Danelectro HoneyTone Mini Amp

Brand new Mini Amp from Danelectro. Features? No, not really. It has an On/Off/Volume wheel, tone, and overdrive wheels. Top also has jack and a red LED. Side has 1/8" jack and a 9V DC jack, but runs with 9V batteries as well. Cool looking White, Maroon, and Silver Looks. And last but not least, a tilt back stand.

Same as Amp in Bag, but without the bag

After 15 minutes of trying, I finally found a setting that was not distorted. DO NOT BUY THIS AMP FOR A CLEAN SOUND! It does not suit my usual sparkly clean sound, but is great for distortion. On/Volume wheel is equal to distortion gain. Tone knob doesn't doesn't do much, just adds a tad of treble. Rattles a bit a higher volume.

Solid plastic. Will not break unless abused

Never talked personally, but they seem to be quick about e-mail. Nice Website

It does what I bought it for: stay in my case so I can play my strat anywhere

? 1 input, 1 volume, 1 tone, 1 gain, headphone out, 9V adapter, 3 inch speacker, in a vintage styled amp. Size about 5 x 5 inches, by 3 inches deep.
? Rated a 9 due to problems with the 9V jack not properly aligned with the "amp" casing. Other than that a ten.

? With a little playing around, you can acheive a wide variety of sounds and tones. Comes with a little guide for help in getting different sounds.
? Sounds good clean, and can get you a nice "Crazy Horse" sound.

? Dependable for what it's intenetions are: practice amp for travelling.
? Also great for the new musician, who needs to learn guitar before spending monry on bigger, better equipment.
? Have had the amp for about 3 weeks, has held up thus far.

? No need to call (yet) hopefully, there won't be.

? Get it for traveling, practicing and/or learning.
? Don't record off/from it ...unless you'd like to try something new.
? Worth replacing, for it's cost, what it was designed for and it's convenience.
? Personally, I love it. I can get every tone I want from it, with knob adjustments on my guitar (Gibson Les Paul - 57 reissue - used)
? Usually play through a Roland 30W Chorus/EQ Combo.
? Great price and great versatility.
? Just get one, to have one ...even just to look at the cute little bugger.

This amp is great for playing everywhere,but eats batteries.However the look and sound are great.With other effects included ,this could cover my expectations on a windy afternoon

I use a home made spanish guitar with steel strings,and a Innuendo.This is enough for me for practising too.The clean sound has no color but it gives a good volume output; the gain has not a good distortion,so I use it just a little to add character.

I have been using it for a year,and it hasn`t failed.You can run it with batteries or an adaptor without a problem.

No support needed

I wouldn't hesitate in buying another if stolen.The cool look and a great sound at this price is hard to find.Besides I like the retro look of the aqua color.

Year 2000, Danelectro Honeytone Battery Amp. Red in Color. When I bought this amp I was living in a Studio Apt. I have odd hours, I wanted a amp I could practice on, and with paperthin walls wouldn't disturb anyone. This single channel amp solid state amp was just what I was looking for. It really doesn't sound bad and the looks of it made me want it, even if I never used it either. It's a straight ahead amp. I do use a power adaptor, so battery usage doesn't matter. It looks Cool and sounds very good for a small plastic amp

I play a lot of styles. I wish I could get a tad more volume on the clean setting. I use single coil guitars, I own a bevy of Fender and Danelectro guitars. I like the tone of it for practice, but some players won't really like the sound...I do, great for 3 am playing. The distorion is actually quite good, For a joke I took it to a gig, set it on a table and miked it for a blues number, it sounded killer over the PA. The distortion is not heavy metal style, but more of a small amp cranked all the way. No Reverb...DUH!! LOL

I've had mine over a year. I actually did gig with it for a Eric Clapton song. It's never given me any trouble. This amp is so cute the looks give it a 10 for me

1 year warranty. Dealt with Danelectro with another matter, fast and friendly response. Amp has never failed me.

I've been playing 28 years, I needed a tiny amp for the studio apt I was living in. It fit the bill, was made well, works great, and the tone was really good for a small plastic amp. I bought it mainly becase I had Danelectro Guitars and was impressed with them, HAD to get an amp. I would replace in a heartbeat if I lost it

Tone, Volume, and Gain. I've also got a Little Smokey Amp, which runs off 9v battery, and the Honeytone is, needless to say, much more dynamic. I'd give this one a higher marking, but I find the top-mounted jack to be very inconvenient, and a little unwieldy when playing while the amp is sitting on a table or something.

I run either a Strat or an Epiphone Zephyr Blues Deluxe through a Dan Echo and an Ibanez Tube Screamer Turbo. The little amp's overdrive is very convincing for a solid-state, especially for a 9v practice amp. It'll kick out plenty of jams at a good level of volume.

It's plastic, so it's delicate. If it broke, I'd probably just plunk down another $30 for a new one. I wouldn't go around abusing it, and

Never dealt with Dano.

