Danelectro DO-1 Daddy-O Overdrive

you have to search your sound with 5 knobs. 3 of them are eq. so it's not so simple.

sounds not so bad, from little bluesy overdrive, through crunch to dist\fuzz. and eq allows you control your tone. but it sounds a little bit plastic.

hmmm, not sure, using it for a very short term only

using it for a very short term only

ok pedal for that money, though if stolen, i would rather buy something else.

Just wanted to drop a line about this Daddy 'O'. I pulled the back off and changed the clipping diodes to red LED's. It gave it more of a slightly fuzzy overdrive tone rather than the tight sound it normally has. I changed them back again and yep, I didn't like it as much. I think I swapped em back and forth about 3 times. So if you want to change the character of this pedal fairly easily and moreso reversably, give it a try.

I'm not the biggest fan of dirt pedals so I sold it but it's got some found memories of a really usefull tone with that mod.

Hey in case you didn't know either, the circuit is basically the same as the old Marshall Guvnor pedal with some buffering in front. The Daddy O is a really good pedal. The EQ can shape things to suit different amp and guitars also. Ok that's all folks!

In spite of having 5 knobs, this pedal is very easy to use. It has gain control and a volume control, as well as a 3-band EQ. If you can't find a good tone, read the manual (download it). Me? I don't need no instructions to know how to Rock! But if you can't find a good tone on this pedal then you simply don't know what you're doing with this pedal.

It's quiet--like all the old Dan-o pedals. I have a tube amp. I did an A/B comparison with this pedal's knobs set up the same as my Boost channel preamp. This pedal does a GREAT emulation of a tube preamp. This is NOT a distortion or a fuzz pedal. If you think it is, then you simply don't know what you're talking about--period. This pedal is NOT going to sound like a Marshall Plexi or a Mesa Rectifier. It doesn't emulate a monster amp head with 4 preamp tubes and 3 power tubes, but it does emulate a tube overdrive.

Understand what I'm saying:
This pedal accurately emulates a SINGLE 12ax7 tube being overdriven. Think of a lower wattage amp that might be used for Blues or small gigs. That's what this pedal sounds like. It's great for Jazz, Blues, Hard Rock, and Classic Rock. This pedal is NOT what you're looking for to play Nu-Metal or any Metal other than maybe some Classic Rock stuff.

I have not tried this pedal with a solid state amp so I'm not sure if that will drastically change the quality of the tone you get but with my Marshall amp, this sounds very good. If you had an all tube amp (like a smaller Fender amp) this might be just what you need for those smaller, low volume Jazz, Blues, and Classic Rock gigs.

The 3-band EQ is just amazing! I can't say enough about how much control you get over your sound by having that EQ on the pedal. You can get the mid-boost nasal growl (think Tube Screamer) or hollow it out a bit (like a Heavy Metal, Classic Rock tone) or boost the bass for a fat Jazz tone. Pump up the highs and mids just a touch for a punchy Blues tone. Like the song says "You can have whatever you like".

I've never had any trouble with any of my Danelectro pedals and I own 4 of them.

Never used them. The used to be non-existent about 3 years ago but now they have a Customer Service department with an actual human being there!

If you're looking for the tone of a small, low wattage tube amp then this pedal will deliver. If you are looking for a crunchy distortion box for Metal, don't use this one. This gives the vintage tone of a single 12ax7 tube being overdriven. For the price, I'm not sure you can beat it. The Boss Blues Driver is more expensive and it doesn't sound any better (to me). A Tube Works Tube Driver or Blue Tube has an actual 12ax7 tube in the pedal but it's MUCH more expensive than this little nugget. This is definitely worth the money.

Impossible to get a good sound out of it. Easy to use but can't do much with it.

Impossible to get a good sound out of it. This is a Fizz Machine not an Overdrive Pedal. The noises out of the pedal sound like a dead bird. It is also very noisy. The only thing this is good for is to Mod it for $24 using Monte Allums. Then it sounds like a Marshall. Otherwise, don't even look at this pedal.

