Danelectro DJ-21 Black Coffee Metal Distortion

its got 3 adjustment,,

good day,,well,next to my humphrys audio slo-diezel modded mt-2 and my mont allums recto mod,,it sits perfect.i play a hot rod deluxe,set up with 12at7 preamp tubes so it stayes clean,,i use pedals thru this amp,best set up i ever had,,yes i have a great tone out of my set up,,,,,but hear is the deal,,ive had 5150-soldano-splawn,,,yea yea yea,,i get better tone out of my set up,,and i get great tone in the living room,,and with the band,,,,this pedal is my go to for over the top,,and it delivers tastfully,,

yea,i dont have a small penis,and i dont have to jump up and down,to switch ch either,,but it is plastic

are you kidding me it was $13,,

i paid $13 for the coffee-$141 slo diezel mod,$80 mt allums ds-2,,,all deliver in thier own way,,,nuff said,,,

This stomp box is a little monster. I have used it with a Strat and a Peavey T-60. I have never used a distortion box that is more powerful than this one. It will make a small practice amp scream for mercy, and make a 100 watt amp melt the walls. Controls are simple enough for a child to set.

Sound quality is excellent. When you hook it up turn the power all the way down on the box before you turn on your amp. It may make you soil yourself if it is turned all the way up. This is my favorite effects box.

It is made of thick plastic but is still very durable. As long as I have either a power adapter or extra batteries (It does devour batteries fast), then I have total faith in it's durability. If you dropped an amp on it or something you might have a problem.

I have never had a problem with it, so I do not know. I have used it for three years without a malfunction other than batteries going dead, but I solved that issue by getting a power adapter.

This is great for Classic Rock to Metal. I doubt you would need it for anything else. I have been a musician for 30 years. I had a Boss Overdrive and replaced it with the Black Coffee. I misplaced it once and did buy another. For some reason it was hard to find a replacement. I found my old one and gave one to my son who had been begging me for it. I love the straightforward simplicity of the controls. Three knobs...Volume, Bass, and Treble. Even though it is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, I must stress that if you use one to turn the volume all the way down before turning it on. It might blow your eardrums out. I also got the ignorant idea to try it on a bass. I highly recommend that you NEVER do this, unless you hate your speaker and want to blow it up.

it is good very good it has good sound,geting the sound taks time.
and thare is no manual for it.it i have never upgraded it and i dont
know the firmware revision number.

yes i can get the sound from iron maiden to megadeth and i use the
distortion an a washburn flanger pedal and creat amps and the sound
is great.it can get very noisy. it gets weak somtimes but it will still sound good.

i would like to use it on a gig but maybe get a backup.
and i can depend on it.

never i have never got it repaired or upgrade.

i play thrash metal and it is a good match and i have ben playing for five years, a digitec 150 guitar prosseser and a washburn flanger
and a creat 120wat combo amp and i play b.c.rich guitars.
if it was lost or stolen i would try to find one again like it because it is small and my favorite feature is the way is the shape of it. i don't the plastic body.but it makes music.

Very easy to use. only three knobs: gain, bass, treble. Since I bought used over ebay, I did not have or need a manual

very loud even at half gain. Treble and gain together reminds alot of Randy Rhoads tone on the first 2 Ozzy solo albums. i run it through a roland Microcube amp( the small one with all the effects on it) and a Kustom 12 tube amp. It boosts the distortion tremendously. Although I like alot of feedback, those who don't would not like this pedal, especially on the treble setting. Very trebly

I can definitely depend on it but if I had to gig I would have a backup just in case the first one screws up though.

Never had to deal with them but if I did I would email them in a heartbeat.

A mix of Black, doom and heavy metal styles with blues, classical, and classic and prog rock thrown in for good measure. Like I said before, this pedal will give you the classic Randy Rhoads sound in a second and suits my style, black metal very well. Those who prefer a downtuned or clean sound will not like this pedal.

