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Are they really that usefull? I mean, sure, You can change the volume, but would it be worth it for me to get one?
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If you play live and change styles while playing, it would be good.
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Not sure if it'd be useful to you specifically, but it's very good if you need to change volume on the fly while your hands are occupied, you like swell effects or "violining"-effects, your awesome technique with a bow (or e-bow) needs some volume control, or if you want to change gain amounts without your hands. It's basically for whenever you need hands-free volume control.
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Originally Posted by jamforchrist123 Are they really that usefull? I mean, sure, You can change the volume, but would it be worth it for me to get one? for what i play yes, you can do some really awesome effects in country music with, but i use it in all forms of music, though i really don;t seem to need that much in rock but i still use it.
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I find it very useful in worship.
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Originally Posted by texandawg1288 I find it very useful in worship. well texan, don't see you on the boards to often any more, but i have been seeing you more lately.
The volume pedal also works really good in the effects loop, with no tone loss
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Originally Posted by wesley7777 well texan, don't see you on the boards to often any more, but i have been seeing you more lately.
Ya, just post every so often...


The volume pedal also works really good in the effects loop, with no tone loss Ya it works alot of different ways. You can place it in alot of different places in your pedal chain, effects loop and experience different ways to use it.
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They also work as footrests, doorstops, and paperweights.
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I think for me the most useful thing would be . . . when switching from clean to distortion . . . when using distortion you cant really control the volume from your guitar. So with a pedal (or, for that matter, controlling the master volume of the amp, of course this is hard to do while playing) you can keep your volume consistant between clean and distortion, loud and quiet passages of music.
Of course, I'm stubborn, and dont use one.
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I have one but I really don't use it much, I'm much more comfortable controlling volume with my hand. I might use it more like a master volume or mute when I need to be totally silent for a few, or if I need to unplug my guitar for some reason. I could live without it though.
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I love the one I have on my gnx2, it has saved me soo many times. When I am playing at youth group and accadentally put a distortion that is really loud I can turn it down really quick.
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I have one in my FX loop, at the end of my chain right before the return. It's great if I need to tune, or unplug guitar to switch, also use it for volume swells (keyboard type sounds, quick single note swells) Also as someone else mentioned you can tone down a heavy overdrive real quick.

Because of where I placed mine in the chain, I can turn down when I have heavy distortion without touching the guitar, and bring it down to silence.

I use a Behringer FCV100 which I bought new for about $25.00. I think they're going for around $35 now. It uses a VCA:"Voltage Controlled Amplifier. Faders using this technology prevent degrading of the audio signal due to mechanical deterioration."
Mine has worked flawlessly since day one. It also can handle stereo signal, or two separate signals at the same time, as well as having a mode that makes it works as a keyboard modulation controller.

In other words I REALLY LIKE IT.
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Originally Posted by mt_spiffy I think for me the most useful thing would be . . . when switching from clean to distortion . . . when using distortion you cant really control the volume from your guitar. So with a pedal (or, for that matter, controlling the master volume of the amp, of course this is hard to do while playing) you can keep your volume consistant between clean and distortion, loud and quiet passages of music.
Of course, I'm stubborn, and dont use one.
you dont level out your clean and overdrive channels before you play?? if thats your only reason for using a volume pedal then you are wasting your money. also you dont need one when using an e-bow. all you have to do is move the ebow from the right to left or lift it up some to do fades. i think volume pedals are waste of money, especially if you have a good sound guy. most of the time if you want to be softer it sounds better if u use guitar volume control because you can leave your ovedrive on but cut your guitar buy half and it also cuts out some of the drive.
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Originally Posted by Maestro_dmc I have one in my FX loop, at the end of my chain right before the return. It's great if I need to tune, or unplug guitar to switch, also use it for volume swells (keyboard type sounds, quick single note swells) Also as someone else mentioned you can tone down a heavy overdrive real quick.
i thought pretty much all tuners stop your signal from going to the amp when you are tuning.
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Originally Posted by nick2282 i thought pretty much all tuners stop your signal from going to the amp when you are tuning.
I know that mine is supposed to do that, but even so, there is sometimes a ticking type sound that occurs when I tune.