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ok, lookin for a volume pedal to solve a volume problem. read about it here.

here are some i looked at just now, tell me pros and cons of some if you know them and refer to others if you can or must. the price range is less than $100. i would like another output to go to a PA aswell as my amp.

Boss stereo
Another Boss Stereo
Yet Another Boss Stereo
Boss Mono
Vox Passive
Morely Little Aligator
Morely PVO
Rocktron Hex
Ernie Ball
Dunlop high gain
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Originally Posted by irtrogdor ok, lookin for a volume pedal to solve a volume problem. read about it here.
here are some i looked at just now, tell me pros and cons of some if you know them and refer to others if you can or must. the price range is less than $100. i would like another output to go to a PA aswell as my amp.
You should mic your amp rather than having a second output. The speaker shapes the tone alot so you'd be losing your tone by outputting it like that. BTW, I've always been a fan of Dunlop pedals myself.
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afaik, a volume pedal does the same thing as the volume knob on your guitar...i would see if adjusting guitar volume takes care of your problem before dropping cash on a volume pedal
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You didn't list the Behringer. I have one. It works, and it's cheap.

The pro is it uses a VCA, so there's no pot to become scratchy after a year or two.

And did I mention it's cheap?
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Originally Posted by thesteve afaik, a volume pedal does the same thing as the volume knob on your guitar...i would see if adjusting guitar volume takes care of your problem before dropping cash on a volume pedal Steve, he wants to put it in the FX loop.
Don't plug direct to PA, it will sound harsh and unappealing, the amp's speakers take off a lot of harshness, and going direct will bypass the speakers.
I personally use the Ernie Ball VP Jr.
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I have one of those rogue volume pedals. Its not the smoothest or anything, but for $10 bucks, it hardly scratched any budget.
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Originally Posted by Rainer. Steve, he wants to put it in the FX loop. Ah...so he's planning on hitting the front-end hot and cooling down before the power amp...makes sense.
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lets see, the reason this whole volume disscusion came up is cause i can't get quiet enough. guitar volume pot is as low as i can stand it and the amp is aswell. a volume pedal will alow me to go to even lower levels, correct?

i'll check out the Behringer one, see if it will work. i've heard good things about the ernie ball one and the dunlop, i just copied & pasted all the links to volume pedals from the musicians friend volume pedal page. or most of them at least. i didn't really look at any of them though. i think i'll do that now.

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ok i looked at the Behringer one and didn't really like it. i want something thats built like a tank. or at least an armored car :P
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woah, i totally forgot something in my first post....

i added a link that i forgot before. it explains why i have this thread. read it here.
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lets see, the reason this whole volume disscusion came up is cause i can't get quiet enough. guitar volume pot is as low as i can stand it and the amp is aswell. a volume pedal will alow me to go to even lower levels, correct?
Basically, it's a second volume control. Your amp's control sucks, so this is more or less a replacement sort of deal.
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ok cool. guess that means i need to save up.
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Problem Solved for $10 +s/h
that's basically the same thing as a volume pedal, without the handy dandy footpedal...which you aren't going to be using anyway.
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I built a similar box that I use with my C30 - works good!
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dude that is like the coolest thing ever! does it really work good? like you can crank your amp and turn it waaaay down?
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Originally Posted by irtrogdor dude that is like the coolest thing ever! does it really work good? like you can crank your amp and turn it waaaay down? you can crank up the pre-amp and then turn it way down before it hits the power amp.
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so it would work on a solid state as well? i guess i wouldn't be crushed if it didn't work since its only $10... altough i wouldn't mind having a volume pedal either.