New Dan electrode - variable voltage reducer

[jaywalker]

This just caught my eye whilst I was looking for some reference material on lowered voltages:
http://www.danelectrode.com/hear.html

Cool idea, anyone got one yet?

[surgerymixer]

Bump

[monty]

Just checked my local shop- not in yet :(

[ERGExplorer]

Is that thing going to be $19 bucks, or is that just the MSRP, making even less expensive? That makes me think about picking one up and putting a 9v battery adapter on it, in order to easily try out that voltage-starved eBow idea that a few have put into practice....

[pdodge77]

Musician's Friend has it for pre-order at $20. Ordered it last night. They also have clips up at http://www.danelectrode.com/. The OCD and Echo Baby both sound very cool. I never would have thought to starve a delay. But now I will...

[cajone5]

Isn't this the same idea as the sag feature on the Voodoo labs PP2+ ?
Would be a nice option if you used a different Power Supply

[pdodge77]

Yes, same idea. Does the PP2 go down to 3 volts?

[Luke V]

Yes, same idea. Does the PP2 go down to 3 volts?
It goes down far enough that the pedal shuts off, at least every pedal I've tried it does.

[monty]

I picked one up last week. A great price even if you just want to use it as a regular adaptor. I like that it has a switch that goes between 9V and whatever else you pick.
Been busy messing with a couple other pedals I got this week to really mess with this thing, but I cant wait to start screwing around with some non-dirt pedal. I cant hurt anything by like starving a chorus pedal right?

[cajone5]

I don't see why starving a circuit would damage it... overloading it on the other hand - that's what you need to watch out for.

[cubistguitar]

I under fed a digital effect once and smoked it. I dunno why?

That being said, starving the fuzz is cool, maybe many dirt pedals would enjoy that sometimes.

[Luke V]

My Fulltone Ultimate Octave definitely souds better to me with low voltage. It sounds more raw and spitty.

[BillyV]

Hey, I just got one for my blog. I didn't see this post before I started my other one. I have a few clips and pictures of her here: http://guitarvideochannel.com/blogs/archives/dan-electrode-by-danelectro-product-review

[pdodge77]

Mine arrived while I was away last week. I used it with a few fuzzes last night and it certainly makes a difference.

I'll try to do a full review on my blog by this weekend and add a few clips if possible.

It did especially crazy stuff to my Dano French Toast. On about 3.5 volts, it slows the attack to an almost backwards-tape sound. Pretty crazy!

[drbob1]

Using it with chorus or flanger changes the clocking for the BBD chips and gives a kind of "doubling" effect, pretty cool but noisy.

I wouldn't do it with digital, they basic functionality just doesn't work without enough voltage. Anything that's completely analog should be safe.

[Heady Jam Fan]

Lol, I was just looking for something to do the opposite, my daisy chain is 9v and I was hoping to bump a few pedals up to 12-18v, but didn't want more wires and wall jacks.