Danelectro DO-1 Daddy-O Overdrive

As everyone else has said, the knobs are really close together, so it's kinda difficult to modify your tone settings. However, I only use one set (bass=ten, mid =zero, treble=6) so all I ever adjust is the OD, so it's not much of a problem for me.

I use this pedal with a Gibson Les Paul Studio Lite and a Music Man 212 Seventy Five. I could not possibly be more impressed. With it being an overdrive pedal and all, it doesn't really growl or squeal too well, but it does everything else. With the OD set at 10, I get plenty of distortion to play grunge and industrial, and with my mid set to zero, the sound is very clear and precise. I also play a lot of Zeppelin, and it sounds great for everything from Whole Lotta Love to Achilles Last Stand to Living Love Maid. When I need a crunchier sound for bluesier stuff, I just turn down the OD. I also have a DOD FX-55B Supra Distortion and a BOSS HM-3 Hyper Metal, but I never have any need for them because my Daddy O is so versatile. My roommate has a POD 2.0, and he can't get any sound out of it that's half as good as my Daddy O.

I've had the pedal for six years, and I've used it for lots of gigs and practice sessions with five different bands, and it still works just as well as it did as the day I bought it. I use a transformer so I don't have to worry about the batteries, and by doing this I get a lot more gain out of it and it sounds a lot better than it does with a 9V.

I've never had to contact the company, so I don't know about the customer service.

I've used this pedal when I was playing with blues, jazz, classic rock, and hard rock bands, and it's performed wonderfully in all the genres after a few adjustments of the knob settings. If it were stolen or lost, I'd break down and cry, and then I'd go out and get another--I couldn't imagine playing without it. If I had more money, I'd probably invest in a dedicated distortion pedal, but I'd replace my amp before I replaced my Daddy O. All told, the only music-related purchase I've ever made that was a better move than getting this pedal was buying my Les Paul for $450. But that's another story for another day.

There are a lot of knobs for a pedal, but that doesn't make it difficult to use. There are volume, bass, mid, treble, and distortion.

As soon as I took it out of the box, I set the volume, bass and treble just like I have them on my fab tone. The mid and distortion quickly fell into place for a good sound.

The knobs are close together, but that makes it more difficult to move them by accident. Besides, once you find a sound you like, you don't need to move them anyway.

Setup - Ibanez sz320 w/Seymour Duncan SH-2 and SH-6 pickups, into the Fab Tone, into the Daddy-O, and into my Fender DeVille 4x10.

I love the sound of this pedal. It's not a light distortion, but at the same time its not as in your face as the Fab Tone. It puts out a warm overdriven sound. Many have said that this pedal is thin and does not sound like an overdriven tube amp. That's not the case for me, but maybe that's bc I'm using it with an all tube amp. Some noise at high distortion settings, but that's expected from a stomp box.

Tough metal housing, nice rubber bottom, and just so-so knobs and jacks. Overall its good though.

Never dealt with.

I've been playing rock/emo for almost 7 years and this pedal is a pefect match. If it were stolen, I'd buy another bc they're cheap right now. I still use my Fab Tone, but sometimes you need a softer distortion.

Small knobs in a tight arrangement - not easy to handle - rest ok

Took me a fair bit of time to get it working how I wanted it to. I play an old Echolette M40 and a Custom Shop Strat. Needed sth to tickle the preamptubes and add some crunchy distortion. It sounds kinda nosy at higher drive - so I cranked the volume up - took drive out (about 9 'o clock) took out the mids and added some treble and bass. I am happy with it though I can't call it a versatile stomp box. Not to compare with a Tube Screamer (808 or TS9). But at least it looks vintage.

No problems. tank proved metal. (change the dano battery with a good one!)

Never had problems - never needed customer support - so no comment possible

Playing for over 20 years now. I've been collecting lotsa gears since. The DaddyO is a vintage looking stomp box (that's why i bought it) I wasn't impressed with its sound first but fairly spoken - after dialling the knobs and spending some time with it I found the sound that I want. I play from jazz to heavy almost everything and i use for blues and country style. I think I wouldn't buy it again. But it was a cheap and reasonable spending on a real good looking thing.

The knobs are too small (and I'm not fat-fingered). But... anyway it has knobs so it's easy enough...

I played it with a Gibson Les Paul into a Fender Twin-Amp.

I think it's not for pro's but if you don't have much money and want a quiet good New-Rock-Sound (not rectifier-like!!!) turn the mids out, bass 90%, treble 75% and it's okey for the beginning.

don't know, was just testing it in a shop

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I play mainly New-Rock like Deftones, Linkin Park, etc. I would say this thing is good for that kind of music but verget it for anything else... it's only a lead sound - not good for rythm-stuff...

five knobs, too small and narrow- even for my little fingers- to make any "on the fly" foot adjustment (if anyone tried a Maestro pedal, you know what I mean).
takes a little tweaking before you find a suitable sound, 'cause the 3 Eq knobs make huge changes whem twiddled.

I have a '94 Strat plugged into a Fender 112 Deluxe: I actually bought this pedal on the internet because it was damn cheap, but I don't know if I'd buy it again. It's actually quite similar to the drive channel of my amp, so it has a lot of attack (advice: if you play rhythms, set the treble knob very, very low, and pump up the mids) while I would mainly need a creamy rhythm sound, to get which I went mad. And still I'm longing for a TS-9 or a Vox V810...
But in the end, the sound quality itself is pretty good. I only give it a 7 just because of my playing style, if I was a lead guitarist w/ bluesy mood it would get a 9: it's beautiful with single coil (my Strat has a SD Little '59 with splitter, bridge position), can get quite harsh and punchy with humbucker (which is good, I hate hard rock and metal: only thing I want are dirty sounds) at high drive setting.

