Ernie Ball VP JR. Passive Volume Pedal

You shouldn't ever expect much from a volume pedal, ultimately you should never really think about it too much either! The VP JR is great for a reliable piece of equipment to easily take for granted. Being passive there's next to nothing to go wrong, and being a simple mechanical operation it's easy to fix if it ever did break.

Having the internal switch to change the shape of the volume sweep is nice as well. For those who don't know what I mean, you can have it to either increase in a linear fashion, or flick the switch so that at first the volume increases very little and then a lot faster when the top is pushed further down.

I like it, it hasn't broken yet, that's good.

This volume pedal is wonderful. If you don't like the swell you're dealt, flip the micro switch underneath the toe and get an even better swell1

It does the job well, especially considering its the junior. It would be nice if it were powered, but that could be fixed by buying the JHS modded version, which my buddy got, and he loves it. Perfect for swells and any transitional changes of volume.

I know a lot of people have issues with these because of tone suck or the string breaking, but the string is an easy fix, and as long as you're smart with placement and buffering, the tone suck isn't a problem at all. It does what it needs to do, and it does it well. I've had mine for two years with no issues.

Mine's Volume Pedal Woes (Active/No Loss JHS Mod)

2 of them, both used as expression pedals for the Ground Control. One is used as volume pedal which controls Voicelive through the GC and the other one depending on the presets, either as volume pedal for Ableton through GC, or controlling parameters for the Behringer FX2000 through the GC as well.

2 of them, both used as expression pedals for the Ground Control. One is used as volume pedal which controls Voicelive through the GC and the other one depending on the presets, either as volume pedal for Ableton through GC, or controlling parameters for the Behringer FX2000 through the GC as well.

Other than the string breaking inside the volume pedal every year and having to replace it, which is cheap, (it only cost five dollars for the string and you can put it on yourself), the volume pedal is a standard and my acoustic and my electric shows.

This pedal gets the job done, but I would shy away if you're real snobby about your tone, it definitely sucks it away. It's always quite noisy if you use the tuner port for a tuning pedal.

Not A Perfect Pedal. Cuts Your Highs. I'm Getting The JHS Mod. But Even Stock Is Pretty Good. The Internal Switch Is Cool Too! It Can Fix A Junky Live Mix! It Can Swell! Great For Worship And More Dynamic Playing In General, More Of A Utility Pedal, But Still, Pretty Awesome..