Danelectro DJ-2 T-Bone Distortion

There's a button and two straightforward knobs. Can't get much simpler than that!

There really is no logical reason that a $5 distortion pedal should sound this good! Very thick, beefy sound - especially good for bass!

At low distortion, you can get a warm, bluesy tone. If you crank it all the way though, you can get an extremely hot, screaming tone with miles of sustain.

Speaking of cranking it all the way, the only reason I gave it an 8 instead of a 10 is because it gets very noisy past about 3 oclock on the distortion dial.

As for the sound, it hasn't changed a bit since I got it. Physically though, it's pretty pathetic. It's made of plastic, so it doesn't feel solid at all, and the knobs can easily pop off. I'm actually missing one of them, so I have to switch the remaining knob between controls to change anything.

no idea

I play all styles, but specifically with this pedal, I play rock and metal. It probably wouldn't be very good for super fast shredding hair metal stuff as it can be a bit muddy, but it's perfect for slow, lumbering doom metal which is what I like!

I have been playing guitar and bass for about 6 or 7 years. I have had a few cheapo guitars, but my current instruments are an Epiphone Dot semihollow guitar and a Wishbass Swirl fretless bass. As for amps, I just have a little Marshal 10 watt guitar amp and a Hartke 15 watt bass amp. This pedal sounds best with the guitar or bass running into the Hartke for the biggest, crunchiest tone.

This pedal is about as simple as it could get, two knobs, one footswitch, in jack, out jack and all labeled

and you get a reccomended setting with it

Great sound quality through a Roland KC-100

i haven't tried very high volume levels yet though

Had this pedal for about 2 years now, never had any problems with it, although, i'm not rough with my stuff (that rhymes =D )

i would definately gig without backup

Never had any dealings with them

I play blues/classic rock, this has a great range of sounds for my playing styles, i'd definately buy another if it's been lost or stolen

all in all, great pedal

Two Knobs, very easy to use.

I like the sound quality, I use it after my Zoom G2 for a lead boost and it is great for that. I wouldn't use this as a stand alone pedal. I have several guitars that I use but my main one is My Martin Stinger loaded with a GFS lil killer at the bridge and stock single coils for middle and neck pups. My amp is a kickass Crate VC50H (one of the few kickass amps Crate made) I don't like the "pop" sound when I engage it for leads. Other than that it works well for what I bought it for.

Dunno about this one yet but I am pretty easy on my gear so it shouldn't be an issue

Havent had to deal with them.

I play in a cover band that does classic rock to Metal. I've been playing for 20 years and I own too much gear to speak of. If it were stolen or lost I'd probably buy another one. I like it better than my Japanese made DS-1. I like the punchy mids for leads. For what I paid for it theres no way I can complain about this pedal at all.

Only two knobs ( wish it had more as I am a geek/freak for more knobs on gadgets). Its all about control, Baby !!!

More tone controls would be nice.

Gets me the AC/DC sound right away.

Not noisy at medium gains and levels.

Not meant for metal sounds ( But I woudl like to mod it to reach metal zones)

Ok for blues, overdrive, country, and AC/DC !!!

Unless you stamp it too hard, I guess you are OK.

No Opinion

No one distortion does it all. I like distortion units and have 14 of them. This little best has its place for a particular kind of sound.

Simple - 2 knobs

Stratocaster, Neck PickUP, T-Bone with both knobs at 10 O'clock, guitar volumn at 5, 65 watt Fender on clean at vol 7 and away you go. Used as a Lead channel for a one-channel amp this thing produces some very warm, nice smokey blues notes. No noise, no "tone sucking" as someone else has put it. Very pleasing tones can be achieved with this pedal if you just fiddle with it 'til you get the sound you want. Metal? Fogetaboutit! Blues? yeahbaby!

Seems tough enough. should be reliable. Backup pedal? What's that?

I have not dealt with the company, but the Website sucks. It should have good sound demos of all their stuff and downloadable manuals, like the competition.

For Blues, Classic Rock, or Country I don't think you can find a better pedal for the money.

If you can't figure this thing out, don't play guitar......

This thing sucks. It sucks away any decent tone you may have. Normally you could simply adjust the tone knob on your distortion pedal, but this thing doesn't have a tone knob. God it sucks.

I've had it for 4 years and everything still works on it, maybe b/c I never use it......

Never tried.

