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Danelectro DJ1 Pastrami Overdrive Pedal

Virtual bypass.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          7 out of 10
Quality:
          7 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          7 out of 10
Sound:
          7 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          7 out of 10
Support:
          7 out of 10
 
 

"Pretty good for money"

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          3 out of 10
Quality:
          5 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from charter.net
Submitted: 3/25/2006
Style of Music: Punk Rock, Rock
Musical Experience: Active Musician in 3 bands
Location: Dallas-Ft. Worth area, Tx, US

 

 
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Feature:
One of the bad things about this pedal is non-versatility. Distortion on, distortion off. There are two switches on the thing but it is still basically heavy distortion or nothing.

Quality:
Here's where the $20.00 pedal differs from the $200.00 one: quality. It needs to be treated pretty carefully to get a long life. (no jumping up and down on the flimsy plastic pedal) When used normally, it should last a long time. (but come on- show me a guitar player thats normal!!!)

Value:
value is "Amazing" for the sound, "Average" for the physical quality.

Desirability:
Personally, I like the retro look. I'm cool w/ that. I don't play blues or oldies or any of that crap- i play punk rock mostly but i still like the retro.

Sound:
The sound of this thing is amazing. It totally blew me away- a sound comparable to a $200.00 effects pedal wrapped up in a $20.00 effects pedal. The sustain was incredible.

Ease of Use:
Pretty simple: my mom could use this thing.

Support:
Never contacted the Danelectro company. I'll just assume the best. :-)

Overall:
Overall its "pretty good". Did i mention the sound of the thing?

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"Smooth, transparent overdrive."

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from attglobal.net
Submitted: 2/3/2005
Style of Music: Blues, Classic Rock, and Christian originals
Musical Experience: Active Musician, Instructor, Retailer, and Tech
Location: Waipahu, Hawaii, Honolulu

 

 
Feature:
Everything you need, nothing you don't.

Quality:
Plastic upper case, but appears solid. The rest is as solid as it gets.

Value:
It doesn't get better.

Sound:
Very transparent pedal. I work in a guitar shop and compared it to everything I could get my hands on. Only two pedals gave me drive without changing my tone. This one and the $190 Maxon OD808. Guess which one I took home. Maxon sounded better, but not for that price.

Support:
Don't really know??? No problems yet.

Overall:
Very good pedal. Very good price. Very good value. If they're prices stay low like this I'll daisy chain dano pedals all the way across the stage.

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"best pedal for the price"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          5 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          7 out of 10
Sound:
          7 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          5 out of 10
User: a customer from verizon.net
Submitted: 8/2/2009
Style of Music: metal nu-metal rock
Musical Experience: active musician
Location: dublin virginia usa

 

 
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Feature:
its just volume and how much over drive u want

Quality:
i do wish it was in a metal case but the plastic has held up good for about a month

Value:
just buy it cant get better

Desirability:
it looks good it looks like an old hotrod

Sound:
its the best i only reason i give it a seven is cause its not gona beat like a 300 dollar pedal but definitely the best for its price it adds nice crunch to my sound

Ease of Use:
just two knobs

Support:
never used it

Overall:
as i said before just buy it

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"Perfect"

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          7 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Support:
          5 out of 10
User: a customer from gmail.com
Submitted: 1/9/2006
Style of Music: Rock`
Musical Experience: Hobbyist
Location: Maine, USA

 

 
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Feature:
Controls for both level and overdrive

Quality:
Top is plastic, but its tough plastic. Bottom is metal.

Value:
Super inexpensive, but not cheap! Compares to much more expensive overdrive boxes.

Desirability:
60s styling, looks good :) Better than just a box with switches

Sound:
Good sound, does what it is supposed to do.

Support:
Giving it 5 because I have had no reason to contact the company, so I can't give it a good or bad rating.

Overall:
This'll be on my floor for awhile. No plans right now to replace it.

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"Holy Crap!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from hotmail.com
Submitted: 9/3/2002
Style of Music: Blues, Punk, Metal, Alternative, Ska, Jazz, and anything else under the rainbow.
Location: Zanesville ohio

 

 
This is definantly the best overdrive pedal i've played. Not only does it get great distortion, if you get it loud enough, you can find a never-ending note. Sweet with blues tones with a humbucking pickup, but can stick around with the punks and the metal heads too. A must-buy.
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Danelectro DJ1 Pastrami Customer Review

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          7 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          8 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Style of Music: rock, blues, swing, ska
Location: Oregon

 

 
Quality:
the underside of the pedal is hard tighten correctly with just your fingers, put if you use your keys or something, it fits just fine. there were no blemishes, but the freakin battery died the day i bought the pedal. its a completely solid pedal for its size.

Value:
this was the cheapest effect ive ever seen, and as far as im concerned, its one of the best sounding.

Sound:
With my combo amp (marshall) on the clean channel, and all the knobs at 6 besides middle and bass, which are at 3, the overdrive gives you a great sound, thick enogh for a good rythym, and enough sustain for lead.

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Danelectro DJ1 Pastrami Customer Review

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Submitted: 6/1/2003

 

 
Quality:
its pretty quality

Sound:
It gives a good fuzzy distortion, like hendrix or page. gets kinda too chunky and noisy when the overdrive goes up too high. it's a great thing for 20 bucks though.

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Danelectro DJ1 Pastrami Customer Review

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10

 

 
Sound:
Its cheap, but its sturdy. Heavy steel base makes it stay put. I've had it for months and I'm still on my first battery. It makes my 10 watt marshall with a fender squier strat sound great!

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"Nice cutting tone . . ."

Overall:
          7 out of 10
Features:
          6 out of 10
Quality:
          6 out of 10
Value:
          8 out of 10
I Want It:
          8 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 2/8/2003
Style of Music: Classic/Psychedelic Rock
Location: San Francisco

 

 
This pedal sounds bad in a good way. It's a harsh, fuzzy distortion that's guaranteed to cut through the mix. It offers quite a volume boost, too, but I could've used a bit more overall gain.
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Danelectro DJ1 Pastrami Customer Review

Overall:
          4 out of 10
Features:
          1 out of 10
Quality:
          1 out of 10
I Want It:
          1 out of 10
Sound:
          4 out of 10
Submitted: 2/27/2005
Style of Music: rock/grunge (mostly nirvana) and anything in between
Musical Experience: Active Musician
Location: PA

 

 
Feature:
theres nutin to it

Quality:
it is stinky like cheese!

Desirability:
it looks like my granpa would use it, with it 60s style

Sound:
this thing is horribibble. i'm sorry to all of the likers of this pedal. i haven't even been playing for long and i still think it sucks. it doesn't do much besides give you dos cannels on an uno channeled amp. i wouldn't reccomend it to any one with a dos channeled amp.

Support:
i don't know and don't care

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