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Topic: Old volume pedal question? (with pics) |
Roger Light
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Sheldon, IL
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Posted 9 Mar 2007 6:23 am |
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I found this recently in a drawer at home. I had forgotten I had it. It was the first pedal that came with the old cross over I bought bought way back in the day. You guys know anything about this pedal. Is it worth fixing up? Who made it? etc. Is the name on the front anything to do with Bobbe Seymour?
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Rog.
Rains D-10, Peavey Profex 2 and Nashville 1000, Nashville 112, Steelers Choice Seat, Hilton pedal. |
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Mike Wheeler
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Delaware, Ohio, USA
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Posted 9 Mar 2007 6:33 am
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I've never seen one like that before. Worth fixing up? Sure. A new Dunlop pot is only $25, and you're good to go.
Of course, with that name on it, it could be older than the hills!  (love ya, Bobbe)
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 9 Mar 2007 6:56 am
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What's the matter with it?
It looks ok to me. |
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Roger Light
From:
Sheldon, IL
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Posted 9 Mar 2007 7:32 am
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| Pots bad, string is not the right one, and whatever (bushings) keeps it in the pedal down position is wore out. Gravity takes and she goes to full open. I really was just wondering the history of it. If that really is Bobbe's name on it? |
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Bo Borland
From:
South Jersey -
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Posted 10 Mar 2007 8:36 am
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I wonder who the designer was that thought using a string to actuate the pot was a good idea?
They look like they are built to break down.
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Bo Borland
Rittenberry SD10 , Derby D-10, Quilter TT12, Peavey Session 400 w/ JBL, NV112, Fender Blues Jr. , 1974 Dobro 60N squareneck, Rickenbacher NS lapsteel, 1973 Telecaster Thinline, 1979 blonde/black Frankenstrat
Currently picking with
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 11 Mar 2007 7:58 am
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| Bo Borland wrote: |
I wonder who the designer was that thought using a string to actuate the pot was a good idea?
They look like they are built to break down. |
IMHO, Leo Fender was the only one to get it right. His design used a longer string with a light tension spring in the middle. As a result, no slipping or breaking, and changing the string or the pot is a snap. His pedal was also a low profile model model (the first, actually), and it needed no pesky "friction device" to keep the pedal in position. You can replace the pot without removing the string, and you can replace the string without any tools! It's also one of the best shielded and easiest operating pedals ever made. I've used the same fender pot pedal for well over 40 years. I've replaced the pot 4 or 5 times, and replaced the string about 4 times.
Back in the day, I played 5-6 nites a week for years,(and those were five, 40-minute sets), and the Fender pedal never let me down. |
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Bruce Bindeman
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2007 1:51 pm
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Donny,
I bought a Fender (side-to-side tone) at a guitar show and it needed new jacks and some rust removal. It is the only one I have ever used.
Should the pedal stay in place (volume)? Is there more than one way to string it?
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2007 6:35 am
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| The old DeArmond foot volume used a rack and pinion mechanism to crank the pot. I used this pedal for years. |
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Jerry Erickson
From:
Atlanta,IL 61723
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Posted 12 Mar 2007 10:17 am
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| Hey Roger,That sure looks like a Goodrich pedal to me. |
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Chick Donner
From:
North Ridgeville, OH USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2007 6:26 pm
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| It's a modified Emmons pedqal. |
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