Remember The 90's: Danelectro Fab Tone

[@JamesB-rp7sz]

My older brother passed this pedal down to me a few years ago when I was 14 and just started taking guitar seriously. I’ve always hated it and thought it sounded terrible, but it’s remained on my pedal board since the day he gave it to me. He passed away last summer, and it reminds me of all the good times when he first tried to teach me. We all miss you Jesse, 20 was too young.

[@guestivity2063]

My condolences, man

[@roman_ds_]

I never get tired of hearing Fluff say "my 1990 Burny Les Paul Custom with a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge."

[@JoeyLevenson]

Ive had that Burny, it’s a beast! Mogwai used this pedal. I had this and the Daddy-O. Not my faves, but not bad.

[@ryans9029]

@@JoeyLevenson the daddy-o is a Marshall guv'nor clone. Part for part.

[@SlyHikari03]

Same. Its like his signature on the channel.

[@matthewpenniman4824]

This is the first pedal I ever owned. I remember I used this with a SG with mini humbuckers. Not only did I get the lovely fizz city tones but also picked up some bizarre radio stations.

[@rockoutconsiderably]

Yes I forgot about the random radio stations!

[@Upisdownhtx]

I'm sure I wasn't the only one waiting for a Tool riff.

[@istvanm4595]

Why?

[@Upisdownhtx]

@@istvanm4595 Well for one, the tone. Listen to Aenima, for a sec it sounded like he was going to play "Hooker with a Penis." Then he plays AEnema.

[@istvanm4595]

I got that, but i thought Adam Jones used this pedal or something. Thank you for the answer.

[@Upisdownhtx]

@@istvanm4595 I don't think he did, but yeah it just reminded me of his tone.

[@jamesbates9038]

@@Upisdownhtx same but i didn't hear it until he started the riff :D

[@SunnyBeeRandomTuber]

Filter - hey man nice shot

[@jeffmarcouxqct]

I've used it for many years in my band with a CARVIN x100b.. Dialed properly, it sounded so good, very agressive. Even the sound tech guys were impress at every gig we did.

[@modelcitizen1977]

I still have this pedal. It was my Big Muff before I knew how awesome the Big Muff was.

[@JohnnyGuitaristOfficial]

Oh man the big muff!!! Awesome pedal... idk if it was just my friends and I but we noticed the muff in the wooden box sounded better than the one without.

[@SEBBY_SHREDZ_BOI]

I bought a used Danelectro “Cool Cat” chorus pedal at my local Guitar Center, I bought it because 1) I wanted a chorus pedal anyway 2) The casing was like the Fab Tone but it had this cool light blue/aqua color. 3) It gave me a really nice 80’s sounding chorus sound. I still have it to this day and it’s almost like my secret weapon on my pedalboard

[@davidjameschamberlain]

Was it the 18v model. An absolute sleeper

[@SEBBY_SHREDZ_BOI]

DaviJay Chamberlain It was the 9v model and sadly I had to put it to rest recently.

[@davidjameschamberlain]

@@SEBBY_SHREDZ_BOI RIP

[@russelwake5167]

I have the 18v version. I found if you run a bass through it you get some amazing pixies/nirvana style bass tones.

[@Aceofgamesify]

I found a 9v cool cat at this small guitar shop for $40 and it's one of the best choruses I've ever played through. A stereo chorus with a sick paint job, you really can't go wrong. If you find one of these, you will not be disappointed.

[@bbrinser]

I actually still use this pedal. I own 2 to have a backup. Just be sure to blend in some clean tone for note definition. It also works great for recording heavy bass.

[@JohnnyGuitaristOfficial]

Oh man, I still have mine! *Who remembers the little plastic ones named after food?* Haha someone at dan electro was hungry. 😂🍕🌮🎶🎸

[@recordingsupply]

Haha thanks for doing this one! My first amp was a Rage 158 and first pedal the Fab Tone! Thought it was going to be a vintage distortion and instead was peeling paint with it!

[@jimclaus3140]

It was my first pedal too. Just dug it out of retirement!

[@morsberger]

First amp Peavey Rage 158. 19 years ago. Still works. Still rules. Peavey FTW

[@jamesbates9038]

first amp. peavy bandit 112 in 1999 still works but i need to replace power switch to use the preamp. now i just use it as a power amp for a micro dark terror.

