Danelectro DW-1 Dan-O-Wah

The different settings is not that easy o access in a live situation, and it's hard to figure out what differs them. On the other hand I always seem to find a sound that's suitable...

Big chance that you accidentaly hit the wierd distortion-button while turning the wah on. This really cranks the volume up and is a hazard for your and your audience ears...

Sounds amazingly good! Much, much better that the Cry Babies and any other wahs I've tried. Usually I use a 93 standard strat, Mad Professor Sky Blue Overdrive and the Dan'o'Wah in a Mesa Boogie Mark II Combo. I found that putting the overdive first in the chain gives a great, raw, "psychedelic" sound that sounds great! It sound however great also with a clean sound.
This is the only wah I've tried that always sound good and it's easy to control the tone.

The distortin function isn't useful live, since it's very inpredictible (sound volume etc).

This wah has a will of its own. Sometimes it works, sometimes it freaks out. Too much plastic on an item that you're supposed to step on for hours at a time...
It's a pitty that Danelectro builds low quality products concerning realiebility when thay often sound great!

At the moment I only got one wah, so I have to gig without backup, but my plan is to buy as many of these that they will last a lifetime :)

Don't know.

When using wah I mostly play rock, blues, zydeco, country and similar stuff. Works great for this!
I've been playing for about 20 years and have a stash of effects, but this is my only wah.

As mentioned before, I'm gonna buy as many of this pedals as possible. This is the only wah I ever will n??ed!

I've played differsent Cry Babies, Morley's and for a while I owned an Ibanez Weeping Demon. This one kicks them all!

The poor realiebility and the wierd and too easily accesed distortion are compensated for by the great sound, the originality and the cool design!

I love this pedal for making crazy over the top Sonic Youth type noise and experimentation. This is a lot more than just a Wah - and It takes a good few minutes to figure it out - but all the switches are clearly labeled on the bottom and once you figure it out it makes alot of sense. I like to set up each of the channels with a different sound altogether and switch back and forth. This things makes a hell of a creative tool if you are into deep sonic experimentation and noise rock.

It sounds all ****** up and out of control - which I think is great. The fuzz (note: it's a fuzz not a distortion) is way extreme and when you add the octave it gives that total voltage starved silicon transistor tone that sounds like a shredded speaker - I love it!

the little plastic toothed wah control arm was broken on mine so I got it very cheap - then I took it apart and rigged it yself - works fine now. It has a metal bottom plate and molded upper body - not a tank but it should hold up if you don't physicall stand on the petal with your body weight. The tap switches feel a little iffy - I wouldn't recommend picking it up and throwing it like you can with a Dunlop or Vox - but I treat my pedals pretty well so it should last.

I don't think I've ever called a company about any pedal - and I have about 20 of them - most of mine are from the 70's and 80's - when they break it's usually just a simple input jack or switch that needs to be replaced and I do that myself.

This is a totally unique Wah pedal - I have three wahs in all, a Dunlop 535 and a regular GCB-95 - but I really like the sick tones you can get out of this - if you like Thurston Moore or Greg Ghin or Glenn Branca you will dig this pedal - it'll give you a real nice wal of sonic chaos and it even semi-oscillates a bit all on its own - add a tape or digitaldelay and a decent tube amp and you'll be able to roll off sheets of blistering ear splitting brain candy.

Its pretty easy - one pedal click for wah on. Then a top button for left side (60's) or right side (70's) then you have 3 seperate EQ choices for each sound + an octave effect -Buttons on each side of the pedal.
& the EQ settings are great for getting those mid pedal position tones -alah Mick R.(during his bowie days etc..)
In addition there is a second top button that turns on/off a fuzz-distortion effect.

