Volume pedal???
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MadWerewolfBoy
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huh? y get a volume pedal? just use the knobs on ur guitar mah...
jtsang2501
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MadWereWolfBoy said:
Not all guitars have volume knobs located easily enough to do nice volume swells i guess.
knightlaughalot
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i never touch my guitars volume knob personally cause it just screws with my gain level and tone. and due to stage presence, the knob always turns by itself. so i always stick to the volumes on amps. i havent seen anyone use a volume pedal personally. IMO i would use the money to get another kind of pedal.
MadWereWolfBoy said:
Volume knob on guitar will change the amount drive of distortion/OD pedal. That's why you can roll off the volume and get cleaner sound.
Volume pedal will increase or decrease the volume after all the effect, so it doesn't affect the distortion.
Another application of volume pedal, is to do volume swelling technique easier.
guitarman78
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And when you are playing .... you dun want to waste a hand trying to adjust your volume .... Volume pedals comes in handy ....
guitarman78
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i remember playing for the forerunners (Campus Crusade for Christ) for their Christmas tour in 1999.
I was using a Roland Volume Pedal (can't rem the model). It's pretty useful because usually when i play in a gig or concert .... i will put my knob on my guitar to full volume. This is because i want the P.A to have full control over my volume ... because i dun trust my own judgement of what the audience is listening when i am on stage.
When i solo with Distortion guitar ... the volume knob on the guitar no longer adjusts the volume ... but the gain of the distortion. Hence if i want to adjust my volume without adjusting the gain ..... i need a volume pedal.
I usually put my volume pedal to half position normally ... and i only jack up my volume slightly during solos. Not too much because that will throw the rest of the band off.
I was using a Roland Volume Pedal (can't rem the model). It's pretty useful because usually when i play in a gig or concert .... i will put my knob on my guitar to full volume. This is because i want the P.A to have full control over my volume ... because i dun trust my own judgement of what the audience is listening when i am on stage.
When i solo with Distortion guitar ... the volume knob on the guitar no longer adjusts the volume ... but the gain of the distortion. Hence if i want to adjust my volume without adjusting the gain ..... i need a volume pedal.
I usually put my volume pedal to half position normally ... and i only jack up my volume slightly during solos. Not too much because that will throw the rest of the band off.
guitarman78
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yes ... it does .... but you can't adjust an EQ pedal with your leg can you? Volume pedals provides you with a convenience that none other pedals do ... some call it Volume pedal ... some call it expression pedal becuase it can be programmed to work like a wah and even control distortion and reverb levels ... but a pedal is a pedal .... EQ pedals are on/off switch .... Volume/expression pedals are variable resistors ....
It is something that can help you ... I'm not telling you that you MUST have it ... it's just something useful .... if it doesn't work for you ...dun use it ... dun have to criticise or suggest an alternative.
It is something that can help you ... I'm not telling you that you MUST have it ... it's just something useful .... if it doesn't work for you ...dun use it ... dun have to criticise or suggest an alternative.
Crawldaddy
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guitarman78 said:
Hmm.
Lol that was funny. Tickled. I've seen a friend of mine use a volume pedal with a lap steel.. pretty interesting how not many people nowadays actually experiment with slides (or any other guitar quirks)... but rather focus on how fast their fingers can go.
snuffleupagus
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guitarman78 said:
Eq 20 can....programmable
Anyways, Volume pedals are a must for live gigs.unless you have a sound man with telepathy.
i use the Boss volume pedal fv-50h, last in the fx chain heading to the amp, acts like a master volume. got the minimum volume set at 8 for rhythms [ pedal fully backed down ] and hit it forward for solo level boost. tone is a bit altered with the pedal equipped, surprisingly i like what it does.
