Volume Pedal

ChasFred said:
Did you do the mod suggested by Scott Grove?
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Yes, but I did a much nicer job of it...

The big reason for the Morley is the lack of pots. Pots wear out and they also affect tone IMO. The whole reason for
me using a volume pedal was to leave my volume pots on my guitars full on. Why would I want to introduce a pot
back in the mix with a volume pedal???
 
Robert Herndon said:
I can get a really good price on a new Boss FV-30H. Thoughts???
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Good pedal if you want it to go at the front of the chain and act like you turning the volume pots on your guitar up and down.

If you want to turn the volume of the amp up and down get a FV-30L and put it in the loop before delays and reverb.

The FV-500L does have the longer sweep though
 
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Dave Sloven said:
Good pedal if you want it to go at the front of the chain and act like you turning the volume pots on your guitar up and down.

If you want to turn the volume of the amp up and down get a FV-30L and put it in the loop before delays and reverb.

The FV-500L does have the longer sweep though
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Ok. That's a great comparison. I want to keep the pots on the guitar full-on all the time and just control amp volume.
 
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Dave Sloven said:
Good pedal if you want it to go at the front of the chain and act like you turning the volume pots on your guitar up and down.

If you want to turn the volume of the amp up and down get a FV-30L and put it in the loop before delays and reverb.

The FV-500L does have the longer sweep though
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Thank you, Dave...
 
As it says in a video I posted above the volume pedal ahead of the preamp or a distortion pedal will affect the drive level more than the volume. After the preamp it affects the volume of what you hear through your speakers.
 
By the way, Robert, be careful of what some makers call an "active" pedal. Properly speaking, an active pedal means it is powered. However, Ernie Ball plays fast and loose with the terminology. They have a pedal that they call an "active" pedal, but it isn't. It simply has a 25 k ohm pot instead of a 250 k ohm pot. But the pedal, itself, is still passive. I also have the 25 k ohm Ernie Ball pedal, but I use it for an expression pedal with my Line 6 X3 Live. In this situation it is used in an active, control circuit. It doesn't actually have the audio signal passing through it. For this purpose, it works very nicely.

But, you need to look at the specs of the pedal. Even a powered pedal can have poor specs. Two of the key things to look at are the input and output impedances of the pedal.
 
Dave Sloven said:
You will need either a low impedance passive pedal or an active pedal.
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I tried my lower resistance, passive Ernie Ball (25 k ohm vs. the standard 250 k ohm pedal) in my effects loop before I went to the Morley. The passive pedal still had a slightly detrimental effect to some of the presence of the signal. It wasn't massive, but I could still tell a difference. The Morley is absolutely transparent to the signal, however.
 
I have the Morley Volume Plus. I admit the sweep is a little wonky. I prefer the Ernie Ball sweep. But, I've gotten used to the Morley now, and even use it for swells. I may eventually do the sweep mod, but for now I just deal with it.
 
Dave Sloven said:
As it says in a video I posted above the volume pedal ahead of the preamp or a distortion pedal will affect the drive level more than the volume. After the preamp it affects the volume of what you hear through your speakers.
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Got it...so the volume pedal will go in the loop, with delay following it.

My Korg stage tuner and NS2 noise gate will go between the guitar and the amp...

Where would the best place be for the Cry Baby?
 
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