Danelectro DJ-2 T-Bone Distortion

Yep, very easy, two knobs, lots of fun.

I'm running this little one through a Squier bullet strat, which has a very bright sound, and with a Fender Stage 112 SE. We're talking about a hard rock thing, something like glam sounds.

I also have the Pastrami Overdrive and the Fab Tone, which was the reason I had to buy another dist. pedal. I couldn't get a sound from the Fab Tone through my main guitar, it was too damm noisy even at zero settings, my theory is about single coils, which are no good with this pedal. Through my other guitar (a Squire II with a Ivanez V1 humbucker in the bridge), is awesome. Greatest sound ever.

The T-bone was perfect with the bullet strat (It was tested on a gig for the first time), it has a very warm sound cutting highs a little, and adding great mids and bass. Feedbacks are totally rideable. I've heard people complaining about the lack of high tones, maybe the problem is the guitar. My strat is very bright, so I can cancel some highs and make better dynamics with the T-bone. I get this great sound with the level knob at 10 o'clock, and the Dist. knob at 3 o'clock. The full dist. level has a good sound but I try to keep it simple with a lower setting.

Don't go metal with this, I would recommend the Fab tone if your guitar has humbucker pickups, you will have a lot of fun with it, but if you need a mid boost distortion pedal with a flawless sound the T-bone is for you.

It's an 8, because of plastic hardware, I know it won't last.

It won't last, yes I depend on it but it's cheap so I would go and get another.

My pastrami pedal (wich has the same hardware) has about six months, and I broke the power input, so I have to solder it again, and for some reason the battery conector it's not working. You actually have to love this pedal, if you don't it will break.

NO customer support, I live in Venezuela so I don't think they could assist me.

It matches perfecly for my style, I think metalheads would hate it because it gets short on gain. This is a pedal for people that likes to have a controlled sound, I won't hurt my ears so fast with this pedal. I also like metal a lot, but that's why I've got my Fab tone and the correct guitar to use it.

I know it won't last long, but if it breaks or else, (and if it is still cheap) I would buy it again.

Cheap and great sound, that's a ten.

easy 2 use. level and distortion knobs

i like the sound. my only complaint is it takes away most of your highs. but it makes up for this by giving you a nice warm sound. it doesnt quite reach the "harmonics everywhere" sound, but this (and the missing highs) could be fixed with an e.q. its not any more noisy than any other distortion pedal. it sounds pretty good, i just wish it had a tad more distortion. when you back the distortion level, it immediately starts breaking up to a cleaner sound, which isn't a bad thing, but i wish it didnt start breaking up so much till it was closer to 1/2 way down. it makes a good boost, though-with all the clean gain. in other words, turning up the distortion you have to get almost full before its actually a distortion. but when its full on it does sound good. i'll give it that-its a nice warm sound. it does reach distortion, just not metal-head type stuff. but for rock it seems to fit the spot nicely

i would rate it higher but its plastic. i dont super stomp the minis, so i take care of them. dont abuse it and it should last

these guys rock when it comes to help

i play rock/blues/metal/ska-punk. so this pedal helps in all situations except for extreme metal. i've been playing 14-15 yrs. if it were lost, i'd get another just to have a good "rock" pedal. my only wish is for it to have a tone knob to bring back some highs (but i can do that with a little green!). it helps me make music, cause its a really good basic rock tone, you can turn it on and aim your attention to the music. there is one other thing i'd like to share....but only with the ladies

2 Knobs, Level and Distortion How Hard Can That Be?

Absoulutley revolting, horrible so very horrible, do not go near this pedal with a 10 foot pole. You can only get one sound out of it.

No, its cheap and plastic, t breaks very very easily.

Havent delt with them.

DO NOT GO ANYWHERE NEAR THIS PEDAL. IF IT WERE STOLEN I WOULD CONGRATULATE THE THIEF AND PAY HIM A LARGE SUM OF CASH.

Very easy to use. Only 2 knobs.

I use it with synthesizers rather than a guitar. This is an unbelievable beast that will make your synths scream like never before. The thing that bothers me a little bit is the feedback that pretty much gets out of control when you turn either one of the knobs past 12 o'clock. But I guess I'm just spoiled by digital effects. I use this in a studio environment and am happy that there is no noise to speak of. Drive your sh-101 through this and you're in acid heaven. Way better than the Virus b's various distortions.

No problems here so far. Bought it used and had it for about 2 weeks.

