Mono Volume Pedal from Ernie Ball
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Brand | Ernie Ball | ||
Category | Guitar Volume Pedals | ||
Height: | 2.75", | ||
Width: | 4", | ||
Depth: | 11", | ||
Weight: | 3 lbs., | ||
Manufacturer Part Number: | P06166, |
Ernie Ball repairs
This is a great volume pedal but it has two issues: the potentiometer is hard to clean and the string can be hard to replace. To clean the pot I needed to remove the housing to apply Deoxit. (Replacing the potentiometer requires soldering and the part is about $20.) As for the string, you need hook and pick tools to attach the spring to the string. Some instructions online suggest… read more using a paperclip; use the right tools and avoid frustration.
Nice and quiet
Nice Pedal. Quality construction. Quiet.
Great Expression Pedal
After some calibration with my Eleven Rack, this works great as an expression pedal. Between the switch inside this pedal and the 11R settings, it has a nice sweet spot. Even sweeter is the fact that I do not have my signal running to my pedal board.
Ernie Ball 6166 Mono Volume Pedal
This pedal is well machined and the action is very smooth. I prefer to use it to control the wah effect in my multi-effects processor rather then add an external traditional wah. This way you lose nothing in the signal path. It's very strong too; I can't imagine someone breaking it. I purchased two of them; one to control volume and the other to use as an expression pedal. … read more I wish the taper was more linear as a volume pedal but nothing is perfect.
Ernie Ball 6166 Mono Volume pedal (Almost perfect)
This is a solid well machined volume pedal. I use the two that I purchased to control volume and expression on my G-System. They look like rudder pedals for an airplane. Very solid and smooth back and forth movement. It controls volume and other parameters very smoothly. I would give it five stars if the parameter control were more even; meaning the the first half of the pedal… read more travel downwards has less of an effect on the parameter than the last half of the pedal's travel. The taper switch helps but I guess nothing is perfect.
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