You're really a stone age idiot if you think the Black Coffee is hard to use.Very simplistic.Could use a "middle" knob though.But what the heck, the easiest pedal i've ever used.

Master of Puppets(Metallica), Rust In Peace(Megadeth), Dragonslayer(Dream Evil), these are examples of the distortion tone you can get.

Even with 3 knobs ( Volume, Treble, Bass),
I was really surprised with the dozens of tones i could get.

My setup is:

Yamaha AES620 -> Black Coffee -> Line 6 Constrictor -> Boss NS-2 ->
Line 6 Space Chorus -> Boss DD3 -> Marshall JCM

It sounds good on practically any setting.Its has a fuzz like tone and sounds killer when you shred it.This is the ultimate solo pedal.If you switch to the bridge pickup when soloing, its soudns f**ckin cool!!!

When playing rhythm,it is really chunky, especially if your using a humbucker guitar.The Black Coffee is far superior to the Boss MT2.On ANY setting, it produces a fat, chunky tone when palm-muted.The best thing about the Black Coffee is that it gives you a vintage, old-school distortion tone.Unlike those distortion you find in the Digitech Metal Master, which sounds mediocre compared to this baby.

Death Metal, Black Metal, Speed Metal, Trash Metal, True Metal.
The different settings that i tried sounds fantastic.
Even with the EQ set at low(Volume, Treble & Bass at 9 O'Clock),
This little beast kills.

The settings i like using are as follows:
(the Volume knob just raises the volume so i'll just state the Treble and Bass settings)

For a bright, piercing tone- Treble at 3 O'Clock, Bass at 1 O'clock
Ballsy rhythm tone - Treble at 11 O'Clock, Bass at 2 O'Clock
Violent Solo tone!!! - Treble at FULL, Bass at NOON

Yes.This pedal is noisy, on really high settings(8 treble, 5 bass)
But if you set your effects chain rgt, and utilize a noise gate, the noise could be subdued without any problems.

I read the "negative" reviews.These people surely arent metalheads.They are just posers playing nirvana stuff or something.Stop complaining about the Black Coffee not being up to your standard.This a Metal Distortion pedal.Not for grunge, alternative or other pussy genres.

This is the perfect tool for metal.
If you're a metalhead, shreds on guitar, hates the BOSS Metal Zone, On a budget, dislikes distortion pedals with a gain knob, get this.Its really worth your money.

Oh yes.I've gigged 4 times since i got this baby.
It just keeps sounding better with every amp i use.
Although its entirely made of plastic, its really tough.
The activation button could've been bigger though.
This will be the only "Metal" Distortion i'll ever need.

I've never dealt with them.
I write this review with the purpose of supporting this product.
Thats it.

I play mostly METAL,
Traditional/Black/Death/Progressive/Symphonic/Speed

I've been playing guitar for 4 years, my first effect was a ZOOM707II.
I decided to look up on this one as i hate the dist tone on that ZOOM707II.

I will not lose it.I sleep with it beside my pillow everyday.

The Black Coffee is like a small animal that terrorizes the giants.
Initially i had a few choices; Ibanez Smash Box, BOSS MT2, Digitech Metal Master, BOSS DS1 & The Black Coffee.

The smash box sounds a little weak, MT2 is a bit too dry sounding, Digitech is too expensive and doesn't feel right, The BOSS DS1 is very good and is the only distortion pedal that rivals the Black Coffee, but in the end, i chose the Black Coffee as it has more gain.

Very good product, helps me headbang more comfortably.
Buy this, headbang violently, and then have those BOSS MT2 users feeling jealous of you.

