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Danelectro DD1 Fab Tone Overdrive Pedal

Vintage distortion.

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"Great pedal with an original sound, at half the price." submitted February 9, 2004

By a customer from guntersounds.com
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Music Style: Anything with a little rock, and a little roll (Both can be combined at any time).
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Sound: This pedal has a sound like no other. New pedals are either trying to emulate a vintage amplifier, or just over-distorting the circuits to achieve the over-the-top metal sound. The Dano Fab-Tone speaks for itself. The overall sound of the pedal is quite fuzzy, but not near as thick as the Electro Harmonix Big Muff. The pedal is great for guitar solos, as the amount of overdrive is quite high. The pedal also has a combination of low end frequencies, combined with high ends. There is not a whole lot of middle frequencies available, as the EQ settings are conducted with a bass and treble faders. Feature: The main feature on this pedal is the "Fab" feature. It is mearly an adjustment to the overal distortion sound. Quality: The pedal I own is about three years old, and is equipped with metal casing and a good thick coat of paint. Durable enough for a road trip. Value: The pedals seem to hold their value, but at the same time, they're very inexpensive. They lose about 10 to 15 dollars after purchase. Manufacturer Support: I've never had to contact Danelectro. All of the products I've purchased from them have never broken down. So it would be wrong to downgrade their service when I've never had any problems with this company whatsoever. The Wow Factor: This pedal has the look of an old 50's rocket car. It's more "cute" than "sexy." Overall: Great pedal, with a distinct sound. No amp seems to do what this pedal does. It's a keeper, and most pedal collectors should really like this one. If you like RAT and Electro Harmonix, you'll like the Dano Fab-Tone. I use this pedal in my studio, and most guitar players that record here end up plugging into the Dano sooner or later.
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"Great Pedal!" submitted February 6, 2006

By a customer from hotmail.com
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Musical Background: Active musician
Music Style: rock
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Sound: Hard to believe, but one of the best pure distortion pedals on the market today. Take the time to adjust your tone on your amp and pedal, plus an eq if you have one, and this pedal can do everything from distorted blues to massive metal. I bought this for fun when I was shopping for a Marshall Guv'nor. Now it's the only pedal on my board. Feature: Level, Bass, Treble, Fab (Drive) Great ability to control tone and distortion level. Quality: Metal body and very heavy. The only thing I worry about is the AC adapter. I'm not completely confident in its durability, though I've had the unit for over a year with no problems. Value: Nothing comes close for the price. Don't buy into the hype of the DS-1 or Dist+. Manufacturer Support: Non-existent as far as I can tell. No customer support number or email to be found anywhere. I actually have no idea what I was supposed to do if I had a warranty claim. The Wow Factor: I love this piece of equipment. It could be smaller, though it doesn't take up too much space on my pedal board. Overall: This is the distortion pedal I've always been looking for. Outstanding value and highly recommended, if you're willing to take the time to work with the effect.
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"Solid and powerfull ... maybe to much..." submitted July 29, 2005

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Musical Background: active musician
Music Style: Alternative
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Sound: It's very powerfull. Not for the "overdrive type sound". For optimal response, better have a good axe or at least quality pickups. This stomp will give you much more distortion than you really need if your into THE STOKES , FRANZ FERDIAN or JET. Feature: The nobs do what they are suposed to . Can't complain. Although ( for me ) the distortion nob and the FAB nob are always at zero Quality: Solid. Unless you're very very clumbsy / violent , you can't break it Value: Try to find better , Danelectro is pretty wallet friendly Manufacturer Support: Though I never had to use customer support I've only heard good about the warranty The Wow Factor: This stomp box is one of the best loking box on the market. Makes people curious Overall: I wont sell it for sure, even if I plan on getting one of danelectros Overdrives this stomp can come in handy
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"The Fab Tone does NOT have fabulous tone."

