Danelectro DJ-8 Hash Browns Flanger

Of course it's very easy to use - 3 knobs and an on/off switch.

My rig: guitars with boutique humbuckers or single coils going straight into this pedal and then going straight into a Pignose G40V. The sound quality is fantastic, but if you are used to the typical Tom Morello-style overbearing flange, you will find the tones that come from this pedal to be a little weak. I have always used flange a little differently than most people - I turn the depth up high and keep the speed and regency down very low. This adds a special color to my tone without "flanging your ears off." It thickens up your distortion and juices up your clean tones without the effect taking over. At this setting, this flanger is perfect for me. The sound is clear and sparkles nicely. It works just the way a pedal should - provide a little more color to your great existing tone. It is a bit of a noisy pedal I suppose, but no more so than many other pedals more expensive. Excellent tones, overall.

Don't be scared of plastic. They make artificial hearts and bullet-proof glass out of plastic. I gig without a backup and have never had any reliability issues. My Digitech flanger died before this one did. Full points here.

I'm not the type to call customer support when my gear breaks. I buy cheap gear and let my hands do the rest of the work. If this pedal breaks, I will just buy a new pedal. Why bother with customer support?

I've been playing 12 years or so. I play rock and progressive rock. I have owned a couple of other flangers. The Boss and Digitech units had more features, but the tone was less "organic," by which I mean that you could tell that it was a Boss or a Digitech, but you couldn't tell what amp or what guitar. This flanger on the other hand sounds great, but still sounds LIKE ME. If flange is vitally important to you, then yes I suppose you should go with a more expensive unit. This one is simple, sounds great, is a bit more subtle, and has fewer overall settings. Personally, I think it sounds much better than the Digitech or the Boss units I had - and it has lasted longer! Definitely has a great vintage vibe and pairs well with any setup.

It's very simple. Turn it on and listen to how the knobs change the sound when you twist them. Set it where you like it.

It's a little on the cheesy side, but what do you expect from a $30.00 flanger? Kinda thin and noisy, but you can get some nice silly, chewy over-the-top sounds out of it. It does an okay rotating speaker impersonation, especially when combined with tremelo.

Mine lives on my pedal board, so it's relatively safe. I don't think it'd last long if it was plugged and unplugged from a line of pedals on the floor in front of me every time I played. Again, for thirty bucks it's alright.

Wouldn't bother if it broke. Wouldn't surprise me if it broke.

I play a wide variety of music and have been doing so for thirty years both professionally and not. Basically I think anyone who takes a flanger seriously as a pedal is a dork (or Robin Trower...). That said, swooshy sounds for $30.00? How can you go wrong? For that price I'll be a dork too. If it died today I wouldn't be sad and I wouldn't rush right out to replace it either. However, if I happened to have a couple twenties on me the next time I went to a GC to buy strings I would consider picking up another one. For the money it's a cool pedal, but it's not what I'd call a great pedal. I keep it on the pedal board mostly for amusement and sonic comedy.

Its easy to use.
3 knobs.

Its killing my tone on my tube amp.
Using a Fender Deville 2X12 60 watt tube.
The oscallating woosh is gross.

one knob fell off, it looks very much plastic and not able to stand up to the riggors of violence that one occurs during a show, puke, boots and the "OOPS spilt beer"

Id gig with out a back up because Id just throw it in the trash if it broke.

never called them

Its harsh, even at low volumes its sucking my tone.

Ok, let me try again at HIGH tube amp volume,
BRB...

GAH, it sounds ok I guess. Just had my amp loud enough to have my pant legs vibrate and chest emplode.

I used it in the effects loop as suggested but it did not sound any better.

Try this, have no volume on your guitar, turn it off then turn it on then just let it stand there you can hear a wooshing sound even at low setting if the unit.

I have a digital flanger also and I dont use that.

It kind of fattens up or doubles your toneat very low setting but the constiant oscellating effect of my tube hiss *60 hrz sound* is goofy during silent parts.

Also I have an ENORMIOUS amp and its hard to get past volume 2.5.

Im thinking this would be better for humbucker pickups and a 10 inch amp or smaller champ.

Well its not getting along with my Tube amp and its amplifing my tube humm.

Its going back in the closit or perhapse Ill use it with my 12 string guitar.

To sum it up, $800 tube amp, $900 guitar plus $25 flanger plus single coils was bad and tone sucking!

The sound was "Cool" but even at lowest settings the "WOOSHING" was enough to make me unplug it and go back to tone.

