HootOwlDude
Tele-Afflicted
I posted about my Morley Pro Series active volume pedal woes in an earlier thread with exceedingly limited response, perhaps because volume pedals are boring 
. I hope it’s kosher to reinvigorate potential interest with a new post.
The deal is that my Morley Pro Series volume pedal, which I bought used eons ago, pooped out the other night. After begrudgingly opening it up, I saw that the little plastic housing around the power input jack had crumbled, and the barrel connector couldn’t keep a reliable connection. After moping and silently cursing for a day or so, I desoldered the input jack out of a defunct MXR compressor I had kept around and soldered into the Morley. Fixed everything perfectly, even though it looked like a 7th grader had done it, but during my gassing for a new volume pedal for like a day and a half, I re-remembered how much I hate the sweep on the Morely. It sucks. Entirely. This fact is undebatable. Not quite on/off, but damn near. On the board, I have it after synth, envelope, compressor, boost and drive, so it is sort of a master control in my little pedal kingdom, and though I play primarily at home, I dig having a volume pedal there and use it all the time. Using it for swells, though, is horrible, and I love that sorta thing and want the versatility.
I simply would love to hear suggestions of what I should get to replace the Morely, since I’ve limited interest in trying to alter its sweep. Now, I have read/watched a LOT concerning all this over the past few days and know I can mod it, but am just not into it. Also, the thing has a surface area larger than Greenland. Screw that thing! My thoughts on new units are:
1) The mini Dunlop, of course, though the pot is 250k, and I have read that this is not ideal being fed by an array of buffered pedals, as it would be on my present board. Love the size, though, and the sweep is said to be good. And maybe being passive doesn’t matter as far as losing high end.
2) The Ernie Ball 25k version. Passive as well, requiring no power, and is good to take a low impedance/buffered signal with full, beautiful richness, or so I have read. That said, even in its jr size, it is longer than Chile, and would hang almost 2 inches over the edge my board where it’ll go, even after an extended Tetris match with my other dumb pedals. This unit, though, is quite cheap on Amazon right now.
3) The Hotone Soul Press 2. Also super economical, and active like my Morely too, and it has a foot-switchable wah, with switchable tone options for the wah and a Q knob too. I have read/watched varied feedback on the sweep of the volume. The quality or completeness of the sweep is important to me. The wah, though, is almost invariably reviewed as good. The reviews on the whole are positive, for all its functions. Also a great size!! And, dude, I used to be a wah guy. Maybe it’s time for a renaissance!
NOTE, my brothers: I CANNOT afford a Lehle, or at least am not willing to go so monetarily whole-hog on such a simple piece of gear. It just ain’t in me! I know one would solve everything probably, but eff that sort of cheddar.
Any feedback is appreciated, even those mentioning Lehles. Thank you kindly!
. I hope it’s kosher to reinvigorate potential interest with a new post.The deal is that my Morley Pro Series volume pedal, which I bought used eons ago, pooped out the other night. After begrudgingly opening it up, I saw that the little plastic housing around the power input jack had crumbled, and the barrel connector couldn’t keep a reliable connection. After moping and silently cursing for a day or so, I desoldered the input jack out of a defunct MXR compressor I had kept around and soldered into the Morley. Fixed everything perfectly, even though it looked like a 7th grader had done it, but during my gassing for a new volume pedal for like a day and a half, I re-remembered how much I hate the sweep on the Morely. It sucks. Entirely. This fact is undebatable. Not quite on/off, but damn near. On the board, I have it after synth, envelope, compressor, boost and drive, so it is sort of a master control in my little pedal kingdom, and though I play primarily at home, I dig having a volume pedal there and use it all the time. Using it for swells, though, is horrible, and I love that sorta thing and want the versatility.
I simply would love to hear suggestions of what I should get to replace the Morely, since I’ve limited interest in trying to alter its sweep. Now, I have read/watched a LOT concerning all this over the past few days and know I can mod it, but am just not into it. Also, the thing has a surface area larger than Greenland. Screw that thing! My thoughts on new units are:
1) The mini Dunlop, of course, though the pot is 250k, and I have read that this is not ideal being fed by an array of buffered pedals, as it would be on my present board. Love the size, though, and the sweep is said to be good. And maybe being passive doesn’t matter as far as losing high end.
2) The Ernie Ball 25k version. Passive as well, requiring no power, and is good to take a low impedance/buffered signal with full, beautiful richness, or so I have read. That said, even in its jr size, it is longer than Chile, and would hang almost 2 inches over the edge my board where it’ll go, even after an extended Tetris match with my other dumb pedals. This unit, though, is quite cheap on Amazon right now.
3) The Hotone Soul Press 2. Also super economical, and active like my Morely too, and it has a foot-switchable wah, with switchable tone options for the wah and a Q knob too. I have read/watched varied feedback on the sweep of the volume. The quality or completeness of the sweep is important to me. The wah, though, is almost invariably reviewed as good. The reviews on the whole are positive, for all its functions. Also a great size!! And, dude, I used to be a wah guy. Maybe it’s time for a renaissance!
NOTE, my brothers: I CANNOT afford a Lehle, or at least am not willing to go so monetarily whole-hog on such a simple piece of gear. It just ain’t in me! I know one would solve everything probably, but eff that sort of cheddar.
Any feedback is appreciated, even those mentioning Lehles. Thank you kindly!
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