Used with both a Fender Tube and a Solid State. I can't imagine any artist using this pedal.

The first big version was built like a tank. The new ones are very small and don't look like they would hold up if you dropped it.

No Clue.

I play all kinds of music from Blues to Metal. Been playing for 25 years. Own many very high end guitars, amps and pedals. I would pay someone to take this pedal. However, I did just spend $24 to Mod this pedal with a Monte Allums Kit and it actually sounds great now. The kit pretty much rebuilt the pedal so that tells you something...

Couldn't get much easier. Only the small knobs bother me, when I need to change the EQ settings playing through some other amp than mine. Not that bad of a prob though.

The Daddy-O has been kind of the cornerstone of my own sound for years and years. It was a beautiful warm-up for my previous long-time partner Laney TF-200 hybrid combo (actually solid state only, since I used only the clean channel), and seems to work great with my current 20W Laney LH20 all tube head + MesaBoogie Three-Quarter Back 1x12". Can get quite heavy old-school growling, or then just back off the drive a bit for nice crunch.

Since it's cheap, you can't expect it to be top notch, though. It's a bit noisy (even for an overdrive, I guess), and I remember noticing years ago that the noise is worse when used with an AC adapter. Haven't used it with battery for a long long time... But noise is something that doesn't bother me when it comes to drive pedals - as long as the sound is good, I'm fine with it. You don't have to keep the pedal on when not playing, do you?

The only thing I wish the Daddy-O had soundwise, is a little bit more transparency and dynamics. But hey, it's still the cornerstone of my sound (for now at least), so it can't be that bad... ;)

Unfortunately heavy gigging seems to do bad for it. :( The housing is sturdy, but there are few weak points:

1. The switch feels cheap
2. The pots feel cheap and when rotated they don't feel like I was dealing with high quality - could break anytime (haven't, though!)
3. The plastic, not-attached-on-the-box jacks are unreliable
4. The AC-adaptor jack is even more unreliable - mine has already broken a bit. It transmits the power, OK, but the plug needs to be at certain position; deep enough (too deep compared to when the pedal was new) and not straight. I'm still gigging with it anyway, because it hasn't failed in the middle of a set, only needs to be checked every time before the start.

I do use it kind of without a backup - don't have another one, but got a MEK Tubedrive 2, that can be tweaked quite close to Daddy-O's sound. Funny by the way that the MEK is not my main overdrive, but this cheap(ish) Dano!

Haven't dealt with them.

I play a wide range of styles, since I study it and do it for living. My own "thing" is old school, blues-based rock etc. and this pedal nails it (and many many many styles) great. My own sound is recognizable (so I've heard), and this OD makes much of it at least for now. I play mostly Strat, but the pedal works with humbuckers and P90s too.

Adjustable to sound good and produce quite the same sound with very different kinds of amps is the best thing about Daddy-O. Not forgetting the healthy basic sound it has through the drive knob's range. Transparency and dynamics are not boutique, but neither is the price. Quality is the weak point. Seen lot worse though.

Slight minus from the lack of true bypass has to be mentioned.

I would definetely buy another one if it was stolen or lost - my first one was stolen by the way...

This is a pretty easy pedal to get a good sound out of. It has a three band EQ which is very nice. A rareity with Overdrive pedals.

I am Currently runing a Epiphone Les Paul Ultra(With Gibson Burstbucker pickups) into a Slash Crybaby Wah - Rocktron Metal Planet - Danelectro Daddy-O Overdrive - Digitech RP350 - Into a Crate V16 All Tube Amp. This is a good setup to have if your tight on money. This unit can be a little noisy when cranked up, but that is to be expected from a cheaply priced unit. The overdrive is very good. It sounds fairly warm, not as warm as a tubescreamer but it suits my needs just fine.

I havent had any problums yet. And I have used it live, and will continue to. The battery life seems good.

This is a very good overdrive for the price. And dont forget that the EQ is a bonus. Get it, you wont be disapointed.

