Danelectro Dan Echo DE-1
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The warmth of all-tube echo with the convenience of a pedal. Hi-cut control cuts high frequencies on repeats - perfectly simulating the tone of a 60's era tape echo. The warmest sounding echo/delay around. Studio Quiet.
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User Reviews of the Danelectro Dan Echo DE-1
- Submitted by Mike from Allen, TX (34 points) on Aug 17, 2010
- This is a great budget buy delay. It doesn't sound as analog as advertised, but very exact in its repeats. Lots of control over the sound. I'm using it over some of my others that cost 2 to 3 times more!
- Good Points: Pristine slap back, short and long. Good tweakability Sturdy case Cool retro look
- Bad Points: Plastic Jacks Bigger footprint Possible reliability issues with footswitch down the line
- Price Paid: US$30.00
- Purchased At: ebay
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- Submitted by provera from Waterloo, IA (172 points) on May 13, 2008
- Want infinite repeat/self-oscillation? Remove/jump the resistors (there's one on each side of the board) at R10 (right below the regen knob). Do that and you've got a really nice warm clean echo with a hi-cut knob (and maybe a little overdrive? sounds like it) that can get sludgy in a good way when cranked. The eq can make it sound *kinda* tapey -- no, it's no substitute, but it sounds good. It's a big-Dano metal case, and it's cheap for what you get. It's quite a bit like the Ibanez seven series delay, but you can find it even cheaper -- definitely worth checking out.
- Good Points: Cheap for delay Good-sounding delay Useful hi-cut
- Bad Points: None (well, the plastic knobs are a little cheap, I guess)
- Price Paid: US$22.00
- Purchased At: ebay
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- Submitted by series_ from Portland, OR (184 points) on Dec 9, 2005
- I highly recommend this pedal for open circuit work. I actually have only used it once in the standard way. I bought it because it was cheap and delays make good open circuit pedals. Anyways, there's about 15 points all in a row down the bottom right hand side of the board that make the nicest set of singed electronic highend scree. It's strange, no matter what points you hit it'll never put out something too extreme. Which I kind of like as a safety net. But it doesn't get the feedback eating itself sound the Boss pedals do when played opened. As a delay it sounded good actually, I just have my delays already so I didn't give too much time.
- Good Points: If you open it USE BATTERIES!
- Bad Points: It's Light Purple with a Soft Metallic Silver Finished Button, a Chevy Styled D Logo, and an art deco molding! Couldn't really get much uglier.
- Price Paid: US$19.00
- Purchased At: trade up music close out shelf
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- Submitted by analog from Reedsburg, WI (18 points) on Mar 12, 2005
- decent delay overall. i wouldn't pay more than 50 bucks for one. comparable to the ubiquitous boss dd* family of delays. controls from left to right are mix, delay time, feedback, and some type of eq (lowpass probably). nice and strong. manipulating the delay time parameter causes any signal present in the loop to pitch shift (as opposed to the "stuttering" effect) which of course neither a good or bad point . . .
- Good Points: - quite sturdy - fair amount of delay time - good battery life
- Bad Points: - control knobs are EXTREMELY close together making live use pretty challenging/frustrating - not-so-sturdy i/o jacks (plastic and not anchored to the metal chasis) tend to be the first thing that goes on these. not a big deal if you don't mind soldering . . .
- Price Paid: US$0.00
- Purchased At:
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- Submitted by fran from Nottingham (68 points) on Feb 25, 2005
- The DanEcho is a retro type Echo, and is well worth its asking price. You can get a good range and the high-cut makes it sound authentic. A lot of fun can be had here and the manuel gives some suggested settings from 50's slapback to U2 to madness... and it is convincing.
- Good Points: Retro sounds, great range, hands-on easy to use, high cut, competitive price.
- Bad Points: Daft shape means it sits uncomfortably on a busy pedalboard.
- Price Paid: US$0.00
- Purchased At: local music store
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- Submitted by wmc from Providence, RI (2 points) on Jan 24, 2005
- Very good buy: low price, wide variety of sounds. The "hi cut" feature does away with the too-clean and brittle sounds of most digital delays (though it can do those, too). I got it sounding a lot like the relatively rare and expensive Roland Space Echo. Great murky, under-water sounds, like an analog tape echo that's been overused.
- Good Points: Looks great, lots of versatility.
- Bad Points: Foot switch might be not long for this world. Jury's still out.
- Price Paid: US$40.00
- Purchased At: Ebay
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- Submitted by Ticker from Goderich, Ontario (8 points) on Dec 12, 2002
- This was the first pedal I ever bought(paid 0 CAN) and that was about 2 years ago. I used to hook it up w/ a Danelectro Flange & a Phaser and could get cool sounds-swirling and churning and bubbling, but not much variety. Also it has this little switch for HI/LO sample times that is much to small and you have to twist your finger sort of to get at it-very tricky to reach. Also when you switch between the two there is a noisy electronic POP sound. Looks good, though. And very heavy.
- Good Points: Cheaper than some delays out there....Sturdy and looks retro-cool. Some unique and interesting delay possibilities here-supposed to be TAPE ECHO but doesn't really cut the cake.
- Bad Points: The noise of this pedal is quite annoying-it's like you can always hear the speed knob's setting in the background-a whirring WHIZ-type sound. It's also hard to manipulate the knobs as they are too close togetther. When I first plug it in I would have to toggle the HI/LO switch about 20 times and then do the same to the SPEED & REPEATS knob to get rid of the interference with the sample. No infinite repeat-max is 2 sec. and I don't think it emulates a tape echo very well....my LINE6 DL4 has a tape echo effect and it ROCKS compared to this. Not worth the money and it just sits collecting dust right now-I don't know if I'll ever use it again like I used to.
- Price Paid: US$140.00
- Purchased At: Ernie King Music
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- Submitted by matt from Billings, MT (126 points) on Mar 10, 2002
- i was looking for a good echo pedal and this one is pretty good. has a heavy casing. very sturdy. 4 knobs-mix,speed,repeats,hi cut. plus a lo-hi switch. i noticed that when you switch from lo to hi, there is a click that adds some nice little effect to the effect. i liked to crank all the knobs up and tweek with the speed knob. makes some nice trippy sounds. its a good echo effect. in noise it adds depth but it sounds alot better if you don't drowned it out with alot of distortion.
- Good Points: strudy case, easy to use, like the switch. really good echo sound
- Bad Points: the on/off button is too small for my liking
- Price Paid: US$0.00
- Purchased At: hansen's music
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- Submitted by Jason from Oakland City, IN (30 points) on Aug 2, 2001
- First off, this pedal is gorgeous, smooth, and heavy. Definitely built to last... as far as performance, it's good, but definitely a notch below the Boss DD-3, which is just a little more expensive. The pedal allows you to sample and repeat up to about 2 seconds, and play them back at the same speed or at a faster pitch. And you can control how many repeats, but only to a certain extent-- the lack of infinite repeat is probably the Dan Echo's biggest handicap. It also has a strange tendency to distort very high (and low) frequencies. This may be a defect in my pedal, however, as I know others who have used the Dan Echo have not experienced this problem. If the lack of infinite repeat doesn't bother you, this is a decent and slightly cheaper alternative to other digital delays.
- Good Points: Flexible delay/repeat options, built to last, slightly cheaper than other digital delays.
- Bad Points: No infinite repeat, signal sometimes distorts on very high/very low frequencies.
- Price Paid: US$100.00
- Purchased At: Musician's Friend
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