The Story And History Of Danelectro
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- Today we're diving into the history of Danelectro with president Steve Ridinger and showing a few of their newest pedals. Danelectro is one of the company's that put rock'n'roll into the hands of players all over the world and they continue to make guitars and guitar pedals that appeal to a wide audience. We're honored to be able to tell a part of the story here on the JHS Show!
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Check out the gear in this and past episodes here:
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0:44 Foxx Tone Machine
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3:14 Danelectro 59X with Lipstick Humbucker
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4:02 Danelectro Dan Echo
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4:28 Danelectro Fab Tone Distortion
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4:32 Danelectro Daddy O Overdrive
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4:34 Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus
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6:06 Danelectro Shift Daddy
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9:46 Danelectro Back Talk Reverse Delay
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10:43 Danelectro The Breakdown
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10:45 Danelectro The Eisenhower Fuzz
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13:36 Danelectro The 3699 Fuzz
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13:39 Danelectro Roebuck Distortion
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13:44 Danelectro Back Talk Reverse Delay Reissue
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Josh's plan is to elevate the price on all other pedal brands so that JHS becomes the cheapest and he sells millions
Big brain
yea. totally....
@@jhspedals
I must admit, you're pretty selfless when it comes to pedals! Even going through the Behringer line of pedals, that was crazy to point out just how good those select pedals can be when compared to the real McCoy. 🤣
May I ask... What's the model of the guitar? I love the p90 and lipstick humbucker!
@@Aint1S it's a danelectro, not sure on the model exactly but you'll find it on the website
@@jhspedals you diabolical. 3:)
Danelectro was so huge when they did that comeback in 1997. Every guitar player I knew had at least the fab tone.
I still have mine. That big diecast one and the little plastic version.
For damn good reason. Sold it with my DaddyO and cool cat for way too cheap. Hindsight, I suppose.
Yea for like 30 to 40 bucks you couldn't lose
I still have and use mine!
I was, I believe. the the first dealer, in the south, for the rebooted Danelectro guitars, and stomp boxes. Steve wanted me to buy 100 guitars, and I think we settled on 20. The guitars and pedals flew out of my little mom and pop music shop. If you see a 90's Dano guitar in south Louisiana, I probably sold it.
holy shit thats so cool
What was the store? Originally from Slidell over here.
Я купил все твои гитары, просто я заходил в разных нарядах
The unsung hero here is the Snare sound. Wow
First pedal I ever owned was the Fab Distortion I rode my bicycle 14 miles round-trip to get it but it was worth it.🤘👽🤘
I remember being short for arroud 200 Mexican pesos (20 dollars back in the day, 10 nowdays) I basically begged my parents for that extra money. I'm attached to that pedal, I don't want to replace it on my pedal set
@@LuisDiaz-fs5pm Those pedals are amazing, i was scared away from it for a while, but it is a solid pedal, good thinks is that in Mexico you can find it for around 280 pesos used
My first chorus was the cool cat. Wasn’t what I wanted but it’s what I could afford and I loved it
nobody deserves to have Pearl Jam tickets torn in their face
Henry is Rad ticketmaster do
scotch tape!
No one? What about this guy? "I don't really like Pearl Jam but I love Jeremy. What else do they even sing?"
5 against 1 and al those early albums ... one of my fav bands I never saw. Honestly the only of all the grunge vibe bands I ever got to see live was MEAT PUPPETS x 2. I’d still love to see Pearl Jam.
@@lukeweiler1192 5 against 1? dont you mean vs?
Nice Josh. If I'm watching this, you know I'm doing some research. :)
woah!!
Nice work on yours!
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Keep 'em coming Mr. Williams. I'm a big fan
I appreciate Josh's love and respect for all pedals. His passion is contagious and gives me a deeper appreciation for the contribution of all pedal makers.
Mi story with this channel is something like “guitar pedals are amazing!” ... “wow, Boss is amazing!” ... “wow, Behringer is amazing!” ... “JHS pedals are amazing!” ... “wow, BBE is amazing!” ... JHS show is amazing!!
THANK YOU for making this episode. I got into Dano around '02 or so and have owned 6 or so guitars, one I still have today. I have bought and rebought a bunch of their pedals...I used to get dissed biy all the Nu Metal guys, but Dano is still around and Nu Metal isnt.