A 10 here would be a magical wah pedal that does all clasic + vocal + Synth sounds & every thing in beetween.
But short of that this pedal Kicks Major *** !! Trust me - it will get ya every dunlop/vox like wah tone you could ever want & a lot more.
& The octave effect is nice a usable as well. In addition the pedal is adjustable (via alen wrench) for how tight or loose you like it !
NOW ON TO THE FUZZ -Which because some reviewers dont like the sound of , they proceed to pan the entire pedal & tell you its crap ? LOOK ITS A BONUS TONE ! IF YA DONT LIKE IT, DON'T USE IT ! !
I HAVE PERSONALLY MODED MINE TO BE FULLY ADJUSTABLE (BTW-A SIMPLE MOD) But what I think they where going for was an over the top snarly 60/70 ragged Fuzz Tone - Sort of like Zappa kicked on during the Live at the Fillmore show/album. & I Love it -For a change of pace while recording or for a solo But Not for your main Overdrive sound -Its not a TS tone ! And The main thing a mod does is allows for variation instead of the full on cranked fuzz ( Its a very over the top Fuzz !)
This also is now a sweet tone with the octave left on.

I purchased mine used (about 4 months ago) & can see that the Battery wires will need a quick hit with the Solder Iron to make them more solid, But otherwise it seems good
The bottom (The Hot Rod Car) is all solid metal but the top pedal is plastic. This could easily be replaced with a more solid top via a broken ebay wah with a similar size /shape.
Obviously I hope it lasts a long time but these types of wahs can be fixed a lot quicker than a Morley type anyway & for the current price of these used on feebay $35-$65) its a damn steal !

Never Dealt with them.

Look - If you prefer the classic wah tones of Page/Hendrix/SRV/Cream/Mick R. etc.To the more (In My Opinion) sterile dull tones of the Morley snap back wah pedals. & you don't have $2 or $300+ to spend on some boutique wah (which is a joke anyway) This thing will give you dozens of really nice wah tones both clean & dirty + the aformentioned fuzz & octave tones along with smooth & fully adjustable pedal action. AND WHAT I HAVE LEFT OUT SO FAR IS THE FACT THAT THIS PEDAL LOOKS BAD ***ED & BETTER THAT ANY OTHER PEDAL YOU WILL OWN (MINE IS THE LONG CANDY RED CAR) THE WAH LIGHTS ARE THE CARS TAILS & THE INPUTS ARE THE HEADS. GREEN IS WAH & RED IS OFF & THE WHOLE THING SITS SECURLY ON 4 BLACK WALL TIRES !!!! HOW SWEET IS THAT.

Btw - I have now played this thing thru a Frenzel 40W custom , A Peavey Transformer & a custom 18w class A job & it sounds great with all 3. So go find one for under $50-60 on ebay , then get this pedal ASAP It a solid wah pedal, with a ton of nice tones...

It show some difficult for many guitar player.

It is a great quality of sound for wah, but i don't like the fuzz.

I don't depend on it.

For any type of music it is optimal, there is a Wah for distorsion and for clean.

It's an oddball, for sure. There are three voices each of "60s" and "70s" sounds, which to me sound like just moving the notch frequency of the wah. There's on/off for the octave effect on each side, that only works with the fuzz on. The fuzz is set WAY too loud and has no controls... use it if ya wanna get freaky, but most of the time, you'll just find the wah setting you like and then it's as simple as a Crybaby.

One weird thing is that when you power it up, it turns on sort of randomly... fuzz may be on or off, octave may be on or off, and wah may be on or off, 60s or 70s. Strange.

The wah effect is surprisingly good, if you can stop thinking in terms of either the classic Cream/Hendrix wah sound, or that dreadful cheap Crybaby that doesn't sound like Hendrix either. It doesn't kill tone when bypassed (although I'm sure it's not true bypass), and the sweep range is good and useful. Noise is managable.

The fuzz and octave sounds are harsh, baby, harsh. Which may be a Good Thing for you, or maybe not.

I wouldn't count on it to last forever, but it hasn't broke yet. I don't know whether it uses a pot (wears out) or a lamp (burns out) for control.

I can't imagine it can be repaired, and warranty is long gone.

Actually, I totally love this pedal, and it's been my main wah for some years now. Yeah, it's cheap and cheesy, but the sound just keeps me with it. Don't sneer at it... it may well be a classic in a couple of decades.

Looking at the reviews here you'd think this was a horrible pedal, quite the contrary from my experiences though. The sound quality is great. Depending on where you have this pedal at in your effects line, it produces very unique wah sounds that can only be achieved with this wah. It's not the crybaby, so don't complain that it isn't the crybaby. The manual is pretty straightforward, you have over 16 different ways of using this wah (plus distortion, plus octave effects - how could you go wrong?).

