Danelectro DO-1 Daddy-O Overdrive

3 Band EQ
Volume
Drive
Easy.

Very nice sound quality once you dial in the correct eq. If the eq is off, it sounds like shizzlenitz. I like to use it for a sort of medium to low, classic rock over drive.

Use with tele/strat
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Good for tasteful, flavorful overdrive and distortion. Everything from CCR to Nirvana to Jimi to Radhiohead to whatever. A good all around overdrive. It can be used as a sort of pre-amp with the overdrive all the way off and everything else cranked to 10. It makes things bassier, though.

Nice sound quality.

This is a good match for me. I like to use it for rock, blues, surf, new wave, punk, classic rock, or whatever moves me. A nice pedal for milder to medium overdrive sounds. For heavier stuff I prefer fuzz.

I just want to add to my review (a few down the page) and say that, now that I have a power supply, the distortion is much stronger.

Very easy too get the sound you want out of it. With the 5 knobs, you can adjust your tone to exactly how you want it to sound. If your not familiar with how to adjust the equalizers, there are some presets that come in the manual, but if you have the ear you will want to adjust them yourself.

I mainly use my Epiphone Les Paul Standard(2003-4 w/grover tuners) and run it through an ibanez chorus pedal(for clean mainly, nice 12 string sound), the daddy-o, and into either my practice amp or my crate 12". Has an excelent sound if you want to play Led Zeppelin (my favorite band) and with the Les Paul it sounds just like Jimmy Page. You can dial the overdrive down, but I almost always keep it full blast. It can make a nice crunc also. IMHO it sounds kinda funky when used along with my amp distortion. Sounds good through my friends iron maiden Fender also, but not quite as awesome as it does through the LP. I gig with it every week, and sounds great.

"Like a Rock". As long as you have a AC adapter, you can gig all day without a backup.

never needed to deal with them, never will.

I have been playing for 3-4 years, and I own an older Squier Strat(before they were so sucky), an Epi LPS, and a couple other low budget axes(acoustic and bass). This pedal is perfect for the Led Zeppelin sound. Good rhythm sound, and leads sound nice also. Blows my korg ax-1g distortion out of the water. Gets a 9, cause there is probably something better out there.

The manuel with the Daddy-O was very helpful. It is very easy to use.

I have 2 multi-effects units and want to build a pedal board with individual stomp boxs, It is loaded with 5 knobs; yet very affordable,
strongly made,the better the amp the better the response. If through a solid state it "clips" roughly, if through a good tube amp it is more smooth and buttery.

The Daddy-O seems very dependable, I would use it without a backup.

I wish while sustaining a chord and pressing the button it wouldn't "pop". If no sound coming through and pressing it,it is silent switching. I wish it was a little more buttery. The cutting through problem some folks have is solved with the 3 eq knobs, Any more I use high overdrive instead of distortion for a more desireable sound. I like the middle of the fence setting too.

very easy to use, plenty of knobs vol, 3 eq, o drive. they are close together, but who cares, sound is more important.

rig SG riviera 70's and a 150w tube amp I built my self.
Y'know it's pretty hard to be picky about this pedal, I love the sound. it has a nice loose O'drive not too fuzzy and the range is great. can go from a little to full crunch. the sustain is just kick ass, puts my mates boss OD-2 to shame, infact out does it on all fronts.

yup can depend on it, stomp away, it'll never die, just watch the knobs they are a little fragile I think. They dont seem to be secured to the case, they poke through the case from the circuit board inside. but you should treat all of your kit with care. it loses 3 marks for the knobs.

not delt with em

I play Punk/Rockabilly sounds great for what I want. (playing bout 10 years)
yep I'd buy another, I don't know what makes these pedals so cheap they're worth nothing second hand, I'm kinda glad that the world hasn't cought on to how good these things are yet coz I got a total bargain. demo one in a shop then have a look on ebay. this pedal never gets in the way. wish I had a dano spring king, again cheap and kick ass. gave a rating of 9 beacuse 10 is to say something is perfect and cannot be improved apon, this is to my mind impossible for anything (but this pedal comes damn close to the perfect sound for me)

Not overly complicated, even if it does have more knobs than most pedals. The three-band EQ was wonderful, a delightful change from most pedals that just have a "Tone" Knob. I haven't had a problem with the knobs being too close together, but I suppose one might if one had big fingers.

