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On the flip side, I've got two Fender Vol/Tone pedals and they both have the correct mojo for me. I paid $35 for one and $90 for the other, but I don't think those deals are representative of what someone would realistically have to pay nowadays.

If clean, I'd say $150 would be a reasonable ballpark, given that no one else is making this type of pedal and other contemporary pedals are in the $150+ range retail.

Again, as with most vintage type gear, it's a GFAO (go find another one) situation.

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1. Pedals adversely "colored" the tone of my guitar.
2. Pedals drained power from my amp.
3.Pedals are high and not comfortable.
4. Never used the side-to-side.

I found the Fender much easier to work on. c The Bigsby - well, it requires a lot of patience (I'm being very kind here).

One of these days I'll buy a Hilton.

I had a Bigsby as as Herb and MJ posted...I do agree. They are both good opinions of the Bigsby pedal.

I would be interested if those of you who have a Fender T&V pedal can tell me if there
is a noticeable difference in tone if any with the use of the pedal as opposed to the
tone control on the guitar.

I have some time on my hands.Im here at home.
I have a reason for my question. I would appreciate someone to reply,,dont get too
technical,,,,Im not an electronic engineer

I am well aware of the Fender T&V pedal,,,but
the Bigsby was the most sought after back when. My objection was the "high profile" of the Bigsby,,,,the other objection was a guy by the Initials L.F.

Appreciate a few comments on the question above. I know the pedal free's the hand from
getting the desired tone change,,,but is it the same as using the hand?,,,and do you feel
you have as much control with the pedal effect as you do with the use of your hand.

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Iam using a tone & volume pedal ,,,not a Fender or Bigsby

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I want to report this to the "board of directors" of Fender Past...(CBS) some of them are mumified,,,but I can shake em up.

App 1948 I met him and he sold me one of his pedals,,,I have used it since then,,Epiphone
then hooked up with Tony Rocco and they named
it the Epi-Rocco Tonexpressor...It works on an entirely different principal than any I have ever seen.

I get three different tonal qualities,,,bass,treble,,and extreme treble.

When I crash bar,,I go from "bass left" on the swivel plate,,and bypass the middle treble position and when I crash the bar the
effect is most definite. Natrually the extent
of bass or treble depends on the amp setting as well as the tone control setting on the guitar.

Example,,,,If I want to get a real crash effect,,,I by pass the middle normal treble, and far right the treble cuts thru like a hot knife on a slice of butter.

For some reason back then,,very few used this pedal,,,I beleive Alvino had one,,there
were only about 125 manufactured.

I remember Leo Fender asking me to send my pedal to him,,,,as I bragged on it,,,I did and he felt it was too invloved,,,this was a while before the Fender T&V pedal came out.

There are a number of parts,,,resistors caps,
tranformers etc,,but I'll tell you this,,,it really does the job for me.

Paul Bigsby called me years ago,,,he was a nice man and since I owned one of his great guitars,,,he asked me to send it to him as he
was about to start a legal action against Epiphone,,,I told Mr. Bigsby,,,it was of no use to him as this pedal is nowhere near anything I have ever seen.

Tony Rocco passed away years back and he gave me another one of his pedals,,,his own
personal pedal....If you want a photo of him with his first ever pedal,,,I can e mail a picture of him and his first pedal.

When I crank up my quad and turn the blend control full on and then use this pedal,,,,it
sounds like a full brass section and then some. I almost,I said almost sound as good as Herb Steiner. Here it sounds something like this,,,,,the Fender is Boo Wah,,,,bass to treble,,,,somewhat like the tone control on the guitar,,,,the Bigsby ditto. Boo Wah

The Rocco is Boo Wah Waaaaaaaa crash. Im not trying to plug my antique LP,,,but if you can
listen to what it sounds like on Idaho,,,I used the Fender T&V pedal as well on the LP
but used mostly the Rocco,. Hey I never said I played good,,,but I did have good guitars and good amps and a great pedal. Why does it take me so long to explain something??????

PS.notice Iam shortening up my posts??. Im trying.,,,If they get too short,,I'll get back on the Calcitrate.

[This message was edited by Jody Carver on 02 March 2002 at 07:45 AM.]

Check your e mail,,,btw,,,I read some of your
articles in the PSGA newsletter....very interesting. Im glad you helped me explain this great pedal, sorry you lost it,,,I have a friend who passed away a while ago, his wife calls me once in awhile,,,he had one that I got for him years ago.

If and when I get to see her in Florida I will see if she still has it. He preffered the Fender pedal as he didnt do much with the tone effects,. He sold his Fender steel years ago as well as his amp,,but I know she has the pedal. I always told him not to sell
the pedal,,,,there are none around. I know,,,
I have tried many times to find one.

Jody, I'll help you answer Marks question.....the first "distortion" effect you and I and others of our generation had was a busted speaker....It was known that some players actually poked a hole in the speaker with the tip of a pencil to achieve that effect in the recording studio! Gene

[This message was edited by Gene Jones on 05 March 2002 at 02:42 PM.]