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Music Style: Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Punk, and Rock and roll
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Sound: I suppose if you are into that fuzzy sound, the type that when playing with a band makes it impossible to distinguish different notes, then you may like this. It seems a might thin and weak in the lower end. It does provide long sustain and gobs of gain though. It may be good for some types of metal or something, but I suggest trying it before buying it. I play punk and while it is good for high notes it becomes crappy sounding fuzz. And even when you roll off the gain it doesn't clean up. And this is a distortion unit not an overdrive like advertised, keep that in mind. Feature: It has alot of features a bypass footswitch and controls for gain, volume, bass, and treble. The volume and the treble are the only knobs that seem to have much of an afeect on the overall sound. In my experience I have found that a distortion or overdrive unit sounds best when there are fewer controls like vol, drive and tone or dist, filter, and vol. Like the rat pedals, there are three and they get sounds from vintage to modern depending on the pedal. Quality: The overall quality is not bad. It is built sturdy and am never concerned about it it is built like a tank, in die-cast housing. Value: Not bad for the price but if you want to stay in the price range go for a rat and if you can go higher look at the tube screamer. Manufacturer Support: N/A The Wow Factor: Well i have it and it is pretty I'll give it that, it has that nice burgundy finish with with the chrome danelectro V and knobs. The looks remind me of a classic car. Overall: If it were lost or stolen I would probably but something else. I would search for something that brought out the articulation of my playing a little better. And I have had this thing for about 6 months and I am currently looking for something to replace it.
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Danelectro DD1 Fab Tone Customer Review submitted November 7, 2005

By a customer from yahoo.com
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Musical Background: Active Musician
Music Style: Alternative , Hard Rock , Blues
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Sound: Just perfect for people who want their own special sound, it has an amazing tone.. But you should have another distortion pedal with it, then it will be more useful. Value: Selling for 110$ (except %18 tax rate) in Turkey :(
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"Noisy distortion." submitted July 2, 2004

By a customer from rasalvatore.com
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Music Style: Metal and hard rock (sometimes jazz and blues also).
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Sound: Quite stuffed-up distortion. Feature: Nothing special features. Quality: Hmm... It's made of somekind of metal so I think that it is quite safe to use. Mine hasn't broken yet. Value: Well... I've seen these for less than 20 dollars so I don't think that these pedals are really worth of selling. I pay about 60 euros for mine and I guess that someone could buy it for 30-40 euros because these are more "rare" in Finland than in U.S.A. Manufacturer Support: Well... I haven't dealt with customer service, sorry. But... When my Cool Cat got broken (it burned inside) I send it to music store where I bought it from and got my money back (they didn't have those pedals anymore). The Wow Factor: Well... It's not very cool but not ugy neither Overall: This has been part of my gear for two years now and I've been even gigging with it. It's a good distortion (even if it is quite noisy but you can handle that with other "effects". I mean, remove the noise).
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"fab look not so fab sound?" submitted May 14, 2004

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Sound: the fab knob doesn't seem to work even switched all the way down you still get loads of distortion plus the sound is very thin and trebley not bad for solo's but thats about it Feature: includes plenty of control knobs but besides volume the sound is really effected yany of them Quality: one good thing its made really well stomp away!! The Wow Factor: the pedal is finished well its just a pity it doesn't sound as good as it looks Overall: at the moment im not using this pedal prob trade it in for something else
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"don't buy this product unless you like a real tiny sound and the smalest setting are to much.not good." submitted November 12, 2009

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Musical Background: Guitar player/singer so bass
Music Style: yes I like it all steal a little of this a little of that
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Sound: this pedal is over the top,to much gain and there is no way of turning it down it just sounds like bees to me. i never use it and I play Satch steve V heavy distoted stuff. but this pedal is just to cloudy.I'm a tube amp guy I play an old Carvin and I useualy have my Ibanez or a costom S.G. in my hands.still looken!this ain't it. Feature: no Ease of Use: no Quality: consruced well and good lookin. Value: yes it is worth it's price but good overdrive pedals cost more. Manufacturer Support: no The Wow Factor: sex appeal comes from girls and girls only. Overall: no
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