I play my Fender 50's Strat through this, then into my Fender Frontman 25R. This pedal actually runs quieter than the clean channel on my amp, and makes the distortion channel less noisy as well. The overdrive is virtually non-existant until it's at 10 o'clock, unless you're playing full chords. After it hits 12 o'clock, the drive gets stronger, but is still not quite as powerful as it could be.

I mostly use this pedal for a Jimmy Eat World-type of sound, with the gain knobs on both the amp and the pedal at 12 o'clock, mids at full, treble about three-quarters and bass down low. This produces a very crunchy, thick sound very well-suited to rhythm work.

This thing is made of metal, and is without a doubt the sturdiest pedal I've ever seen. If you were to drop this thing down a flight of stairs, it would be none the worse. If I was gigging, I would definately use this without a backup AS LONG AS I HAD A POWER SOURCE.

This pedal consumes batteries like there's no tomorrow; it takes power whenever something is plugged into the input jack, regardless of weither or not it it in use. Since Christmas, when I bought it, I have already replaced the battery four times. Beware.

Never dealt with 'em. Don't see NEEDING to deal with them.

I play mostly alt-punk stuff, and this pedal is well-suited for use as a second guitarist's overdrive. It is NOT, however, very good for leads on its own, and should be used in conjunction with your amp's distortion for lead work.

If this pedal was stolen, I would probably not buy another immediately; I think I would rather invest in something a little more powerful like a VisualSound Jeckyll & Hyde or a Boss Mega Distortion. But I would eventually replace it, because the tone it gets is unlike any other pedal I have ever played.

Slightly more complicated than your typical stomp box, but not rocket science either!

Depends what you put into it and play it through... Garbage in = garbage out. Garbage is a great band, by the way. Anyway, I find it to be shrill and buzzy if I put the treble control past 9-10 o'clock. A good place to start dialing in tone is with the bass and mid at 12 o'clock and the treble all the way down.

Dialed in correctly, this pedal has some cool capabilities that none of my other overdrive-distortion pedals have... And I have quite a few:

Boss SD-1, DS-1, BD-2, Ibanez SM-9, SML, SS10, TS-9, TS-7, H&K Tubeman, and of course the Dano Daddy-O.

Never failed in the few years I've had it!

Picked it up at a pawn shop for $20. Not the holy grail, but not bad either. I rarely use it, but I like to keep it around just in case! If it were lost or stolen, I probably wouldn't buy it again unless I came across it at a pawn shop for $20.

I'm glad it has a three band EQ. Although technically it makes the pedal that little bit more tricky to get your sounds from, it increases the range of tone available. Other than that, my only gripe is the knobs are tightly packed in on the top panel. Pretty easy to use though.

Current rig: Gibson SG Standard -> Boss TU-2 -> Daddy O -> MXR Dist+ -> MXR Dist -> 7 Band EQ -> EH Big Muff USA -> Vox AC30 Normal Channel.

This pedal was a chance buy from eBay, it was only cheap and I didn't really expect too much from it, but I was collecting pedals from one of my favourite artists (Catherine Wheel) at the time. So when I spent a few minutes playing around getting basic sounds, I was impressed.

The key words I would use to describe this pedal are dirty, gritty, raunchy. I'd put it somewhere between the hard rock grit of Van Halen and the classic crunch of AC/DC. Having a 3 band EQ on the pedal is a Godsend, and its useful unlike the ones of my old OD-3 and SD-1, which this replaces.

This pedal is great for those punchy palm-muted riffs, and Metallica-style stuff where you use mutes and full strikes, think 'Enter Sandman' when the heavy guitars kick in - that combination of mutes and strums, this pedal nails that effect great because unlike my other gain boxes, it doesn't compress your tone much.

The tones I use this for are all within the rock genre, classic punk (The Damned, The Clash), more modern punk/pop (Green Day, Weezer), classic rock (AC/DC, Led Zep, Deep Purple) and some hard rock (The Darkness, Van Halen). This isn't a mellow overdrive, this is one that sounds best with anything past 12oclock dialled in on the O. Drive knob.

It loses marks a little for it's lack of versatility - lesser amounts of drive sound really brittle and messy. But I've got other pedals to do that.