I bought it used and had it for only a couple of months, seems sturdy in its metal case though: I'm only a little concerned about those plastic jack inputs, well we'll see.

Never dealt.

This pedal sounds perfect, and I said perfect, for bluesy leads, but I'm a natural rhythm, so it doesn't totally fit with my style: I mean, it's greatest features are the ones I don't need...
This is what you get for such a low price... Sometimes I'd like to sell it, other I want to keep it: for sure, I'll buy another overdrive... Try it before you buy it by the way, in lead sounds it almost reaches the greatness of TS-9: and for that ridiculous price, could turn out to be a GREAT deal.

Now...errrr...its a distortion pedal with five knobs on it..so plenty of eq.....- fx##k the manual...use your brains and ears and you'll be ok.

i'm tierd of writing my setup down...so i wont...Does it realy matter?
This pedal is quite nice (budget/quality)...It can sound really usable..but in case you need some especific type of distortion i can't help you aboutthat..all i can say is that i own two diferent distortion pedals because they sound DIFERENT from each other..and i also use the distortion of my Mesa amp...sometimes i mix two very carefuly to get the sound i want.
What i liked first about this product was the oportunities of equalization it offered...because i like dialing in often....i found that this pedal can be very interesting if you are an explorer...it screams if you search that...i like it for my phsicadelic flavours..but my advice is to try it with your gear and see what happens..'cause you might like it.

I've use this one plenty of times on gigs...still kicks...but the inputs are to fragile for my taste(plastic i think)...i'm loosing confidence on those two very fast....

I've been playing for 15 years now..
I play experimental rock mixing down several things..so i like to experiment a lot and i try to be careful not to buy unusefull gear at the same time..i'm also on the "keep it simple" side.....i've learned that some time ago ...'cause money doesn't fall from the sky (at least for me) i'm generaly never disapointed about what i buy.
I like this pedal quite a lot for what i do with it ...for the flavours i can come out with because its very equalizable...and cheap..but i doubt anyone would use this one for main distortion..i believe that if that's what you looking for ..forget it...but give it a try ..why not??
i really hate those cheap inputs..

This thing is impossible! There are two many controls to be a simple overdrive (which it isn't). Impossible to get a sound you want.

This pedal can be great for leads but sucks for rythm. It's so nasily, it's like a flat wall of noise. Destroys the tone of guitar and amp (I use an Epiphone Casino and a Rickenbacker 330 thru a Fender Twin Reverb reissue and a vintage blackface Fender Bandmaster). No matter what pedal it is used with, there is no hope for it. This works for leads, not strumming or picking, just leads!!! I'd rather have a Tubescreamer.m It is very good for leads though but otherwise, it sucks!!!

Can depend on it but don't really want to.

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I play hard rock originals and 90's brit rock like Oasis. This pedal has been used in the studio and did not get the sound I wanted. my bands cd was also produced by an idiot though but there is still little that can be done to help it. You can hear it playing rythm and leads on the website: http://willisweb.tripod.com
You can hear the muddiness on the overdrive though it does work well for overdrive (but still, I want both). Keep in my though the recording was better before it was mixed (unbelievably better) but when you're 18, you get ripped off by people who just want to be lazy and do a shit ass job. Been playing for 8 years.

Simple. Lot of variations due to the five knobs. Almost a real EQ. But on the other side you rather have some real sticky fingers.

I'm playing a Epiphone Les Paul standard on a Blazer Peavey Amp. A rookie gear (and actually I am) , and I was searching a kind of "vintage" sound, something a bit more rock than the simple Blazer sound. In fact I play the Daddy-O almost like a pre-ampli, and the result is above my expectations. It will give you a real smooth and warm sound, but it's easy to gain some power, especially on the attack.

Heavy enough to kill someone, I presume. The switch is well protected.

Howewer I think you will have to be carefull with the control panel.

A good price/quality compromise. It's fun and if you are searching some root sound, pretty like a tube amp, the Daddy O is for you.

Furthmore, it's real cool looking !

Straightforward, not rocket science

If you are a blues, classic rock player, this is not the overdrive pedal you want. Ive got a Fender Strat and Marshall VS-30. If you try to play loud, it sucks, I mean it is completely useless. But the trick is that first turn of the volume of the amp all the way, and just rely on the power of the pedal. Obviously, you will get a barely hearable sound but it is a perfect overdriven tube amp sound. This means that you can only use this pedal, in the middle of night, when you want play the blues for only yourself.

Yes no problem

As I mentioned before, this is a PRACTICE PEDAL (maybe it is the first of its kind), DONT play it loud.

I got this pedal when i was a beginner guitarist, it was my first ever pedal. I gotta say that, while it was easy, very easy to use, it was only capable of grunfe tunes. This was great for me, because I'm a grunger, but if there is some consumer who wants a ped for a bluesy overdrive or a poppy, tiny overdrive then this ped isn't for you. However, i've only ever used it on one setting, with full overdrive, volume, bass and treb and no mid, so maybe it's my fault.

I often gigged with it and, even with my Encore strat and sub-standard Laney PA, it sounded nice and meaty. I have since put it through a Ibanez RG170R and was impressed. This is the ideal ped for a kid in a rock band on a budget. If you are rich, then I advise the OD-3 by Boss. I love Boss stompboxes.

It was, in my point of view, nuclear bomb proof. The sturdy metal construction often took several jumps (literaly) a day, but didn't show a mark. The metal knobs did look a bit vulnerable, so i used some degree of care. It never cut out at one gig, and is obviously a ped designed for the punishment I gave it.

Never needed a single service. Pristine.

I'm a grunger, and this ped served me fantastically. I'd recomend the Danelectro Daddy-O to anyone without a shadow of doubt.