sitar effect pedal - danelectro owners?

mmr7 · #1 10-27-2001, 12:09 AM

Danelectro *is releasing a new sitar effect pedal which obviously makes your electric guitar sound like a sitar. I don't believe it is available yet (should be a couple of weeks and will retail for $149) My question is, are there any danelectro pedal owners out there who are happy with their stuff? I generally thought of danelectro as crap (and ugly and cheap looking to boot), but a sitar effect is too good to pass up.

Pryde7 · #2 10-27-2001, 01:37 AM

i just noticed that too... saw it in a guitar mag somewhere...

hmm...

i've always wanted a sitar, and hell, you're right... this does look too interesting to pass up...

guess we'll just have to wait and see until its released...

Kremlin · #3 10-27-2001, 02:17 AM

Sweet! I was considering buying myself a cheap beat-to-hell sitar for christmas but this would be far better...

RSVampire · #4 10-27-2001, 04:15 AM

I have the Fabtone distortion pedal. And was very pleased with it for awhile. They have a good sound. Not saying they aren't the highest quality. But they are good enough quality unless your picky as hell about tone.

Andy J Dampier · #5 10-27-2001, 02:41 PM

The Danelctro pedals aren't really as bad as I figured they'd be. If one were to replace the housing for the effect, they'd be great. The Dan-Echo is a great delay pedal. Definitely has a nice warm sound. Those little mini's aren't that bad either. The Milkshake (chorus) is awesome, for the price it can't beat.

I saw the Sitar pedal and it definitely perked my eyes up. My friend is going to order one or two for his store, so I'll give it a try then a review when it comes it. I was already thinking of things it could be used for.

sixstringphoenix · #6 10-27-2001, 05:02 PM

On a related note, are there left-handed actual sitars available/in existence?

-Justin

jeff l · #7 10-27-2001, 06:42 PM

I've been waiting for something like this. I'm surprised that it wasn't done sooner. Thanks for the info.

mmr7 · #8 10-27-2001, 09:38 PM

yeah, regardless of reliability, I'll probably winding up getting one as soon as they come out. Just wish it didn't look like a pedal Josie and the *****cats would use.

SalemB · #9 10-28-2001, 07:52 AM

The sitar effect sounds like a hit. I've never tried or bought a Danelectro pedal because of how they look. Maybe I shouldn't make up my mind before testing...

Does anyone know what this effect is doing to the signal? I would guess something like boosting the high frequencies and adding a fast vibrato.

gkelm · #10 10-28-2001, 08:45 AM

FWIW, I can get a sitar-like tone with my Ibanez FL9 Flanger with a touch of delay and verb. *Some of the Dano pedals sound very good, but the build quality is a couple notches lower than the Boss standard.
Greg

mmr7 · #11 11-02-2001, 04:47 PM

just called guitar center and they still don't have any, and sam ash says they stopped carrying danelectro. Oh well.....

one less than none · #12 11-02-2001, 05:17 PM

that sounds a cool pedal i'll have to check one out, mixed with a few more fx it sounds capable of some major tone bending

jeff l · #13 11-04-2001, 01:19 PM

Has anyone seen a pic of it anywhere on the net? There's nothing at Danelectro's site yet.

rosskoss · #14 11-04-2001, 01:26 PM

I've heard a real sitar before(live) and I don't think any pedal can emulate that sound.A sitar sounds very alive and rich and trying to recreate those dynamics through a pedal would be like the DMA vs tube amp thing.

I don't know about this new danelectro pedal though.

Pablo · #15 11-04-2001, 02:06 PM

Zoom has a sitar patch for their car stereo sized rack unit. I was trying it our back in 92-93 at a music show but with all the background noise it was a bit hard to tell how good it was. This was the same unit that had the explosions etc in it.

I've got a daddy'o pedal and it's pretty robust.