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kevin ryan wrote:Tim.. Kevin from Goodrich here, Not sure what's going on with this pedal but I will be in the shop today. Email me your address to goodrichvp@gmail.com.. I'm sure I have it but email anyways and I will send you a pre paid shipping label to ship that pedal back and I will get you a new one off today.. Sorry about the trouble.. Kevin

Indeed. I think we missed that.

I'm not at all convinced that a new pedal is going to fix Tim's perception of what is wrong with the one he's got. I think you got used to "Brand X," Tim.

From the description, I agree. A properly functioning volume pedal offers as little resistance as possible, and he got used to an inadequate one.

Lane Gray wrote:From the description, I agree. A properly functioning volume pedal offers as little resistance as possible, and he got used to an inadequate one.

LOL, what do you mean Lane, an "inadequate one..."

To each his own. Like you mentioned in a previous post, you have to be careful when pedaling over to the C neck pedals, & returning to volume, that you don't inadvertently change the volume setting.

It's been awhile, but back in the 80's when I used a Sho-Bud pedal, I could swear that it had a stiff feedback feel to it as well. Maybe not as much as the EB, I can't remember now...

And yes, Kevin did offer to swap it out for new, or tighten this one up for me, and he did tell me that he could not get it as tight as the EB feel that I used to now.

I will work with it as it is for a few days, maybe a week, but I really think that the constant feedback pressure I have to apply is going to torture my shins. Also, when using the right knees, how do you keep from changing the volume? I guess it just becomes sort of an "automatic" thing, the player unconsciously applies pressure to hold it in place.

I'll give it a second go-around...we'll see...hopefully I will adapt!

i know how you must feel Tim. lol i have a good rich 120. new it had 15 hrs on it when the pot went all scratchey in it. with a sticky start of to it when i go to put her down. i bought a Hilton that i do love . and i am looking for help here on the forum right now for a Problem i am having.with it, funny thing about this all is i,am back to useing my 1976 Fulawka pedal with a 22 year old Alan Bradly pot shell in it . go figure a.

Tim,
I know this is an old post, but I have experienced the exact same situation. The pot in my Goodrich 120 went out the day of a gig a couple of years ago, so I ran down to Guitar Center and bought an Ernie Ball VP Jr. Now, I've gotten used to the resistance feel of the EB treadle, and also the wider volume swell/taper. Putting off the pot replacement project for over a year, I finally got around to replacing the pot in my Goodrich. Now, I don't like the loose feel of the Goodrich, and the narrower volume swell/throw (taper). Apparently, no way to tighten it up. It jumps from 0 volume to full on with a short tilt of the treadle. It's too wobbly, and I agree that the axle/fulcrum position seems better in the EB pedal. No treadle resistance with the Goodrich makes it hard for me to get even swells and I get "jumpy" loud bursts and volume cut-off. I compared them side by side and I'm gonna stick with the Ernie Ball. It's a good VP and I get good tone w/ it. I put a little piece of semi stiff rubber, 1"x1"x 1/4"thick, inside at the back end of the pedal so the treadle doesn't go down all the way on the base in the "off" position. Softens the feel too. Just adjust the thickness of your rubber pad to where you want the volume to stop. A little bit of rubber cement works to set it in place. UPDATE: I do believe the tone is a little cleaner with the Goodrich, but not that much.