This is the most unique wah pedal i've ever used. Don't be turned off by the danelectro name, this is a very nice pedal. I love the 70's funk it produces (with a nice ghost octave thrown in the mix). I send it through my vintage MusicMan 212-HD. I use many different effects, but at the moment my favorites are the DOD FX-25B envelope filter, the Marshall Supervibe, the Marshall Guv'Nor+ and then the dan-o-wah. I usually place the dan-o-wah last so that I have more of a subtle effect out of it. The only thing that could turn people off from this pedal are people who don't know how to use it. Spend some time with it, get to know it, and then try it out. If you want a crybaby sound, go buy a crybaby. My musical influences are Radiohead, TOOL, Pink Floyd, The Verve, The Stone Roses, Led Zeppelin, My Bloody Valentine, and Blur. This wah pedal is perfect for those bands. If you want Pantera, again, go get a crybaby. This is for those with more Psychadelic tastes.

I depend on it almost constantly. I have gigged without backups plenty of time. After owning this for 7 years, and gigging steadily (and practi cing nearly 5 out of every 7 days) this pedal has had NO problems. I don't know what the other reviewers did to their pedals, but mine has had no problems. I take good care of my stuff though, perhaps they don't?

never dealt with them. If I had too, i'd just buy another one instead of trying to get it fixed anyways. You can find them for about 1/4th of the price I paid for it new.

If you're into cookie cutter sounds and want to be someone else, go ahead and snap up their crybaby's and play the rockstar. If you want to tread your own path with a brilliantly underrated wah pedal, then look no further than the dan-o-wah.

Pretty simple to use although you cant tell what settings its on until your on stage great fun.

Using to with an epi explorer and varying amps, wahs are acceptable distortion is painfull to listen to the only good thing about the sound of this thing is when using and buggered battery the distortion is delayed about a second creating some pretty amusing effects with the wahs.

NO NO NO NO this thing is a joke the plastic is weaker than lego mine snapped where pedal meats the base and is unfixable.
well i cant use it so im not about to depend on it.

never delt with them.

worked ok for a while just dont touch the fuzz, wahs arent bad most wahs can be acheived.
Should be made of metal.
Save up and buy the real thing this thing is a toy buy a vox or a cry baby it will be cheaper in the long run.

It's easy to use. Three buttons on each side for different tones.

Sounds pretty good. Keep in mind it's a little different than the competition though. It has some sick built-in distortion, but if you don't keep it under control you can get painful highs. One crazy thing about it though, that I don't believe you can find in other pedals - you can have a 70's funk wah setting with an additional lower octave distortion. It's different, weird, but cool also.

Yeah, I would use it on a gig without a backup. I have faith in it.

99 bucks because I got it when it came out as a gift. I think it looks pretty cool. It's shaped like an old car, and doesn't have bad looks. If you're looking for a stranger, different sound in your wah, it might lie here. If you're looking for a plain Wah pedal, move right along to the Dunlop Original Crybaby.

Maybe not that easy to use. Though the pattern of knobs at the sides of the pedal is symmetrical, it makes sense for the Wah settings only. You get two banks of pre-sets for "60ies" amd "70ies" WahWah-Sounds to choose from, but two identical buttons for fuzzed and octaved effect on both sides as well. These don`t differ in function, so only one would be sufficient.
Different Wahs can be chosen by pushing the buttons as a preset on either side. A bigger control button at the front of the pedal then switches back and forth between the two main presets (60ies/70ies-style). Another switch left of it is for the fuzz, both are adequately sized and quite easy to hit while playing.
Unfortunately the preset-buttons do not stay down after being pressed, so optically one cannot tell which Wah-Wah-Style has been set.
The whole device looks like a toy Cadillac car, maybe this makes things even worse ...

There are six different center frequencies for the Wah.
All of them sound good and are really quite different, ranging from slight and trebly (so called "Funk"-style) to dark and growling, which is quite effective with distorted guitar sound.
I use it with a Laney 50 watts Head cranked up and an overdrive pedal (ShredMaster). Especially when I play with more distortion gain, the Wah tends to be noisy, so that I can really hear my foot stepping and working on it - it is also microphonic and picks up radio waves frequently.
The fuzz tone maybe is meant to be a joke, for noone will honestly use it as a basic effect. It sounds very harsh and piercing, has no controls to adjust volume and gain and has been set up far too loud.