*Kind of fattened up my sound but I think ill get a Keeley Mod $200 pedal*

For $5 It was not worth it but if you can get one on ebay for $10 and you like to collect guitar things you might use or might not then its ok.

I use Waves VST plugins and even though its a $2000 collection of effects it always sounds bad compared to hardware. In this case of the hashbrowns it smokes the hashbrows. I took this to my friends house and he would not even plug it in, he knows much more about this stuf then I do and said look for something analog from BOSS.

K, was cheaper then a 6 pack of beer but also gave my tone a hang over.

If it were stolen or lost id look around bars and clubs for the woosh sound untill I found the guy (Not the device)

Been playing for 20 years on acoustic, this is my first fender strat.

I compare this to waves plugins and my digital device but the digital device is a lot "Lower volume" and does not woosh at low guitar volume.

THe hash browns name is dorky, I remember when this device came out new and I they were BUDGET items that enabled you to buy their entire salid of effects for very low money.

just three knobs, not too difficult! only problem is that there is very little variation possible so whatever the settings, you'll wind up with the same sound anyway: eg speed doesn't go very slow or very fast etc.

it's very noisy. even compared to my EH polyflanger. and again: it always sounds like a very typical, cliche flanger.

the whole thing is made of thin plastic. doesn't feel very stable or solid. i took out the electronics and built it into my modular synth, where no-one can step on it.

don't know. never had to deal with them.

i've been playing for thirty years now (old fart!). only bought this because of the packeging and the name, really. it does good work now as a modulator for the white noise module in my modular analog synth. but i wouldn't dream of gigging/recording with a guitar.

A monkey on roller blades could use it. 3 knobs speed, regen, and width. easy to get great sound of. the suggestions on the box are cool.space ship sounds really weird.

Gibson explorer--this--danelectro dan o wah--dano pastrami--dano black licorice--dano bacon and eggs--digitech Grunge--digitech hot head--Marshall Half STack. Awesome and im 11 years old. this is the best flanger pedal. i use it at every gig.it is way better than that boss and digitech ones.

I would depend on it. i would use at a gig with no backup. it's plastic so don't crush it!

never had to deal with them

AWESOME PEDAL!!!!!!!

Easy to get good sound.

Works a little better in the effects loop of amp.

I use an Ibanez electric with humbuckers, a Peavey Studio Pro 50 and Fender Champ.

Pedal is not especially noisy. Can get subtle effects as well as jet plane effects out of it. Does not seem to color (or suck) tone very much.

I bought it used over a year ago. Have only used it at home. Seems like it would be OK as long as you don't abuse it. I may assemble a pedal board and add this in. Keeping your effects on a pedal board
and in a case of some sort may be an option for those who freak out everytime they see a pedal made of plastic.

I have an old distortion pedal that has a metal case - that old pedal also has TERRIBLE TONE.

I would rather have a good sounding pedal with a plastic box than a crappy sounding pedal in a metal case.

I got an email reply on some questions back about 5 years ago on my Echo pedal from Dano.

I play mostly classic rock, alt and some blues.

Lots of bang for the buck with this pedal. Try it before you buy it.
ITs not going to be perfect at this price, but you may find it useful.


It would be nice if it were a little larger with more space for the knobs and addition of a stereo output.

This pedal requires minimal brainpower to get the desired effect. It is a simple stompbox that has a great Flanger sound, with less noise than other flangers I've tried, and it is incredibly in-expensive as well. Probably the best value out there for a flanger. It has a 9v adaptor or works off the battery. The button is small and the case is made of durable hard plastic, but unless you're an ape with BAD AIM, it should be simple enough to activate. The button is noise-free. I don't have a manual. I bought this pedal used. It is very easy to operate.

I generally use a wah, distortion, phaser and this pedal. I have used this pedal by itself during practice. It is not noisy, and doesn't seem to suck the tone out of the pedal although it isn't a "true-bypass" circuit. The flanger effect is perfect.

This could be made of tungsten steel and have a foot-sized button made of titanium and it would be unbreakable. But I take decent care of my pedals and this would gig with no problem. It is plenty solid for what it is.

Never have needed customer service.

For the money the Hash Browns is an incredible value, sounding every bit as good as 80% of the flangers out there right now at normally less than half the price. However if you don't want a flanger, obviously you shouldn't get one!

Pretty easy to use. Speed, regen and width knobs. If you don't know what they mean, just fool around with them and find out. The stomp button is idiotic though. Easier to miss than many think.

