Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 11:01:40 +0200 From: Anthony Crowley Subject: BLT vs. Dan Echo
There's been a thread going concerning Dan-Echo stomp boxes. I'd like to mention a new Danelectro echo device. It's called simply "BLT" and it does a great job for a much lower price.
It's a little blue stomp box that is meant to give a guitarist that rockabilly slapback sound. It's obviously very limited as far as variations are concerned, and the Dan Echo has many more possibilities. However, if you just want to add that Chicago blues touch, it's ideal! Danelectro describe the sound as "that 50's shower-room echo".
Apart from the on-off button, it has 2 simple controls - number of repeats and mix, which controls how clear the echo is. The actual echo length is factory-set, so you can't do anything with that, but set the number of repeats on one and adjust your mix and wow, instant blues!
The limitations are actually an advantage, you find the right sound i no time. After all, how many echo variations does a harpist really need? The pedal is plastic and aluminium, but heavy enough to stay put on a stage. I used it on a gig last weekend and it did the job just fine.
And the price? Well, bought in the US and including postage to Europe, the price was less than a third of the Dan Echo price in the shops in Norway. Not bad, eh? Danelectro's rrp in the States is $39 compared with the Dan Echo at $129. Can't be bad!
The BLT is one of a whole series of simplified stomp boxes that Danelectro introduced this summer. My guitarist has the tremolo model and loves it. So why not check it out on Danelectro's web pages:
http://www.danelectro.com/
As usual, all disclaimers apply (if I worked for Danelectro I'd have an awful long way to travel to work...)
