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Title: Passive volume pedal
Post by: Aharon on February 26, 2004, 07:40:30 PM

How do I wire a passive vol pedal.I know there is a resistor in there but how?.
I took a couple of mine apart years ago to use the pedal for something else and did not write down anything on how to put it back together.
Thanks
Aharon

Title: Passive volume pedal
Post by: nirvanas silence on February 26, 2004, 09:14:24 PM

Three lugs on the pot. Center is output jack, one outside lug is input jack and the other lug is to ground. Couldn't be easier.

Title: Passive volume pedal
Post by: Aharon on February 26, 2004, 10:38:31 PM

Thanks NS,mine had a resistor to ground (I think),do you know the value of that?.
Regards
Aharon

Title: Passive volume pedal
Post by: smoguzbenjamin on February 27, 2004, 07:56:00 AM

A resistor to ground... You could have a 50k pot for "min volume" on the side and then a 100k pot for footcontrolled volume. You add the 50k pot as a series resistor to ground. :)

Title: Passive volume pedal
Post by: bwanasonic on February 27, 2004, 09:15:30 AM

I think the resistor to ground might have been to change the sweep of the pot. The Ernie Ball has a switchable resistor for two different sweep curves.

Kerry M

Title: Passive volume pedal
Post by: mattburnside on February 27, 2004, 10:08:20 AM

Quote from: bwanasonicI think the resistor to ground might have been to change the sweep of the pot. The Ernie Ball has a switchable resistor for two different sweep curves.

Kerry M

Yeah, the newer EBs switch a resistor in across two of the pot lugs to fake an audio taper, IIRC.

Title: Passive volume pedal
Post by: Aharon on February 27, 2004, 02:41:16 PM

THanks for the answers,got it working as before.
Regards
Aharon

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