What is it? Danelectro DJ-12 Chili Dog Octave from Dano Mini Series. Made in china around mid ’00s. For one of the coolest mini series boxes. There are quite a few that are simply 1:1 ripoffs of higher end brand designs. It seems that mainly Boss and MXR have been hit hard by the Dano…
Category: Danelectro
Danelectro DJ-16 Bacon ‘n’ Eggs Mini Amp/Distortion
What is it? Danelectro DJ-16 Bacon ‘n’ Eggs Mini Amp/Distortion from Dano Mini series. Made in china around mid-00’s. This was difinitely one of the Danelectro units that i didn’t have much interest towards. But as collector, i didn’t have much choice but to get one. This unit i got cheap from the local music…
Danelectro DJ-4 Corned Beef Reverb
What is it? Danelectro DJ-4 Corned Beef reverb from Mini series. Made in chine around mid 00s. Mini reverb? Idea sound solid. As i was closing in at finishing off my Mini collection, there was very little i could do but acquire one. There are many digital reverb designs around and usually their circuit footprint…
Danelectro DJ-11 Lemon Pitcher Tuner
What is it? Danelectro DJ-11 Lemon Pitcher Tuner from Danelectro Mini Series. Made in china around early 00’s. Okay. I’ve been harsh on only few Mini series pedals. Most of them are not bad enough to deserve any harsh words. Then there is this. In my experience – any brand that produces usable tuner pedal…
Danelectro DJ-17 PB & J Delay
What is it? Danelectro DJ-17 PB & J (peanut butter & jelly) Delay from mini series. Made in china around early 00’s. I thought i was getting a slightly used unit through ebay listing. Apparently not. It is in original blister packaking with only one of the corners slightly torn. Packaking indicates that this unit…
Danelectro DJ-2 T-Bone Distortion
What is it? Danelectro DJ-2 T-Bone Distortion from Dano mini series in tiny plastic enclosure. Made in china around 2007 (dating based on a guess). As i got accustomed to praising the mini series boxes, i thought it was a nice deal to take this home from local music shop as a new unit. Price…
Danelectro DSR-1 Spring King
What is it? Danelectro DSR-1 Spring King spring reverb. Made in china around 1998. Pedals using real spring tanks inside them seem to be quite rare. There are tons of different digital variations that try to emulate the original spring sound from many brands around. The biggest reason for the absence of springs inside any…
Danelectro LM-1 Black Paisley Liquid Metal
What is it? Danelectro LM-1 Black Paisley Liquid Metal distortion with optional down octave. Made in china around early to mid 00s. Danelectro is a fun and sometimes quite surprising brand that truly appeals to me. For some reason i’m sort of an sucker for those floral patterns, so the graphics on the pedal have…
Danelectro DJ-3 BLT Slap Echo
What is it? Danelectro DJ-3 BLT Slap Echo from mini series, made in china. Most of the mini series effects are good and usable. This one is no exception. One can hear what the circuit is all about by just listening to it. It’s PT2399 delay with fixed delay time. Did this surprise you? Not…
Danelectro CV-1 Vibe
What is it? Danelectro CV-1 Vibe from Cool Cat Series. Original version, no level trimmer under the battery slot. I did get pretty far with my collection without having a single vibe-only pedal in it. This unit finally changed that fact. Danelectro made a number of itself with the vibe from its mini series. And…