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Ernie Ball 6166 250K Mono Volume Pedal for Passive Electronics

Mono Volume Pedal from Ernie Ball
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Take Control of Your Guitar's Volume — with Your Foot!

The Ernie Ball 6166 Mono Volume Pedal puts complete volume control right at your feet! This quality volume pedal makes an excellent hands-free alternative for players who like to ride the volume knob. Use it to create amazing tonal textures in conjunction with other effects, or perform classic pedal-steel swells with ease. The 6166 Mono Volume Pedal uses a 250k ohm resistance for great performance with passive instruments. It includes an internal taper switch that allows you to select betwee two volume swell rates. A handy independent tuner output allows for silent tuning when the 6166 Mono Volume Pedal is in the "heel down" position.

Ernie Ball 6166 Mono Volume Pedal Features:
  • 250k ohm resistance for passive instruments
  • Selectable volume swell rate
  • Tough construction
  • Independent tuner output for silent tuning
The Ernie Ball 6166 Mono Volume Pedal gives you complete hands-free volume control!

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Tech Specs

  • Height: 2.75"
  • Width: 4"
  • Depth: 11"
  • Weight: 3 lbs.
  • Manufacturer Part Number: P06166

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Rated 5/5

Nice and quiet

Nice Pedal. Quality construction. Quiet.
Rated 5/5

Great Expression Pedal

After some calibration with my Eleven Rack, this works great as an expression pedal. Between the switch inside this pedal and the 11R settings, it has a nice sweet spot. Even sweeter is the fact that I do not have my signal running to my pedal board.
Music background: Home Studio/Road Gigs
Rated 4.5/5

Ernie Ball repairs

This is a great volume pedal but it has two issues: the potentiometer is hard to clean and the string can be hard to replace. To clean the pot I needed to remove the housing to apply Deoxit. (Replacing the potentiometer requires soldering and the part is about $20.) As for the string, you need hook and pick tools to attach the spring to the string. Some instructions online suggest using a paperclip; use the right tools and avoid frustration.
Music background: Electric bass
Rated 4.5/5

Ernie Ball 6166 Mono Volume Pedal

This pedal is well machined and the action is very smooth. I prefer to use it to control the wah effect in my multi-effects processor rather then add an external traditional wah. This way you lose nothing in the signal path. It's very strong too; I can't imagine someone breaking it. I purchased two of them; one to control volume and the other to use as an expression pedal. I wish the taper was more linear as a volume pedal but nothing is perfect.
Music background: Hobbyist
Rated 4.5/5

Ernie Ball 6166 Mono Volume pedal (Almost perfect)

This is a solid well machined volume pedal. I use the two that I purchased to control volume and expression on my G-System. They look like rudder pedals for an airplane. Very solid and smooth back and forth movement. It controls volume and other parameters very smoothly. I would give it five stars if the parameter control were more even; meaning the the first half of the pedal travel downwards has less of an effect on the parameter than the last half of the pedal's travel. The taper switch helps but I guess nothing is perfect.
Music background: Hobbyist
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