I usually run this together with one of the Dist+ pedals to add a little mid boost, tidies the tone up a little. It's no noiser than any similar pedal, probably the favourite gain pedal of all the ones I've tried or owned (DOD Grind, Boss Metal Zone, Boss SD-1, Boss OD-3, MXR Dist+, USA & Russian Big Muff, ProCo Rat2, several multi FX).

Think classic Marshall with a hint more grit. I haven't really gigged this pedal more than once or twice, so I haven't got the ideal tone set at higher volumes, but for jam sessions or home playing it sounds great. If you want smoother overdrive I'd look elsewhere, because that's about the only thing it doesn't sound good for.

Unlike those crappy little mini Danos, this pedal is built pretty well. They've used plastic knobs but they look a little more sturdy than the minis, and the footswitch is very reliable. I've broken the switch on one of my Dist+ pedals before, but this one is still going strong.

Never needed to, pedal was s/h anyway.

I play mostly rock, power pop, punk, hard rock, that sort of thing. I own an SG and that's what its made for, so I'll be sticking with that until I get a more versatile guitar i.e. a Strat or Tele.

This pedal is the one I always come back to, all the controls are responsive and have a good sweep (unlike some Boss ones I've owned). Granted, it's not very versatile but I'd rather have one or two great sounds than a box of okay ones.

I can get a very good Marshall tone from my AC30, while still having pristine cleans when I need them, and it works well as a gain booster for all my other stomps. Great pedal.

It has a few more knobs than your usual pedal, but that means more versatility. I didn't really have problems with the knobs being too close together like others have commented on.

I'm playing with a Danelectro '56 U2 Reissue through a Fab Tone, then Daddy-O, into a Fender Frontman amp. The Fab Tone is off, so that's not really a big issue. It sounds lik ethere's some pretty sweet overdrive in there, but it's covered by a nasty, ugly-sounding fuzz that destroys the sound, no matter how much I fiddle with the knobs. However, played through a different setup in the store I bought it from, it sounded pretty good. I'm thinking it maybe just doesn't like the rest of my gear.

Built like a tank, all that stuff. I really can't see something like this being damaged through physical force alone. If it produced a sound that made me want to, I'd gig with it with no backup, easily.

Haven't dealt with them. Since I bought it from a pawn shop, I doubt very much they'll be of much help.

I play Rock, Punk, and Grunge types of music usually. I was looking for something that would dirty up the sound a bit, but not all-out distort it. In the store, this pedal achieved close to the sound I was aiming for, but in my rig it obviously does not. Because of this baffling (to me) difference in sound, I can't really give it an overall rating. If it were stolen, I'd cry that I didn't get a chance to sell or pawn it, and I'd probably look for something else or build my own pedal to replace it. It seems to be a great value, but exercise caution in making sure it sounds good with your rig.

Very easy to use. Some people complain that the knobs are too close together which I don't understand, its not like you need to alter them in a hurry and all things considered, they're not uncomfortably close together (unless you have enormous fingers, in which case you might have a job playing guitar at all). It has five dials (Treble,Bass,Middle,Volume and Overdrive) which is one more than a standard Danelectro pedal allowing you to mess around until you get the sound you're after. The dials are also quite stiff and so stay in place long after you've set them (unlike the BOSS ones which have a tendecy to move about a bit). The button is nice and big and the casing is perfectly angled for a clean, swift stomp when required. Oh and the red 'on/off' light is nice and big and bright, which is handy.

This pedal does deliver a suprising variety of sounds. I mainly use it for that White Stripes/Kings of Leon vintage 'cruch' distortion but if you dial OD up and Mid down then you can get good grunge/metal tones (and even a decent palm mute out of it). However if you're after full on fuzz or a Metallica style growl you should probably look elsewhere.

Its hard to convey just how unexpectedy heavy this pedal is, it weighs a bloody ton. This is a damn good thing as it is likely to withstand all the stomping you can give it. Also it is very sparing with battery power and the danelctro battery mine came with is still going strong after nearly three months use.

Had no need to deal with them. A slight problem for me was that the warranty (which comes in the box) is only valid in America so if anyting ever does go wrong then it might be a bit more hassle to get it fixed over here in England.

Excellent pedal, far better than the BOSS equivalents (eg. DS1) in sound, reliablilty and ease of use. I would recommend it to anyone unless you really are a bit metal orientated in which case this probably isn't what you're after. I paid just shy of 60 quid for mine so if you want one a bit cheaper, have a look on ebay where they go for about 30-40 quid.