Are You Using the WRONG Volume Pedal?

Episode 99.5: Volume Pedals Welcome to the Chairmen of the Boards Podcast! The ultimate pedalboard podcast with the foremost rig builders in the world: Grant Klassen (Goodwood Audio), Brian Omilion (Omilion Audio), and Mason Marangella (Vertex Effects/The Rig Doctor). We've teamed up to democratize great tone and provide you with our best tricks, tips, resources and hacks so you can build the pedalboard of your dreams! //SPONSORS// The Guitar Sanctuary - https://theguitarsanctuary.com Neural DSP - https://neuraldsp.com (use discount code "chairmen" for 30% off) Mono - https://monocreators.com (use discount code "chairmen" for 10% off) Best-Tronics - https://btpa.com (use code "dachairs" for 10% off) TABLE OF CONTENTS 00:00 - Introduction 02:48 - Volume pedal impedances 03:22 - What volume pedal impedance do I want? 06:30 - What is an ACTIVE volume pedal 08:40 - Benefit of an ACTIVE volume pedal 10:09 - Don’t use tuner out on passive volume pedals 12:09 - Volume pedal in your signal chain 17:01 - Volume pedal before drives 17:21 - Volume pedal after drives 17:53 - Volume pedal after drives is best for swells 18:36 - Mason's thoughts on volume placement 19:46 - Volume pedal at the very end of your signal chain 20:56 - Volume pedal into effects loop 21:16 - Mason's thoughts on volume pedals into effects loop 23:26 - How to make passive effects loop active 23:55 - Mason describes the Kleinulator 29:01 - Grant's thoughts on effects loops 30:26 - Volume pedal placement is the most drastic change in signal chain 31:09 - Volume pedal with wet/dry/wet rig 38:02 - Our current favorite volume pedals 38:28 - Mason's favorite volume pedals 45:59 - Grant's favorite volume pedals 47:35 - Keeping your setup compact 49:32 - Grant's favorite volume pedal 50:43 - Mason's most difficult volume pedal to use 51:39 - Volume pedal must turn signal off 52:58 - Volume pedal size 56:43 - Episode recap //HOSTS// Grant Klassen (Goodwood Audio) YT - @GoodwoodAudio IG -   / goodwoodaudio   Brian Omilion (Omilion Audio) YT - @omilionaudio IG -   / omilionaudio   Mason Marangella (Vertex Effects) YT - @VertexEffects IG -   / vertexeffects   #volumepedal #guitarpedals #guitarpedalboard