Wah-pedals must not be made of plastic, in my opinion, but this one is ! So I don?'t expect it to be reliable.
I always take a backup with me on stage.

I have never contacted the customer support - the pedal is still working.

A good sounding Wah, built in an ugly plastic case looking like a toy car. Additional ultra-fuzz without controls and an ear-splitting octavider distortion. I have a lot of fun with it experimenting in my room - i came quite close to Jimi`s lead guitar in "Purple Haze", for that's what the octafuzz sounds like (although it's so damned too loud). But honestly I think I should have bought a solid Wah made of metal with only one good sound.

Pedalzinho de Wah-wah f?cil de usar. Tudo bem, n?o t?o f?cil assim. Pra quem est? acostumado aos pedais e Wah-wah que existem no mercado, este at? que ? um pouquinho complicado. Neste pedal n?o basta pisar e tocar, h? que se configurar conforme o gosto. Tem 6 varia??es, cada uma com op??o de oitavador e uma distor??o. Multiplicando tudo, considerando o pedal ligado ou by pass, d? pra tirar uns 48 sons diferentes. Tem que fu?ar e escolher o melhor. O manual ? muito bom e ajuda muito na hora de configurar. Ningu?m merece ficar virando e desvirando o pedal pra entender os bot?es.

Eu uso uma Ibanez Artcore AS-73, junto com o Dan-o-Wah e mais um Ibanez Tube Screamer TS-808 e um Boss Chorus Ensemble CE-5. Ligo as crian?as em um Fender Blues Jr. N?o percebo nenhum som que n?o seja proposital. A distor??o do Dan-o-wah ? sofr?vel, mas eu tenho a minha pr?pria "f?brica" de overdrive, n?o preciso de mais nada. Quanto ao wah-wah, considero que a rela??o custo-benef?cio ? a melhor do mercado. Tudo bem que um Dunlop Cry Baby pode at? ser melhor, Um VOX tem um som incr?vel, os Morley s?o ?pticos, mas olha o pre?o!!! Eu acho o som do Danelectro bem honesto e razo?vel. Quer saber quem usa profissionalmente: Big Joe Manfra...

Custo-benef?cio m?ximo por um pedal honesto.

This is a pretty self-explaintory unit - it's a wah pedal with six presets and a distortion with overdrive. Eight buttons. Pick one and play. The buttons are on the side and a little hard to change on the fly, but frankly I can't think of an occasion where I will want to change the settings in the middle of a song. Lights on the back make it easy to see what mode you are in.

Yamaha AES820 guitar (stock setup); JoeMeek VC6Q compressor/EQ; MesaBoogie amp; homemade preamp, distortion, octave divider, phaseshifter; Psychoflange. Sounds quiet, esp compared to the noise-floor of a Cry Baby. It gets noisier with the power supply I notice, but that could be another piece of gear in the same power strip messing with it - I didn't really check too closely 'cause I use batteries mostly.

The effects sound great - don't buy this expecting it to sound like a Vox or a Horsie - if you want that sound buy the real thing and stop whining. Judge this on its own merits and it's a terrific pedal with good sounds. Yeah, the distortion is WAY over the top, but again, if you want a Big Muff, buy one. Danelectro has always specialized in really extreme effects (psychoflange anyone?) and if you look at it like a new tool, not like a copy of something else, you'll be really happy.

It's pretty solid even though it's plastic. I'm not sure what other reviewers of this pedal do on gigs, but it's tough enough for anything I put my equipment through (progressive metal). It's been fine so far.

Never had to deal with them.

I like things that make interesting sounds - progressive metal is the name of the game here. I really have no interest in copying anyone else's sound, so this is my kind of unit. Ignore the punters who have been slagging this kit - they obviously wouldn't know a good creative tool if it bit them in the ass. If you judge this pedal for what it can do (not what you wish it would do), it's pretty terrific. Yes, the distortion is super saturated, but it has some great posibilities. I spent two hours wailing away on this pedal in octave distortion mode with an E-Bow creating the coolest sounds I've made in years.