[@morsberger]

@@jamesbates9038 long live Peavey Noise

[@scedge]

I had a Gorilla amp first, but then "upgraded" to a Rage 158 back in 1994. It worked great, but eventually developed a crackle in the input jack.

[@ryans9029]

Mine was a rage too. 👏 TransTube baby

[@thedondeluxe6941]

I have the Dan-Echo pedal from this range. Bought it when it was released in the 90's and it's one of the very few pedals I've never sold or considered selling. I looove that thing! Still my main echo pedal 20+ years later.

[@allanallan4791]

If you ever find the pb&j delay and Reel Echo it will get insanely wild haha

[@thedondeluxe6941]

The Reel Echo is awesome! Want one of those :-)

[@ricardovilhena8454]

I still got the Danelectro Daddy'O overdrive from the 90' and its pretty good. Happy new year from Portugal

[@Dvqwerty]

sounds fine to me. just needs a little bit of low end and the right amp to go through. for sludge or stoner metal, i could see it working out

[@wesleyzimmerman94]

Some Electric Wizard or Sleep maybe

[@nomorebs]

I have the daddy o which has about as much gain as this you can just back it off more. But anyway stack it in front of a muff with both pedals drives way down and damn, smoking fuzz tone. These dano pedals are good for stacking. I dont like it akone though.

[@RobBjorgan]

I Run mine through 70s Peavy standard Get you in the doom zone for sure with a good cab Never had any issues with it through all the years It will be passed down to my son Happy New Year to all who do guitar and gear for the joy that is made

[@stephen3164]

I worked at a guitar shop in ‘96-‘99. I remember when we got these in. I remember liking this pedal a lot. I did NOT remember it having this much gain! No wonder why I liked it - I was in to super high gain stuff back then. Shoot, it still sounds good - like a warmer version of a Metal Zone?

[@MrRatelP]

Did have this one in my bass rigg, it was kind of my "secret weapon" for many years

[@giantiri]

Ida nielsen had it too!!

[@landonbailey]

I grew up in the 90s but I only remember 1993. kind of weird

[@GunsNRoosendael]

Kurdt died in 94, and so did good memories.

[@bigbobbreakdance]

Virginity?

[@mindscrub]

This brings back memories of running my Digitech GSP 21 directly into my Fostex XR-5 analog- and then, after YEARS, into my Fostex MR-8 digital- (which I also used for YEARS) multi-trackers. I used to love playing into those things, blissfully unaware of just how wretched those recordings sounded. Some of them are, oddly, still my favorites, though. Thanks, Fluff! This is a great series.

[@latexgeneration]

I used to use this pedal in the late 90’s on a modded JCM800 that was already over-saturated for one reason: Instant feedback. It was the perfect weapon to transition to a heavier part.

[@stug5041]

God of love this video series. Keep em coming!

[@ZachComa]

Hellen Keller says, "It sounds great!"

[@MisterDeets]

I modded one of these to have asymmetrical clipping, different op amps and swapped out R14 for a different value to lower the gain a great deal. Turned it into a really versatile pedal with the full range of either OD or saturated gain. Running through a Sovtek Mig 50 with greenbacks and it straight up kicked butt. Still have it. The EQ it had naturally made practically any amp very "marshall-esque". It is still mounted to my pedal board to this day.

[@jtuckers1]

I borrowed one of these off a mate and was blown away by how good it was. The funny thing was it was plugged into a rage 158. I never bought one and I still regret it.

[@scottchamley181]

I love this pedal, and the Danecho! Thanks for doing the 1990's videos, this one brought me back!

[@JR-dd4ec]

I bought one when I was 19, still use one to this day and mine has lasted!

[@davidrapant6398]

Danelectro is probably the coolest pedal company out there. I love the retro styling.

[@projectnoel]

I still can't tell if this thing is supposed to be a fuzz or distortion pedal. Such a wild pedal, I love playing it.

[@primarycircle]

This video has some of the best facial expressions I think I've ever seen. Still have one of these kicking around, hilarious.

[@NoLifeLeft13]

My first pedal was the Daddy-O. Those things were everywhere in the late 90's. It also contains a ton of fizzy gain.

[@ChadVanHalen5150]

Missed opportunity to call it the Daddy O-verdrive

[@NoLifeLeft13]

It was definitely insinuated, "The Gran Daddy of Overdrive" it says on the box. heh

[@scotthewiseman2471]

These pedals will be highly sought after kids.