I use a Fender Highway 1 Strat, a Crate GX212 combo, a Boss PH-2, an Ibanez DE-7, and of course the Hash Browns flanger. For one, I'm not all too big on flangers, and I find this one more repulsive than others. It is good when mixed with the distortion, but that's about it. It's kinda noisy and I've found (at least in mine) that if you use those new E2 Energizer batteries for it, it worls for about a minute, then completely shorts out. Overall, I'm not too satisfied with this pedal.

This thing is the biggest piece of crap ever built. First of all, it's made of plastic. PLASTIC! The knobs are mounted really badly and are VERY easy to lose of you're not careful. It gets chipped just by being on the ground. In regards to the battery door... where is it? Having to unscrew the bottom just to change the battery is bad in two ways: it's a pain in the ass, and THE CIRCUITRY GETS COMPLETELY EXPOSED! I can't even begin to think of all the fun mishaps that can turn your $20 or so investment into a table prop or coaster.

Don't even want to bother with those morons.

I got this pedal as a gift, and it truly is the thought that counts. Though this pedal can get the job fairly done at a reasonable price, I don't recommend it at all; not even for the poor musicians. Just go out and find a phaser (Boss PH-2 is the best if you can find a good used one) or if you want a flanger that badly, I suggest an Ibanez chorus/flange (that way you have the lush sound of a chorus at your disposal if you suddenly find the sould of a flanger utterly repulsive). As for the Danelectro company, here are a few tips: ditch the plastic pedal idea. It's the worst. Redesign your pedals, because they are the most ridiculous looking things I've ever seen. Make a bigger stomp button (at least) because sometimes, people step a little too short of it, thus failing to turn the effect on or off. Last but certainly not the least, DITCH THE STUPID NAMES! Go with the first two letters of the name of the effect, or just call it Danelectro (insert name here), but quit the Hash Browns, Pepperoni, Milk Shake, Daddy-O 50's crap, it's horrendous and annoying.

3 knobs. I was already familiar with Speed, Regen, and Width so it was no time at all to get good sounds.

Has an absoulutely beautiful sound! I play it with a Seagull S6+CW acoustic guitar, Digitech Main Squeeze Compressor, Zoom 707 multi effects processor, and then the Hash Browns flanger. I usually set the speed at 1:00, regen 9:00, and the width at 3:00. This produces a beautiful chorus sound with a slight swirling effect. I use this for slow songs mostly and can't get enough of playing with this sound! The only problem I have with the effect is that there is no output control, and the pedal seems to increase the signal slightly. I set my Zoom 707 to be used as a volume pedal that decreases the volume by 2dbs. When I use the flanger I decrease the volume by 2dbs and the ouput level stays the same. Not a huge difference, but when playing a quiet song you don't want to draw attention to the effect when you turn it on.

No problems so far. It's plastic and the knobs aren't mounted very solid, but it's a flanger and I don't plan on stomping on it. The sound quality is excellent for the price and the pedal is worth taking care of and not abusing.

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I have been playing electric and acoustic guitar for 15 years, and bass for 2. I play acoustic guitar driven modern worship music in my church, and for slow songs this is my dream sound. Using a chorus like setting, it sounds like a blend between an electric and an acoustic guitar. I bought it because of the very good reviews on this web site, and because I didn't want to spend alot on a flanger. This is a very quality sounding effect for a very reasonable price. I would definately replace it if something happened.

Three buttons and one stomp button. Need I say more?

Mine is loaded up in the mini-case with four other Dano pedals. It doesn't sound near as good as the MXR Flanger I had in the 80s, but it also didn't cost anywhere near what that MXR did. For the price, it's a pretty decent sounding pedal. I works great with my Les Pauls, but it has a nasty sound with my single coil guitars.

I use it without a backup. Would I be heartbroken if it quit working? Probably not. Would I replace it? Maybe.

easy to use if you know what you are doing. speed at nine, regen at 3:00 and width at 1:00.

subtle jet effects that don't overdo it. not quite as lush as the pepperoni phaser but that is good. too many flangers get too metallic. i like the warmth on an mxr model but the boss bf-2 if pry my all time favorite, has the best range. this is a good dick-around effect if you just want to have one.

use a 9v power supply and batt. backup foo!

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gives you decent warm flanges without decimating your tone, don't look for the metallic sound though - more like a week EH small stone without the phasing component, nice counterpoint to the dano mini phaser. overall it is a 6, a nice tool to play with.

