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Topic: Easy cheap Goodrich pedal mod |
Bob Hoffnar
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Austin, Tx
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Posted 29 Apr 2011 10:43 pm |
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I had to change a pot in one of my 120L pedals and adjusted it so that the volume is just barely on when in the up or off position. That makes it so it is fully on in the down position. It seems like it opened up the highs a bit. I liked it better so I adjusted the other one and the tone opened up also.
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Peter Freiberger
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California, USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2011 5:48 am
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What kind of pot did you install? I had a similar experience with the Dunlop pots. I figured a slightly larger pulley piece might give me all on and all off but I never tried that.
As far as I know all conventional pots cut highs as you roll them off. One of the things immediately apparent with my new Telonics pedal is that it has all the highs at any opening. I don't know if this is true of the Hilton pedals. They say you can change that with the input impedance control on the Telonics, but for now I think I like it as is. |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2011 7:31 am
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| You can add a resistor and a cap(???) that will keep the highs in through the whole sweep of the pedal. If you do a search, you should find a couple of threads here about it. |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 30 Apr 2011 9:03 am
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The pots are PEC and an Allen Bradley NOS. Not that it makes much difference. They both sound good. I'm hoping the Allen Bradley lasts a while. I don't like messing with volume pedals. My point is that without spending any money or getting out a soldering iron you can adjust the tone on your standard pot pedal. I'm back to using standard pot pedals. After all is said and done they are much less hassle and the sound works fine for me.
BTW: The Hilton pedal also has a high roll off adjustment. They are consistent no matter what volume you use.
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Jim Smith
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Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2011 10:35 am
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Why would anyone want to set their volume pedal to NOT have full volume in the fully on position? I've always set mine that way.
I was always more bothered with ones that didn't turn all the way off. For the few pedals I had that didn't turn off enough to suit me, I just screwed the volume pedal pulley onto a 1/4" rod, chucked it into a drill, and filed the diameter down a little with a file until the pot did turn all the way off AND on. |
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