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  • April 30, 2010 at 4:09 pm #79117
    LouisLou
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    Hello,
    I’ve been reading a lot of things about volume pedals and their placement, and so far, I can’t understand whether I need low impedance or high, mainly because a lot of places mention the whole “buffered bypass” thing, and as far as I know all of my pedals are true bypass, so… what do I do?

    Here’s my setup:
    Guitar –> POG –> MicroSynth –> Riddle –> Amp
    And I’m soon to add these in there: Soul Preacher, Double Muff and Cathedral (don’t know which order yet)
    Ideally, I’d want the volume pedal after the MicroSynth, but I don’t understand the whole buffer/impedance interaction crap because they are all true bypass! Argh.
    Oh, and while on this subject, can anyone recommend a volume pedal?

    Thanks for any help!

    Louis

    May 25, 2010 at 8:14 am #104673
    Stoney Lonesome
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    bump for this post.. i have the same questions.. anyone??

    May 25, 2010 at 8:33 am #104674
    LouisLou
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    After ages asking around, got an answer from a guy who knows what he’s talking about:

    High-impedance (and put it anywhere).

    He basically said that if you don’t know, get high-impedance, and if you’re using guitar and not something like keyboards, get high-impedance, as it will do the job. I tried to look at the original post he wrote to me because he explained very well, but harmony central has done something weird, and all the posts but mine have disappeared.

    May 25, 2010 at 9:02 am #104675
    Stoney Lonesome
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    great thanks brother! i understand that you can also use Vol.Pedals as gain control when putting them before a fuzz/OD (going from “almost” clean to “full-on” dirty)???

    May 25, 2010 at 4:32 pm #104650
    Cryabetes
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    yes that’s correct.
    really though, if you get a powered volume pedal you don’t have to worry about impedances and it will work with whatever.

    May 25, 2010 at 6:40 pm #104566
    B.Daws
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    great thanks brother! i understand that you can also use Vol.Pedals as gain control when putting them before a fuzz/OD (going from “almost” clean to “full-on” dirty)???

    Instead of using a volume pedal you can actually use the volume knob on your guitar as well if you didn’t know. That’s basically all most volume pedals are is a volume knob in a foot pedal.

    May 26, 2010 at 9:06 am #104559
    Stoney Lonesome
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    Quote:
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    great thanks brother! i understand that you can also use Vol.Pedals as gain control when putting them before a fuzz/OD (going from “almost” clean to “full-on” dirty)???

    Instead of using a volume pedal you can actually use the volume knob on your guitar as well if you didn’t know. That’s basically all most volume pedals are is a volume knob in a foot pedal.

    well i knew that would work on an overdriven tube amp (the volume knob) but i didnt know the same principle applies for volume pedals… many thanks brother

    May 26, 2010 at 2:00 pm #104509
    B.Daws
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    It’s all preference. I feel volume swells are far easier on pedals than using the knob. I am pretty sure though that you can use the knob on your guitar to roll down the volume and apply this technique with your dirt pedals (just like with a tube amp). I use the EHX Signal Pad on one of my tube amps because it’s a set and forget volume pedal basically that enables you to turn a one channel amp into a two channel amp.

    Remember this, if you use volume before overdrive/distortion (whether it be a pedal, your knob on your guitar, or even a booster like the LPB-1) then it affects the level of gain/signal going into the pedal. If you throw it at the end of your chain then it effects actual volume.

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