3 knobs, speed, width and regen.
easy to get almost any flange sound out of it

you get very good bang for the buck on this one.
I dont give a 10 because it's still not a Boss but it's close enough

always there when you need it

never called

I play metal mostly, and it's great.
Been playing for 12 years.
I would buy again without a doubt.
I tried the Boss and Ibanez one...but at that price the Hash Brown is the best $/quality.

I use a Washburn with Seymore duncan dimebucker on a line6 Spider 210, with a Boss metal zone and a compressor it sounds great.

Easy as pie...er... hash browns. A couple turns of the knobs and its ready.

I play a cheap-o Johnson strat knockoff. A good guitar though. I play it through a 65 watt Kustom 1X12. It's sound rivals that of the built in flange. Its a little noisy when not being played, but for 30 bucks I cant complain. I love the peramiters. I can get all sorts of cracked out sounds.

Its plastic... hard plastic I guess... it hasnt broken yet....

I dont think Danelectro has ANY employees AT ALL. I sent them a minor Email and got NO response.

I play classic rock. I use it to play Jethro Tull's "Aqualung" It works great with a lot of gain. Pretty. If it were stolen Id buy another. Its a very versatile thing. I wish it had built in distortion... that would be cool. ZEPPELIN RULES!

this is a very simple pedal to set up, especially on slower speeds, faster speeds were harder to dial in and I got a lot of bizarre resonance. Needs no manual. Only 3 knobs though. XLnt sounding.

I use strats, ibanez artist and various other axes. Will do Run Like Hell, Hear about it later, Barracuda etc.... Does not tend to do the radical scream noises like MXR flange unless pushed hard with overdrive. Like I said, only 3 knobs etc....

This unit is very dependable and I would gig with it. Being 250 lbs I am very careful with it. would go well on a strong pedal board.

Bought this in `99 from my good buds at Sunset Music in Temecula. CA. I would buy this again since the price is right and it is comparable with other flange units. WISH IT HAD 4 KNOBS LIKE THE MXR!!!!!!!!

Very easy to use. I had never play with a flanger before so the "Regen" knob was at first a mystery to me, but now it"s ok.
Danelectro should give a more detailed instruction sheet insted of a list of configuration for "other" mini-pedals!

I like the sound of this mini thing. It's deep and warm, sound really with clean guitar. My configuration was; Guitar - Crybaby - Hashbrows - Boss CE-1 - Boss HM-2 - small crappy amp. But the HM2 swallowed all the flanger effect, so I put the flanger at the end of the line. So now I can get that big airplane sound, and it is cool. I have only one demand; I would like to have a volume control knob on it.

It's plastic, so I take care of it. The knobs protector supplied with it could be usefull in live situations.

It's brand new! And works fine, so no dealing with them yet.

I play a lot of music styles, from blues to metal. I think the Hashbrowns can find its place everywhere, it is very versatile. Put a volume knob on it and it could be a nice little unit. If you don't want to put to much money on guitar effects, this mini pedal is a good deal!

This flanger is relatively easy to use. It doen't have a lot of controls - only what is needed. I have found that the controls are quite sensitive and it takes a bit of careful tweaking to get my idea of the ideal flange, but all in all not difficult at all.

I use a variety of guitars (Gibson, PRS, Fender, Washburn, etc...) with this pedal. As far as other effects go, I plug into an ernie ball volume pedal, a crybaby wah, the hash browns, and a line 6 MM4 before going to my amp, which is a Peavey transfex pro 212. There is virtually no noise added with this pedal when it's active or off and it sounds very good with my other gear. The sound is very lush and thick, but it doesn't rob your sound of any definition. It may be a little subtle for some people, but I prefer it's warmth to the metallic/jet-like sound of other flangers that I've had experience with (such as boss, digitech, and dod). It certainly has an analogue quality to it and it's very easy to get an Alex Lifeson/Andy Summers sort of sound with it.

Although the case is plastic, it has been reliable. The switch is silent and also very durable. I would kind of prefer that it had the same metal case as the cool cat etc..., but, for the price I guess that's out of the question, and, so far, it hasn't been an issue.

I have never needed to deal with them.

I have been playing for almost 25 years, and I have owned a lot of gear over the years. I have always been a bit of an effect junkie, so I've tried just about anything I could get my hands on. Overall, this is an amazing piece of gear regardless of the price. In fact, I bought this pedal on a whim because it was so cheap and I was going to use it to tide me over while I put some money aside for an EH electric mistress. Well I ended up getting the EH, and tried to convince myself for 6 months that it sounded better than the hash browns (after all, it cost three times the price!), but when I put the danelecro back in the chain a did an A/B test I actually preffered it! My electric mistress is now back in it's box waiting to be traded in on the next effect. So, although this seems to be aimed at begginers that don't have a lot of money to spend on effects, the bottom line is that the sound quality is equal to, or better than other units with much higher price tags.

