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Fab Echo
Reviewed by:
ibryant0915, on october 10, 2006 4 of 4 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 15
Purchased from: Guitar Source
Ease of Use: Amazing simple to get a good sound. Simple name, simple effect, but it does it's job perfectly for $14.99. There is a manual that explains how to use the settings and the ONLY thing that would throw you off is which way to turn the knobs to get the desired effect. With the FAB Echo sticker rightside up to you turn the "repeat" left to get more Echoes; turn the "mix" to the left to get a longer echo. // 10
Sound: I am using possibly the cheapest setup ever. I have an Ibanez GRX20 guitar with a 15-watt Roland Cube 15. The guitar is great for the price and gets an overall good sound when used with pedals. Is it noisy? No way! I have yet to find a setting where this pedal adds any buzz, hiss, or static of any sort. The effect sound great, however the length of echo (mix to the left) does not make an extemely noticeable change until it is in the middle. Do I get sounds of my favorite artists? Sure, but mostly artists I don't like but play anyways. So far I've been able to scrape up some Satriani, Modest Mouse, Green Day, etc. Green Day and Satriani were slow songs and Modest Mouse, a fast one, making it very flexible. // 9
Reliability & Durability: Depend on it? Why not. Nothing has led me to believe otherwise. I've owned it for a bit now and nothing has gone wrong. Everything works perfectly but the button to turn it off and on is pretty sketchy and seems it could get stuck if dropped. Also, it's plastic so I probably wouldn't use it on a gig without a backup, but it's $14.99, just buy a backup! // 7
Impression: When using this particular pedal I stick to slow, melodic solos. Take "Always With You, Always With Me" or "Down, Down, Down" by Joe Satriani as perfect examples. I use it for much more Satriani and anything that needs a little (or a lot) of echo. I've been playing for a year now and guitar is my life. I can't think of anything I would ask before buying it except maybe if they had another one for my friend. They're so cheap! If it was stolen/lost of course I'd buy another one. Although, at it's cheap price I doubt anyone would steal it, it's bright Orange so I doubt I'd lose it, and if I did, I'm sure I could find a way to get $15. I love how easy it is to figure out and use. It doesn't create any excess noise that isn't pleasant, and is simple to turn on and off. I have compared this to the echo that came with my friend's amp. He has a great amp that came with about 9 effects and the echo is probably the sketchiest effect on his amp. I also compared it to another similer echo pedal by Boss and realized that $30 more was not worth it for a harder case. One thing I wish it had, is a better name than FAB? That's about it, the Danelectro 9V power source can be bought for $8.99. You can also buy a cheaper power, universal power source for $6 or one that can power up to 5 pedals and takes only one outlet for $24.99. // 10
Fab Echo
Reviewed by:
ohm-men, on january 30, 2013 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: € 10
Purchased from: private seller
Ease of Use: The Fab Echo is a pretty straightforward effect, just two knobs. Mix; to mix the "dry" (sound from your guitar) and "echo" sound from the Fab Echo. Second knob is the "Repeat", this allows you to set the amount of echo repeats. I found the knobs a bit quirky to set at a good setting, but once this is achieved I got great sounds from this unit. So, you best take your time. Also the unit seams to sound a bit better when placed in line with a pedal or effect that has more output to boost it a bit. Manual is typical for Danelectro, a fold out which explains about every Fab pedal of their catalogue. Usable imho. // 7
Sound: I use mainly Fender Jazzmaster and Jaguar guitars on an old '64 Fender Tremolux Amp into a 2x12 Fender cabinet as I play mainly Surf Instro music, but it goes well with Fuzz, OD and Distorion pedals as well. The Echo effect is more limited on the Fab Echo then on more expensive units. The Fab Echo reminds me a bit of the older 70's German build Echo units that used these bucket type memory instead of actual tape heads. So a less warm analogue sound. The Fab Echo seams to have a little less output then most other effects I use(d), most likely due to the absence of a level knob. But coupled with my Fender Reverb unit, it's hardly noticeable. I run the Fab Echo with a 9 Volt Ibanez adapter or a 1 Spot, as I don't like using 9V batteries for various reasons. In both cases, the Fab Echo produces no noticeable hum on my setup. // 8
