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Location: Waurika OK | I am looking for a volume pedal to use with my 1617 Legend and acoustic amp. I have a crybaby wah that "kind of works" it seems to be a true by-pass in that when it is off the sound is the same as if there was nothing between the guitar and the amp. Of course to turn it on you have to have the front down, which is the treble position, not always desirable, but the main complaint is that it changes the sound way too much, so I don't like to leave it on all the time.
Can someone recommend a volume pedal that will not cause a loss of sound quality or a change in the sound?
All I am wanting to do is to increase volume from playing chords to lead.
Thanks
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Location: Florida | Morley plain old volume pedal. Best of the breed by head and shoulders. Forget the better "Vai" model, its the same pedal with a different taper on the control. Not worth the $10-15 more in my way of thinking.
They do a real nice job... but any pedal you get will sound a bit dead if you crank way way down. I think its just the nature of the beast.
Keep in mind that all volume pedals are really "passive". The Morley uses leds and photocells to do its job. If you need some boost use a Duncan pickup booster (really nice boost up to 25db!) and then the volume pedal after that. |
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Location: Scotland | Pedal Steel players swear by Ernie Ball volume pedals. Goodrich is a close second. Boss make a volume pedal where the lowest output is controllable from a pot, which is pretty useful.
For a straight preset level boost the MXR MicroAmp is worth a look. |
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| I had an old Vox pedal in my earlier yaers that always worked great! I bought a cheap Rogue pedal and it ain't cuttin it? You get what you pay for? Live and learn. |
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Location: Florida | Yeah the morley has a "minium" setting too.
What I like about the morley is the way they use graduated strips to control the brightness between the LEDs and photoresistors. No way EVER to get scratchiness or cutouts. Even the "minumum" setting is done that way - by biasing the brightness of the leds.
I have no idea where the "taper" of other pedals is. I suppose the steel guys might really like the swell on certain pedals. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I use a Rockman Vol/Wah. They are not hard to find, and I find it the best. I think the way is somewhere between a Morley and a Crybaby, it's very smooth, and very quite. |
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Location: Waurika OK | Thanks for all the info. This board is great! Paul T. mentioned steel players and it just happens that I know a steel player here in town. Called him and he uses an Ernie Ball and a Goodrich. Goodrich is his number one pedal, he uses the EB when he is playing outside because he doesn't want to expose the Goodrich to dust and grit that we often have whipping around in the air in this part of the country.
From what I have found on the web, looks like I would not go wrong with any of the suggestions. The rockman optical sounds very interesting.
Again thanks!
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