Goodrich OMNI Volume Pedal

[Roy Carroll]

I just want to Thank Bill Ferguson for the quick service in providing me with a new Omni VP. I was able to play 3 jobs since receiving it last week. I have it in the "active" mode.
Very, Very nice and the sound is very close to a passive pot pedal, only cleaner on the bottom. I'm starting to fall in love. What a great piece of equipment! Bill's got the pricing correct as well. Thanks Bill and Thanks to Goodrich!

[Gary Kaye]

Lots of great ideas about the Omni. I tried one but also found I had to use a Matchbox to really make it sing and give extra gain like I hoped it would do. If the end user had the option of making some internal changes that would have been really nice.

I had a 10K and ended up putting a toggle switch on it so not to unplug to save the battery, I actually should have put a toggle and LED since sometimes I would forget to hit the switch to off.

The Omni didn't win me over just yet but I do know a few players who are just loving the pedal.

[Jim Palenscar]

Thanks for your observations Gary. There are countless ways to influence the output of the OMNI's tone and gain parameters. It was possible to make it quite a bit louder and quite a bit brighter than it is currently however all of that comes at a price- especially when it comes to battery life and limiting the audience to those who are wanting a substantially different tone than a standard pot pedal delivers. While it is definitely possible to add trim pots to allow for more user variations (much like the previous Goodrich LDR) that also comes with a price- not only increase in costs across the board but also brings in a potential source of reliability issues that we are loathe to ask for. It was our decision to add a titch of gain and enough clarity of signal to be pleasing without hampering the basic tonal quality of a pot and destroying the lower frequencies. We might consider allowing for more variations in the future but after taking 3 years to develop the OMNI into what it currently is, we felt it was time to pull the trigger on production.

[Dave Zirbel]

The Omni didn't win me over just yet but I do know a few players who are just loving the pedal.

Yep! Loving mine!

[Steve Cattermole]

I just got my new Omni volume pedal and I love everything about it.It works great and sounds great.Love the line out for the tuner.Thanks to all at Goodrich

[Larry Sasser]

I have one of the Omni volume pedals and I think it is the best volume pedal I have ever used. I Love It !!!

[Bill Ferguson]

I agree with Sasser. Even though i love the Telonics pedal, The Omni gives me that smooth pot pedal sound. Plus the new Goodrich volume pots have a great track record. I have only had to replace 2 out of some 200 that i have sold.

Now when you are ready for ANY Goodrich product, get in touch with me. I WILL save you some $$

[Tony Glassman]

So has anyone done an actual Hilton or Telonics vs. Goodrich Omni VP comparison? If so, I’d be interested in it.

[Erv Niehaus]

I was using a Hilton before I got the Omni.
They are both great pedals but I rather prefer the sound of a pot pedal.
Before this, I tried a Hilton against a Telonics and couldn't tell 10 cents difference.
Erv

[Dick Wood]

After reading all the comments about this pedal,I bit the bullet and ordered one from Bill which I just got today. I'm lovin it.

[Jos Roderkerken]

How do they compare to the ldr 2?

Looking for an extra active pedal bit somhow i cant get use to het hilton sound

[Bill Ferguson]

Not even similar to an LDR.

The Omni is a pot pedal with a touch of buffer to clean up the raw sound of the volume pot