EAsy to use; lots of buttons to play with. Don't have a manuel, bought it used.

Fender Strat Deluxe; 92 Tele American Standard; Gibson ES 355"the dot" Newburgh Steinberger; amps: Fender DeLuxe RVRI; Roland Jazz Chorus 120(made in Japan); old Peavy 4x10 Classic (no effects loop); Fender Blues Jr. Dan O Wah has too short a sweep; the octave effect is OK for single line leads in high register; the distortion is controllable if you back off on the volume of your guitar.

It is used and it works; I would use it without a back up.

Neo-classical, fork, country, rock, RnB, contemporary Christian, jazz, pop.

The selector buttons are to small, the side buttons are unreachable, the actual pedal is easy to get to.

i use a 1979 Gibson SG Standard> DW-1> Behringer V-Amp 2> Mid-70's Music Man 212 HD Amp.
The wah sounds ok for the price, the "distortion" is not really what the name implies, but a "bacon & pop rocks in a frying pan" simulator. It also has an "octave" effect that only works in "distortion" mode. It isn't an actual octave effect, it just makes that crappy "distortion" harder. And don't use the wah and the "distortion" at the same time because #1 it sounds like absolute crap, and #2 It doubles your volume, confusing and frightening those around you. But the wah is fine for $20.

Hasn't broken yet.

never used it.

I play rock of all kinds (except drop-d nu-metal, especially prog-rock. If it were stolen, I would sit in my room and wait for the theif to bring it back. The thing looks cool, and I would give the wah a 7 out of 10. I hate the pathetic, donkey-like excuse for distortion, and the "octave". I don't see how it got the Guitar Player Editor's Pick Award. I think it's half-good, half-bad, plus it looks cool.

The distortion, bank and on/off buttons are too small. The side buttons are out of the way on both sides, and you can't really tell what you're selecting without flipping it upside-down. There's also a lot of grinding in the pedal action.

Sometimes it's decent, but my Dano-Wah spends more time picking up AM radio signal than it does wahing. I've tried different brands of batteries, wall warts and other power sources, and the Dano pretty well sucks with them all. The distortion sounds like a swarm of drunken bees.

The Dano-Wah is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're gonna get. Some days it will perform acceptably, other days it sounds like I have a live Mexican folk band in my cabinet.

I no longer use it for gigs. I borrow a friend's Vox instead, thank you very much.

Imagine a Web site with no contact information. Sounds strange, doesn't it? Not in Dano-World, apparently. I have no way to contact them and ask for some helpful tips in dealing with the fecal performance of this wah pedal. Actually, I take that back - it's an insult to feces everywhere.

Theoretically, a good wah pedal should be a great thing for me. I've been playing heavy metal and hard rock for abotu 15 years; my current set-up is a pair of Seymor Duncan-equipped Charvels through either a Laney AOR 100 or Tube Works head and a Celestion-loaded cabinet.

However, I would definitely prefer a barium enema to another Dano-Wank. When it comes to wahs, I'll stick with Vox, Morley or Dunlop.

If it were stolen or lost, I'd get a good laugh out of the thief foolish enough to abscond with it.

WAH footpedal is very easy to use. Would like an on/off switch thats a little taller and firmer so it's obvious you're pushing it down.
Distortion button hard to hit without having to slam the pedal forward and i usually accidentally turn the wah off.
Side buttons very hard to change on the fly. Set and forget.

If it were just a wah, I'd give it a 10. Since they have more features, I'm lowering the rating.

Guitars: Epi Casino, Epi Dot, and Strat. Amps: Roland MicroCube run into computer for recording and mixing.
I have no use for the distortion. I just get mud or squeels from it. I haven't really been able to hear the octave setting over the mud or noise.
The WAH however is what I'm going to use this thing for and I think it's great.

Dunno yet. Just bought it a couple of days ago.

II'l be using this for Frampton/Hendrix type of stuff.

Its a wah pedal with six different wah sounds and built in distortion. How hard can it be ?