This pedal is a sturdy and inexpensive way to boost your volume from R to L

I use the TCOB setting just for this. It is one of the few pedals that keeps the tone as the lower volume. In the TCOB setting that is, As far as tthe other settings go, well, then you may have a problem

But, as I said and will say once again, in the TCOB setting it can't be beat.

Just twiddle the knobs and Let your ears be the judge

I use this pedal with my Peavey Classic 30 and DC Solid Metal. I use it for my lead breaks. I find its very organic and pretty much just boosts the signal. The bypass on it seems to be very good also. It has a very unique tone to it. For what I use it for it sounds great

Built like a tank.

Fairly average price pedal, sounds great, strong and versatile. If its its good enough for Mike Campbell(Tom Petty's Guitarist) then its sure good enough for me.

Simple. Use your ears

I use this with an Epiphone Valve Junior, Laney hybrid and also with my gnx3000 and boss me50. I love it has a variety of tones because of the 3 eq knobs. I find it adds alot of warmth to my ss/digital rigs also.

Had it 4 years, so far so good. Its a very heavy and well built pedal. Dont get this pedal confused with the tiny little new dano's.

Never dealt

A very nice pedal suits me down to the ground, I use it for a solo boost and it does the job great

has tone controls that work .. nice - (kind of small though - so what)

i held off on getting one of these for a while because i saw they were so cheap on ebay and i thought it must suck - NOT SO! I tried it and I LIKED IT! my chain (one side) is an ibanez compressor >> then MXR phase 100 >> and then Daddy O - into fender 6v6gt tube amp ... i like it a lot - please dont do what i did, and judge it based on how other people don't how to use effects properly in their chain or expect a single pedal will give them every sound in the book. this pedal ESPESCIALLY for the money is a great value - i liked it better than the boss blues driver (no disrespect)

solid build

please

i think this pedal is underrated - if used with the right setup could be just the ticket for VERY LITTLE money - big value IMHO

Very easy to use, just use your ears.

Im using this with a Laney Hybrid LV200 and Boss ME50mfx. I find that the ME50's ods/dist can be a little harsh and this pedal warms them up just great. This pedal is very good used as a boost I find.

Had it for 4 years now and no worries. This pedal is one of the older style Dano's and is built like a tank. Very dependable

This is a great pedal for what I use it for. A nice warm sounding overdrive, which can do crunch and fuzz if tweaked.

Its easy to get a ok sound out of this box, but the knobs are too small and too close to each other, so even if my fingers are thin its hard to fine tune. the box is kind of large, so i wander why they have to make the knobs the way they do. like that it has a 3-band eq, makes it more versitile. the manual is ok.

Loved the sound until i tried something else. TS9, vox v810 and fulldrive 2 are all pedals far greater than the dady-o, the first two are in the same pricerange. I sold it years ago. Just didn't like it anymore. the sound lacks quality. it dosen't sound like a cranked amp, a beautiful distortion or a strange noisy peace of crappy wander. Now I use a fender japan tele, TU-2, CS-2, V810, TS9, Muff, Maxon CS-550, DD-6, PN-2 throug a fender Princeton and a Hot Rod Deville 212.

The only thing that can break is the knobs, and they will break if you step on them. The box is so heavy that i almost belive it's made of ledd. nothing can penetrate that shield! Give it a 5 because of the knobs, which is an essential part of a stomp, but everything else seems relieble.

I play mainly british rock, but dont think that influenses my opinion. this pedal just isn't great. It's not even good. It's OK, and ok is not good enough. You can get better pedals for less. I would like to share some thoughts about the design. It's different, but not good different. It's f.... ugly. The size of it makes it difficult to make place on the pedal-board.

Knob (indicators) are hard to see. Tiny little close-spaced knobs are hard to turn. Volume/Gain/Tone labels are hard to read to see which knob does what. Making this pedal relatively difficult to adjust on stage on-the-fly. Most pedals don't need too much tweaking so maybe this is nit-picking. Especially considering that this pedal pretty much sucks regardless of where you turn the knobs to.

I've always liked the BIG 'ol push button though.

