Volume Pedals

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 10:55 pm

I know this has been posted loads of times but I was just wondering where people stood now.

I'm looking to get myself a volume pedal, mainly to act as a global volume control after my overdrive but also to give me some swell action. I'm looking for something small and light enough to fit in my gig bag which is why I'm a bit iffy like the big ones like the Ernie Ball jr and Boss Fv-500.

First of all the Cheapo Bespeco ones. I did a show last week with a guitarist who was using one, he thought it did the job but was a bit shit. Does anyone else have any experience?

I really liked the look of the AMT Little Loudmouth, but then I heard it had issues with taper. There is also the DOD FX-17 but I have no idea what they're like, plus I'd kind of like a return policy.

What do you guys think?

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 7:33 am

Had my eye on one of these for a while: http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Ba ... -Pedal/EXS

It has minimum and maximum level controls, and the max goes above the original input signal so it can be set up to be used as a clean boost, too.

George · Post by **George** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:06 am

I've often thought of a volume pedal to play the moany Buckingham lines in Dreams and other similar effects.

Do any of these come with a spring mounted footrest so they reset back to normal/unity but maybe with the same volume pots as the one above? That's what I'd be after.

Benmurray85 · Post by **Benmurray85** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:39 am

Gabriel wrote:First of all the Cheapo Bespeco ones

FWIW i have one i picked up off ebay for around 8 quid or summat daft. fully expected it to bust but about 8 months of gigging in and its still going pretty strong. its a volume/wah. the wah is god awful but volume is fine.

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 9:43 am

Try Boss GE7. Does the job well.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 9:48 am

It certainly does.

But he's asking about a volume pedal, not a graphic equaliser.

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 9:55 am

ekwatts wrote:It certainly does.

But he's asking about a volume pedal, not a graphic equaliser.

But you can change the volume with it to and equalise at the same time. That wins.
But if he only wants a volume pedal buy a booster.

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 9:57 am

ekwatts wrote:It certainly does.

But he's asking about a volume pedal, not a graphic equaliser.

But you can change the volume with it to and equalise at the same time. That wins.
But if he only wants a volume pedal buy a booster.

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 9:58 am

ekwatts wrote:It certainly does.

But he's asking about a volume pedal, not a graphic equaliser.

But you can change the volume with it to and equalise at the same time. That wins.
But if he only wants a volume pedal buy a booster.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:10 am

Benmurray85 wrote:
Gabriel wrote:First of all the Cheapo Bespeco ones
FWIW i have one i picked up off ebay for around 8 quid or summat daft. fully expected it to bust but about 8 months of gigging in and its still going pretty strong. its a volume/wah. the wah is god awful but volume is fine.

Oh right, well I'll keep my eye on ebay for a cheap one that pops up.

George · Post by **George** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:13 am

weeping_moon wrote:
ekwatts wrote:It certainly does.

But he's asking about a volume pedal, not a graphic equaliser.
But you can change the volume with it to and equalise at the same time. That wins.
But if he only wants a volume pedal buy a booster.

You don't know what you're talking about. Read the original post, he's after a volume pedal. It's like a wah pedal but it does volume instead.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:24 am

But he said it three times. Has that not increased your comprehension?

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 11:01 am

ekwatts wrote:But he said it three times. Has that not increased your comprehension?

this is what happens when youre trying to write down something on your phone.
sorry for all the double posts.

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:29 pm

The AMT looks like the best design ever... but this demo puts me off.

http://imap.thegearpage.net/board/showt ... ?t=1155000

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:33 pm

But mainly the problem is they are unobtainable pretty much in the US.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:36 pm

I've heard too many bad things about the AMT, apparently they are going to release a new one in a few months that should resolve the issue.

Also another option is the Behringer FCV100, I've heard good things about that and it's very cheap - especially secondhand - so maybe it's worth a go.

edit: just saw a demo showing the Behringer tone-suck

Ainm · Post by **Ainm** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 5:22 pm

I've got a George Denis mono volume pedal, and I quite like it. The taper is really nice. It replaced a Bespeco volume pedal, but it's active rather than passive like the Bespeco.

Simon · Post by **Simon** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 11:54 am

Ernie Ball Jnr Volume pedal. Smoothest action going. Not cheap but certainly worth the money.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 11:59 am

i had the dunlop high gain volume pedal for a while. think someone here brought it off me. basically a volume pot in a crybaby case. i had it for when i properly bummed steve hackett and was intent on recreating every detail of his setup and sound. i since grew up and went fuck it, i'll sound like me instead

sounded pretty good, never really had an issue with it.

i've heard great things about that new dunlop volume pedal, but think it's a little spendy.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 5:07 pm

Yeah I really liked the look of the new Dunlop one, they're selling quite cheap secondhand too. They looks MASSIVE though but I think I'm just going to have to accept I'll need a bigger pedal if I want a good volume pedal.

Might just bite the bullet and save up for a Ernie ball vp jr.

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