Reliability & Durability: I've been using Danelectro pedals for about a decade now and never had any problems with them. Both in studio or live environments. So, I doubt to run into problems with this one. Of course, the Danelectro Fab units do not have the weight of your average Boss pedal, therefor it is advisable to put them on a pedal board with velcro as otherwise they have the tendency not to stay in place when used a lot. Also the on/off switches never caused me trouble in the past. So far I only had to replace 1 of these micro stomp switches on a old mid 90's Fuzz pedal. // 8
Impression: Since I don't use Echo as my main effect but use it together with reverb and tremolo, Fuzz and or OD/Distortion, this unit serves me well. I used to have it's bigger brother, the DanEcho, which has a lot more going on then this little on, but nevertheless, the Fab Echo serves it's purpose rather excellent imho. Of course one gets what he/she pays for in this case. You can't expect super lush echo in al it's aspects for this price. If you are after that, look elsewhere. If you like me like to boast your sound with some echo, then the Fab Echo is quiet alright. Esp. since it so cheap. // 8
Fab Echo
Reviewed by:
TeddyRamone, on june 04, 2007 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Ease of Use: How easy is it to use a pedal with only 2 knobs? 1 Echo knob and 1 Mix knob. If you got brains bigger than a hamster you would probably know how to tweak them knobs. There was a manual that came with it, explaining the knobs, but no preferred settings. But honestly, do you even need a manual for a pedal with only 2 knobs? // 10
Sound: I'm using a Yamaha Pacifica or LTD Alexi-600 -> Danelectro Grilled Cheese Distortion -> Danelectro Fab Metal -> Danelectro Fab Overdrive -> Danelectro Fab Echo -> TGM Flanger -> Yamaha F-20 amplifier. The sound is great. Turn both knobs fully to the left and you get this reggae-ish sound, perfect for reggae and slow ska. It isn't noisy what'soever. Great buy for Singapore dollars $27. // 10
Reliability & Durability: Even though it's made of plastic, I would definitely depend on it. But being the wise person that I am, it's better to bring a backup just to be safe. I've had this for quite a while and it hasn't broken down on me so I would say it is reliable and durable. // 9
Impression: I play all kinds of music: ska, punk, thrash metal and the echo suits perfectly. I can get this eerie echo for some dark scary metal songs and it sounds great! If it was stolen/lost, I would definitely buy it again because of the sound it produces for such an incredibly low price. // 9
Fab Echo
Reviewed by:
frankthewolfman, on june 02, 2007 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 27.45
Purchased from: ebay.co.uk
Ease of Use: This pedal is very easy to use, it has two controls - mix, which determines the sound from the pedal (just echo sound or both echo and original), and echo, which sets the amount of Echoes, from a single echo (slapback) to many more. The manual that came with it explains the above, but it really isn't needed, as it is so simple. // 8
Sound: My setup is as follows: Epiphone G-400 -> Behringer VP1 Phaser -> Danelectro Fab Echo -> Behringer HB01 Wah -> Nevada S-15G amp
There is a slight hum, but this ionly gets in the way when the gain on my amp is full and the boost is on, and for the songs I use echo on, I do not use that much distortion. The effect is pretty much always good and is quite versatile - if played throught a clean amp with no bass, a tad of m, I'd an treble, with the mix at half way and the echo on slapback, I can get a cool surf guitar sound, kind-of like dick dale. I prefer to use the pedal with the echo set to max, and the mix set to just before max, this gets a very cool sound, which I use to play chords for the rhtym guitar track, whilst I solo over the top. I also like to use it on this setting with my Behringer VP1 Phaser on, also using my slide, whilst concurrently gently rocking my wah back and forth, this gives an incredibly cool and psychedlic sound, which is good for the middle eight of a song I have written - it sounds very spaced out and very proggy. Before buying this you should realise it is an echo, not a delay pedal, if you are looking for a delay, look elsewhere, but if you want an echo pedal that can be used as reverb, then go for this, only £15. // 8
Reliability & Durability: I can definately depend on this pedal, despite being made of plastic, it is very strong and can withstand quite a lot, but you should still be careful with it, I would definately use it at a gig without a backup, as I don't use it very often, and I don't need to worry about batteries, because I power all of my pedals off of a power supply from Maplin and a daisychain link. // 8
