New Danelectro Transparent overdrive V2

riotshield · Post by **riotshield** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:54 am

Hope this wasnt mentioned already.
http://www.danelectro.com/effects_10.html
They are replacing the previous one.
allegedly.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:45 pm

Who cares?

Booooooooooo Danelectro.

riotshield · Post by **riotshield** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:54 pm

just stating that they indeed took some action after being accused of cloning.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:59 pm

I thought that was all so silly, that didn't bother me one bit. Circuits get ripped off all the time. It's not gonna stop the people who want to buy that other pedal from buying it. IMO this was no big deal.

Will · Post by **Will** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:32 pm

I like the DIP switches they added to change the clipping - a very cool idea.

Also, they're pretty much all copies. The fuzz is a Frantone, vibe a Uni-Vibe, dist a Ross, trem a Demeter, etc.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:20 pm

DuoSonicBoy wrote:I like the DIP switches they added to change the clipping - a very cool idea.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't these switches make it more like a Timmy, rather than less?

Will · Post by **Will** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:22 pm

Heh - yr right. The Timmy does have some DIP switch thing IIRC.

LOL Danelectro.

less_cunning · Post by **less_cunning** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:36 pm

this is a serious question. so tell me if i am wrong. but i think aen is right: does the world really need "another" tube screamer. another modded DS-1. another Timmy. another overdrive pedal. now granted i am not a "tonefreak" or even a serious guitarist or whatever. & i know pedal design is not easy. & one diode can make a difference. but yeah i just want to be enlightened that is all pliz help me understand...

or if you are going to make an Overdrive pedal can't you make it like do something cool like self-oscillate or something.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:48 pm

at this price point? i'd say so.

what the world doesn't need is another $200 boutqiue tubescreamer derivative with "tone" in the name three times.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:12 pm

Reece wrote:at this price point? i'd say so.

what the world doesn't need is another $200 boutqiue tubescreamer derivative with "tone" in the name three times.

Tonemasteronetonedeluxescreameronetoneblueszonemaster!!!

I don't know too much about it, but as I understand it there's only so many ways to get a nice overdrive, and most of them have been exhausted. If innovation isn't going to be the driving force in the market, then it'll be price, so Reece is right.

the isaac eaton · Post by **the isaac eaton** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:32 pm

We don't need anymore new boutique companies with $200 tubescreamers, but if a company wants to offer their rendition for cheap I think thats a good thing. But there will always always always be the old fat lawyers who have nothing to do but spend there money on vintage strats and overpriced tubescreamer derivatives. I think danelectro is doing a great thing with this cool cat line, good tone thats affordable for anyone. But overdrive is one of the most used effect pedal so of course there is going to be a huge market for them, and different companies will keep innovating, live zvex. Think of it this way, companies have to keep innovating and changing things, if we didnt, we would all just play TS 808's for the rest of our life.

So are the overpriced overdrive pedals a bad thing? I dont know, I know im not buying them, but the point is that someone is, all we can hope for is that there will still be companies out there to make affordable pedals, or innovate on pedals we already have.

less_cunning · Post by **less_cunning** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:26 pm

i will say this. i am definitely sympathetic to the 'economies of scale' arguement. & the intellectual property arguement. then of course there is the moral & ethical arguement (which in no way shape or form am i going to get into.) & like personally, from a design standpoint i think those Cool Cat pedals are ugly as tar. this isn't even about the lawyer w/ money to burn that plays Stones covers on the weekends or whatever. to me, yeah, this is more about maximizing utility & separating the wheat from the chaff & like seriously what would teh kurdtz do?

FenderGuy53 · Post by **FenderGuy53** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:14 pm

jcyphe wrote:I thought that was all so silly, that didn't bother me one bit. Circuits get ripped off all the time. It's not gonna stop the people who want to buy that other pedal from buying it. IMO this was no big deal.

Agreed...

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:20 pm

FenderGuy53 wrote:
jcyphe wrote:I thought that was all so silly, that didn't bother me one bit. Circuits get ripped off all the time. It's not gonna stop the people who want to buy that other pedal from buying it. IMO this was no big deal.
Agreed...

that was worth the 40 day bump.
good job.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:25 pm

Right on the heels of another Danelectro Timmy Cloning related bump.

This one has an Agenda.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:28 pm

Mike wrote:Right on the heels of another Danelectro Timmy Cloning related bump.

This one has an Agenda.

Yeah it does seem off. I was gonna mentioning that bumping two old stale Dano threads is suspect.