Danelectro Chicken Salad on its Way
I finally ordered this trippy vibe effect. It’s by far the least expensive of its kind. I posted a video of a guy playing his strat through this effect recently. I got mine from Musicians Friend (who always have treated me right).
I’ve seen good reviews of the pedal, and have heard that there were negatives about the plastic construction and the way it sucks the juice out of batteries (and leaves you with a high-pitched whine). I plan to be fairly careful and it’s not like I play gigs all over the country or even have to deal with drunks staggering up on the stage. I play at church. I’ve also heard great things from people who use it or whose bandmates use it. For the money, it would be feasible to have a set of these for replacements. I’m into what it does, and all indications are that it’s just great live.
I’m expecting it to be a lot of fun. I’ll let you know how it works out.
Now my set of personally-owned effects includes:
- DigiTech “Main Squeeze” compressor (40% off in Kenosha, WI)
- Ibanez “smash box” distortion (great deal in Waukegan)
- Soon-coming Danelectro “chicken salad” vibe (15% off almost nothing at MF)
I’m currently borrowing
- a TS5 (all-plastic) “sound tank” tube screamer overdrive, and
- Ibanez tone-lock chorus
- Ibanez tone-lock delay
I’d buy a tube screamer and delay, but I’d rather have a friend build them for me (if I can get some money to him). It is most kind of my buddies to loan me their pedals. They work great, other than the TS5 having a bad switch. Sometimes it won’t turn on, sometimes it doesn’t turn off. I’m sure that’s a small thing to fix, but haven’t gotten into it yet. I’m hardly a repair man… I am always daunted.
By the time I get around to ordering and installing a P90 in my Agile guitar, I’ll have a pretty good set of effects built up.