Impression: I mainly play bluesy/heavy/proggy/jazzy/hard/alternative (sonic youth) rock, and I like to experiment with effects, This is a perfect match as it is incredibly easy to use, and is very cheap, I had £20 and was considering buying an echo pedal, and here we are. I always wanted a surf-guitar tone for a song, so here we are. I would definately buy it again as I love it, and I am not on a big budget, so this is the perfect price. One of my favourite features is the blue on/off Status LED, it is so bright that it lights up my entire pedal board when it is on, it looks very cool. However, although I am not sure how bad this pedal is with batteries, I would advise buying a power supply, it'll make your life a lot easier. This isn't really a bad thing as I would advise doing this with all pedals, as batteries can get to be very expensive. // 8
Fab Echo
Reviewed by:
EpiphoneSG7117, on october 17, 2006 0 of 1 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 10
Purchased from: Guitar Center
Ease of Use: The Danelectro Fab Echo is a pretty decent pedal. It is very easy to use, all you have to do is plug it into your guitar, and then into your amp, through the pedal. It's not hard to get the right sound there are two knobs, mix and repeat. Repeat is the amount of echo, where as the mix knob, I'm guessing, is how much time is inbetween each echo. So frickin' easy. // 9
Sound: This pedal is obviously used to make your guitar echo. It is great for making creepy tones that you would expect to hear in a deserted church. You can defiantly hear the echo, it is very clear even with distortion. It sounds really cool if you play the James Bond theme song. Nice sound overall. // 8
Reliability & Durability: This pedal, however, is not that reliable. The batteries run out in like three hours. I got really pissed on having to keep spending money on batteries. The good part however is that it does come with a hole for a 9 volt DC adapter. You'll have to buy your own. Make sure it is 9V DC. I tried it with a 12 volt and it fried the pedal. It is pretty sturdy though. // 7
Impression: I tend to like to play faster music so this wasn't my favorite pedal. It has a good sound, but I'm not patient eneough to wait around for the echo to end. Don't even try playing a punk song it comes out sounding like a big blurred mess. You get what you payed for, what else can you expect for 10 bucks. My advice save up and buy someting a little better quality, not to knock Danelectro. // 7
Fab Echo
Reviewed by:
Dormpatrol, on may 06, 2011 0 of 2 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 30
Purchased from: Local store
Ease of Use: When I bought this I was just looking for some simple, easy to use echo. Nothing special, no "analog" feeling, no "extra crisp", no nothing. And I guess I really got something that was nothing... I can't belive a manufacturer would sell a product that's sooooo unuseable! // 5
Sound: I used this pedal with my Marshall JCM 800 and my Gibson SG. THIS THING IS CRAPY AS HELL. As soon as I plug it in I get a low note wich hum's really loud, I mean really really loud. At first I though it was cause I put it wrong in my pedal chain soo I swtiched some pedal, tried it in the FX loop but still the same result. I also tried it by itself... Same thing. No matter if you use a AC adapter or a 9v battery does the humming stop! // 1
Reliability & Durability: Well, it hasen't "broken down"... I wonder I even can put that way since it's unuseable. I would NEVER IN MY LIFE use this pedal live, at rehershall, in studio or what so ever! I can't come up with anything this pedal does good. I woulden't even sell it if I owned a guitarshop due to it's crappyness. // 1
Impression: Well, this pedal is bad. Really bad. I will never again buy a cheap pedal without reading reviews about it first. It wasen't very expensive so no big loss, but anyway, I belive you should alway be able to USE a pedal that you buy and not just having to throw it out right away... // 1
This is probably the flat-out best FAB pedal. Does exactly what it's supposed to do, sounds great doing it, and is freakin' cheap. I need nothing else.
Exactly what type of power adapter do i need for this pedal if I live in the UK? I'm confused lol I know I need 9V but how many Ma and like what type of jack etc would i need? If you can link me to a site to buy it, it would be greatly appreciated
The pedals in the FAB line should be bought with the Danelectro "Hum Free" adaptor. I found the Hum Free packaging kinda funny after using the pedal for 2 days on a universal adaptor.
echo sucks