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Anti-Booster, lowers the volume of the guitar to a set value
- Turns any single-channel amp into a two-channel setup
- Allows different sounds in combination with fuzz, distortion and overdrive
- Integrated adjustable treble-bleed circuit
- High impedance
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Completely passive, therefore also excellent in front of fuzz pedals
- 9V power supply for the LED
- True Bypass
The Volume Switch goes the opposite direction as a booster - it reduces the signal instead of amplifying it.
If a gain stage (this can be an effect pedal or the amp's preamp) is already overdriven, boosters usually only provide more distortion and compression - with the Volume Switch, you set your desired lead sound on your gain stage, and then passively reduce the level with the Volume Switch for less distortion and compression without colouring the sound - similar to the volume control on your guitar, but via footswitch and with adjustable treble bleed.
It allows you to get a cleaner sound out of an overdriven tube amp preamp (basically adding another channel to the amp) or to get a second sound out of fuzz, distortion and overdrive pedals.
Especially with fuzz, the best sounds are often found when the fuzz's knobs are set to maximum and the guitar's volume knob is turned down - with the Volume Switch, you can achieve this via footswitch.
The Volume Switch has a treble bleed circuit that can be adjusted by the mini knob, which prevents treble loss and allows the signal to sound clear even at low volumes. The circuit is designed to be tonally neutral to my ears with the mini-knob at 12 o'clock - but our ears and amps are all slightly different, so more or less treble can be let through if desired.
Optimised for use as the first pedal after the guitar, but can also be used elsewhere in the signal path - with buffered signals, however, the control path of the volume potentiometer is not entirely linear.
Inside you can set whether the LED lights up when activated or deactivated.