I have a FAB distortion pedal on my board!!! And I'm a bass player!!! I get a killer sound
I bought a FAB distortion pedal very cheaply at a pawn shop years ago and hated it, relegated to the "Drawer of Disappointment" (that drawer full of broken/sub-par effects pedals, faulty leads etc). But I'd only ever used it with my Stratocaster. I then watched the JHS episode on the Danelectro FAB series and decided to give it another shot. I tried it with a Les Paul copy I've got and it sounded fantastic. It's now sitting along with all the pedals that aren't on my pedalboard, but are there for recordings etc. It's now officially a "rescue pedal". Now I've got to try it with the bass. Thanks for the tip!
The sitar swami is the first sitar simulator I've ever seen...and as far as I can tell it's the only pedal to come with a slide, which had the swami sticker on it. I have that.
I had one recently, it’s a wonderfully eccentric pedal. I had to trade it with a friend who had wanted one for years.
That's cool , I didn't know it came with a slide 👍
I was hoping this would come up in the video.
Danelectro is sill making a sitar guitar.
I've always loved the quirkiness of Danelectro. I've had a lot of the food pedals over the years, but I had to start watching my waistline. The French Toast and the PB&J are the two I'll never get rid of.
The French Toast and the Surf and Turf Compressor were my first Dano pedals - I stupidly sold the FT about ten years ago, then bought it back a few weeks ago. Running those two pedals together will sounds that will melt tubes and faces.
The French Toast is such a sick pedal, love that sound. I put an Volca Keys through it this week recorded with it on put the octave in and out, just sounded huge for the track I was working on, love that thing!
I've got the Hashbrowns flanger now I need the Ketchup!
Don't forget the B.L.T
That CoolCat Chorus is a mainstay in my board. AMAZING LUSH SOUND, I haven't been able to brake it yet 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
I regret to sell this unit. But I have the original box. LOL
I got the original 18V model in box still, I use it all the time on amped harmonica
@dark days break
I'm very intrigued by that. I'm hoping it's a stereo CE-2 clone. If so, thats what I'm looking for.
@@RagdollOC its that with also more headroom and a fuller frequency response (if you get the 18v version). Better than the CE-2 in every way imo.
This was epic. I still have the first three he put out. The Fab Tone, the Daddy O, & the Cool Cat, that last one is permanently welded to my pedal board. That sweet chorus is music to my ears. Now I gotta get that Back Talk. Cheers
A Fab Flange was the first pedal I ever modded and re-housed, and led to me buying a BYOC ping pong echo kit, which led to me now building pedals from scratch. Thanks Danelectro, if I didn't have a $20 pedal to take a chance on, I'd have never found that I had a love for tweaking and building pedals, and electronics in general! That pedal is actually still on my board 7 years later!
I bought a Dan-Echo when I was 15. Still have it 22 years later! Definitely never selling that thing :-)
My friends Grandma worked for them in NJ long ago! I had that exact Banana tuner in the 80's, and had a Gorilla amp too!
I too had the banana tuner n a Gorilla TC35, still have both.
That was the best and most rocking' song clip I've seen/heard on any JHS video so far and I've watched a lot of them!!!! Reaching shredder territory there..... lets get more of that Josh!
I realize it’s a guitar theme but that’s a great sounding snare.
Finest bit of playing I’ve heard Josh do yet.
You sir are doing an excellent job for generations to come, I admire it
"And in walks Van Halen in his pajamas wearing a joker hat"
lmfao sounds exactly right. I'm willing to bet he had cleared his bong a few minutes prior to that moment.
Great video, Josh. Tanx for doing this 🤘🏽
your story is my story, and in fact we're the same age even tho I live on the other side of the Atlantic. More than twenty years ago, thanks to Danelectro a cash strapped 15 yo teenager who was roughly able to strum some Nirvana chords, was finally able to assemble his first beat-up pedalboard. And back then, that meant simply everything.
Excellent comment!
This was a great video that tells a great story. Like Josh, I first got into electrics & pedals when Dano was first relaunched (my first electric guitar was a Telecaster but in the store it was between the tele and Dano U2 reissue).
What a beautiful video. The respect you guys have for each other. Keep making beautiful pedals JHS and Danelectro
Dude!! I love these history vintage gear interviews. Great job!!
No joke, my first pedalboard was a dano wah, daddy-o overdrive cool cat chorus, dan echo and the fish n chips eq. Those were the glory days!
I've been playing for 35 years and just got my first danelectro pedal
Josh your videos are always amazing, but I found this one especially FUN!! Absolutely brilliant editing, music, and showcase of the 2 new Danelectro pedals. You guys are what I look forward to all week. Thanks for making the industry so so fun, attainable, and inclusive.