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3 knobs. bass treble volume simple

my friend had this pedal hooked up to a bronse warlock going into a peavey transtube practice amp and we would rock the house with this thing. yes it can be noise but the key is to turn down the volume on the pedal to about 5 and it will be fine. bass is fair. defentely enough for
so bedroom death rock. nowhere near as much as any of the dod metal pedals. but the treble is wear this pedal really shine. you can get more highs out of this then a death metal or for that matter any metal distortion pedal i've ever seen in my life. so basically if you want the kind of sound were your sliceing of heads rather the smashing then into mush this is the pedal for you. actually more like more high end then any distortion pedal i've ever seen. period

well it is all plastic. but we never broke it

never came up

i think its a great pedal. best for the highs

It is pretty easy to get a good sound out of it. That is IF you like fat and razor sharp tones.
I didn't refer to the manual.

I am using a Jackson DXMGT>>>Dano Black Coffee>>>1961, almost priceless, solid state amp.
DO NOT USE THIS PEDAL WITH ANY OTHER PEDAL! IT WILL SCREW THE PEDAL UP AND GIVE YOU TONS OF NOISE!
You can't get a sound from any artist except maybe Metallica.
This pedal is very unique and had just the sound I wanted. Extrenely sharp!

I wouldn't gig with it unless it had a metal casing.

Never dealt with company.

I play most all Metal. This is a very sharp toned pedal. It is not meant for something like punk or anything.

three potis, level, bass and treble, very small ones, fairly hard to turn but it works. no drive poti though which makes it very hard to adjust the distortion! bad work!

it is VERY noisy, no drive poti to adjust so there is only one mode which sounds like crap. anybody telling you something else has no knowledge whatsoever about a decent guitar sound! there is nothing else to say, get the metal zone or something like that if you want to get a better tone out of your amp!

dont know, it's plastic. won't keep it for that long to see if it holds...

piece of crap in terms of an effect but a very nice toy for your 3 year old son / daughter to play around with, kinda looks like a car...
FORGET IT!!!

the pedal has simple controls level tone and bass, however there is not gain setting and so the amount on distortion cannot be controlled.
the pedal came with a single suggestion for settings (and this was nothing special)

i have used various guitars with this product and used it through head phones , tascam recorders and marshall amps. personally i dislike the sound from this pedal, the distortion is harsh and the amount of distortion cannot be altered and i feel is too distorted.

distortion maybe suitible for solos and extreame heavy metal but it terrible for anything else.

pedal looks good but its small and so might get damaged at a gig.
the input socket for my pedal broke on the inside and so i feel that the quiality is poor however this was a simple problem and was easily repaired with a piece of wire and some solder

i havent tried contacting customer support and repaired the simple problem i had

pedal looks really good and is well styled however the sound in my opinion is terrible. may suit extreme metal genres.

pedal would be much better is a gain control for the amount of distortion was added

Very easy pedal, 3 knobs (level,bass,treble), just take a few mins to tweak this like Beast and you can make is sound Huge. Some people say they have a terrible sound, those people are wrong, try this pedal out and you will be surprised.

I have an Ibanez Iceman ICX220 and an Ibanez RG370DX into my Danelectro Black Coffee with a Digitech Death Metal, Digitech X-series Synth Wah Envelope Filter, Ibanez CF-7 Corus/Flanger into a Boss PSM-5 Power Supply and Master Switch. I like the Black Coffe more than my Digitech Death Metal, i use them for 2 diff things, i use the Black Coffee for the heavy stuff and the Death Metal for solo's and ish. This is all runnigninto a Peavey Bandit 112 Transtube. I can get mostly all the sounds of my favs with this pedal(SOAD,deftons,metallica and more). This pedal is perfect, i recommend it for all metal players.

This pedal is cool cuz its small, the only thing is that its plastic, but even so its still pritty tough. The button you step on is tiny and the knobs are small...overall GREAT pedal just TEENY in size haha.

Ordered it from Ebay, fast and easy.

I play all styles of metals and this pedal is great for all of them. Ive been playing for 6 years now, if this was lost or stolen i would MOST DEFF get another one, its an overall awesome pedal just a tad bit too small.