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Topic: Boss FV500L volume pedal |
Jim Saunders
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Posted 27 Mar 2007 6:44 pm |
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I noticed that Musician's Friend sells a Boss stereo volume pedal. Anyone using it for steel? It also has a tuner input.
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Joe Harwell
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Posted 27 Mar 2007 7:12 pm Check Harmony Central Volume Pedal Shoot Out Review
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Harmony Central recently did a review/comparision of 5 volume pedals. The Boss was one of them.
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Jim Saunders
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Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
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Posted 27 Mar 2007 7:32 pm Boss VP
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| Joe, I'm not familiar with Harmony Central, but what did they decide? |
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Joe Harwell
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"I've never been bad." ........ Many, LA
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Posted 27 Mar 2007 8:31 pm Volume pedal comparison link
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Harmony Central has lots of user reviews. Some good. Some not.
http://www.harmony-central.com
Just got to remember, imo, reviews are subjective in the end. Some are just more objective than others.
But here is the link to the article I was thinking about.
http://www.synthtopia.com/equipment_guide/category/Guitar_Volume_Pedals.html
But there is a better one than this and I'll post it when I find it.
Hope this helps a little-
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"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak & the strong; because, someday in life you will have been all of these". |
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Jim Saunders
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Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
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Posted 28 Mar 2007 5:10 am Boss VP
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| Thanks Joe! Anyone using it on steel? |
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Jim Saunders
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Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
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Posted 28 Mar 2007 7:17 pm Boss VP
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| I just looked at picture of the pedal and I see that the chord inputs are on the front of the pedal which, in my case, puts the chords up against the pedal bar. That's a real negative for me since I use the pedal bar bracket. |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 29 Mar 2007 4:53 pm
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You have to keep in mind that most of the Harmony Central reviews are from younger straight guitar players (essentially, rockers), so most of what's said there is totally meaningless for us steelers.
My advice is to get a steel pedal if you're going to use it on steel guitar. |
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Joe Harwell
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Posted 29 Mar 2007 5:33 pm Volume pedal designs
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The guitar-oriented pedals seem to me to be designed for stand up playing. Makes a lot of difference.
The only one that has sort of interested me outside of the specifically for pedal steel, is the Visual Sound. I picked one up and haven't had time to play with it. I plugged it just for a sound check and I really liked my sound. I got it mainly to see how it was designed and what kind of pot set up they used.
I like a pot pedal. I like the indestructable designs used. We just can't get the "old" design pots with an acceptable quality. The Hot Potz seem to get the best rating. There are many threads on volume pedals/pots and the optical "potless" designs.
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Keith Murrow
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Posted 1 Apr 2007 8:44 pm
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Jim, I used one of those pedals in my steel rig for years without any trouble. Never even replaced the pot. Had smooth travel and a reasonbly even taper. I bought it back in the mid-1980's, it was the lowest profile pedal I could find in those days. Like many pot pedals, it sucked some of the volume and tone out of my steel. It wasn't an optimal PSG volume pedal, but it held up very well.
I used 90 degree plugs when hooking the cables up to the front mounted jacks, so it could fit right up to the pedal bar.
I'm using a Hilton pedal now and there's no comparison. I wouldn't even consider going back to a pot pedal of any make. |
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Fred Bova
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Connecticut, USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2007 7:25 pm
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| Notice there are two versions, H = high Imp, L = Low Imp. L, Low Imp would only be ok if you used a buffer bewteen the PSG and the L Volume pedal. |
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