I need a volume pedal
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Re: I need a volume pedal
If you run it AFTER your distortion it will do just that, go for a lower imedance pedal to, like the BOSS FV-50L or FV-300L (It's the big one, although that number might not be correct, I use the smaller ones), there are of course other brands. Run it thru your effects loop ot between your preamp output and power amp input.
HolyDirt said:
If you run it AFTER your distortion it will do just that, go for a lower imedance pedal to, like the BOSS FV-50L or FV-300L (It's the big one, although that number might not be correct, I use the smaller ones), there are of course other brands. Run it thru your effects loop ot between your preamp output and power amp input.
Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
Re: I need a volume pedal
One pedal that's really cool is the Dunlop Mr. Crybaby Super. It's a wah pedal that doubles as a volume pedal, in the off position. Two in one is always good.
One pedal that's really cool is the Dunlop Mr. Crybaby Super. It's a wah pedal that doubles as a volume pedal, in the off position. Two in one is always good.
HolyDirt
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Re: I need a volume pedal
Thanks kent, the first time i used a volume pedal, i built it, just a passive volume rocker pedal, i thought it would act as just a volume knob like on the guitar (like you said) and when i tried it, it did just that. But i just built another one out of a wah pedal shell, put it in the effects loop.. it worked beautifully! thanks guysKent S. said:
Re: I need a volume pedal
One more theing that no one talks about, say your guitar has a 500k volume pot, you you run thru a volume pedal that has a 500k volume pot (for example) ... you just hooked two 500k pots in parallel ... that's a 250k load.
If you just wanted to regulated you *guitar's volume* with a volume pedal, the smart thing would be to use a sizeable gauge of wire, and bypass the guitar's volume control via a switching jack.
Putting a volume pedal thru the amp's loop, the pedal should be a lower impedance than what you would normally use for straight into the guitar.
The BOSS FV-50L works well, and the 300 series is supposed to be *sworn by* as to not interfere at all with your tone in the slightest. See if you can find a schematic of the FV-300L.
Another note also, most volume pedals because of the way they are wired can be used as passive expression pedals, on any two wire circuit. Simply connect the expression pedal line to the *output jack*, althouh the value of the pot may be different than the one that the circuit wants to see, so it's most often will still work, even though you might sacrifice a bit of range though.
HolyDirt said:
One more theing that no one talks about, say your guitar has a 500k volume pot, you you run thru a volume pedal that has a 500k volume pot (for example) ... you just hooked two 500k pots in parallel ... that's a 250k load.
If you just wanted to regulated you *guitar's volume* with a volume pedal, the smart thing would be to use a sizeable gauge of wire, and bypass the guitar's volume control via a switching jack.
Putting a volume pedal thru the amp's loop, the pedal should be a lower impedance than what you would normally use for straight into the guitar.
The BOSS FV-50L works well, and the 300 series is supposed to be *sworn by* as to not interfere at all with your tone in the slightest. See if you can find a schematic of the FV-300L.
Another note also, most volume pedals because of the way they are wired can be used as passive expression pedals, on any two wire circuit. Simply connect the expression pedal line to the *output jack*, althouh the value of the pot may be different than the one that the circuit wants to see, so it's most often will still work, even though you might sacrifice a bit of range though.
HolyDirt
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Re: I need a volume pedal
ah i see, that explains the boost of warmth and darkness in my tone after i began using it (i changed from using in the loop, to using it before a distortion pedal but before the amp, btw), but i'm leaving it, it sounds really full! But i still dont get why the 2 500k pots together are parallel... i would think it would be series... well.. anyway.. thanks kent!Kent S. said:
Re: I need a volume pedal
You're kinda confusing me here, if you put it after the distorion pedal, then you may want to go with a lower impedance volume pedal (you really just have to try to different types to see what works best here though in regard to before the amp but after a distortion pedal ... especially if still going into other pedals ...Dist.>Volume>other pedals>amp.
The volume pedal shares a common ground with the guitar, the two are in parallel, running after a pedal with it's lower output Z buffers this somewhat, and make the effect less noitceable. Draw out on paper the schematic of the volume pedal and the guitar and you'll see that the 500k pot (for example) of the guitar is in parallel with the 500k pot (for example) of the volume pedal.
500k to ground in parallel with 500k to ground is 250k.
HolyDirt said:
You're kinda confusing me here, if you put it after the distorion pedal, then you may want to go with a lower impedance volume pedal (you really just have to try to different types to see what works best here though in regard to before the amp but after a distortion pedal ... especially if still going into other pedals ...Dist.>Volume>other pedals>amp.
The volume pedal shares a common ground with the guitar, the two are in parallel, running after a pedal with it's lower output Z buffers this somewhat, and make the effect less noitceable. Draw out on paper the schematic of the volume pedal and the guitar and you'll see that the 500k pot (for example) of the guitar is in parallel with the 500k pot (for example) of the volume pedal.
500k to ground in parallel with 500k to ground is 250k.
some_dude
Raging BB Gunologist
Re: I need a volume pedal
I have a question.
I've ordered a 25k volume pedal for use on my board (EMG pickups on a LP, so the volume knobs are a bitch to ride while playing.....),
so, if I read this right, the volume pedal will actually be working as a 12.5k volume pot?
What are the implications of this?
And possible solutions? (I have no intention of bypassing the volume pots on my guitar as I use them to blend in the middle position and ballance the pickups for clean neck/overdriven bridge switching and what-not.)
I have a question.
I've ordered a 25k volume pedal for use on my board (EMG pickups on a LP, so the volume knobs are a bitch to ride while playing.....),
so, if I read this right, the volume pedal will actually be working as a 12.5k volume pot?
What are the implications of this?
And possible solutions? (I have no intention of bypassing the volume pots on my guitar as I use them to blend in the middle position and ballance the pickups for clean neck/overdriven bridge switching and what-not.)
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