[@ryans9029]

Daddy-O is a part for part clone of the Marshall guv'nor. 👏 Killer pedal

[@jackko21]

I know they didnt use it but it really reminds me of the guitar tone on silverchairs freak show album

[@rk28984]

sounds more like a high gain fuzz pedal, with some fiddling it could sound cool playing some stoner rock through your neck pickup

[@HitmanJenkins1]

I reckon if you stick a mid boost before this pedal and do a bit of twiddling you could get a pretty mean sound out of it.

[@austinskinner]

can I say I love that you play Tool, Filter, all the riffs we wanted to learn

[@commiekazeproject]

I love your channel, bro! Your review of the OR100 reboot was the last one I watched before buying one used as soon as the video was over. 🤘🏽🍆 It's not the easiest pedal to set up, to say the least, but I've had one since 1996, and you can find some awesome sounds with it. It takes some work though, for sure. I'll tell ya how.... First of all, this isn't a bedroom volume pedal. It'll sound fizzy as shit turned down low. It has a different character when cranked, completely. Also, if you're playing chords, you need to turn the treble basically off. The volume needs to be all the way up, and the highest you should ever turn the drive up is halfway at absolute max... and plug it into the fx loop for godsake. Use it like a preamp pedal. The voicing of it is way too radical to try to mix into another set of tone controls and try to balance both eq's into each other. Now, like I said, that's not an easy "plug, play, and there's your tone" process, but if you do all those things, it's a fucking flamethrower that sounds like nothing else. I don't use it always, but when I do, there's nothing else that comes close to it. Once you do all that, you can even get some badass blues and jazz sounds by killing the volume knob on your guitar. It's a hard pedal to fall in love with, but it's like the girl you just hangout with for fun every once in a while, then all of the sudden one day you're like...fuck she's cool. Haha

[@sirnasty1553]

Sincerely enjoyed the tool riffs. Takes me back to when I first got into them. Not to be confused with the first time I heard them

[@lucaserojas]

I needed to hear some Mogwai

[@DylanHutto]

Caught that "Dam That River", badass dude

[@Sonny1096]

Yep, sure do remember these! The Cool Cat chorus from that era (big metal enclosure) was my first pedal. Still have it and a Dan-Echo, too. There are modded versions of these that work well. The Daddy-O is basically a Marshall Guv'nor circuit.

[@jamesbates9038]

remember the flanger? i loved that thing

[@erikrummel6277]

My favorite pedal was the Cool-Cat. The 18V chorus. I looooooove that pedal. Still have it, still on my rig. Always!!!! It makes anything better!!!!

[@sleepydog5769]

I used to really like these pedals lol. Especially the "french toast" pedal. All these 90's pedal demos remind me of happy times man. Thank you.😊

[@scottyboy515]

your clean tone has more gain than some of my drive pedals!!

[@jeffbeck6501]

I had one of these, and one time at a gig, while playing not my normal strat, but a thick hollow body electric 63 Vox something like Humingbird, guitar, and I turned that Dan Electro distortion on for my solo with a slide, that I never use, and I also had my Rivera amp distortion on, and when I hit the switch on the Dan Electro pedal, the guitar lit up like ridiculously, and the bass player just cracked up on stage. No one could believe how ridiculous it sounded. That Vox guitar also had a distortion on it, as well a tuner, echo, and wah pedal on it. I may have had the guitar distortion on too. It was just ridiculous. It sounded pretty good, but way way way over the top. It was fun though. We all got a good laugh on stage. And the singer introduced my name on the mic. And a girl at the end of the show told me I was the best guitar player the band ever had.

[@bultronlagore2095]

This pedal is really good for Death Metal. I was in a band in the early 2000’s and I used this pedal. We sounded like a mix between Suffocation, Cannibal Corpse, And Dying Fetus And this pedal did the trick for me. For 30 bucks this is a great Distortion Pedal!

[@GuitarsAndTea]

Thank you for this, brings back memories, we must be around the same age, I also had this pedal in the 90s when I was a teenager. There was also a Daddy O overdrive and a Cool Cat chorus. Good times

[@Zeroaddone]

Oh damn! A friend of mine bought a ton of these on Ebay for like $100 and he gave me one. This thing was insanely hot; I remember using it on a Dean combo amp I had at the time. It's such an oddball sound, it'd be good for certain things like some really raunchy solo or something. I wouldn't make it MY tone, but for certain things, it just can't be beat.

