Several years ago after I'd built a few pedal steel guitars, making them smaller and lighter, I got to thinking about volume pedals: do they have to be so large? How small could a volume pedal and still be functional? So I built a small pedal that soon became my volume pedal of choice. Other musicians have asked me about them and wondered if I would build more. Finally I have. Here they are, hand built in Denver.
2" X 6" X 1 5/8"
500 Kohm Dunlop 'superpot' potentiometer
tuner out
Nice looking pedal. It might be nice to have a "reference" photo with the pedal next to another item of known size (e.g. pencil, golfball or another VP).
I know you list the the dimensions, but,.........." a picture's worth a thousand words".
My first volume pedal was a goodrich, which I still have (for the past several years with the dunlop pot). I've had 4 or 5 different volume pedals thru the years, and I've never had trouble getting used to different ones. I've tended to grab whichever one was handy, leaving a rig set up for practice, etc.
I just got one. It's cooler than it looks in the pictures. Surprisingly heavy and rugged, and opens up lots of room in my pack a seat and on the floor.
Franklin D10 8&5, Excel D10 8&5, homemade buffer/overdrive, Moyo pedal, GT-001 effects, 2x BAM200 for stereo. 2x GW8003 8" driver in homemade closed-box. Also NV400 etc. etc...
I sent Glen a p.m. and I'm just waiting for a reply. This should work out good, because my main Emmons p/p has 10 floor pedals, so the extra space will be nice. I hope it's easy to replace the pot when needed. Tommy......
Just got mine. It's a nice pedal. Has the familiar feel of a good string-driven pedal (which is what I like). Even with the provided pictures, I was not prepared for how small this thing is. Truly compact. Good job, Glenn!
Even with the pictures above, I wasn't prepared for how freakishly small it is. Under a bare foot (which I never do) it would probably be a problem. Under a regular shoe sole, it took me all of 30 seconds to forget that it was any different from the Goodrich.
This was a whim purchase for the occasions where it is an advantage to be able to travel ultra mini or to stash a spare. The most informative part of my review would be that it's not something that takes any special getting used to.
Granted, Ken, there's a difference between that and my 9 1/2, but unless you are wearing flipflops, my foot just doesn't notice that it's hanging off the pedal.
I like this pedal. It saves so much space in my seat or whatever I'm carrying my stuff in. Actually fits in my shirt pocket. Another plus for me is that I like to play a console steel standing up, and I find this pedal much more comfortable to use while standing than my full size pedals. My size 10 shoe has no problem with it.
