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Summary: 706 Union Ave. in a little plastic box
Comment: Judging by its small size, plastic construction, and cheesy 50's retro design, you would think this is a toy. It ain't. Danelectro products do range in quality from awesome to downright pathetic. This little box is definitely the former. If you're a rockabilly guitar player and are on a limited budget, then you NEED this. This is pure Sun Studios/Scotty Moore slapback echo."Gene Vincent cruisin' in a '49 Merc with Bettie Page next to him" stuff. VERY VERY retro and cool. However, with the repeat and mix knobs maxed out you can get some really cool, spacy,psychedelic/60's horror movie soundtrack stuff going on.Not a setting you'd wanna use all the time, but it could have some uses and it's fun to mess around with. However, my only beef with this is the construction. It hasn't failed on me yet, but you don't wanna go stomping like a caveman with your size twelve Doc Martins on this thing, because it's definitely gonna break. Act like a sane human with this thing. Also, the knobs are really tiny. The mix knob on mine broke off. I got it back in, but it still falls out occasionally and I gotta get down on my hands and knees and hunt for it.And also, if you're gonna gig with this, use it in a pedalboard or with an adaptor, because this thing eats batteries quick, and when the battery does die, you'll hear a loud repeating "SKRREEEE SKRREEE SKREEEEEE!!" Not good in the middle of a gig! But still, for the money, this thing is EXCELLENT, and if you gig a lot or tour you can get these cheap enough that you can easily afford a box full of these to have backups when one goes down. I almost never play without it switched on.However, if you're wanting to sound like the Edge, get a proper delay pedal, like the Danelectro Dan-Echo. This thing is a SLAPBACK ECHO. That's all it does, and it does it's one job very well. Overall, excellent value for the money.
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Summary: Scotty, Duane, and Cliff...
Comment: Danelectro products range from exceedingly cool (and cost effective), to laughably cheesy (useless at any price). For those smitten by the rock sounds and vibes of yesteryear (like myself), Dano has perfectly captured the retro/vintage/kitsch corner of the gadget market.
The BLT unquestionably falls into the 'exceedingly cool' category. It is definitely a one trick pony, but 29 bucks buys one fun trick. The BLT replicates to perfection the nearly omnipresent slap-back echo of the 50's used by Scotty Moore, Duane Eddy, et al. The BLT doesn't have much in the way of latitude (let's say it nicks surf and rockabilly and leave it at that), is not programmable (who cares), and is probably a little less than durable. I guess if one wants to crunch a pedal under an engineer boot, Boss might be the way to go. But Boss can't keep up w/ this little gem.
The BLT is very quiet. The bypass doesn't color the stock sound whatsoever. With the tiny mix nob at about 4:30, and the slapback nob at 11:00, I get a perfect "Rebel 'rouser" sound from neck position on my Tele. I play through a Silvertone 1484 head, and employ the freaky 'verb and excellent tremolo for the finishing touches. I don't need a 3K Gretch or Gib to get down to business. The sound has that certain distant tin can/transistor radio thing, and the slap-back is simply the bomb.
Unless a person is extremely interested in exploring the possibilties of Echoplex-type knock-offs, 30 bucks will buy all the Sun Studios stink they'll ever need.
Go, kat, go.
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