I've own other flanger pedals before this one, so there's no problem here.

I've own this thing for 3 months before writing this review. The flanger effect seriously sounds great, I can feel it's warmth, plus it can do a nice chorus sound (better than the boss ch1 I've own and sold) and phaser sounds too. You can easily get great sounds out of it, flanger sounds very good with distortion too.

So far no problems, but I get very scared everytime I plug the big guitar cable heads into the smally plasticy holes.

This thing is a real fantastic value! I really don't know how dano is able to put in such great sounds with just so little money. But here's the catch, I've put it on sale. Why? Because this little sucker SUCKS MY TONE! It's very noticable for me the moment I put it in my chain, but I'm a tone freak though, a little tiny weeney change in my precious tone will piss me off terribly. I've compared putting a Boss pedal in my chain instead of the dano flanger and I don't notice any tone sucking. But the dano flanger made my sound dry, most people won't care about this little tone suckage but I do mind. Even though this is really a fantastic value for a flanger.

I have had a flanger pedal before this, so i know exactly how "speed, regen and width" means. Nonetheless, it is very easy to get a good sound out of it because this "little giant" just sounds so damn good with any settings.

Here's what. I really have to agree with the glowing reviews. It sounds damn good for a little amount of money. It's not particular noisy and it sounds very good with my distortion. One thing I have to point out is, I sort of think this alters my tone a little little bit, I'm very paranoid about my tone. Sometimes when I find it alters my tone a bit, I put it away then next day I put it back in my setup, it dosen't seem to affect my tone. Well, it's just me only anyway. I could not give it full marks because of this.

You bet I can depend on it. The whole plastic thing does not scare me at all, because I don't stomp on flanger pedal, I only stomp on my EQ or distortion. Stomping on flanger pedal looks wierd when performing, doesen't it? While stomping on distortion pedal looks cool as you change from clean sound to distortion sound, it gives the feeling. imho though. I have to use this for a longer period of time to give a judge on realibity.

This is certainly the best bang for the buck. I would recommend anyone to give this a try. It dosen't always mean you get what you pay for, there are always exception, and this is one!

Easy - a few moments fiddling gets usable sounds, then tweak to taste

I love it. Gets the mono room-pan as well as my Ibanez Time Mcahine rackmount. Very quiet. No significant tone coloration when off. I have four mini-pedals in a row in the case and am happy with all of them. Playing a Thinline and Strat through a homebrew Deluxe, which loves these little guys.

All my mini-pedals (the oldest is more than a year old) have been fine. They're cheap, and if they break subject to normal use Dano seems good about replacing them. Had no problems with these. They chew batteries, though. Some people who complain about weird distortions and no sound have just pushed their batts too far.

N/A although they seem good about replacing them when they fail.

I'd say this even if it wasn't cheap. A great sounding effectize. I have the mini-case and it's much smaller and slimmer than the Boss BCB6 I just sold. I'm waiting for the chorus and then I have my set.

easy to use once you get to know what the knobs are for. it took me about 10 minutes to get the hang of it.

Its my first flanger- so I'm not comparing it to anything. But I am giving it a 10 cause it sounds that damn good to me. I dont get alot of noise as others have said. I do hear a little whoosh- but really not enough to worry me- even with high gain. good different sounds too. it does the jet, and can do the watery sound on the intro to anyerism by Nirvana...I know i spelled that wrong-sue me

its a mini, so dont stomp the crap out of it...if it were in metal case-I would've give it a 9

I know for a fact that they are very friendly and helpfull- theyll hook you up with a new one if it malfunctions unless its split into where you super stomped it

It sounds awsome for metal. i know you cant use it all the time- but for now i'm having too much fun to turn it off. i really like the sound of this box. i dont use alot of effects- distortion and occasionally a wah or delay. but i think i'll always have a flanger in my chain for now on.

Painfully easy to use. 3 control knobs and an on-off button. A lobotomized cat could operate this pedal.

Here's where I have to disagree with the other glowing reviews. It's a terrific flanger and it does have an unexpectedly large amount of depth a tone for a $20 pedal......but it creates a TON of noise. Maybe it's partially owing to my cheap amp (10W Crate beginner amp) but as soon as I switch this pedal on, I can hear ambient swirling sounds even if I'm not playing anything. It's very noticeable.

