What volume pedal do you use ?

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 5:17 pm

Hi, Just wondering if anyone uses an old Vox volume pedal for "Yes it is", "I need you" or any song for that matter.
I thought it might be a new topic to discuss.
What kind of volume pedal are you using ?
Pros/cons of your chosen brand.

oreca · Post by **oreca** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 6:56 pm

I have a Vox, it's not a vintage one or anything, I got it last December.
I don't really have anything to complain about the way it plays. It was a bit rough at first to make small adjustments because it was new but now its more used up so it works nice.

I don't actually use it much. Although the only time I played live infront of an audienced I used it with my 370.
We played While My Guitar Gently Weeps, and since we didn't have a piano player I did the intro with it, just "swelling in" each chord.

spencer · Post by **spencer** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:33 am

I've got a Dunlop, looks just like a Wah. It's OK and I've used it many times to play 'Yes it is' but it's not the best one I think. There's no adjustment on it and when it's backed all the way off, there's still a little sound coming out. I used to have a Morley that I liked alot and I had a Roland 'expression pedal' that worked really well, just because it had a setting knob on it and you could adjust it to half volume when it was totally backed off.

spencer · Post by **spencer** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:38 am

Oh, and I've always heard that on "Yes it is" that George didn't actually use a volume pedal, he played the chords as John swelled his volume knob for him. (That sounds dirty) But appearently he did use a pedal on "I need you" later on 'Help'.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong...

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 7:24 am

Yes, that's correct. He did a few songs that way, later he used a pedal.
I use an old Vox pedal, and I also have a Morley Silver series from the early 80's. It's very quiet (it's a passive volume pedal).

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 1:09 pm

I use my pinkie, a la Phil Keaggy.

blueflamerick · Post by **blueflamerick** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 5:12 am

An Ernie Ball VP junior, the passive version.

eatswodo · Post by **eatswodo** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:14 am

I've got an old Ibanez VL-10 - it's a stereo volume/pan pedal, which has served me well for many years.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 5:27 pm

I've got a De Armond model 1600 that's, I believe , from the early '70's (that's when I got it from a freind.

lucifer_sam · Post by **lucifer_sam** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 6:26 am

I have an original Vox volume pedal. I use it for my Jaguar organ and for guitar. It's pretty cool, very quiet.

admin · Post by **admin** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 8:54 am

Welcome to The Rickenbacker Forum Kate. You have to love Vox equipment.

lucifer_sam · Post by **lucifer_sam** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 10:05 am

Thank you, I do love Vox, also Rickenbacker. I have a 360/12 string that I absolutely adore.
I was into a lot of bands growing up that used Vox and Rickenbacker, so it kinda wore off on me.