I've been playing for 8 years, and a lot of times I find practice amps that are either way too expensive, or sound crappy or feel cheap. This is a pretty good little amp. Given, Danelectro isn't known for their top-end gear, but hey, for $30, just try to find a better amp.

It should have internal batteries with option to add them.
I mean c'mon, o bought 8.4 V battery ( REFILL 1000x times )
and i hardly get whe same sound and LIFE out of that DANELECTRO,
as i get it when i use an ADAPTER.
I am asking for suggestions. Is it possible to open it and
add something inside or to use 2 8.4V Refilling bateries at the same time ( PARARELL CONECTION ) for more POWER?
What i figured out is that if i used PLUG with plastic casing, MONO,
Honeytone danelectro worked OK and long enough,
but anytime i used STEREO JACK or FULL METAL COVERED MONO JACK with
8.4 V battery ( for refilling )
or 9 V batery ( standard, not extra powered ),
It went to dying out and passing out just after a few minutes.
I knew i payed to much for this:
54$ for Danelectro + cable + micphone?
all right, i did it in turkey and they know how to SET up the price.

I don't like the noise which comes out when you set it to high at
tone and gain.
It's not easy to set maximum and to avoid having feedback.
What i don't like is a lot of feedback at some settings,
The problem is also that
IT DOESNT HAVE STANDARD GUITAR CABLE OUT,
the connection for headphones is hardly usefull.
When i conected my danelectro honeytone to the mixtable
i got 2 maximum blasts out of big speakers, ( main speakers )
and i desided not to use that feature anymore.

2nd problem is that it's almost impossible to MIKE this amp
on stage to get a sound in the main sound system from that
green box. I think the power is soo low that mike just cant
"get it" and deliver it to PA.

I think i had only 2 times of " ALL RIGHT " use at jam session
from this AMP. And i tried like 6 or 9 times to use it.
WHat i like taht it's small and noisy enough to be usefull in small places. Does it have tubes? I don't think so, i mean that noise at higher gain, it sais there are transistors and not tubes in it.
I like it with AC/DC adapter but with bateries it's a waste or
your time,
well, good advice:
USE :. MIKE, MONO CABLE WITH PLASTC ON ANYTHING which is not used for transmition of sound, even on the conector,
don't use FULL METAL BODIES JACKS AND DONT USE STEREO CONNECTORS,
caouse it takes power from your bateries.
About bateries: Refillable bateries at "8.4 V "aren't good to use,
i mean they behave like very good nonrefillable ones after they go in dying part of thir life,
Just use HIgh QUALITY bateries or try to get somehing like a
little heavier SOURCE of energy ( Mini CAR ACCUMULATOR with enough capacity and correct voltage (9 V + some more would be all right (0.3V)

Question to you costumer support,
how can i solve the problem with using 8.4 V batteries ( refillable)
and what transmittable source of energy do you suggest,
how long last's the waranty, and
what cables ( MONO; STEREO, what microphone, ( IMPEDANCE ( OHMS),
and what type of specter should the mic have? like is the :CARDIOID type OK ? I know it's not cause it makes a lot of FEEDBACK if i coup it with my hands, when i'd like to play couped ( HARMONICA! ).
I hope you will be as i signed:
redharp@email.com
blueharp@email.si

I have it 12-7=5 months.
I'd buy Something else, like messa boogie or soemthing like that,
or an amp with internal batteries, working for 5 hours,
I like the shape and hard sound at all settings almost to max,
used with low cost hadphones, cause they don't make feedback that much.
I chosed this one, cause i got the info on the net that it is
ne of the best at mini amps.
Internal batteries and option to add them some more,
BIgger output and not a headphone output,
STEREO AND MON JACK COMPATIBILITY WITHOUT EXTRA LOOS OF POWER ON battery with stereo JACKS
Well, i think on one jam i heard it all right and
people in a diameter of 2 to 3 meters heard it :-)

Oh, the PAINT!
It's getting aaway on the edges.
Why don't you make nonpainted ones?
and the knobs are sometimes hard to turn around
and there should be some mars on the knobs and on the case
so users could write down their settings.
Take care,
RObert
Oh, my first recording, which i published on that page
www.mp3.com/blueharp
was recorded thru this amp. I like it's sound.

I bought this amp brand new for only $25. It has volume, gain, and overdrive. It's small, plastic, and runs off a 9 volt battery (or adapter). It looks retro (the catalog says it's aqua but it's more of a mint green).

I have a cheap strat copy (chinese) and an Epi LP custom. It sounds pretty cool on both of them (for what it is). If I paid more for it, the rating would be lower. But for the price, it sounds awesome. Like others have said, it doesn't have much clean headroom - but I just use while I'm sitting in the living room - it's plenty loud for that. If I need volume, I can hook my guitar up to a "real" amp. It gets a decent bluesy sound with the gain turned down.

