volume pedal

[ira]

hi, been thinking about a volume pedal lately. though i have a clip on my belt preamp, still hard to juggle back and forth mid song between chording and solos. anyone use one of these? brands/models? prices? effectiveness?

thanks,
ira

[steve in tampa]

I have an Ernie Ball Jr. Love it! Also has an output for a tuner. I use a Boss TU-2. When the volume is down in the heel position, you can tune silently. Got them at Musician's Friend.

[grant_eversoll]

I have a Rouge stero volume pedal that I got at musicians friend it was either $19.00 or $29.00 can't remember but it works great and I have used it on stage for over a year

[Gail Hester]

Ditto “steve in tampa” except that I use the Ernie Ball 6166 Mono Volume Pedal, which seems to be the favorite among working musicians in my neck of the woods. I also love the Boss TU-2, which I place first so that it mutes the output while your tuning without touching the volume pedal.

-Chuck

[ira]

hey grant- saw that rogue, but the price scared me off. sometimes get nervous when something is that inexpensive. you say you've used over a year, but how often???

[grant_eversoll]

I play at least onstage one night a week almost every week and we practice one night a week. I have had no trouble. The guys in the band ribbed me for buying a rouge, they use ernie ball but I have had no trouble with it

[onlyagibsonisgoodenuff]

I just step a little closer to the microphone when I need more volume.

[ira]

i would too, but i use a pickup not a mic.

[Rob Anderson]

Hi,
I have used an old Ernie Ball stereo pedal for about 10 years and have never had a problem with it,built like a tank.
Rob

[Karl]

I use a Morley Little Alligator volume pedal in my pedal board for my mando. I use it primarily as a rhythm/lead switching pedal, because it has a minimum volume knob on it. The other great feature is that it has a linear taper to it - a lot of the volumes I tried had a curved audio taper, so it didn't have an even sweep to it. Good luck!

[Russ(String-Alley)]

I only use a volume pedal on pedal steel. I may give it a shot on my mandobird now that you mentioned it tho. it could make for some nice fade ins on intos.

cheers
-Russ

[ira]

went for the rogue (20 bucks on musician's friend). my first foray into any type of pedal. i'll report back after live use!

[ira]

received the rogue today. never used a pedal before, and stuck it into this little gorilla bass amp i have, and played with it. strange. i thought it was 2 settings, one low and one loud, but there is a range as you step on it more fully (i know some of you are saying - duh! but hey i'm a pedal virgin so be nice). anyway, just played evil ways into shady grove on it and jammed it up pretty loud then straight into a screaming franklins tower chord progression- a blast!

[mandowilli]

I experimented many times with several different volume pedals, straight in line and also send and return but could never get it just right onstage. It was too loud or not loud enough between chording and soloing. I ended up going with a dual pickup system which is more responsive to the dynamics of how I am actually playing. The mic/pickup combo through a dual preamp sounds very natural also.

willi in Cocoa

[Chip Booth]

I have a friend with the typical Ernie Ball pedal who put a long screw in it from the bottom that stops the pedal from fully depressing, giving the effect of the lead/rythm thing like the Morley pedal. You can adjust the volume change with the height of the screw http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif Rather simply ingenious.