Fantastic episode. Great chemistry between you both for some super storytelling.
Kudos to the Steve R guy for coming on he show.
He is clearly the consummate business guy who in complete disbelief that one of his competitors would feature his products so prominently on their social media channel.
I thought he was a Business Guy who was succumbing to the Siren Call of his product. Josh is just the guy to promote these feelings.
Zachary Charo Yeah, I don’t think this channel has much to do with JHS’s actual pedals anymore. I mean, I don’t care either way... I love this stuff, regardless of manufacturer.
Well said
I know right! This guy gives me the feeling that he's waiting to get jumped or punked any second now. He double laughs (almost uncomfortably) at a lot of things Josh says before Josh has completed the actual statement, and has said anything of consequence or worthy of a laugh. This guy is clearly sharp, and knows how to negotiate for more money, and also knows when to jump on a new trend and ride the new income wave like he was Kelly Slater. He also apparently has his ear to the tracks and is reading the pulse of the market and the feedback from the players and entire community... so major kudos to that highly respectable trait. I don't think any of us are going to go to China, find the factory, then talk to the factory heads and ask them to verify the story of the the major "bone-head" decision to preorder all those parts, but I get a feeling some of this story happened a little differently and that the Chinese would probably never do this (though it is definitely possible) and this was a good way cover up an ill advised decision that a guy high on sales and success made at a time when the market was effing crazy and there were several million kids in the US with disposable income from either their parents or part time jobs, and they were all being turned on to fads quicker than ever before and at a larger scale thanks to the internet. This story also made Steve and his company seem less like a money hungry shyster and more like a victim trying to fix someone else's mistake when he was demanding small mom and pops buy in at a minimum order of 100 if they wanted to be a part of the Danelectro craze. I don't disagree with his right to do that in a free market, and i'm glad he could, but there is also a side of me that screams thats unethical to a tiny degree. There are barely even 100 guitars in the town I live in, so no way any local store could move that quantity in a 5 year period (according to another viewers post, they haggled with him to bring it down to a much more reasonable 20 guitars... so i'm totally fine with him asking a high # if he's willing to work with people that took the time to actually conduct proper business). This is the second time in this video I've posted a somewhat unfavorable comment about Steve, but I do want to make it clear that I do respect a lot of what he's doing and what he has done for the music community and I most definitely respect his drive, but this is a free country and I can freely express my opinion when I get a somewhat off feeling about someone. Regardless of everything else said, he showed a little respect and courage by coming on this show, and that's commendable even if it was only a business decision. I definitely want to thank Josh and JHS for getting him on, doing this story, and sharing such quality informative content.
I really like the Rocky Road Spinning Speaker although I have since rehoused mine with different jacks & switches.
Wow the Backtalk has finally been reissued !!
Fantastic video, excited for the new year!
You’ve made me a very happy boy to know that the “back back talk” is out now
This was absolutely great, kudos to the whole JHS team! Happy new year!
I've kept two of the 90's-era pedals: the Daddy-O is still amazing as ever (my one has over 1000 gigs on it) and the PB&J delay mini pedal is a wonderful cross between a Echoplex and a Carbon Copy, and I gigged many gigs with that one too! Fabulous pedals!
Danelectro made my first pedal board! Their mini-food series, beginning with the tuna melt tremolo 😍💚
The pre-assembled boards they packaged were killer for organizing effects by musical style. In the late 90s/early 00s they were an easy way for beginners to try a bunch of effects on a budget without having to fall into they gross digital multi-fx units that were being pushed at the time.
What an amazing episode, thank you so much Josh!
So much respect between those two... such beautiful video
Cool video as always. I love how you, as the owner of a pedal company, give a platform to other companies. Its like me telling my friends and fans of other bands I like. This is how scenes and markets grow in a positive way. Lets face it, nobody buys one pedal, we buy multiples.
Also I have a Danelecto hodad bass sitting in the corner, this makes me wanna clean the electronics on it and play it out again one of these days.
Man I remember getting their talk box when I was 14 and I was the happiest kid around.
I do love all the riffs you play -- very inspiring and worth swiping.
Awesome video... The history behind, the great questions...
Everything, i enjoy it so much... Really nice
I love the Chicken Salad. I was able to find one that had been rehoused, rate knob added, and the switch changed out to eliminate the dropout. Its a great photocel univbe.
Oh man, this was so good. More interviews please.
I promise to sign up for Patreon if you interview Alexander Dumble.
Wow great start for 2020 Jhs! Always great content. Keep it up!