It looks like a Cadillac. I use it wit a either a gibson les paul or a Strat thru a 130 watt Crate g130cxl 2 x 12 combo amp. Its not noisy at all. One of the 6 wah sounds is xlnt. Actually way better than a crybaby or a jimi hendrix wah. The other 5 wah sounds are kinda crappy. But the one that sounds good, sounds really good and if you just set it on that wah setting, its great. The built in distortion is over the top. It sounds like a metal zone pedal on steroids. Its actually kinda cool if you only kick it during a solo & maybe just use it once in a while (for maybe 20-30 seconds at a time) because it really creates a big wave of noise. I really like the 1 (of 6) wah sound this thing makes. Never run a wah pedal thru your effects loop. For best results run it in line between the amp and the guitar.

I've owned it over 6 months now and so far so good.
No problems whatsover. The housing is plastic so dont be too rough with it and it should be just fine. I use it to play live gigs and I think it sounds really good. Its reliable.

I play everything from reggae, blues, rock and heavy metal.
I've been playing 25 years and have owned numerous wah pedals including a crybaby, a jimi hendrix wah, a morley bad horsie 2
and I like this better than all of those. I dont understand why most people dont really like it that much. I think it sounds great.
I would buy another but they dont make em anymore. I dont like the placements of the buttons which kick the distortion on and to change the wah sounds. They are very close to the top edge of the wah pedal and if your not carefule its ez to kick on those buttons accidentally. It takes a little getting used to. I like this pedal alot. One Great wah sound. It sounds xlnt on either clean or with a heavy overdrive. The other 5 wah sounds are kinda wimpy.

Many buttons but a comprehensive manual, it's quite ok

It's a great idead as far as features goes but it was made by danelectro which usually does entry level stuff so the sound quality ain't the best. The distortion and octave are horrible and some presets don't sound much different. The sweep seems way too toyish and it doesn't insire much confidence (the caddy look doesn't help either). Though you can find some good sounds in it if you just look for a wah, and that's what i was looking for. The sound was good both on direct and Fx loop. If only the had done only two presets and less bells and whistles maybe the price would have been even better

doesn't inspire much, too much plastic and frail feeling pedal

never tried

Good entry level wah, but Dano could have removed all those weird stuff like octave and distortion that sound horrible and get in the way lowering so the price. As for those features...if only some other brands would have done the same, i'm sure dunlop would have made the ultimate wah. Dano is best for simple stuff

It's easy to step on the switches on top of the pedal when switching wah on/off - and you need to make sure the right buttons on the side are pressed in before you start playing.

Much better than a Dunlop Cry Baby - the middle wah button on the LHS is my favourite. The Dunlop I tried did not have enough depth to its 'Q' or enough treble on full wah.
The distortion is not suitable for general use, but as an occasional 'DESTROY!' option it is fun.

I have gigged for 15 months solid with mine and it's had its share of beer and fag ash, been stepped on by the audience and accidentally picked up by the singer's mic stand and dropped - no problems at all.

The first one I had was noisy - there was some dirt in the pot. The shop changed it straight away.

I play in a pub band, doing covers of recent rock chart hits - this pedal has done everything I need reliably, although I wish the buttons on top were recessed and labelled.

Easy enough to use unless you want to alter the settings on the side while playing. I don't want to change any of the setting during a gig. I don't tend to alter them anyway so for me the pedal is easy to use. The distortion on/off is a bit small and difficult to operate though.

my guitar - Gibson ES 335. Amp Marshall JCM 900 and Marshall 4x12 cab.
I love this pedal, what I specially like about it is the distortion. Might not be to everyones taste though, it's harsh, but that's what I want.
Playing it without distortion sounds good too, there are a lot of different settings on the side that alter the sound, it's not going to sound like your classic Vox wah pedal, but I didn't expect it to, if that's the sound you want, buy one.
Another thing I really like, (and again I can see that this would be a big negative for most people) is the massive jump in volume level when the pedals distortion is activated, it hits you hard and makes your ears bleed!!

I've used it live and would use it again, it's my only wah and I'd be lost without that awesome distortion.

Never had to call them

I've been playing for 14 years. The stuff my band plays is very loud - sort of Sonic Youth / My Bloody Valentine / Spiritualized. When the distorted wah kicks in it's so nasty it sounds like a chain saw, just the kind of thing I want for our sound. I can imagine the distortion is way too over the top for someone looking for a Hendrix type of thing. If you're looking for a real noisy, nasty, violent sound this is perfect. If I lost it I would get another one without a doubt.

