not compositions, though.

I lost the battery cover to my Dan-Echo. I called Danelectro to order a new one, and they sent me one for free in the mail, no questions asked. They were friendly and not annoyed. No problems with either of my Bacon 'N Eggs amps.

I play indie rock pop, and in a noise experimental band. I've been playing for 15 years in various bands as a passionate hobby. I play a Fender Strat hardtail hh, a hot rod deluxe, and also have a Dearmond M77T and an Ibanez Jet King 2. This is my 2nd bacon 'n eggs amp. The first one I sold on ebay just to get some quick cash in my bank account. The speaker in a stompbox is the best idea for a home amp.

Very easy plug in press the stompswitch and you have sound! or use as a distortion pedal - plug it in stomp on it and you have distortion!

raspy, rattley distortion on this but pretty loud for a little thing. I like it, as others have said it is good for bluesy stuff etc.

To be fair I doubt I would use as a giggin amp!! cos it v tiny but for home practice use UI reckon you could rely on it, well as much as you can rely on a 9 voly battery!

got it off ebay and it works so havent contacted them...

I think this is a good little amp for not annoying the neighbours with, if you are practising around the house great! Not sure how well it could compete with an acoustic guitar but I would think ok actually.

The only thing i half wish it had is a clean sound as well as the dist but no biggie

Its easy and very straight forward.

For its price, this mini amp serves its purpose. On its own, it pretty decent but I use it as a boost to my amp. If you tweak it, its really good. But the best part is able to carry it around in my small pocket as a portable amp

No problems with it thus far.

The best part is to be able to carry around and use it as a small practice amp. Take it to the beach or clip it around your waist and walk around playing your guitar.

On the note of mini amps, its much better than the Marshall counterparts.

it was really hard to press the button. my foot kept missing the button. also the pedal was invisible because i had to trade my magic shoes for it.

im using this with my tanglewood TSE - 605, its basically an SG copy. the sound is noisy when you use it as a miniamp, but as a distortion it doesnt buzz that much.

here is what i use-(DONT WORRY IF IT GETS ALITTLE COMPLICATED FOR YOU.)


Guitar-thingy-Amp

i can depend on this pretty well, although i wouldnt recaommend poking it with large stick that you found in the wood in the middle of night and it was really scary because i couldnt see. other than that, its pretty reliable. i wouldnt use it at a gig because no-0ne would hear me. unless i plugged it into my normal amp. then they would hear me.

Not dealed with them.

this is a pretty good pedal, aside from the fact that it is sending evil brainwaves into my head, and also sometimes it likes to fly around the room.
You cant really control the miniamp apart from the tone and volume settings on your guitar. the distortion is pretty basic, you can make it fuss if you turn tone to 0 on your guitar.

too easy by half- plug it in and play.

its a fairly decent mini amp- works fine and nice and portable. as a distortion pedal its a bit deceptive- you cant vary settings at all- just this horrible little overdriven sound which is difficult to match with other danelectro pedals- its constant and unvariable.

dependable as a small amp. i would NEVER use it in a stage situation as its not really my style of music.

not dealt with them

its just not very good really- dissapointing. if you like distortion, buy the grilled cheese danelectro- de-licious!

It's easy to use. It turns on when you put the cord in the input jack. There wasn't a manual because there's nothing to adjust.

I use it with home-made particle board body guitars that have either a Dano Lipstick or Peavey Super Ferrite single coil blade pickup, each wired direct to the output jack. My amp is a Crate GX-15R. I use it as both a mini amp and as a distortion box. As a mini amp it's great. I think it's geared toward single coil pickups, it's slightly twangy or maybe jangly is a better word. You can adjust the amount of distortion with your guitar's volume knob. My guitar has no knobs so it's wide open all the time. If I need to be really silent, I use regular walkman-style headphones with a simple Radio Shack adapter plugged into the output. The sound through headphones is a little muffled but warmer and overall pleasant. I play rockabilly so I don't want death metal distortion when I use it as a distortion box. Using the Bacon and Eggs with the Surf and Turf Compressor and the amp's reverb, I get the right twangy, lightly distorted sound I like. It's very warm really. Very pleasant on full chords and single-string stuff.

