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Terje Larson

 

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Rinkeby, Spånga, Sweden
Post  Posted 14 Apr 2006 12:13 am    
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I have a Goodrich and an Ernie Ball. They're quite different. I think I prefer the tone of the Ernie Ball actually, because it does cut a little of the high end and for me that's a good thing. It is also smoother because the pot is linear. But it is slower to work with. In use the Goodrich is often better.
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Larry Bell


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Englewood, Florida
Post  Posted 14 Apr 2006 5:38 am    
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I prefer to cut my highs in the preamp stage of my amplifier. Any change in EQ response from any other device is unwelcome. Furthermore, in many potentiometer-driven volume pedals, the high cut varies along the travel of the pedal. If you only use 1/2 of the volume you will see more cut than you see at full volume. I personally don't like that at all. That's why God invented match boxes or volume pedals with that circuitry built in.

Just my opinion, but a volume pedal should pass through all frequencies equally and change nothing but the VOLUME.

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2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S/D-12 6x6, 1984 Sho-Bud S/D-12 7x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps


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John Bechtel


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Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 14 Apr 2006 9:36 pm    
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Whichever pedal you like best, put the same pot in the other pedal and you'll like them both! Franklin, Emmons, Derby, SHO-BUD, Goodrich or you name it, same pot; pretty well the same sound! IMHO, a pedal is a pedal is a pedal and a pot is a pot is a pot!

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