Cheap Volume pedal advice

ellangus

Considering buying a Volume pedal.

It won't get a load of use, I'm wanting to experiment using it with a lap steel.

I've seen a Bespeco VM12 / VM14 on Amazon for around £25 and was wondering if anyone has had any experience with the cheapo stuff as opposed to the quality gear like Ernie Ball etc.

All advice welcome :-)

ICBM

The Bespeco is OK - it's virtually the same as the Boss FV-50. It won't stand up to a lot of hard use but it's fine for occasional stuff. You may need to put a buffered pedal before it since the impedance is only 100K, which is low enough to soften the top-end a bit. The Boss comes in both low and high impedance versions, you need the high if you're not buffering it.

Avoid the really cheap ones with the jacks on an angled panel in front of the pedal, those are truly junk.

joetele

I've got a JHS (John Hornby Skewes) stereo volume pedal which was originally around £30 which was quite good - it's got very soft ratchets on the taper so that it stays put when I take my foot away. It's not as good as your high end stuff but it does the job. 

57Deluxe

I have the Caline Wah/Volume combo - was only £41

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o12LaaaQySc