It can be a little indiosyncratic. I've had times when sound is coming out of both my regular amp and the mini amp at the same. Overall it's reliable. I use a 9V adapter (Radio Shack again) to make sure it's at full power all the time. Although frankly, I've had 9V batteries last for hours in this thing. I haven't experienced quick battery drains that others have reported.

Haven't really dealt with them.

For rockabilly and even maybe blues, this can be a good distortion box. I think it's better for single coil pickups. If you're disappointed because you can't play death metal with it, I'd say get a brain. Dano makes two metal distortion boxes. If they don't play metal for you, then complain. I've been seriously playing for 7 years. I also have the Smokey mini amp. The two are a about equal in volume. I think the Smokey is more geared toward humbucker sound. Personally, I think the Bacon and Eggs has a more "usable" sound. The Smokey is darker sounding. The Bacon and Eggs is great fun and is a versatile piece of equipment.

Very, very easy to use. Plug your guitar in and start playing. The amount of distortion can't be adjusted and there are also no other controls on the pedal itself, but you can always adjust the volume on your guitar.

I'm running a fairly decent quality Strat copy (Rogue ST-3, made by Squier) directly into the pedal as a mini-amp. Like most other amps, it's noisy at the 1, 3, and 5 positions, but noise-free at 2 and 4. The speaker's volume is okay for a mini-amp, not too loud, not too soft. Distortion is about average but non-adjustable, like I said before. Also, the distortion cannot be turned off, so forget using it as a clean boost.

If you end up buying this, make sure to buy the proper AC adapter. Running it with battery power when the battery power gets low completely botches the sound.

Nothing has really happened yet for me to test its reliability.

Personally, I'd never use this as a pedal, but as a mini-amp. As long as you're not playing soccer with it, it should hold up.

I play pretty much any kind of music (except bluegrass, country, folk, and heavy metal) and it doesn't always get the sounds I want, but in such a tiny package it amplifies my sound decently. If someone stole this, I'd probably just buy one of the Fender mini-amps, and personally, I'd recommend the Fender mini-amps over this one.

too easy, just plug in and ya're playing this little amp. sometimes you have to press the button too.

good sound and distortion but the speaker sounds like ti's going to blow sumtimes. when not playing it is very quiet, like ti's not even on. i use it only as a mini-amp, not as a pedal cos thats why i bought it right? it's not a marvelous tone you get but for that size u can expect more than noise? i dont think so. but it didnt disapoint me, it's loud enough for playing in the street and get sum money.

looks and probably is very cheap and fragile. so many plastic stuff and the wires inside are in your face, not even a cover to it.

never had to.

well, i like all kinds of music inside rock. and for that this is a good buy. i've never tried the Smokey amp from Zinky's for a comparative look, but it seens a cool mini-amp to me. a good buy, even that it's a chinese stuff, very very cheap and it looks it could break any moment. it's price is cool anyway.

Very simple to use.
Except that since the button you
step on is so small, sometimes it takes
2 or 3 tries to stomp this pedals a$$.

For a mini-amp, fine, sounds pretty good,
for a distortion pedal, it's not fine.
In the musicians friend, they said that it
was a cool distortion pedal, but nah, it sucks.
It's a good overdrive pedal, but I don't like overdrive
I like metal distortion. It is loud and has a very nice
variable boost, but not good for anything other than
blues and rhythym.

I can depend on it, but then agian, I don't gig
with it, just at home in my bedroom.

I got this bab boy for free, so no,
I've never talked to them.

I play rock and roll, anything from motley crue to Korn.
I play Ibanez guitars and I use a Boss MT-2 metal zone pedal.
If it were stolen, I'd cry like a baby
I love the way I got it for free, I hate the money I paid for it
I wish I had......

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.