Great sounding pedal, but very noisy.

Eh. It's not a Boss. The casing is plastic. As long as you don't super-stomp it, you should be fine.

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Overall, it's a great pedal, I mean you can get one on eBay for $20, and the sound quality is phenomenal for that price. I'd say it's an A+ live pedal but only a B- recording effect because it creates a lot of ambient noise. Overall, I'd buy it again if I had to.

Super easy - 3 knobs, no manual needed. Simple as they come.

Quite good for the money - nowhere near the amount of noise I expected from such a cheap pedal. I picked one up a few weeks ago after reading all the good reviews here and have to say I agree with all the positive comments.

Only had it a few weeks, so it's hard to say. I don't gig with duplicate pedals, I'm not that effects-dependent. If something goes bad - I'd kill the whole pedal board if necessary and run straight into my amp. The chassis is a burgundy plastic but it should hold up all right unless you repeatedly stomp it with an ill-intentioned combat boot. I haven't had any problem with it.

N/A - Never had to deal with Danoelectro.

After years of playing straight-up punk rock (proudly forsaking all pedals and playing a sticker-splattered strat copy with a single pickup and volume pot straight into a Marshall amp) I've started to experiment a bit. I currently play rock and roll - a little on the stoner-rock side but with plenty of blues influence. I use this pedal sparingly for a tripped out, liquid-y lead sound as I prefer to keep my rhythm playing un-effected. I now play an SG>Sabine Stage Tuner>Dano Hash Browns>Boss DS-1>Boss Trem/Pan pedal>Rockman Wah>Marshall JCM 900 2X12 Combo. For what I paid, I'd definitely replace this pedal. Like all effects: I think it should be used like a seasoning rather than a main dish,but I love this thing and the dinky size isn't so bad when you realize the room it saves you on the board - you get excellent sound and value for the money. If all the Dano minis are this good, I may end up with many more...

This pedal is really easy to use. 3 knobs and a footswitch.

I Love the sound of this pedal. I'm using a hybrid guitar and it sounds awesome on both the Acoustic and electric sides of my guitar. After hearing this flanger i no longer use a chorus pedal. This sound is just so much richer, lusher, sweeeeter and fuller.

I've never had any prob's with dano's.

I play Christian music. We cover Third day and All together separate. This pedal helps make several of their sounds. I use it with an ebow and delay to get the Third Day ebow effect. This is a definite buy and buy again pedal.

pretty easy to use, just turn the knobs and off you go. i use two flangers in my set up, one boss and this one. i use this one for shimmery chorus sounds only, and it does the job very well!!

i play : SG>big muff>boss flanger> hash brown>boss superphaser> dod octoplus> carlsbro 50 valve head. l play heavy stoner rock, mainly just using the muff, with the other pedals here and there. the hash brown sounds very similar to the boss flanger and provides the range of sounds you would expect. it's not noisy at all, and is quite subtle when used with the muff. it has a nice echo-y sound, and sounds great when used clean.ive used dod and guyatone flangers,and i would rate this one (along with the boss) as the best i've played.a quality piece of kit!

i have used this pedal without backup, and it's never let me down. the plastic casing is very solid, ive leapt on it and sure it's chipped and scored, but theres no cracks and it always sounds great. the knobs are probably not the toughest, but i havent encountered any problems.

never dealt with them

i'm a pedal junkie and ive owned quite a few of 'em, and i'd rate this pedal very highly. at such a low price it's easy to assume dano pedals suck, and some of them do, but this one is fantastic. it's very similar in range and sounds to the boss, and less than half the price. it's everything i look for in a flanger, with a good range of sounds. it doesnt mask your tone the wat some pedals do. it's very subtle too, and sounds great with a nice thick fuzz. i'd highly recommend it, it's cheap, reliable and very rockin.

Very easy to use, good range of soundsa aavaliable, jsut twirl the dials and hit it!

Sounds amazing: Ibanez SA160QM -> hash brown -> boss DS-1 -> Marshall G30RCD with overdrive on. this creates the trippiest sound ever!!!!! put the speed of the flange at 12 o'clock and you get the nicest at-the-drive-in sound, really twisted and layered....<drools>

made of plastic, but very sturdy looking, bit of a midget compared to the DS-1, but shoudl be fine

Very good, i play a lot of emo and this is an amazing piece of work...jsut need to work my dunlop cry baby in and i dont think i'l ever need a girlfriend again