It's not the easiest pedal to use as its very easy to get the buttons on the side mixed up. Definitely not a pedal I'd use for a live performance. For live work, better to use something that is very simple to use.

Overall I disagree with all those people that say it sucks. Perhaps they are either sound snobs or newbies that haven't spent alot of time with different effects. But to be fair, I'm fairly open minded when it comes to effects and I enjoy having different effects for different styles of music.
I've played through many different wah pedals over the years (my favorite was the DeArmond Thunderbolt Wah/Fuzz pedal) and in comparison this pedal I think ranks just as an average wah pedal. The sweep of the pedal is not as long as I prefer (although the sweep of most wah pedals suck). But I can still get a fairly wide variety of decent wah sounds out of it that work well in the studio. The octave effect while not the best, is still very useful for getting odd sounds for recordings and for doing some funky sounding leads with. The fuzz sound on it, is not the best, but I think for recording purposes it is still quite usable if you like super-distored Big Muff style fuzz sounds. However you do not get as rich of a sound as the Big Muff. In other words you don't get quite all the wierd harmonics, feedback and random cool sounds that you get with the Big Muff. But when I tried recording with it, I got a fairly ballsy sound with its overdrive by micing my half stack with it and double tracking the guitar part (manually recording the rhythm guitar part twice) and panning them about 20% left and right.

Well mine hasn't broke yet, but the quality of its workmanship and materials definitely does NOT inspire confidence. Switches and buttons are plastic and feel very loose while the whole thing is made of cheap low-quality plastic that feels like it would crack if it was really stomped on.
But I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that the switches themselves don't give out on me anytime soon.
I wish they made a heavy duty version of this pedal. I'd pay $20 more if they made it a little more sturdy with heavy duty switches and a steel case/pedal.

Haven't needed it. Although I had to return a Danelectro phaser pedal before twice after none of the ones I bought. That's when I ended up forking over a few more bucks for the Wah pedal.

I forgot how much I paid for this pedal but I remember that it was relatively cheap so I can't complain. If I can make a few good recordings of some songs with it, then I'll be a happy camper. :)

well this thing IS UNUSABLE live...they put these dumbass small buttons on the side, and all this crap and expects you to use these live.. I had very bad experiences with danelectro but their products are extremely fun to smash and see their guts all over the pavement..

one guy hit it on the nail BUUUUUZZZZZZZZZZZZ HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSS (raido turns on) WTF!!!! how in the hell am i supposed to use this piece of crap with out the radio turning on???!!! i think that this was the worst christmas present ever... BUY A VOX or a crybaby.. this thing is unusable live or in the studio..so beware. btw...i have two amps... a fender princeton chorus and an avt 50 half stack...what the hell, my fender princeton chorus' distortion sounds better than this? tisk tisk..thats really low... my avt just kicks danelectro's @$$

hahahahah i smashed this with all my other cheap @$$ danelectro pedals... I hate these things

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!!! they were drunk, and smokin weed when they made this thing

bottom line is, stay away from this company/pedal. it will make your crappy equipment sound good. and that scares me... it makes me appreciate my fender princeton chorus's distortion..don't let that happen to you. The pedal turns on this freakin weird country and western radio station and it doesn't work out with punk..so i smashed it... my musical style is the misfits, bad religion, nofx, lagwagon, millencolin...ect and i got this as a present that i didn't ask for.. i've been playing for 10 years and my band gigs alot. so smashed into smitherines...goodbye..wait, no..just bye..wait..good riddence

It's a wah. Up. Down. It's a wah. Except . . . the switch to engage/disengage the wah is so touchy that I found myself hitting it when just trying to sweep the wah. And I don't have a lead foot. Normally I think the switches on wahs require too much pressure.

This thing sucks. It has no useable sound unless you want to save yourself the time and trouble of making a patch labeled "CRAP" on your multi-effects unit.

Cheap plastic. Would not even think about playing live with it.

Never dealt with Dano.