[@diarrheapool]

I've had one for about 20 years or so, only thing broken is the 9v connection but i soldered it up. theres actually a guy on ebay who will mod out your fab tone, build for strength and even add a second circuit with a switch

[@smoage]

"What if a metalzone but also a fuzz knob?" This was my first pedal and I have a sweet spot for it! I was hoping someone could figure out how to mod it so there is more of a smooth roll off with the tone controls. But it's sort of fun that there is zero nuance.

[@GuitarsZnuff]

I've owned three of them. Love it. It was my first pedal and I still use it on occasion.

[@127ibenedict]

This was my first pedal. I loved it when I was learning.

[@scedge]

I only had one Danelectro pedal, the Cool Cat chorus pedal. I still have it. Still works great at giving a round, damp sound rather than just dry.

[@ivanpiccolo2080]

Personally a great combination is with Peavey Classic 30 combo. Fab all the way down 12 o'clock bass and high and then it rocks!!!

[@wesleyalan9179]

Ha! I had this in the mid/late 90s! I got it for my 16th birthday!! Man this brings back some memories! Thanks man,I throughly enjoyed the video!✌🤟

[@davidrosenzweig1380]

I remember in the late 90s my local music store blowing the whole danelectro line out for like 30 bucks a pedal trying to unload them before they closed down

[@Echocat59]

I still have this pedal. Used it forever. It's all fucked up in a box somewhere. I ran a 2000 gretsch Brian setzer ssugr through a dunlop jimi hendix special wah into a 73 fender quad reverb, that has been chopped into a head,through an ampeg bass cabinet. I defy anyone to find a more badass brutal sound.no joke. Love that pedal.

[@tjjackson4599]

This Fab Tone pedal sounds like Danelectro's answer to the DOD Grunge pedal. Screams so much gain and distortion. And I gotta say, that pedal sounds fuckin awesome.

[@richszmal1653]

Absolutely love this video series. We need more!

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

😳 I’ve never heard this pedal. It does have some sick gain!

[@Negative.mrb1]

The treble actually adds gain too I believe and so much bass

[@bthomas1985]

My friend playing his Fab Tone into a Crate Vintage Club amp is the reason I play guitar. It sounded so freaking awesome to 13 year old me. It's been all downhill from there.

[@Chucksguitargeekery]

A surprising way I discovered to use this pedal: put a TS style pedal in front of it, but turn the output volume way down. Gives it a mid focus and lowers the gain. Sounded surprisingly good.

[@TaylorDanley]

I remember that thing. Before I realized that amps had distortion channels that were much louder than a distortion pedal.

[@fryloc359]

I had the Bacon and Eggs pedal, mainly for the fact that it was also an amp that ran on a 9 volt.

[@shaftymcnasty]

I remember having one of these along with the Danelectro guitar of the same color. Played a show or two and thought I was a rockstar back then

[@georgioskaratsoris7350]

Wow...! The distortion sound that I like!

[@bongledrot7760]

A friend modded mine, now I have an awesome bass fuzz

[@gamezharks]

sounds fine if you're into lo fi guitar tones honestly

[@SgtPnkks]

i've always loved how the pedal's look and name would make you expect some vintage 60s type sound... like maybe a vintage fuzz tone or maybe something plexi-esque but what it gives you is GAIN OUT THE ASS

[@XuliusCaesar]

like a 1969 Dodge Charger with a Hellcat engine

[@mastersteve78]

I had the 59DC and the Cool Cat Stereo Chorus pedal. I really loved them and I still had them.

[@thetreblerebel]

It was my metal tone during the late 90s

[@brandonbowen2770]

that was my first pedal! i bought it used in 1998. still have it.

[@taunoctua245]

I bought this pedal, and it wound up in my garage storage, then a couple years ago, it wound up on my current pedal board. I dug those four crazy looking pedals. The Fab Tone, The Daddy-O, the Dan-Echo, and the Cool Cat.

[@cmartinrel]

Takes me back! I loved mine back in the day!

[@jonathandranoff1721]

I just dug mine out. There is a trick to getting the one dimensional fuzz to be a little more musical, which is to cut the guitar volume pot to about 3/4. Then the sound is more like a saturated distortion - really compressed, but usable for the right player.

