Re: Lets talk about Expression Pedals.
I love them. I use them all the time because a lot of time you don't want to switch programs, you just want to kick up the midrange, or fade in some delay or chorus. The Digitech 2101 is the brains of my rack. The preamp stinks, I don't use it, but it's highly intuitive in the fx/cc department. I use the CC to simultaneously add a little chorus, bring up a couple midrange bands in the EQ, and maybe increase the reverb or something. So it's really multitasking that makes the CC's worth their weight in gold. To only use it as a volume or delay time adjuster it would be great, but I'd probably find another way to accomplish that, like a good volume pedal and a tap tempo delay unit. But generally for time based fx like modulation/delay/reverb it's still way cooler than messing with tap tempos IMO.
I like to link it to certain EQ frequencies, but also turn up/down the master volume 1 or 2 notches in the sweep, so you maintain a more constant volume along with the tonal manipulation. They're really the intuitive guitarists best friend and last frontier. If you know what you want to do, and can take a little time to program it, it can be as rewarding as finding the right preamp, or pickup, etc.
Sometimes in a stereo environment I'll use it to widen the stereo spread for a climactic part of a song. You can really become your own studio engineer in real time with cc's.
