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Recommend a Volume Pedal?

JBoogy

JBoogy

Aug 25, 2015
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I tried searching but couldn't come across anything. I'm looking to try a volume deal for cool swells, but I haven't gotten one before. I see there are a lot of them that have "toe suck" in reviews and some don't have a great volume taper, while others don't seem to have a smooth motion (going off amazon reviews mainly).

Any recommendations for one that will work great with active basses, not have any tone suck, and has a nice smooth taper and motion? I have seen great reviews of the Lehle Mono but its 3x as much as the Boss, the Fender, or the ErnieBall ones.....so it seems steep.
 
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Based on the feedback I got from this thread, as well as from a similar query I posted on GearSlutz at the same time, if I were to get a new volume pedal nowadays I would first check out the Ernie Ball Jr., and then if that didn't suit my needs I would look at the offerings from Goodrich, Lehle, and Hilton. Because if those don't suit your needs nothing will!

(Full disclosure: I still haven't upgraded the volume pedals I own from the ones I was complaining about in ^^^that 4-year-old thread!)
 
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A sushi Box More will provide subtle, kleen tube sheen and about 30X gain factor if you substitute a 12 AT7 for the stock AX7...it just might be the ultimate volume/boost pedal
 
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Bob_Ross said:
Based on the feedback I got from this thread, as well as from a similar query I posted on GearSlutz at the same time, if I were to get a new volume pedal nowadays I would first check out the Ernie Ball Jr., and then if that didn't suit my needs I would look at the offerings from Goodrich, Lehle, and Hilton. Because if those don't suit your needs nothing will!

(Full disclosure: I still haven't upgraded the volume pedals I own from the ones I was complaining about in ^^^that 4-year-old thread!)
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I use the Ernie Ball VP Jr. Unpowered, but I notice no signal degradation, and for most I could easily hear loss. Like it's not as loud when all the way up as having no volume pedal, and other things like sounding "thinner". The Ernie Ball either doesn't suffer these issues, or they are so mild I cannot hear them. It's built like a tank.
 
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I have a Morley little Alligator volume pedal which works well for me. I only have passive basses, but I would imagine it works well with active basses also.
 
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PhatBottomBass1 said:
Look at the RED Xotic (25K) Volume Pedal. It's nice.
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I have this pedal and it's working really well for me.
At one point I had the newest Ernie Ball w/ the tuner and screen built in, but it didn't work out for me. There were some quality issues and I didn't feel like the tuner was all that great.

Does anyone know of a volume pedal that is more linear? I feel like so many volume pedals go from inaudible to full volume within the last 20% of travel.
 
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Ernie ball tone suck is only an issue if its the first pedal in your chain after a passive bass. Active bass, not a problem. The lame string assembly that is prone to breakage is a problem though.

Best option: Lehle. Most economical best option: whichever dunlop size you like best. Coolest/most hip points, Goodrich or Hilton.
 

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