This has got to be one of the worst sounding overdrive / distortion / gain pedals, whatever.. that has ever been created. Thin, bad tone, unresponsive. If it were just a little worse it may be bad enough to be good in a unigue way. If you like good tone I would stay away from this one. If you have a bad guitar, bad amp, AND you are a bad guitar player, buy it!!! Because it won't matter. And it does look cool so if your into looks more than tone, this could be a good buy for you. Maybe it's just me.. but aren't all the good pedals just square boxes. And all the bad ones look like a stealth fighter or a '57 chevy?

100% reliable. Never a problem. I think it is well made, quiet and consistant. The case is cast aluminum or zinc and "built like a tank". Insides are cheap-o but they always work. And this thing has been beer soaked and danced on many, many times.

The pedal has been reliable. So N/A.

My guitar playing style as is a diverse variety of hard rock, roots, country twang, blues. This pedal is not a good match to my playing style. Probably because I LOVE GOOD TONE! I have been playing steady in working bands for over 30 years. I have many tube amps (5watts to 130watts) from Fender, Mesa, Vox, Harmony. And I play real & old Les Pauls, Teles, Strats, 335. All stock, no fancy added stuff. I have used the Daddy-O on and off (over 10 years) as a back up or for a "less gain" sound to my vintage ProCo RAT. I have to say this pedal is not a good buy at any cost. It may be better than nothing. So for $10 ok, if that's all you're willing to spend. But I have never been pleased or inspired to play better while using this pedal. The Daddy-O & I just don't get along. It has overall a thin and nasty tone. So much so that I hesitate to use the word "tone" in decribing this pedal. I would not recommend this pedal to anyone. Sounds funny but the reason I have used it lately is that the name of my band is The Daddy-O's. So it was more for a laugh. I have decided to bury this pedal at sea by flushing it down my toilet. So my musing here is it's epitaph.

Dislikes: Tone-sucker: overall sound quality is poor. Knobs are difficult to see and adjust on-stage.

Not so easy, there's gain to be equalized!

So volume, gain, plus a gain equalizer... It's a lot of options,
and not all of them sound good. Could've been done simpler, that's all.

Another point-eating thang is that the knobs are small and bunched
together, so no play-by adjustments.

Nice one - I use it for a little crunch 'cause I like it.
It's attached to my Bolt-60 amp, and I'm feeling versatile and good.

I find that it sounds exceptionally lo-fi on higher drive
settings; it's not rude or shrieking, just not so good.
Charming for me, maybe, but people will generally say it sucks.
No shame in playing it that way a little just for fun, though.
Better stuff is to be had for high distortion sounds.

The equalizer is worth it's weight in gold for me, because I can
iron out my P-90 equipped guitar's sound, 'nuff said.
A smidgeon of drive gives me the honk I need when I dig in,
and I feel that this little tin-can responds to playing dynamics.
Not in a grand way, like an overdriven tube amp, but still
it shows some feeling, and it's better than none.

Certainly no noise, hiss, volume drop or boost - it's quiet and
peaceful.

If it stayed true in higher gain settings, it woulda earned
a niner easy due to the super-useful equalizer. More expensive
things don't have it.

Sure!
No backup needed - this thing is durable and thick,
plus it's designed fabulously for all vintage freaks.
You don't have to like it, but the design really works
for people of a certain sensibility.

Speaking of sensibility, my Daddy-O has been kicked and
banged around quite a bit, but still works like a charm
and keeps batteries for months. Good one.

Never tried. Assessing from the looks of their webpage,
I don't think that would ever be a clever idea.

Works for me! Can get into that Scofield vibe a little,
can even try and push it up a notch and hammer-in a few riffs too.

If it were stolen, I would buy something better-sounding,
then forever regret the lack of 3-band drive equalization.
Unless...

Five knobs, fiddle around a bit and you got it.

On my strat it produces a nasty fizzy tone, very transistorish and plasticky. This was one of my first few OD's but I quickly sold it because it sounds plain nasty. I modded mine, changed the op-amp and other stuff, sounded a tad better but still sucked.

