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Topic: Goodrich Active Vs Passive Question |
Kevin Klimek
From:
Minnesota, USA
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Posted 22 May 2010 8:47 am |
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| I have a Goodrich pedal that I've had for many years. It has an active circuit in it and requires a 9 volt battery. After getting back into steel playing just recently, the steel came with a new Goodrich pedal. However, this one is passive and requires no battery (which is very convenient). I'm wondering if there's a way that I can convert my old active pedal to passive and ditch the battery requirement? One other minor issue is the response taper. It seems that both of these pedals are a bit too quick at one point in the travel, increasing the volume quicker than I'd prefer. I wonder if there would be any mod available to make the volume response more even throughout. Thanks for any help on this. Kevin |
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Lynn Oliver
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Redmond, Washington USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 22 May 2010 9:17 am
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| Can you tell by looking at how your passive pedal is wired? |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 23 May 2010 6:12 am
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| It sounds like your pedal with the battery must be the model with the built in "Match Box" circuit. |
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 23 May 2010 8:03 pm
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Kevin sounds like your older pedal with the battery is the H10k version ...don't think you can convert that to passive mate, you might have to invest in a new battery ! 
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 May 2010 6:38 am
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| There was a thread just recently about changing the taper of pots with added resistors. Maybe someone can find it. The Forum's "Search" function and I do not have a friendly relationship! |
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Rob Segal
From:
New York NY
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Posted 25 May 2010 4:54 am Yes
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| If it's a model L10k pedal it's easy. Just remove the circuit board/battery compnents, and change the pot to a standard 500k pot. Done it myself. |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 25 May 2010 6:42 am
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It sounds like it would be a little less labor-intensive to just put a new battery in the pedal!  |
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