FV-200 Stereo Volume Pedal

Metal construction, the usual solid Boss feel. Well shielded and the pots are not noisy. No tone color or signal loss that I can detect. Note that this is mostly a keyboard volume pedal, but is also suitable for use in a guitar effects chain. It's not designed to go direct between a guitar and amp as it's not high impedance. You'd want the FV-50H for that. I'm presently using it after a Boss CH-1 stereo chorus to send half the split signal to a second amp thru a delay pedal. Killer sound for some leads if you don't over-use it. The trick is to put the volume pedal before the delay so that the delay repeats carry on after you let up on the volume pedal.

I bought this used, does not appear to have been abused ( or even used that much.)I wanted it for the specific effect mentioned above (I'm doing a lot of Steve Hackett - Andy Summers style stuff at the moment) and I didn't want to spend hundreds on a pedal for one effect. I knew if I pawnshop-surfed long enough I'd find one relatively cheap. Apparently everyone else wants wah pedals.

This is a Boss stereo volume pedal, the predecessor to their current FV-300. 2 ins, 2 outs, and a minimum volume preset. No tuner out like the new model. There is a spring under the pedal that returns it to a preset volume level ( set by the Min Vol pot), which is useful in some settings but means you have to keep your foot on the pedal to get full volume. The spring looks removeable though, I may try that later. In the top half of travel the pedal stays where you put it.

No description, specs or manual available on the Boss site. I find Boss's websites long on advertising and woefully short on useful information. Considering that their pedals go thru many hands since they're so durable, and the manuals rarely come with used pedals, they should do more in this regard. How hard can it be to scan and .pdf a booklet manual? That said, a manual's really not necessary for a volume pedal. The specs would have been nice to browse before buying though.

Exactly what I was looking for for my echo control thing. I may find other uses for it later, especially since it's stereo. I you haven't yet tried stereo guitar thru 2 spaced-apart amps, which can be done fairly cheaply and quietly thru stereo pedals like the Boss Ch-1, I'd recommend trying it. Huge sound at ear-saving volumes can be had this way. It would have been nice to have the tuner-out feature that comes on the new Boss pedal, but I'll probably be buying a Loooper A/B/Y soon and I can get a tuner-out on that. This pedal's perfect for what I wanted.