Volume Pedal

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Volume Pedal

Like the wah wah, this is an actual pedal, not a box. It has a rocker pedal that is like the gas pedal on your car. It is the same idea as a wah wah, but instead of controlling a tone knob, it controls a volume knob. This can be used just to fine-tune your guitar volume, but better than this is to use it as an effect in its own right to swell the volume, and make the guitar sound more like a violin by removing the attack (beginning) of each note. This sounds extra cool in combination with other effects, particularly delay and distortion.

Example: Sarah McLachlan: Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (album) heard all over in the guitars.

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