of course you must consider this: danelectro pedals are cheap and they sound terrible at least in my opinion. and boss pedals run much higher but hey, the boss sound better. now if you could buy say, a boss phase shifter for like 80$ you got a good deal. i guess what im saying is if it sounds bad it isnt worth your money period. i dont typically buy cheap stuff though. cheapest thing i have is an eq i got for 20 bucks. im also a bit of a tone freak so i try to get as high end as possible without shoveling out too much coin