Vertex Effects | 7 months ago

Episode 99.5: Volume Pedals

Welcome to the Chairmen of the Boards Podcast! The ultimate pedalboard podcast with the foremost rig builders in the world: Grant Klassen (Goodwood Audio), Brian Omilion (Omilion Audio), and Mason Marangella (Vertex Effects/The Rig Doctor). We've teamed up to democratize great tone and provide you with our best tricks, tips, resources and hacks so you can build the pedalboard of your dreams!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:00 - Introduction
02:48 - Volume pedal impedances
03:22 - What volume pedal impedance do I want?
06:30 - What is an ACTIVE volume pedal
08:40 - Benefit of an ACTIVE volume pedal
10:09 - Don’t use tuner out on passive volume pedals
12:09 - Volume pedal in your signal chain
17:01 - Volume pedal before drives
17:21 - Volume pedal after drives
17:53 - Volume pedal after drives is best for swells
18:36 - Mason's thoughts on volume placement
19:46 - Volume pedal at the very end of your signal chain
20:56 - Volume pedal into effects loop
21:16 - Mason's thoughts on volume pedals into effects loop
23:26 - How to make passive effects loop active
23:55 - Mason describes the Kleinulator
29:01 - Grant's thoughts on effects loops
30:26 - Volume pedal placement is the most drastic change in signal chain
31:09 - Volume pedal with wet/dry/wet rig
38:02 - Our current favorite volume pedals
38:28 - Mason's favorite volume pedals
45:59 - Grant's favorite volume pedals
47:35 - Keeping your setup compact
49:32 - Grant's favorite volume pedal
50:43 - Mason's most difficult volume pedal to use
51:39 - Volume pedal must turn signal off
52:58 - Volume pedal size
56:43 - Episode recap

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Grant Klassen (Goodwood Audio)
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Brian Omilion (Omilion Audio)
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Mason Marangella (Vertex Effects)
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