weird idea

Fuzzy Fred · Post by **Fuzzy Fred** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:00 am

does anyone make an overdrive/fuzz pedal with an expression pedal hooked up for the gain knob. I mean, if someone made like a smaller footprint expression pedal, I think it would be really cool for pedals like the fuck that have a big range of tones.

idk, i'm really bored in class and i thought of this awesome idea. not sure if its feasible, or if its been done, but if someone makes one now, i expect a pedal

Schlatte · Post by **Schlatte** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:12 am

I have considered doing it but I came to the conclusion that it was not really a "great" thing to have... I mean yeah.. I love exp. pedals for filters, delay time, lfo speed, sweep range etc. But with dirt it's just not that big of a deal imo... You just set your gain at a setting you like and kick on your pedal... I never really thought it would be cool to sweep my gain with a exp pedal as I play.. :idk:

snipelfritz · Post by **snipelfritz** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:15 am

Not a builder, but I'm sure it's possible. The gain knob on the pedal is just a potentiometer(turns to control resistance), if you put that on some kind of rocking spindle outside of the enclosure, there you go!

I'm just not sure how practical that would be. Tone might be cooler actually

It could actually be a very simple mod I'd imagine. Just reroute the wires where they would go to the gain knob and instead have them go to a cable insert that you've installed.

Fuzzy Fred · Post by **Fuzzy Fred** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:17 am

Schlatte wrote:I have considered doing it but I came to the conclusion that it was not really a "great" thing to have... I mean yeah.. I love exp. pedals for filters, delay time, lfo speed, sweep range etc. But with dirt it's just not that big of a deal imo... You just set your gain at a setting you like and kick on your pedal... I never really thought it would be cool to sweep my gain with a exp pedal as I play..

Well I don't mean sweep the gain as you play (although you could to be really annoying :evil:

) but I think it would be cool to be able to easily increase gain like mid song, you know? I just thought it was a cool/weird idea

Gunner Recall · Post by **Gunner Recall** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:22 am

Toneczar Vault does this...awesome fuzz. Also expensive fuzz :cool:

Totally worth it imo, but for some maybe not :lol:

Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D. · Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:22 am

one of the old akai distortions unit has this! i forget what its called? distortomatic??

it comes w/ the exp pedal built in and u can route it however u want if i remember correctly.

edit: its the D1 Shred-o-matic! and its got tooooobbbzzz
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Akai-D1-Shred-O ... 753wt_1196

this ones at $26 bucks and ends in like 3 hours!

kbit · Post by **kbit** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:29 am

Isn't there some kind of expression pedal that you can connect directly to any pot if you take the knob off and it will actually turn it?
I swore I've seen a picture of that thing, but have no idea what it's called.

coldbrightsunlight · Post by **coldbrightsunlight** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:32 am

http://www.musictoyz.com/guitar/pedals/tip.php

Fuzzy Fred · Post by **Fuzzy Fred** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:35 am

so i wasn't a cool innovator.

oh well, i might get one :evil:

soapbars · Post by **soapbars** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:37 am

Some Malekko B:Assmaster have this.

Schlatte · Post by **Schlatte** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:50 am

snipelfritz wrote:Not a builder, but I'm sure it's possible. The gain knob on the pedal is just a potentiometer(turns to control resistance), if you put that on some kind of rocking spindle outside of the enclosure, there you go!

I'm just not sure how practical that would be. Tone might be cooler actually

It could actually be a very simple mod I'd imagine. Just reroute the wires where they would go to the gain knob and instead have them go to a cable insert that you've installed.

It's not that easy because it's all about the value of the pot. If your dirt circuit uses a 10k pot to control your gain and you just add a jack for an exp. pedal to the lugs of the pot it won't work because your exp. pedal has a 50k or 22k or 100k pot. You would have to mod your exp pedal too.

It would be easily doable with a digital circuitry, tho (the dirt circuit remains all analog- just the exp controller is digital). You take a PIC µC for example and use the "gain" pot on your pedal as a voltage divider between V+ and GND and feed it to an analog input on your processor. Then you take a digital pot as your actual gain pot of your dirt circuit and control it via the processor. If you now connect an exp pedal the resistance of it doesn't really matter because a voltage divider is a voltage divider. M'kay? :idk:

kbit · Post by **kbit** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:01 am

monkeydancer wrote:http://www.musictoyz.com/guitar/pedals/tip.php

Bingo

Jero · Post by **Jero** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:50 am

Um guys, the elements...

Astricii · Post by **Astricii** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:59 am

It's an option on the malekko b:assmaster

BlindtoFaith · Post by **BlindtoFaith** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 12:02 pm

Jero wrote:Um guys, the elements...

BINGO!

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