Danelectro DSR-1 Spring King 5-stars Reviews

no brainer

a good quality analog spring reverb for an affordable price. don't think twice if your amp doesn't have reverb

Real spring reverb

A very good unit in combination with guitars and analog synths. I used it in conjuction with a Behringer Poly-D and I am very happy about the sound quality.

Excellent Reverb pedal

I believe this brilliant reverb has now been discontinued so if your after one?

I would grab one fast

Best spring reverb pedal You can get !

Pros :

Great, legitimate old spring reverb-tube amp sound

Very sturdy ! All knobs are great etc etc

Cons :

The size and weight are a bit uncomfortable. Because its an real SPRING tank ! When I bought a pedal bag there where no problems, but when I had to take it to gigs in a backpack it was pretty heavy.

Anyways if You are searching for the best portable spring tank or the most legitimate spring tank sound in Your non-tube amp, then this is the real deal. Would suggest this pedal to anyone, loving it !

Great Reverb pedal

Great reverb petal. Sounds Vintage and very solid

surf!

Great spring reverb tank with the chilly old-school surf tones.

However you have to use and dial it cleverly, if you don't want to mess up the high ends.

On of the best: you can kick it as an animal, it produce a sound like in the intro of Wipe-out.

The best spring reverb pedal in its price range

Great pedal for blues, surf, shoegaze or any musical styles where some good spring-reverb is needed. it has real springs in it and if you kick it, the pedal makes a sound of thunder

it was a bit tricky for me to get the sound what i wanted from this pedal.

i think its sounds the best when you put a booster or buffer pedal before the Spring King.

Surf's up

I have had this pedal for a few years now (bought way back in 2009) and until recently its been a mainstay on my effects board, I say recently because I finally purchased a real Fender tube reverb unit making this little guy a bit obsolete.

However until the new unit arrived this managed to cover all the splashy surf spring sounds I needed and it did it very well at a fairly good price. Its much better than the digital pedals mainly because it has a real spring inside so every time its working its ever so slightly random and more organic sounding. Even the kick pad is a bit of fun when you want that thunderous crash sound effect so often used in surf music.

Better than any spring emulation

If you need a consistent spring reverb that will always travel with you (so that you are not dependent on the built-in reverbs of the amps you play, and want to be foot-controllable), but you do not want to carry a pedalboard unfriendly reverb tank around, this is the best solution. The Danelectro Spring King is not completely analog, as it has a digital pre-delay chip, but it does not matter as long as the sound it produces is very natural and you can actually hear the srings vibrating in the sound coming out of your amp.

The footprint of the pedal is huge, but it has a real spring tank inside, so it is inevitable. The knobs are chicken-head, which makes it easy to control the parameters with your foot between or during songs.

The pedal is not very versatile, as it gets you only 1 type of reverb - spring - but if it is what you are looking for, you won't be disappointed, as it is better than digital any spring emulation in a reasonable price range, and has loads of decay on-tap.

I must admit though that I ended up buying a digital pedal with a smaller footprint and more versatility, though it cannot quite replace the Danelectro. I would still highly recommend this pedal for Spring reverb lovers, especially guitarists playing surf music.