Low gain simply doesnt work on this one, you need dirt at at least 9-10 o'clock. Anything higher than 2 o'clock sounds like angry hornets in a tin can.

The only reason anyone would get this pedal is the cheap price.

Casing is solid metal but sockets are plastic. Why?

Ok cheap beginners OD, play with it a few weeks till you tire of the artificial sounding nasty raspy buzzy tones, and get a decent pedal. Even the digitech bad monkey is a great OD compared to this.

Pretty easy to use, if you start with everything at 12 o'clock and work from there making small adjustments you can't go wrong. Easy to put you foot on the switch and the led is big so you can see it easily. The color is very purty to, awwww how sweet lol

Wow, how cool is this thing!?! It is really pick responsive and has a slightly loose and fuzzy lower string sound when plucked softly, give a distortion type tone on the middle strings when you dig in, and has an overdrive sound on the higher strings. When you use a bit of delay and chorus/flanger higher up neck it gets a fusion type of overdrive of the typical 808/ts9-ish variety but totally in a different way, namely without the lack of bass or huge nasally mids but it's definately a crisp overdrive sound not a distortion. I guess I should point out that I am using it to 'overdrive' my valve amp which is by itself giving anything from a proper clean with guitar volumes low up to a pushed clean to a mild overdrive with volumes up. So that is the sort of amp situation I am using when I describe the sounds and response of this effect box. Comparing to a Boss Blues Driver it is miles ahead because it doesn't sound like a sterile processed overdrive and I'm talking even with the Monte Allums H2O mod. I did do one of the Indyguitarist mods to this DO-1 to make it smoother, as well as changing out the TL072 to an RC4558P ala the ts-808's other widely great sounding IC. BUT.... even stock I imediately liked the sound of the Daddy-O. I would like to give an 8.9 with mods and an 7.9 without.

Seems built well, but the plastic knobs mounted onto plastic shafted pots mounted on the pcb poking up through a plastic retaining section seems to be asking for failure. Don't kick the knobs off the unit and it would be fine. The push button is military strength, and the switch is also very big -- way bigger than boss.

I like it a lot. I have tried a few pedals for dirt to and I am liking this one.

Boss SD-1, DS-1, Zoom 2020, Fuzz Face, OS-2, MT-2, Zoom G2.1, BD-2 and Daddy-O. This list is pedal, not including amps, TSL etc.

Pretty straight foward stompbox. No bells or whistles here. Just adjust and go. Set and leave. Whatever. Controls are good and tight. LED included.

I bought this initially because Steve Howe uses one.

First some background on overdrive pedals. You are making a mistake if you think a pedal labeled "overdrive" should be a modern "distortion" box, for example a Boss DS-1. The ABC's here involve a little history about the development of the business, so just realize what it is exactly you have purchased. The microchip design of the Ibanez Tube Screamer and it's related cousins (vice earlier 60's-70's era transistor Muff styles), require at a minimum an all-tube amplifier. The basic function of the 80's style pedal, is to raise a buffered signal level, or active signal, or powered signal, however you want to define it, then hit your front end of the amp with that higher voltage. Raising your signal beyond a saturation sine wave for the power tubes, helps them clip into a soft edged square wave. Hence, the label --> overdrive. Ever wonder why the amp had a volume knob...AND a gain knob?! Raise the knob labeled volume first, then bring up the knob labeled overdrive secondly. (The pedal, not the amp.) The subtle characteristics of overdrive pedals is what separates them from boost pedals. The modern distortion circuits, "process" the waveform more directly, therefore I did find my Boss DS-1 into a tube amp, actually lacking when compared to my old practise Peavey Transtube solid state amp, for instance. The distortion pedal into a Randall is what separates the Pantera/Sevendust sound from the early Metallica/ACDC Mesa/Marshall sound. They both sound very close to each other, but not quite. It's just a preference. Warning! The Dunlop 535 Crybaby Wah works in a similar manner, unlike their 95 re-issue. Completely different circuit components.

