Volume + Expression Pedal?

[Anthony Parish]

Question for the gear gurus out there...

I need a new volume pedal. I also want to use an expression pedal to sweep the tone control of the JHS Mary-K fuzz pedal. I would prefer to use one pedal for both, if possible.

Are there any volume pedals that I could use as both a volume pedal when I'm not using the fuzz and an expression pedal when I am using the fuzz?

https://jhspedals.info/products/mary-k? ... 4zPob-Psvm

Thanks.

-Tony Parish

[J.C. Dijeres]

From what I have seen the Hotone Ampero Press can do that. It's fairly cheap, might be worth the try.

https://www.hotone.com/products/press/Ampero-II-Press

[Mike Auman]

The Dunlop DVP3 Volume (X) pedal will do both volume (250k pot) and expression (10k pot, same as the Roland EV5 that JHS recommends.) https://www.jimdunlop.com/volume-x-pedal/ for info, https://www.jimdunlop.com/content/manuals/DVP3.pdf for user manual

[Dave Mudgett]

As J.C. states, the Ampero Press (not the Press II which is the link given, and is an expression-pedal/switch) is both a volume pedal and expression pedal. The correct link is here - https://www.hotone.com/products/press/Ampero%20Press - and you'll see that the volume pedal pot value is 100K, with a 10K expression pedal pot. I think that is just too low for pedal steel. I'd even find that too low for guitar. I think it's designed for their own pedals, and it may be fine for that.

I have two of the Dunlop DVP1-XL pedals, which seem to be an older and somewhat larger version of the DVP3 (X) pedal. I looked over the user manuals for both, and I can't see any difference except the size. Both have 250K volume pots and 10K expression pedal pots. I started playing pedal steel with a 250K Ernie Ball volume pedal, and have used the Dunlop for dual use. 250K can work, especially with buffer like the Sarno Freeloader. However, straight in, I definitely prefer 500K, as is in almost all pedal steel passive volume pedals. Since it's a Dunlop product, it may be possible to sub the Dunlop 470K pot, but I haven't investigated or tried that at this point. This may prompt me to do that, because in general, I like the pedal. It's very heavy-duty (and heavy), and stays put pretty well even on a smooth floor. Some of my other volume pedals slip around on a smooth floor.

[Dave Sneed]

I just received a Telonics volume pedal with the expression mod added. The volume pedal feels and sounds great (to me anyways). I wanted the expression output to be able to control other parameters in my rig. It goes into an expression-to-midi box (Doremidi) then I route the midi to whatever parameter I need control over. For example as I increase volume I can increase delay level or time (or invert it) or increase brightness, etc. Note the volume and expression features work at the same time - not either/or. It’s not cheap but it works great.

Dave

[Chris Templeton]

Buddy let me use a Goodrich volume pedal that controlled the volume (up and down) and left to right controlled the volume of The IVL Pitchrider MIDI interface. It had a multi pronged cord that plugged into the pedal.
Because of the slight delay of the MIDI sound, that bothered me, I liked having the steel sound the loudest and a synth sound underneath that.
With just the synth sound, it was good for pads. but, out front, I could sound like a bad keyboard player.
I've posted this before, but here is clip of Buddy playing excellent organ IVL on one of my songs:
https://soundcloud.com/bluespruce8/buddy-ivl

[Jerry Overstreet]

Chris, I have one of those Goodrich dual action pedals. 6PV active by 9v batts. I've been using it with my midi keyboard rig, but I'm reconfiguring things.

I have an old for sale post in the classifieds somewhere. I had it listed for $350 but didn't get any response...it's still there though.

[Chris Templeton]

Nice you have those, Jerry.