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Topic: Need some advice on a cheaper volume pedal |
Duane Noom
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Whitehall, Michigan, USA
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Posted 22 Sep 2015 10:40 am |
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I need a volume pedal for this weekend. I can get one locally but they don't carry any of the top brands. Is anybody using an Ernie Ball, Dunlop, etc. with any success?
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 22 Sep 2015 10:48 am
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They're adequate, but often have a 250 K pot, so there'll be some tone suck.
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Bobby Burns
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 22 Sep 2015 1:09 pm
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| Some of the older Ernie Ball pedals were made for steel. They have the jacks on the side and the better pots. Stay away from the new ones with the jacks on the end. The jacks are in the way on steel, and they have cheap pots of the wrong value. |
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John Gould
From:
Houston, TX Now in Cleveland TX
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Posted 22 Sep 2015 1:44 pm Volume pedal
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I've used Ernie Ball and Sho-Bud pedals for years and have gotten great tone and they work well.
I almost always use a Lil Izzy between the guitar and the pedal . Or I have on occasion used some other buffering device . That's really the key to using some of the less expensive volume pedals .
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Lee Dassow
From:
Jefferson, Georgia USA
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Posted 22 Sep 2015 6:08 pm
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The Dunlops are good,but the gain increase is quick. A little tricky to use.I.M.O. T.L.
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Scott Duckworth
From:
Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 23 Sep 2015 3:15 am
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Look at this thread. It tells how to mod a CryBaby to use as a volume pedal. I even show how to build your own volume pedal and where to buy the parts in the 8th post down.
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=287436
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Duane Noom
From:
Whitehall, Michigan, USA
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Posted 23 Sep 2015 3:34 am
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Thanks everyone It really helps
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