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Ernie Ball VP Jr "Active/No Loss" mod


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Does anyone know if there's a UK based modder that will do something similar to this?

https://www.jhspedals.com/products/mod-shop/ernie-ball-volume/

I already have the pedal, and I don't feel like shipping it off to America 😛 Never paid too much attention before, but I've started using the volume pedal again after a few years out and there is definitely a noticeable change in the sound as noted in the article. 

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Well, any passive component put to the high impedance (hi-Z) signal path naturally affects the sound. Isn't this a no-brainer?

Guitarists put treble bleed capacitors to their guitars, because that volume pot alone changes the load to the pickup and reduces high end reproduction when turned down. If you use an active signal path, the load is practically eliminated and the pots do not change your sound. The change from hi-Z passive electronics to lo-Z active gives the possibility to use adjustments that do not affect each other. Blend should not be a tone or...

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