Nice volume pedal

Reasonably priced, nice looking, well constructed and smooth operating pedal. Easy to adjust pedal tension and minimum volume setting to suit individual's preferences. I like the tuner output feature as well. Just an all around quality product.

great pedal

love the volume settings , very smooth and a super clean sound. this is a great pedal.

Versatile

Whats not to like? its well constructed...and you can dial in precision control of volume fades. Great product.

Boss FV-500H Volume/Expression Pedal

Robust, High Quality, Outstanding Performance.

Used together with the TC Electronic G-System as volume and wah expression pedals; will be later used as modulation and whammy expression pedals as G-System grows with me.

Do the right thing by choosing a high-quality expression pedal that will last the lifetime of your other multi-effects device: the Boss FV-500H is the correct expression pedal for the application.

Works great as an expression pedal.

Very sturdy. Works like a charm as an expression pedal. Didn't try it as a standard volume.

Your basic workhorse.

Out of the many choices, I picked the Boss for a volume pedal because I trust the brand. As with other foot-operated devices made by Roland/Boss, this one lives up to the standard of being exceptionally robust and well crafted. I have not tried using the expression pedal output yet, but as a volume pedal it's been the bee's knees.

Great pedal... overall

I will only use this pedal, it's a tank (for the most part). Well constructed... externally. Internally, not so much. Why? Why the half-star? Because I went through 2 of these pedals in about a year and a half. Why again you ask? There is a screw in the hinge bar that keeps the pedal weighted enough to be disengaged. It tends to break in half and renders the pedal useless. $100 a year is a bit expensive to be sure. You get what you pay for and overall, it's a fantastically phenomenal pedal, one that I will ONLY use... if Boss were to fix this problem and make it better.

Great pedal built like a tank.

This is a great pedal and will recommend it if you use a pedalboard and a tube amp.

Pros:
It's built like a tank and don't need any battery.
Can be used like an expression pedal.
You can assign the minimum and max volume levels.
It has a tuner output.
Smooth pedal action.

Cons:
Even when fully depressed (to minimum volume) you can hear a very minimal amount of your guitar signal, althought I primarily use this pedal for live performances than recordings, so it doesn't bother me at all.

Up to now I had always used my guitar volume knob, but this pedal has made my life much easier. Just make sure you put it at the end of your guitar effect's chain but just in front of the delay so you don't affect the last repetitions of the delay signal.

Works just fine

I'm using this as an expression pedal for the electro-harmonix q-balls envelope filter. It works perfectly. I also like that I can control the frequency sweep using the "min volume" knob. The travel is a little farther than the typical wah pedal, but it's easy enough to get used to. Works great as a volume pedal as well and has a silent tuner out option.

Nice Volume / Expression Pedal

I bought the Boss FV-500H as an expression pedal to work with my Boss PS-5 Super Shifter, as the aluminum casing appeared to be much more durable than the Roland EV-5. The addition of the volume control feature also prompted me to choose this product. On the negative side, this pedal is quite large and bulky (11" x 4"), making it unwelcome in certain pedal boards. Additionally, the moving parts of this unit are largely constructed of plastic, making it more prone to damage than its appearance would suggest. Having a cast-aluminum housing means nothing if the most important parts of the unit are plastic! If I were to redo my order, I would choose the Alesis F2 volume / expression pedal over this Boss product.