EB Volume Pedals

[whitestrat]

erm... I'm lost...

250k mono? Mono 250k? VP Jr 250k? 500k? Huh? how come a volume pedal has so many options? Can anyone shed light on this?

 

[D.K.]

Lionel, AFAIK it all depends on the instrument You are using it with and on the place in the signal chain. So, for example, if You're putting it behind a 19' inch effect processor You'd need a 25k (hopefully I'm correct), since "normal" instrument volume pedals would have just almost no sweep at all and work more like a switch. (That's the problem I have with my cheapo volume pedal and the eventide mod-Factor).

Than You can/should use different pedals for a guitar/bass/keyboard depending on its electronics and settings.

 

[fsmith]

Check the "sticky" above... Jon explains the differences.

http://www.ernieball.com/forums/mus...nie-ball-music-man-faq-volume-pedal-info.html

fred

 

[whitestrat]

ahh... got it... so the 25k version is what I would need... Thanks... Anyone know if these are true bypass like the wah?

 

[fbecir]

It's not true bypass : there is no switch.
When the pedal is completely down (that is full volume) your sound still goes in the audio taper. You lose a bit of volume and a bit of high frequencies.

 

[whitestrat]

It's not true bypass : there is no switch.
When the pedal is completely down (that is full volume) your sound still goes in the audio taper. You lose a bit of volume and a bit of high frequencies.

Hmm... I see... so as a buffer, it might be a good thing to have... Assuming all my other pedals are TB.

 

[fbecir]

True bypass is a myth ...
Specialists like Pete Cornish or Roger Mayer prefer to have good buffered pedals than true bypass. If you have several pedals, you will have a great length of cables (6 meters from your guitar to the pedals and 6 meters from your last pedal to the amp + all the patch cables and internal circuitry of the pedals) thus you lose the integrity of your signal. It's better to have first a good buffered pedal (after that you can have true bypass pedals, it does not matter).
There was a very good article in Guitar & Bass magazine (an UK mag). If I find it I will try to scan it (but I have some many mags ...)

 

[beej]

It all depends on what you're going for. Pros and cons both ways. Me, I have a buffer on my board and I like the sound of it.

Short answer- if you use a buffer put the VP after it and use the 25k version (or in the FX loop). Else with passive pickups use the 250k version. The VP Jr is a nice size