Danelectro DJ-15 Chicken Salad Vibrato Mini Effects Pedal

by Danelectro

Product Features

• Vibrato
• Psychedelic 60's swirling speaker effects. Vibrato
• Danelectro Chicken Salad Vibrato Mini Effects Pedal

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.2 x 4.4 x 3.3 inches ; 11.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002CZXS0
• Item model number: DJ-15
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,034 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)

Product Description

It gets those psychedelic '60s swirling speaker effects that make you feel like a hippie and may cause flashbacks.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Uni-vibe sound, April 2, 2009

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Riff Raff From Michigan (Saginaw, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Danelectro DJ-15 Chicken Salad Vibrato Mini Effects Pedal (Electronics)

I wish I had known the truth about this pedal before spending $150.00 on a different uni-vibe clone that crapped out on me anyway. This pedal is not a "vibrato", but a uni-vibe imitator that sounds quite good. People are buying these up, re-housing them in metal enclosures with psychedelic paint jobs, and voila! You have what seems like a boutique pedal. If you're looking to explore the uni-vibe sound, but don't want to pay through the nose for the "real thing" or a boutique clone, GET ONE OF THESE! And don't sweat the plastic housing - they're fine as long as you treat them fairly.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous sound -- It's only cheap because of the package, March 3, 2011

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Steve Bates (Albany, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Danelectro DJ-15 Chicken Salad Vibrato Mini Effects Pedal (Electronics)

I got this used for $22 because I wanted to do the Univibe mod to it. When I played it before the mod, I was surprised at how good it sounded. I ended up doing the mod anyway, and it sounds gorgeous -- creamy and watery, good clean, or with overdrive or distortion. Don't be fooled when you see reviews that say it's good for the price. That's true of the whole package (cheap, visually unappealing housing), but not the sound. The sound is _great_ for the price. If this were housed in a sturdy Hammond 1590 enclosure (or even a boss style enclosure), I would gladly have paid $20-$30 more than I did (used).

The takeaway is that the get-what-you-pay-for drawback is in the enclosure, not the sound. If I were to start playing out again, this sound would be worth rehousing in a sturdier enclosure and using regularly.

5.0 out of 5 stars Hendrix/Trower vibrato for real cheap., December 15, 2011

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robert louis duckworth "blindduck" (Jefferson city MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Danelectro DJ-15 Chicken Salad Vibrato Mini Effects Pedal (Electronics)

This little guy blew me away. It is the photo cell Uni-vibe circuit in a cheap box. It is a bit fragile looking with knobs that look like they would shear off, but Dano has a little plastic guard now that protects the knobs, so that's not so much an issue. I have a real '70 era red Fuzz Face and a re-issue Vox wah I plug into a mid-eighties JCM 800(vertical input)50 watt 4010 combo. My band played a gig last summer and we pulled out Hendrix's "Hear My Train a Commin'". I had the Marshall preamp full up and the master on six or seven. Stepped on this pedal while doing a one handed hammer on to intro the song and the other bands guitar players all came over to me to see what was making that sound. Hit the Fuzz Face on the solo's and I had Jimi's sound nailed. There are more expensive versions of this circuit that are probably made tougher, but, this is so cheap, all you have to do is take care of it. The only "problem" with this is you NEED to power it with a power supply of some sort. The old circuit draws a lot of power so a battery will last an hour at most. That is not a fault in the pedal, but just a fact of life involving the circuit componets. Just get it. If you upgrade to a better made one, you can give this to your little brother or something.