Controlling output volume with an expression pedal

  • To some of you this may be a big "duh", but I thought the expression pedal could only be used to control the INPUT volume like a traditional volume pedal, which is like rolling back your guitar's volume. As you may know, this can reduce the input gain and change your tone.

    BUT, you can set it up so it controls the overall OUTPUT volume, as if you were turning the big output volume knob, which does NOT affect tone. You can set it to BOOST volume (ie, when the pedal is rolled back it's normal volume, when rolled forward it increases volume) or to drop volume (the opposite).


    This is HUGE if you play live and need to tweak your output volume during songs, solos, fills or just to balance it out when you switch between rigs (or when your bandmates keep turning up!).

    The disparity in volume between rigs was always my biggest complaint about modelers, but Kemper has now solved it!