Straight forward, yep, the big plus to the Daddy-O, all you Moon Dog big daddies out there...is that over the Tubescreamer...this has an equalizer! The Ibanez has a built-in circuit mid boost for large spaces at high decibels, but the Daddy-O gives you a little more control in the bottom end of that eq. I use it in small spaces for practice only. In my rig right now, it's a stand alone pedal chain buffer, vice a compressor pedal. Sustain should come from the thickness and weight of the guitar body/neck.

Maybe maestro Steve uses it alone, I have no idea. There are other ways to use it, don't get me wrong, and I probably paid too much for it, but just don't get too excited if it won't do an all-in-one digital thang on the cheap. Digital delay modulation and time effects should never be summed before power tubes, or intermodulation distortion will result in a decay/destruction. All-in-one devices need to go with solid state amps only, but some digital "distortion" clocks out fast enough up front with good software. Breaking up the signal can be done, but it WILL sound sonically maximized and flat, if not extremely loud at ALL times. I prefer the picking dynamics, impedance reactance of the tone/volume controls, and multi-harmonic orders of vacuum tubes, played clean. It's a cut and paste ProTools world though. I never said I liked what was popular, just what was available on my "crunch" palette. Don't even get me started on British punk pop. America's Mississippi Delta is where the blooz gets played.

Initially I was disappointed with my Tubescreamer purchase to tell you the truth, against the Danelectro, but now after reading the history of the business, I realize it was just an "application" issue. In other words, my living room prefered the versatility of my Daddy-O.

It now gets swapped back and forth with the TS-808 re-issue, depending on the decibels needed for my space.

The Ibanez has a more transparent sound than the Big-Daddy, so it's better for other uses on my pedalboard. It's all experiment, but I prefer to think logically about it, so it stays for now.

It doesn't sound anything like a fuzz face in my book.

No issues. Attractive design.

No failures.

Besides my Wah, it's the only pedal I'd sell.

But Gear Aquisition Strategy...is part of the fun anywayz.

My 4 Real blooZ.

GAS

It's an ok pedal for the money. I paid $20 for it, second hand, which is about as much as I'd consider paying for this pedal. The 5 controls take a short while to get adjusted to but it's easy to get a fairly decent tone out of it.

Is this an overdrive? A distortion? A fuzz? I just can't figure it out. It seems like a cross between all three. When the gain setting is all the way down, it's quite irritating to use, there's just a hint of the signal breaking up, but no way like a true tube amp, it's like a little transistor farting. Gain between 9 o'clock and 1 o'clock is ok, anything above that and the pedal sounds like a high pitched trebly farty fuzz.

Maybe it's ok for some zz-top or some old ac-dc, but useless for anything else.

Dunno. The sockets are plastic, but the body seems to be armor plated. I'm more worried about the sockets though. Why couldn't they have spent a little more money and given us steel sockets?

Never needed any.

Well it feels solid, but the sound leaves a lot to be desired. I would look elsewhere. The boss sd-1 is a great starting point.

Takes time to find the right setting's for your amp/amp's and the mid knob in the center should be left in the middle.

I have many distortion /overdrive pedals.But this pedal really supprized me.It has a great smooth sounding dist sound thats not over the top and great for chording.Black crow's style and Bad Company sound with just the right amount of buzz.Not powerfull enough for solo's but i beleive people should have two overdrive pedals in their chain anyway.Here is an example of my setting's

volume @ 2 o'clock
bass @ 3 o'clock
Mid @ 11 o'clock
treb @ 2 o'clock
o'drive @11:30 or knob position pointed right at the "o" in O.Drive.

This is not a death metal pedal or dimebag derryl sounding.

Insted it is smooth and can give you fuller bass response than allot of other more expensive models.Not noisy at all.

Solid built well and looks great!.

N/a.

I have about 10 diff dist pedals and out of the lot i only use two.
My Daddy o and an OCD fulltone for thicker drive and for solo's.

I use it with a Marshall 2204 and 4 12 marshall cab.
Fender strats,gibson SG and les paul pro 1976.

for the money this is a real value and should be part of anyone's arsenal.