Don't buy this. Dish out the 40$ for a DS-1. And if you're really serious, get a Tubescreamer or an amp with decent distortion.

totally easy to use - only two knobs so you can't go wrong. Easy to mix the right kind of sound...

using a strat copy (riviera), and a rox axe practise amp. this pedal is ok as a stand alone, but i prefer to use it to give a very chunky sound when palm muting - used after a Boss DS-2 Overdrive.
gives lots of feedback when used at high gain settings, but not of the harsh squealing type.
i play punk rock mainly so this pedal isn't of too much use to me, but it does its job as a stand alone pedal.
definitely not useful if you're trying keep the original sound of your guitar... and high frequencies are severely damped.

extremely dependable, while the casing is plastic it can take a good stomp - i actually tend to jump on my pedals and while rubber has come off my shoe onto the pedal, the surface of the pedal is hardly even scratched. as for the control knobs being knocked off, there is a footguard included for a reason - unless you deliberately boot the knobs with the tip of your shoe, there is no chance you will even touch them...
i've never heard of going into a gig with a backup pedal, but this pedal is perfectly reliable.

never tried customer support.

i play punk rock, new rock, new metal and emo.
the pedal is useful to add to a distorted sound but i can't really say it's useful for my style, though my style isn't matched to the pedal.
i've been playing guitar for two and a half years, electric for one and a half.
if it were stolen i would miss the pedal but i doubt i would bother with buying a new one - i own a Boss DS-2 Overdrive distortion pedal and feel that this is does the job for me.
the pedal can be used as a volume booster, light overdrive or can have various wacky applications when placed in unconventional roles - i've used it to simulate the tremolo effect in Greenday's Boulevard Of Broken Dreams while tapping my guitar strings.

Well like the guy before me,2 knobs.....

Well i run a peavey kb100 with a samick strat style electric with a Gibson Dirty finger pickup in the bridge position.I find the pedal very noisy at high gain.the distortion itself is nice and crunchy its just really hard to balance the clean and distortion evenly and whean i play live the feedback is too much and i end uo switching back to my gnx1.But again,obviously with the pickup i have which has alot of power there would be more feedback than usual.I think its best to use this pedal at home for practicing.

I would'nt depend on it for playing live,theres no threshold on it or compression so i would'nt use it without a backup.

never delt with the company

I play punk rock so the sound is'nt matched best with what i play,but i'm more of a classical sound guy so i like a crunch sound.I have been playing for 3 years and it helps alot when practicing with my band at a lower volume level.

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i find it very easy to get a good fat tone(70s hard rock and thick blues).

i use a 1973 fender bassman 100 though 2 12 celestions.my guitars are an american strat,mexican strat and a nashville power tele.i love the nice midrangy sound but the noise level at high saturation is a bit over the top.this pedal is great for playing cream,humble pie,neil youngs more raunchier rock.blues sounds great with this pedal.im only giving this category a 9 because of the noise at high gain.

the only problem i have had is the foot switch is a little slow.i have used it without a back up but i will probably get another one to be safe.

i have never had to call them.

i play a mix of blues,southern,60s and 70s hard rock,rockabilly,country and classic rock.i have been playing for 30 something years and i play through a vintage fender amp and strat and tele guitars.if the t bone was lost i would buy another one.i love the vintage midrangy sound but i do not like the tiny knobs and the cheap foot switch. my biggest complain is the noise level and the cheap knobs.i would not make any changes other than what i mentioned.i believe this pedal gives me a good natural over drive that is transparent and smooth.all the real bad comments i hear about the sound are a little to critical.i think the sound is better than a lot of more expensive pedals.this is the only kick pedal i use.

two knobs. can it get any easier?

well the description for this pedal is a cheesy 70s rock/fuzz tone, and cheesy is right. the pedal sounds really chunky and fuzzy but not in a good way. The only way this pedal reminds me of 70s rock was the hair bands that were one-hit wonders and the actual tone was probably destroyed in the studio to make it sound more "mainstream".

the only settings I found that were any good were pretty much the output on 2 o'clock, and the distortion at 2. Any farther and you're flirting with the line of tone degradation. I have a clip that I did of the T-Bone (www.soundclick.com/fxtreasurebox) and the clip is so nice with my clean tone, and you start getting into the groove, then I switch on the T-bone and it sounds like the end of the world. That's how intense and destructive it is.

I wouldn't recommend this pedal to you unless you're really into cheesy sounds and/or want a pedal that adds to your already distorted tone to make it sound like the sky is falling in.

Dano minis...mmm...they're more reliable than Arion and Rocktek, but I still wouldn't trust them very far.

I pretty much covered all I needed to say in the Sound Quality section. I wouldn't recommend this pedal to you unless you're really into bad, cheesy sounding distortion or you're using it as a booster to boost your already thick chunky scooped-out distorted sound to make it sound like the walls are caving in.

It's cheesy 70s rock at it's best, folks. Don't miss a beat!

God Bless!!!