Don't know for sure since I just got it. I hear the batteries don't last long - we'll see.

Don't know.

I've only been playing for a few months (still learning and have a long way to go). That's one reason I'm buying this type of amp. If I lost it, I'd get another one (it's only $25!). Awesome amp for the price.

Mine was made in 2001. It's versatile. It's loud as heck, and suits my playing style. Unfortunately, there's no reverb, no efx loop, no line out for a mixing board, and only one tone control. Only has a 3" speaker. Has a belt clip for street/sidewalk gigs.I have the old greenish colored one.

I was immediately disappointed; When I first got it home I set it on the floor next to my Mesa Boogie Rectifier combo & 4x12. It was a tough call, but I'd have to say the Mesa's a little louder and sounds better, plus it has more channels. The Dano gets real distorted, and screams, yodels, and wails. It can also clean up nicely for jazz and Fender stuff.

I gig with this amp often. That is, in my livingroom in front of the mirror. It's actually a few steps up from air guitar, which I admit, I indulge in on a regular basis. It has held up quite well, although I recommend that if you gig with it as often as I do, you should consider buying the DC power supply. Also, stock up on extra tubes just incase. Hasn't broke down yet.

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It's a cool little combo amp that won't break your back carrying it around town, and even has a nice leather carry strap for this purpose. It fits in the trunk of your car, or pickup, or van with enough room left over for all that McDonald's garbage that accumulates between gigs. I'd definately buy one again, as it's the coolest battery-powered combo ever!

This is the mini amp that runs on the 9 volt batteries.It has volume tone and a gain(?)knob.I do not use the gain knob to get a distortion(I HATE that word!!)sound because of the size of the speaker,I mean c,mon,distortion??Please.I use it for one specific purpose,and that's it.It's not a versitile little amp but it sounds perfect for how Iuse it.

This is how it's put to use:I have an old beater acoustic that is tuned for slide(open G) and I put a Woody pick-up in the hole.I plug into the honey tone and I can get a cool sound for delta style slide playing that kinda sounds like a dirty acoustic guitar sound of popular blues records from the 40's and 50's kind of vibe,ya know??Do ya know the kind of tone I'm talking about?That dirty acoustic tone from an early Muddy Waters record should give ya an idea.I do some street buskin' and I saw alot of buskers that never get heard over constant traffic and pedestrian chatter and OTHER buskers too.This amp has solved the problem for me and I have people lookin' across the street and over the cars, to see where the slide is comin' from!!

The battery don't last that long.I can get about 3 hours of good solid sound and then,it's time to break out the spare battery out of the guitar case.The LED kinda tells ya too because it starts to blink in and out and the sound is very DEAD!Other than that, it has been kicked and dropped and scrapped!Mine still works so far.

Never spoke to 'em.

I'm not a "beginner" and I've got other great gear that is more "Pro" kind a quality,but I was bored one day,got the Honeytone,went buskin' for fun and I made some good cash.I met some cool people and other cool buskers/musicians.It's a simple little amp that is fun to play slide through and sounds good.Others walking by notice the tone and I got good reactions and compliments on the sound of that thing.I can only hope that all the "bad" aspects of street busking(drunks,bad playing etc...)DO NOT start playing into amps.Imagine walkin' down the Ave and hearing a bunch of Black Sabbath riffs played on acoustic guitars into little amps?!?!Ya gotta think about how this amp should be used to get the maximum TONE from it's tiny little speaker.If it's tweeked right,I seemed to have found a use for it that compliments its structure and size.

I have a 2001 Honeytone. It's a perfect little amp for taking along on trips, playing in the bedroom or back of the office at low volume, can be played with headphones if so desired, runs for hours on a 9V battery or constantly with a "wall wart," and it sounds really good. What more could I ask for? I end up using it as much or more than my bigger amps because it's so handy.

I've read some of the earlier comments about the amp's alleged lack of different tones. Either Danelectro's heard the criticisms and fixed the problems, the amps are variable in quality, or somebody's impossible to please. Or maybe they haven't gotten the hang of adjusting a volume and gain knob that interact. Mine's got a sweet clean tone that's not 100% clean; it really sounds tubelike. With the gain turned up the distortion increases smoothly till it makes a crunchy, metal distortion. I usually run mine somewhere in the middle. Sounds great for blues. For what it is, a 1 watt solid state miniamp in a plastic cabinet with a 2 1/2" speaker, it's incredible! It has no right to sound this good!

Obviously it's not a gig amp. (It'd be kind of cool to set it up where it could be seen and mike it through the PA, though.) I've had no problems with it though it's taken a 4 foot fall to the floor.

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I can't stick this little amp in my shirt pocket, and I can't drive a 4x12 cab with it. Who cares? For its market niche, a little portable amp, it's perfect. Actually, with the AC adapter I'd be perfectly happy with it as my sole amp for home practice use.