I use a custom tele or washburn hb35>this beast>dano fish n chips>dt-10>music man 212-hd 130>ashdown 4x10 bass cab. Sound is amazing, especially with extra eq. Set treble to 10, bass to 10, mid to zero, gain to full and you're laughing. it's great for don caballero riffage (funnily enough). A very stylised distortion/overdrive hybrid. doesnt growl at all, it's very smooth but with a big bite to it.

solid as a rock

n/a

it's good enough for ian williams & it's good enough for me.

The small knobs aren't the easiest if you need to reach down and tweak them during a gig. If you get a sound you like, though, no big.

For a fairly inexpensive pedal, I've found it to be pretty quiet and quite stable. I've used it with a Marshall Vs100, Blues Junior, and Traynor YCV-50 with my Jazzmaster, Jagmaster, and Teles. It gets some pretty decent sounds, but I'd like to be able to use it to punch up the volume more and use the overdrive and tone settings to add a touch of overdrive and warmth. It just doesn't punch up the volume the way I'd like.

Nice rugged construction ... I don't worry about this thing falling apart. It has space for a second battery .... damn, is that a great idea or what?!

Decent sounding pedal ... just doesn't have an incredible amount of flexibility with the sounds it gets. Stageworthy rugged construction and stability.

great with 3 tone knobs a lot of flexibility . i set it to my taste and forget it. . . control of the mids is always important

I use it with various amplifiers fenders / roland whatever. I think it will as reported sound very different with diff amps, so Daddy-O> Boss CE-3>BossDD-3>BossRV-3> behringer GDI amp sim/driver. Im really happy now after trying a lots of distortion/OD pedals. in combination with the behringer on a clean boogie setting, my strat Rocks on any amp..with a lot of headroom with the volume pot. try it you'll like it. it has a kinda weak drive, but thats why it retains some real guitar tone. with the driver at the end of the chain though its screaming, with a "thwump". i want a crunchy jangle and i get it. other pedals are too metal, or like a ds-1 or rat, too little attack and dynamics for me.

well 2 of the knobs are a little loose, i think maybe if you stomp on the knobs you could damage it...doh
plastic input/output jacks i aint worried

n/a

I play punk/post punk/ grungey rock. its perfect i love a crushing sound but with definition. this box is special i think. in no way fake or prcessed sounding at lower drive levels.It can sound like early zeppelin w0w. I wish i had an awesome tube amp to try it with , but my fx setup with various (crappy) SS house-amps is really hot IMO. been playing 25 years so i get that its about the combination of gear in the chain and amplifier. daddy-o may match your amp or not.. try n buy.
oh its a little noisy cause i play single coil strats.

well reading the reviews here helped me find it, so i wanted to share my sucess. after many sleepless nights wondering what to do with my fx chain. now i can rest... its a solid box -o- Tone!(but not too much..)

it takes a while to get the tone you want out of it but thats only cos its so versatile

im not gonna give it shit for hissing cos its impossible to not have it without a noise gate which only really sound good if your playing really clean distortion metal. the gains pretty crap for anything smooth when turned up anymore then just over halfway, on full it does sound very good for really dirty punk. it does seem best suited to more mild distortion but not quite mild enough for blues in my opinion, depedns what you kinda thing is. the EQ is awesome on this pedal, the treble isnt too harsh when the drive isnt up loads, the bass makes it REALLY full sounding and the mids are proper hollow.

i think its best suited to rythm, based on the deep crunch you can get out of it, ive only tried it with single coil guitars so far but it doesnt really seem like the kind of thing that would suit gibsons and the like, very nice with fenders though and (surprisingly) danelectros

my rythm guitarist uses mine for my surf/punk band and i couldnt ask for a better sound to back tinny reverb heavy lead surf guitar

as everyone else said the amp ytou put it through REALLY makes a difference

the metals solid as fuck itself, mines 2nd hand and really chipped so it looks like its been through some nasty gigging (id presume so anyway it came with velcro on the bottom) my mate managed to break the battery cover though the first time he touched it but i dont think any pedal with that kind of design has one thats particuarly robust. never had a problem with the electrics