[@t.nieblas2679]

Haha I was just remembering about how I was shaking a stick the other day and thinking “wow, that’s a lot of distortion!”

[@rrparker12]

Awesome! I gotta get me one of these. I've still got my Danelectro BLT, the slap echo, and I love it.

[@JR-dd4ec]

Oh and I also use the stereo chorus still to this day

[@gregorygoodellofficial]

I actually just used one of those through a Blues Jr. and a DeVille for some aggressive double tracks to go along with core tones from a Mesa Nomad and a Mesa DC 10 and it actually sounds brilliant in the mix. I love those things!

[@iamgodbringmecake]

Yes first the supra distortion and now this! I have both pedals on my main board. Love them both.

[@iamgodbringmecake]

And hell yes for playing AIC

[@frickinjerms]

The Black Licorice was my first pedal when I started playing more seriously. That thing was ridiculous as well. Ah the nostalgia

[@MoneyCrespin]

I have the Daddy-O and it still sounds great!

[@LegendofTheCosmic7]

Man that crunch

[@BXGuitars]

Fab Tone: How much gain do you want? Me at 16: Yes

[@RJsCave]

Always wanted to hear these. I never actually bought anything from the line.the look is too old school for me. Another excellent video as always Fluff! thanks and KEEP 'EM COMING!

[@6StringEraser]

Wow Fluff. Thanks for the memories!

[@nunolima7709]

hey man! nice shot!

[@weaselpopper]

This pedal is a distortion and fuzz pedal tonal combination. If you play the right style music for this it can`t be beat. It adds extra grainy grit many distortions don`t have yet retains note clarity and harmonic definition fuzzy pedals lack. I love mine it`s in my top three gain type pedals.

[@brpadington]

This would sound pretty good on a small bright amp. With the gain dialed back it sounded pretty good. Adding in some mids on an eq would help a lot.

[@UkeofCarl]

I adored mine! Except for when I plugged it in.

[@eviltom9820]

Oh God... This is the first pedal I ever got back in 2001! The guy at Guitar Center tried to sell me on a Boss DS-1, but I absolutely loved the way this thing sounded. I also thought Jnco Jeans were a good idea at the time... Point is, you're allowed to be wrong and lean from your mistakes. Back then, I'd never played an amp better than a 120-watt Crate. It took me plugging into a Marshall DSL100 a few years later to realize that most professional guitarists probably weren't using pedals alone to get their tone. Hell, I heard about the Tube Screamer when I was younger, tried it, and couldn't understand why everyone loved it. To be honest, Fluff, your and Ola Englund's videos taught me how to use that little green box correctly in the early 20-teens. Thanks!

[@Extrathiccdaddy]

THATS A BADASS SWEATSHIRT RIGHT THERE

[@D-A-1776]

This is the best pedal I've had for black metal

[@djefferson5669]

Put ones of these through a plexi! Huge tone.

[@HitmanJenkins1]

I used to have the T Bone from this series. it was quite bizzare, sounded like a bad Big Muff clone through a cheap solid state, but sounded really nice through valve amps.

[@joeymusic]

The 90’s was a cool time.

[@kvltwalter]

LOL I was thinking "This sounds like a super budget Tool tone" and then 4:10 happened.

[@raycerx87]

I used a Fab Tone at one time. I liked it.

[@jaredcooper8158]

I had one of these around 2003-2004.

[@charliecooper5354]

I have a Danelectro Fab Distortion pedal, but it's not as loud as THIS BEAST!!!

[@Kreln1221]

Hated it then... Still hate it now... Me and my drummer buddy had another friend that had one, and one day, I had to put down my instrument and step outside, as I just couldn't take it anymore. When he finally stepped out, I told him that his playing was great, and he had a cool guitar and all, but that damn Fab Tone just killed me, like a death by icepick and razor cuts to your earholes. Another night, after drinking a few, he accidentally forgot it there in my drummer's jam shack, and when me and the drummer saw it, (and he felt exactly the same way I did about the Fab Tone), I "accidentally" kicked it under the couch, way back in the back corner, while saying "whoops...". Me and the drummer laughed our asses off, and in the days and weeks following that, we both would shrug and deny any knowledge of where it might be. Eventually, many years later, after exposure to better amps and gear, we finally told him what had become of it, and we all laughed our asses off over it.