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Old 09-10-2020, 05:08 AM
Tricky Fish Tricky Fish is offline
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Default Seeking volume pedal recommendations

I’m looking to get a volume pedal for my board.

My guitars have K&K pickups
The pedal will be placed after the pre-amp but before reverb / delays / loopers

Should I get active or passive?
High or low impedance?

Ideally, it would be no more than 8” long to fit on my modest sized board.

I like the look of the boss fv30h / fv30L - not too big, not too small - would one of these work?
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Old 09-10-2020, 05:43 AM
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For almost 20 years I used a Boss GE7 for boosting leads and really liked having the opportunity to bring down the lows a bit when soloing. Especially with a K&K this can be a great feature. My bandmates still use it. I now use the built in boost in the preamp.
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Old 09-10-2020, 04:41 PM
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Thanks for the feedback. I’m really looking for a volume pedal rather than a boost / GE.
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Old 09-16-2020, 10:42 AM
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take a look at the Dunlop Mini volume pedal. I use one on a small board for my electrics. They very nice, they come with a tool to tighten the pedal friction so it becomes very easy to move the pedal to a set point and leave it there. Built like a brick house too.
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Old 09-16-2020, 01:48 PM
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Another recommendation for the Dunlop Volume(X) Mini. Works well and is compact.
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