Ok, the pedal showed up--one day after we left for our west coast tour. Boo!! But I picked it up the day after we got back and finally had a chance to plug it in last night. It sounds fantastic! I haven't popped it open yet to see how it's set up but the tone pot sounds really good. The left to right is a bit stiff but I'm sure it will loosen up after playing it for a little while.
So if you can grab one of these pedals I highly recommend it.
Fender has decided to reissue a lot of its old pedals--including the tone/volume pedal popular with steel guitarists. I'm pretty stoked about this--especially since the new ones are cheaper than the vintage one I bought on Ebay years ago. (Tip: Don't pay the $119 asking price that you see on some websites. That's the actual manufacturer's suggested retail price--who pays that? You should be able to get it for considerably less than that.)
The new pedals are made in Korea so I'm interested to see if the workmanship is any good. But I'll have to wait for a bit. Fender underestimated the interest in these pedals so they've been on back order since January. The one I ordered isn't due in until early June.
I should mention that there's a notable difference between this new pedal and the vintage ones. The old ones had the input and the output on the right side of the pedal. And that makes a lot of since for the steel guitar. The new ones have the input on one side and the output on the other. Hope this doesn't cause too many issues. There's nothing I hate more than stepping on guitar cables. But--since I'm not playing pedal steel--it shouldn't be that big of an issue.
I'll report back once I've had the opportunity to try this thing out.
