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Topic: Amp sounds different when connected to volume pedal |
Lee Gustafson
From:
Mohawk Michigan, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2009 1:28 pm |
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| If I plug any of my guitars directly into my Peavey Special 130 on the lead side, I get a kind of muddled sound. If I run them through my Ernie Ball volume pedal, they sound crystal clear. I don't have a footswitch yet , so I don't know what the rest of the amp sounds like. Why don't I get a nice clean sound when I plug directly in? |
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Adam Sorber
From:
Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2009 5:02 am
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Typically you will experience some tone "muddiness" when a lower-end volume pedal is plugged in before an instrument signal to an amplifier. I've never experienced a volume pedal make a guitar signal more "bright". A good volume pedal should not change the tone of the guitar- maybe there is something wrong with the ppot in the pedal?
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Adam Sorber
Sho Bud PROII custom D-10
Sho Bud PROII custom SD-10
Fender Super Twin Reverb
Fender Ultra-linear Twin Reverb |
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Jeremy Threlfall
From:
now in Western Australia
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Posted 30 Sep 2009 5:26 am
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| can't beat them Ernie Ball pedals! |
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Mike Brown
From:
Meridian, Mississippi USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2009 6:22 am Special 130 footswitch
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| Without connecting the two button footswitch, the amp is configured in the lead channel when you plug in. The clean channel is accessible only with the footswitch, therefore the low eq control is barely heard. So, the amp sounds like it is operating normally. |
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Lynn Oliver
From:
Redmond, Washington USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Sep 2009 11:32 am
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| How about the impedance of the EB pedal? I believe they are either 250K or 500K ohms. |
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