Very fussy pedal. Not very good if you are looking for true volume boost without changing the transparency of your effects.

good action,easy to use all around a nice addition to the mix.

Overall this is an awesome pedal. It works great, is very sturdy and you can set the minimum and maximum volume and even silence your amp with just a switch of your foot. I also like this pedal because it doesnt require a power source and just works off of the amp. but id say the only bad thing about this pedal is that its a little on the large side (an understatement). its a little larger than 11" X 4" and it doesnt fit in most BOSS pedal boards. but i have heard that the BCB-60 can accomodate the V-WAH pedal by removing the cord concealer but i think the V-WAH is a little bit smaller than the FV-500 so im not sure it will fit.

I perform with this pedal weekly during the winter on a fender tube amp with a band. It really does the job when you need to climb above the rest of the band and make your solo's heard. It is a bit touchy and jumps, but once you get used to it, it's not that bad.

It's a nice pedal, well built, and it works fine...on a clean channel. If you are looking for something to make your high gain channel solos jump out of the mix, this isn't it.

None of the volume pedals I have tried do that. Get a Boss GE-7 EQ pedal, now you're talking solos that jump out of the mix and grab people by the ears.

Again, for clean guitar work and probably keyboard, this really is a nice volume pedal. It's smooth, the minimum volume works well, and it's very sturdy. If you want it for face melters though, not gonna happen.