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Topic: Visual Sounds, George Dennis, Morley Volume Pedals |
Joe Harwell
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Posted 12 Mar 2007 12:32 am |
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Would anyone who has used any of these pedals be willing to share your opinion?
Thanks-
Joe in LA |
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Roman Sonnleitner
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Posted 12 Mar 2007 2:32 am
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I have both a Morley Pro Series vol. pedal, and a George Dennis GD125 stereo Tremolo/vol.pedal. I don't play pedal steel, only lap steel and regular 6-string guitar.
About the Morley: I sometimes use it as a stand-in for lap steel when I don't want to take the pedal board that the GD is mounted to. It's not my favorite vol. pedal, because the vol. change isn't as smooth over the pedal's travel as I'd like it to be - there's a rather abrupt change in loudness somewhere about half-way or 2/3rds up to full open; what's nice: there is a control for the minimum volume when the pedal is turned to its 'off' position. It has a rather large 'foot-print', but is slightly lower than the GD (but possibly still to high for pedal steel).
The George Dennis GD125 combines a tremolo and a vol. pedal in one unit (other GD models combine other FX with a vol. pedal); you switch between the functions by stepping on the pedal in the full-on position. The tremolo is very nice, very versatile, warm sounding, and its depth can be controlled with the vol.pedal; it also works in stereo when using two amps; the vol.pedal function is also great, much smoother across the range than the Morley, but no way to set a minimum vol. - it starts at completely off. It is slightly smaller than the Morley, but a bit higher - I presum, too high for pedal steel use (but of course, never played PS myself) - even when playing lap steel sitting down I like to prop my other foot up on something to make up for the height difference to the GD... |
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Joe Harwell
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Posted 12 Mar 2007 3:28 am thanks
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Thanks, Roman.
That is very informative.
-Joe in LA |
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Jonathan Shacklock
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Joe Harwell
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Posted 12 Mar 2007 5:04 pm
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Thanks, again.
I'm particularly interested in the Visual Sound, too.
The early pedal and the new version.
-Joe in LA |
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William Fraser
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New York, USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2007 6:32 pm Visual sound
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I've got the Rt. 66 by visual sound which I bought for the compression & overdrive.it is great for an American Woman type of sustain or a good dirty blues tone for guitar. I use the OD on my steel & get a good range of Sneaky Pete type of sounds [there was no lead guitar on the early Burrito Brothers] ,most of the fuzz & leads were Pete. I also get somthing like Dickey or Duane slide guitar sounds on steel with it. I like to watch the look on young guitar slingers faces when they hear it. GO FOR IT! Billy Lee Fraser) note; get a power supply this thing EATS batteries even Ultralife lithium 
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Joe Harwell
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Posted 12 Mar 2007 6:47 pm
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Thanks for that input. And I'll keep it in mind.
Under a separate post, I was getting some info on the Tube Works Smooth drive pedal. I was wondering how it would work in front of a solid state amp such as my Peavey's.
What I was interested in here is the Visual volume pedals, old(slide pot?) and the new one that is optical.
-Joe in LA |
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Keith Cordell
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San Diego
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Posted 13 Mar 2007 2:54 am
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| The Visual Sound pedals have been excellent, especially at the price point. They are a little bit large, the footprint ultimately drove them off my pedalboard, but tonally they are tough to beat. The George Dennis pedals were all awful, IMO. very sterile and cheap sounding. The Morleys sound good as long as they work, but they suffer the same problem that the VS pedals do- they take up a lot of space. There are great smaller units that are priced competitively that should certainly be looked into before you make the investment. |
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Joe Harwell
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Posted 13 Mar 2007 6:31 am
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Thanks for the info, Keith.
-Joe in LA |
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Stephen Gambrell
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Over there
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Posted 13 Mar 2007 7:57 am
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| The only pedals I use nowadays are a Visual Sound Rte. 66, and an H2O chorus/delay. Great, rugged pedals! |
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