I was fortunate enough to be able to sell this right after I bought it. I wanted to like this pedal. I love Dano and have a ton of their wacky crap, but this, this . . . atrocity shall not soon be forgotten. Dano, did anyone actually test this thing before you shipped it? I feel so, so bad for anyone who paid the original retail on this.
Worst. Pedal. Ever.

Its a wah pedal, works like any other basicaly. However, changing wah presets with the tiny little, closely spaced buttons can be difficult to do standing with your feet. Mabey some yoga lessons might make it easy someday........

I've played this wah through my Fender Hotrod Deluxe 2/12 and my peavey classic 30. The wah effects, regardless of preset used, is just plain terrible. If you decide to used it with any form of overdrive or distortion, it only gets worse. The pedal also has a built in distortion and octave effect. The distortion by itself is possibly the worse I've ever heard. With the octave effect engaged, which only works as part of the distortion effect, the sound is very unique in a noisy disturbing kinda way. I've come to realize after buying this pedal that drugs do indeed impair my judgement to a dangerous point. As a result, I now don't do drugs anymore. Yes, its that bad.

I expect this pedal will last forever. Because I don't intend in ever using it. And cannot get anyone to trade me anything more than mabey to packs of guitar strings for it.

I don't expect to be contacting them. For the reasons said above. Thus, I'll give a -middle of the road rating.

I have to be honest about my opinion here. And folks this is mine.

The buttons and all are pretty straightforward but my feet are too stinkin big to use the thing live! I ALWAYS step on the distortion when I go to hit the wah. Other than that, you just push a button and get a sound. No knobs or anything...simple but not laid out very well. I have tape ALL OVER THIS THING so that I can keep the sound I want. I tried to disconnect the distortion but, no dice there!

Running X2N-equipped USA strat into Dan-o-wah, assorted dist and fuzzboxes, a couple modulation devices, a digital delay or two, to a 5150 half stack. One of the 6 wah sounds I really like. A great "porn-wah" sound! The rest are OK at best. The distortion is COMPLETELY UNUSABLE LIVE! When coupled with the wah, however, I can get a cool ring-modulator type effect that is only good in my bedroom. I use this ring-modulator on one of our songs: go to http://www.brotherlush.com and go on the "music" page choose the song "Revolution". I use this pseudo ring-modulator in the second verse.

It's all plastic and, as I always miss the switch, I tend to hit it hard. It hasn't broken yet but I think it will if I gigged with it still.

Well, for 26 bones, I can't complain. I have a wah for use in my studio and that's it! If you have small feet, don't mind, taping up your effects, and can get a closeout buy like me, I recommend it! Otherwise, save for a vox or whatever.

You don?t have to be a rocket Scientist to operate this thing, Quite basic the manual is written in plan English tells you how,what,when.. etc. So as far as "ease of use goes" no hidden tricks here...

Using this with a JCM 2000 (TSL 100) Head and MC1960A Cab - With Gibson SG & Cort G290.

Okay, This is where this product simply crashes and burns! It is fine when played with clean but as soon as you kick in the wah. "BUZZZZZZ HUMMMMMMMMMMMMMM BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ" Pretty much shouting out "TURN ME OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Then if you are brave enough to attempt to kick in distortion after that.... You get hit with the nastiest sounding "distortion/fuzz" CRAP! you will ever hear! Overly Load! WAY WAY WAY too much Gain! Just Plan NASTY!

So i thought to Combat this i would simply use Amp Distortion leave the Wah on Clean and should i need to use Distorted wah then i will simply kick in Distortion and bobs your uncle (As you do with any normal wah pedal) Well sounds good in theory.. However in practice! "BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ HUMMMMMMMMMMMM BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ HUMMMMMMMMM" Absolutely HORRIBLE way too noisy!

IN SHORT SOUND QUALITY = BLOODY TERRIBLE!!!

Well Its made out of some hard core plastic so it looks solid enough.. Although I would if it was made out of a steal this would bestow a bit more confidence in this product (Until of course you try use it!).. But hmm I think with frequent use it will evenly die! I can just see it happening... That?s if you are game enough to use it frequently in the 1st place.

For the price I paid for this pedal I was expecting something a HELL of allot better! Do your self a favor people DONT BUY THIS! Keep well away from it! Save an extra 50 bucks and get a CRY BABY! This pedal SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!