This channels is a gem. Exquisitely made content, can't get enough of it. I'm currently starting a new pedal board and this kind of knowledge is invaluable. Also jams are really good!
That demo song at the end of the interview is badass.
Another wonderful episode. Josh the Historian.
He needs to have you on the show!!!
The part about the Danelectro parts being hidden in chicken coops in south jersey! There was a legend about somebody related to the company doing this to keep MCA from getting the parts.
I knew the guy he's talking about who had the trademark. He was known as THE Danelectro guy. He had a guitar shop and put together Danelectros with new old stock! He went around buying up any Danelectro products from every music store in the region. Pretty neat story.
Nate Daniels started other companies after he sold Danelectro. MCA ran the company in the ground and had no more interest in running the company correctly than CBS did the New York Yankees after they bought them or after buying Fender guitars.
this is really a great episode ! thx Josh.
I love the Pastrami OD. I've owned 3. The 1st 2 were re gifted, the 3rd, coincidentally btw, I just bought today. Honorable mention to the tremolo, eq, Cool Cat chorus, and the Dan Echo. Good stuff!
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The Fab tone and the cool cat are still on my board to this day
Great video, love hearing the history of the company. Lots of stuff I knew nothing about!
Very enjoyable informative interview Josh, it was clear to see that you had a wonderful rapport with each other.
I am looking forward (as always) to your next post.😎🎸✅
Thanks Josh for finally doing a danelectro episode I'm actually ordering some danelectro pedals from guitar center today the danecho,daddy o,cool cat,Fab fuzz,french toast and the Fab delay I've owned a ton of stuff from them over the years and I've pretty much loved them all except the grilled cheese distortion and the corned beef reverb still waiting on behringer to send a vibrato and super fuzz since you recommended them most of their good stuff is on back order and I'm too broke to afford much else maybe someday I will be able to upgrade to jhs products
WHO is DAN and why does he Electro so much?
Who is Gib and who is his son
@@TurtleGamers1 i like where this is going
WHO is Epi and what does he have to do with Phones?
Danelectro harmonix
Who is Fod and why this is his era?
Happy New Year!!! Really enjoyed the 1st episode of 2020
A great start to the new year.
Such a cool story with Edward. When he mentioned Matt Bruck (who was Ed’s personal manager at the time) I had a feeling he was going to talk about EVH.
No talk of the FAB line? Where's record time?
This episode rules! I’ve got a few of these still in the package like action figures lol.
Again, thank you thank you thank you for making this content! I just got the Kodiak for Christmas- my first JHS pedal and I can’t wait to demo and review it on my channel! This content that you do was a big factor in my purchase decision. Well that and the fact that it seems to do everything! Haven’t even unboxed it yet but plan to this weekend!
The jam at the end gave me goosebumps, so sick!
The FAB Delay is a mainstay on my harmonica FX board.
I still have my original Tuna Melt. I was endorsed by them in the 90’s and had a Hodad and everything. Their new pedals rule!
Woah, what band were you in?
@TrundleTheGreat oh wow i totally forgot about this comment. Guess we'll never know! 🙈
My first pedalboard had the same two danelectro pedals and I used them with two danelectro baritones. I have a huge spot in my heart for danelectro from the 90s.
I moved to Long Branch, NJ, just a few miles from Neptune, around the time Danelectro was sold in '68. I had (and wish I still had) a DS 50 amp (with the 3 X 10 cab), and it seemed like everybody (even Bruce) had Danelectro stuff. Over the years I've had a 60s copper-top double-cutaway (awesome guitar), another little amp, and when the brand was resurrected bought one of the first guitars (single cutaway, periwinkle blue), then a doubleneck (6-string and baritone), a Daddy-O... anyway, thanks for the fascinating and informative interview.
I;ve always appreciated that Danelectro are the only mass producer to constantly make left-handed baritone guitars? Always heroic for giving a shit about left-handed guitars as a whole too.
Great to know, as a lefty myself.
I'm most curious about that Red phone in the background and to whom it direct dials? Batman? Robert Keeley?
What if they're the same person?
Jeff Buckley or the president
The Gustav Behringer hotline
stargate Command?
Barbra Streisand
A+ ! Great job! As a pedal geek I was hanging on to every word, just like your other videos. Thank you.
I loved this ! You were sounding so good at the ending too
I can’t find the Roebuck online. But I’m very interested
I’ve got a “Back Talk”. The shape of the pedals reminds me of an owl - lol
Now between backwards sound and owls, you got me thinking of Twin Peaks.
