The reel echo was kinda cool at low volume, but i didnt like it at stage volume, plus it does that annoying digital clicking in the repeats. Its a great time to upgrade your home music studio gear with the largest selection at. Danelectro is a brand of musical instruments and accessories, founded in new jersey in 1947. Dan echo simulated tape echo danomatic tuner fab effects fab 1 distortion fab 2 overdrive fab 3 metal. Danelectro reel echo tape simulator pedal musicians friend. Jeder musiker, welcher schon mal mit einem delay gearbeitet hat, wird sich sofort bei dem reel echo zu hause fuhlen. Perfectly cool pedal, but its red leds dont fill me with the requisite visual joy one would like when engaging the sonic glory of a delay. Danelectro danecho owners manual 18 pages tube amps. We have 1 danelectro danecho manual available for free pdf download. This website cannot be reproduced in any manner, whatsoever, without permission. Due to loose machining toleraces and rather archaic coil winding machines typical of the original vintage danelectro times. The unit features a slider like the old vintage tape echo units.
Tapelike sound can be accurately dialed in using lofi control, warble to replicate tape pitch variations, and even a tubesolid state toggle. In todays world that has become just fantastically filled with the most optionsladen, powerful, hip, trendy and mindblowing effects pedals on the planet, sometimes its hard to remember a day when everything moved a little slower, things were a bit easier and every pedal didnt cost a ton of money or have a manual the size of a phone book for those of us who remember phone books. Its one of the best looking and best sounding delays out there. Three singlecoil pickups, builtin distortion, chorus, tremolo, and echo effects, closedback gotoh tuners, graphite nut, bluesilver sparkleburst finish. Mike einziger of incubus gives pistola guitar tutorial. Danelectro established itself during the 50s and 60s and eventually was revived in 1996. Danelectro dte1 reel echo tape simulator pedal reverb. Danelectro s website is of no help whatsoever in contacting the company unless theyve got another one i dont know about. The danelectro company was sold to the music corporation of america mca in 1966, moving to a much larger plant in neptune city, new jersey, employing more than 500 people. Danelectro reel echo digigal delay effect pedal for electric guitar, bass. The danelectro reel echo is a 1950sstyle tape echo emulator such as the echoplex, and regarded by many as one of the best solid state delay units. Lo fi control rolls off the high frequencies of each successive repeat, just like tape does.
You are now one of the elite musicians who can enjoy the rich. The danelectro reel echo is a tape simulator effect, recreating the sounds of 1950s tape delay echo machines with intentional lofi quality and adjustable pitch warbling. Free danelectro diagrams, schematics, service manuals. For the money youre saving and the overall sound, this is the obvious choice. The reel echo is particularly good for a firsttime ledmod experience, because its large and the led board is easy to get to. I bought it because i used to have a dan echo that was perfect for me and i foolishly sold it a few years back in a fit of downsizing. It changed the output sound of my guitar, which i didnt like. We used to get the cleaner from radio shack and spray it on the knobs and believe it or not it. It sounds significantly better than the boss space echo and in some ways better than the reel echo. Danelectro vintage power source batteries are recommended.
The warmth of alltube echo and the convenience of a pedal. Danelectro dte1 reel echo very cool tape echo simulation pedal ok, i was sold on the retro look of the unit, but is does sound great and is pretty inexpensive. Ive recently acquired a danelecrtro reel echo in minty fresh condition with original box although the manual is gone and i think its a bit more than i need. The danelectro de1 dan echo guitar pedal offers you the warmth of alltube echo and the convenience of a pedal. By the way, i remember we used to use cleaner for tvs way back in the 70s before everything went to buttons rather than knobs. Danelectro reel tape echo settings gretschtalk forum. Danelectro diagrams, schematics and service manuals download for free. The desktop housing is rather big, but id call this stylish. Customs services and international tracking provided. Reel echo spring king paisley effects discontinued blue paisley puredrive black paisley liquid metal. Always check the echo web site for updated information. The price of the danelectro reel echo is quite cheap for a pedal of this type which makes it perfect for players on a budget or those looking to get their feet wet with tape echo simulation. I recently inherited my dads 1958 4623 6 string longhorn bass.
Thoughts on the danelectro reel echo the gear page. Built with options for tubesolid state styles, a warble switch for organic tape pitch deviation and speed range control of up to 1500ms, the danelectro dte1 reel echo tape simulator pedal brings warm, atmospheric, analog tape delay in a reliable, manageable package. The unit is built like a tank unlike most danelectro pedals the. The reel echo from dano simulates the sound perfectly and adds a warble switch to. Danelectro is a us manufacturer of musical instruments and accessories, chorus, fab tone distortion, dan echo simulated tape echo, danomatic tuner. The danelectro clone list discussion in effects, pedals, strings. Danelectro dan echo owners manual 18 pages tube amps. Danelectro reel echo tape delay posted by pedal of the day on thursday, november 10, 2016 in danelectro, delay reverb, echo 2 comments tape delay echo units have produced some of the most unique and recognizable tones in music history, used by.
If you take out a resistor connected to pin 6 of the pt2399 and replace it with a 50100k pot to ground you have a delay. The sound on sound button creates endless tape loops which can be played over. Emulates the tone and vibe of cool vintage amps from the 60s. We have 1 danelectro dan echo manual available for free pdf download. At the time, i thought it really nailed the vintage sound. Danelectro reel echo tape delay posted by pedal of the day on thursday, november 10, 2016 in danelectro, delay reverb, echo 2 comments tape delay echo units have produced some of the most unique and recognizable tones in music history, used by countless artists and studio producers for decades. Danelectro de1 danecho guitar pedal musicians friend. Warble control to simulate the slight pitch deviation. Danelectro dane cho manuals manuals and user guides for danelectro dan echo. Lofi control rolls off high frequencies of successive repeats. Replacement operator, safety manuals, and parts catalogs are available from your echo dealer or at. Reel echo gives the perfect simulation of those great 50s tape echoes with some important added features. Danelectro lipstick pickups static impedence from mid1955 to 1969 varied from about 3. I should have known better than to buy this devicei own a danelectro echo unit that had broken after only about 14 months use.
Kind of just bought one online, so getting the skinny, maybe some tips. Danelectro sometimes provides free products to beta testers who may later express their views on these products on the web or in print. Warble control to simulate the slight pitch deviation you get from any driven tape system. The danelectro reel echo tape simulator pedal perfectly simulates the sound of vintage tape units with a warble switch to simulate tape pitch deviations.
It is dirt cheap 18 in finland but has an smdversion of pt2399 delay chip which is the same chip i used in my time machine and hyperizer pedals originally fab echo doesnt have an adjustable delay time and is fixed to just slapback echo. Hicut control cuts the highs on repeats to perfectly simulate the tone of a 60sera tape echo. Danelectro guitar effects pedals for electric guitar for. Did the reel echo replace the dan echo in their product lineup.
Submitted by aulos from hereford uk 480 points on jun 16, 2009. Mix is used to set the volume of delay, speed is used to set the amount of time between delays, repeat sets the number of repeats after the initial signal, and hi cut allows the high end to be rolled of the frequencies of the repeat in order to simulate an analog delay echo. I see the dan echo listed at places like musicians friend and amazon, but not on danelectro s website though, the manual for it can be downloaded. Page 12 echo einer klassischen vintage tonbandaufnahme. Danelectro reel echo effect fractal audio systems forum. Sound on sound button enables you to play over the lick you just recorded. This is a shot in the dark, but i just picked up one of these units used, and it had no manual.
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