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Re: Volume pedals
Thanks for the info Kim. I wonder if my EMGs with their active pickup
compensates for this on some level...
Mark Sottilaro
On Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at 10:07 AM, Kim Flint wrote:
> At 09:09 AM 4/22/2003, Mark Sottilaro wrote:
>> On Monday, April 21, 2003, at 09:52 AM, Jesse Ray Lucas wrote:
>>
>>> The only bummer about a passive volume pedal is that there seems to
>>> be a low frequency roll-off as you decrease the volume. Not good
>>> for bass players.
>>
>> A simple passive tone control shouldn't actually lower the amount of
>> low frequency energy in your signal.
>
> the high output impedance of a bass/guitar pickup can interact with
> the resistor of a passive volume control to create a filter. The same
> thing can happen with volume controls mounted on the bass/guitar.
> oftentimes capacitors are added inside guitars to compensate.
>
> kim