Apart from the feedback, I find this great. I'll probably still buy an overdrive pedal to go with this, and this does make the sound somewhat thin. (not that it's a bad thing, sometimes you just need a fatter sound and sometimes not)

2 knobs,volume and distortion,the simpler the better.

In 35 years of pedals,amps,guitar buying,selling,and trading,it has the best saturation without being trebly or piercing.The thing that stands out is it's ability to sustain longer than any I've heard besides the Boss DS-1 which is fair to say is in the same category and is probably the most popular Distortion ever sold.The DS-1 sounds a bit more fuzzy as this is rather smooth and warm.I use a Teck 21 comptortion in front of it for the tone knob to give it a hint of treble and boost it with more sustain.I Use it with a strat through a Peavey Ranger.'oh yeah'.......'we're talkin rock n roll'.Don't wait,get yours today,before they are all gone!

If it breaks,throw it away and get another.Seriously though,I might buy another to put a way for 5 or 10 years down the road in case Dano goes away or this breaks,as they are being discontinued.I've seen to many co.'s come and go over the years as most pedals are in vogue one month and out of business or on ebay the next.

Sent a broken pedal to them once and they sent a new one back.Excellant support.

Bought this new sight unseen and liked it better than my fuzz face which I sold.It's smooth with a warm tone and would buy it again.It's good for blues,60's and 70's rock.The youngsters probably don't have much patience with it,but it can be tweaked with a good equalizer to sound like your favorite band.

This unit is very easy to use, what with only having two controls - level and distortion.

Oh - my - god. This unit was priced at #35. After reading the vast majority of the reviews here i though "WOW! Awesome sound for #35!"

no. If they'd've given me #35 to take it i'd've been offended. This unit is so plastic sounding it's unbelieveable.

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I play hmm... bit of punk, bit of metal, bit of well... lotsa stuff really... I couldn't see a use for this peddel at all.. horrible sound.

Ok I play in a band so when you need those setting changed in a hurry you can't mess with alot to do it. 2 knobs and a bypass... who could make it any easier.

Ok I love this pedal but I have to admit that it takes some work on your amps EQ to get your highs back once this thing breaks through. Other than the death of your trebles this is one of the best distortion sounds I have ever used... It beats out my Boss and Ibenez pedals.

Ok I just today dropped this thing down a flight of stairs and it still works. Point of advice take my word for it don't try that at home.

Never had to get a hold of them but they have a ou pay to ship we pay to fix policy. So if anything goes wrong you get a new pedal and all you pay is to and from shipping. Not the best but at least it is better than most others.

I play what you could call AlternaRock. It is your hard hitting riffs and your fast paced sound. Kind of link a Black Sabbath meets Creed sound and this pedal is the perfect thing. I have played for about 10 years and I play an ESP custion Viper and a Gibson custom SG and it makes them sound like the PERFECT guitars. I wouldn't recomend using this solo but if you threw in a few other Danelectro pedal with it like I did then you have a $40 or less stage quality pedal.

Very easy. Two knobs and a bypass switch.

Have this with a number of other Dano boxes. Pedal Steel Guitar>Surf & Turf>T-Bone>Chicken Salad>PB&J>Fender Hot Rod Deville. Pretty quite pedal and the bypass is very clean. This is really on of the best distortions I've used regardless of price. Sounds great! for steel guitar you need a very warm fuzz and it can easily replicate David Lindley's tone.

Seem well built. Will know more as I have it longer.

I really like this pedal and it has won me over to Dano. I like their other pedals as well. I would definately replace it if it were lost or stolen. I like that it fits in the Dano pedal board nicely with 4 other Dano pedals. It really gave me exactly the tone I was looking for. Great buy!

2 knobs. simple...
but, you can't change batterys without a screwdriver or coin.

I had a hard time getting anything I liked out of this thing. It strips out the treble, has a wah flavoring added to the sound. I tried it several guitars, several amps. I found no redeeming factors for the T-BONE.

Heavy plastic shell on a metal base. Should be durable as long as you don' literally STOMP on it.

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I play blues and 60's heavy blues, stuff like that.
I'd recommend cehcking elsewhere.
I had mine about 2 months and sold it on eBay. I don;t miss it at all.

2 knobs. simple...
but, you can't change batterys without a screwdriver or coin.

I had a hard time getting anything I liked out of this thing. It strips out the treble, has a wah flavoring added to the sound. I tried it several guitars, several amps. I found no redeeming factors for the T-BONE.

Heavy plastic shell on a metal base. Should be durable as long as you don' literally STOMP on it.

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