never delt with them in any serious way, was a right arse to find the number (its not on the site) but after looking at a review of the 56pro that was linked from their site i managed to find a distrabution number and they were very friendly and helpful

this is easily one of the best overdrives ive ever played on, really really good for punk, surf (dont try using it for lead though), rock and heavier kinda blues. absolute bargin if you find a second hand one. the distortion counterpart (fab tone) is also very nice although you cant change the level of distortion only the "fab" level which is like some sustain or dpeth or something, very nice for metal, heavy rock, grunge or anything under then sun that heavy and dirty

easy

this pedal sounds very very sweet. but just like any overdrive/distortion/fuzz stompbox, there are certain things that you should keep in mind as a general rule of thumb. for instance, i have an overdrive (this one, and i used to have a ts-9 dx turbo tube screamer which was sweet as well), a fuzz (sabine fuzzstortion) and a distortion (boss ds-1) pedal. you have to know first what you desire. as for this daddy-o overdrive, it is very dependent on the gear you have and the style that you play. if you are playing a classic rock style (i.e. tom petty and the heartbreakers, hendrix, the who style) this pedal is up that sort of alley (even though hendrix and townshend both used fuzz boxes, this pedal really covers a broad spectrum.) i'm using a very, very simple setup of either a 1968 Gibson SG Special (w/p-90's) or a 1972 Reissue Fender Telecaster Thinline (w/ '57 classic humbuckers). my amps are all old fender (or fender-style) tube amps, i.e. 1972 Fender Pro Reverb, 1974 Fender Dual Showman (one of the sweetest things i've ever heard) and a 1969 Alamo Paragan bass amp. Each of those amps and guitars are straight away sweet, simple sounding pieces of machinery. in that context this pedal sounds like a tube screamer but with the option of adding more bite (i.e. a proco rat). i've had a tube screamer and loved it, and this is right there with it. so, i said all that to say this, as with most danelectro pedals, if you're using them as they were intended and you have the right gear, this pedal will blow you away and has a pretty sweet price tag (i got it used by trading in an mxr dyna-comp). this is not for metal or punk, it is certainly for those who are wanted a classic overdrive with the option of more bite.

this provides some great tonal options if you want either a boost, an overdrive, or dirty rhythm. i'm pretty sure mike campbell from tom petty and the heartbreakers uses this and that's exactly what it's perfect for. you should definitely try it out with your gear before you make any decisions as it is very gear-dependent. with that said, if you know you want a sweet overdrive, then this is a good, inexpensive way to go. if you want a tube screamer, but would rather pocket an extra fifty dollars, then this is certainly a good call.

Easy to use!
You can dial it in very quick.

Good tone, works well for a solo pedal. Boost the Mid to 3/4, Bass at 1/2, Treble at 1/2, Volume on Full, Drive at 1/2 & you have yourself a nice pedal for solo's Live.
It is a bit noisy, but every distortion/overdrive ever made is noisy.

Sounds good & you can get the tone to cut through.
These are similar to the Marshall Governor pedals.

There isn't much that separates this pedal from any Boutique pedal I've ever owned. Don't waste your money on high $ priced crap.

The pots are plastic. Whatever, I paid $17 for this pedal.

I use it at rehearsal, I have another set-up for live shows.

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No idea!

These are great pedals for the price, you'll find them on Ebay for about $25 w/shipping. It's nice to have EQ that works. Is it the best overdrive pedal on the planet, hell know. You can waste a bunch of money on a Tubescreamer, Blues Driver or Fulltone pedal, or you can pick up one of these for a solo/boost pedal, beat it to death & not worry about it. Anyone that says they have a Distortion/Overdrive pedal that isn't noisy has their head up their bum. It's the nature of what these pedals do, "Create Noise". The greatest overdrive pedal in ever made is the DOD 250 Preamp (even it is noisy). If this one bites the dust maybe I'll try one of the new Danelectro pedals, they go for about $20 new.
I hate to say it, but they sound good too!