Josh man, lovely episode, thank you so much and a happy new year :)
Great interview, wonderful story.
Please host Gustav Behringer so he can tell stories about his pedals.
I think that the Behringer pedals video is one of the most viewed on this channel, that would be awesome to have him.
Gustav?
@@Rompler_Rocco While he's at it maybe he can get Uli, too
Ummm... I think the mini dano pedals ARE behringer. At least made by them. I love behringer pedals. The super fuzz deserves all the hype it gets. And ive used the vintage tube monster as a pre amp on solid state amps and it brings them instantly to life.
Uli is Gustav’s older brother that the family sent to Las Vegas to learn the Casino business from Moe Greene.
“Grilled Cheese” reppin’ in the 661!
The French Toast (tone machine) was the second pedal I ever owned and it quickly displaced the first one (big muff). I've loved the Tone Machine ever since and it's still my favorite fuzz to this day. I love that they've brought it back with the 3699, definitely going to check it out.
Outstanding episode! Thanks Josh!
When you start playing around the 12:00 minute mark... OMG the best guitar sound I've heard in years. Was that just a Led Zep inspired jam, or was it an actual Zeppelin song I'm not remembering?
I like that black Danco guitar!
Zeppelin-esque, so he wouldn't get de-monitized, I'm guessing.
when is the JHS line of plastic case lower price pedals coming out ?
Derek Noland: As soon as Josh completes negotiations with the Behringer brothers, Uli and Gustav. Gustav had one word for Josh: Plastics.
This was a sweet episode! Great jam at the end!
Great ep/interview!
When's the Talk Back 2.0 coming out? It's not listed on the Danelectro site.
matbow13 you got $200, because it’s out.
You can preorder the Talk Back 2.0 but it doesn't have a release date. I just got a Koogo: Pure Echo pedal. It has a reverse delay mode. It's a pretty cool pedal for $40
And just like that, the back talk is re-released.
I missed these kind of videos...welcome back
I love this episodes! Thanks so much!
Hey is anyone having trouble finding the back talk reissue?
check sweetwater.
I have a gorilla amp, AND a corresponding t shirt
I have a Gorilla amp but NOT the t-shirt !
A gorilla amp was my first practice amp as a kid, i wish i had it still.
@@PapaSancho666 Mine is bass & keyboard amp with a "Growl" control (!) . After my divorce I couldn't afford to get my WEM Clubman repaired (I did later & still own it) and my brother needed his VOX Venue back which I had borrowed for about 10 years . A mate of mine who plays keyboards gave me the little 1989 Gorilla GB20(?) to tied me over . My Grandsons use it these days.
Does it scream?
@@misterknightowlandco It can, for sure.
I love how everyone in the pedal business doesn't view anyone else as a competitor and is so cooperative and seems to root for one another.
i love that too :D i guess its because all guys who go through the effort of learning how to build that stuff know how frustrating it can be at times haha or its just because they all love pedals so much , either way the pedalbuilder comunity is awesome :D
Thanks Josh. Great interview with Mr. Ridinger. Love Danelectro. Just bought the 59x12 electric 12-string. Very intrigued with the new Foxxtone pedal. Love the tune at the end. Hats off to Nick for some excellent video production!
I watched for 4 and a half minutes before I realized that these guys are from some bizarro universe where Danelectro are more known for making effects pedals rather than Jimmy Page....
I know them more for the pedals rather than page
Did Jimmy Page make effect pedals?
@@thetreblerebel Jimmy played a 1959 Danelectro dc-2 guitar on Kashmir, The Immigrant Song, and White Summer. The guitars were made many years before the pedals. Danelectro amps were made more than a decade earlier than the guitars. History is still relevant. Try reading something that has print on paper.
It might give you a new perspective. It's worked for me.
@@UkeofCarl No. Just some music. A lot of it was good.
Dan is Mr and Mrs Electro's son.
I hope you all had a great holiday. It great to have you and you videos back.
I had the “milkshake “. Awesome pedal. Cheers
I love the interview format here!
Basically, they invented the modern baritone guitar.
And the "Bass VI". Danelectro introduced theirs in 1959.
People who knock Danelectro pedals obviously haven't played Behringer.
Some of the Behringer ones are really solid. If you haven't watched the JHS episode on Behringer, it's one of the best ones he's done. czcams.com/video/ApJZa8yCMCQ/video.html
holy shit you upped the production value of your videos like 500% with this video. You have set a tough road ahead for 2020 :)
This interview format is great 👍