The Steel Guitar Forum

Why do players prefer Goodrich over Ernie Ball, etc.? I've been using an Ernie pedal for years and am happy with it. Have I been missing something? Isn't a volume pot just a volume pot?

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Rick McDuffie
Tarheel Jazz Q-tet
Debbie Elam Band
www.tarheelmusic.com

<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Rick McDuffie on 17 April 2003 at 11:05 AM.]</p></FONT>

Welll...
1), goodrich pedals are built like a tank.
2) goodrich come stock with a 500k pot as opposed to the 250k that Ernie Ball does (less loading of the higher impedance steel guitar pickups)
3) the angle of motion is more 'natural' from a sitting position, while the Ernie ball is more comfortable to play standing
4) have low and regular height options (some of our knees dont fit right under a steel w/ a higher pedal)
5) some have active circuitry
6) optional pedal bar mount
7) Jacks are located on the right side of the pedal, optimal for a steel, where Ernie Ball etc have jacks on the end, which could be a hassle w/ the pedal bar
the action is very smooth

I'm sure there are more reasons out there, but these are some of them.. Although, from what I hear, the pedal that Keith Hilton is making is giving goodrich a run for the money...

IMHO..the Goodrich has much less of a tonal change to the original signal than the Ernie Ball. If you A/B them & then go direct you will hear the differences. I haven't been able to test the Hilton yet.
Ed

A passive pedal is a passive pedal. A pot is a pot. But there can be physical differences between pedals, as Gino noted.

Electronically, if you have two passive pedals, and they have the same value of pot in them, and the pots are good, there is no difference (or shouldn't be, anyway) between them electronically.


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Artie McEwan

Now Goodrich has a No-pot option btw. Check the new Goodrich LDR pedal here

Here's another thread about it ...

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Moved to 'Electronics' section of the Forum.