Dunlop DVP4 Volume X Mini Review 

I appreciate that you talked this pedal through--lots of others just demo'd it. You're the first I've found that opened it up and explained the dip switches, which is what I was looking for. Thank you!

Great video, Ryan! Extremely well described mechanics, size comparisons, controls and especially the contrast between a linear and audio taper. Enough to confidently purchase the Dunlop DVP4. Thanks!

Great video, I just would have liked to hear it as a volume pedal, I have been looking for a volume pedal and now I will go straight to this one, best I have found! Thanks man !

Great Information. getting an EL Cap for my small Acoustic pedalboard. I guess the Dunlop Mini will do the trick. Seems like exactly what I was looking for.

I use the same combo! DVP4 + Pitch Fork and it's awesome!

Awesome video man and great playing! Love the choice of footwear btw!

If you use a pedal like the ehx deluxe memory boy, the expression pedal will sweep from zero all the way to the pot position for a certain parameter. So you can set the maximum level on the pedal and the minimum from the internal trimpot on the dunlop...

For the trim pot, you'd want to adjust the heel position higher if you're using it as a volume pedal before your drives to adjust the gain. For my clean tone, I usually just pull back on my volume pedal a bit to clear up my drive pedals, and I guess if you didn't want to have to think about where to stop it, you could set the heel position at like 30% or whatever to get a consistent output from it so your clean tone always sounds the same.

The tip and ring will reverse the tip and ring of the expression jack. I think it's just the pitch fork not being affected by it.

I own the same Morley volume pedal. There is a fix for the audio sweep problem you mentioned. It's a pretty easy fix. There are some instructions online. I think Scott Grove has a video on it. However all you do is basically bend the LED bulb back ever so slightly. Less of the light hits the optical sensor and you can create a much smoother sweep.

I don't think anyone else addressed this, but the TRS polarity switch is to adjust for some effects (I think Moog comes to mind?) whose potentiometer wipers are connected to the ring and not the tip. It has nothing to do with the polarity of the sweep, which is typically called "Reverse" or something similar. Though I believe your pitchfork shouldn't have continued functioning once you swapped the switch to wiper-on-ring... I could be wrong about exactly how it works.

Heel adjustment is exactly what I was looking for! I have the Moog expression pedal, but it ain't cutting it for my Belle Epoch Deluxe. If I use the Moog in conjunction with my BED for the delay time, the pedal sets the Toe position, and then the Moog sets the Toe again... If I want to set a minimum and maximum delay time, I can't with the Moog. The Dunlop solves this problem because I can set the maximum delay time on the BED, and the minimum delay time on the Dunlop. It also sounds useful to set on a volume pedal because normally Toe is unity gain, and Heel is a mute. Setting up Heel to actually pass sound instead of remaining silent could be useful to set a lower volume going into a fuzz pedal or something. For me it seems the heel adjustment on the Dunlop is more useful.

I also plan to use this pedal to control my pitch fork too, but I'm still having problems looking for a small TRS cable right angle plug to fit my compact board.

Nice review. Wasn’t expecting the shootout of other pedals, good rundown though. What’s the fuzz at the end 🤘. The minimum heal adjustment would be more useful for the volume pedal function than expression imo.

I would have to guess the tip/ring switch would be for accommodating fuzz pedals or for a solution to match pedals of differing polarities before and after the volume pedal. It's really a clever idea.

Tip and ring is similar to polarity and is just a communication switch so different companies pedals can "hear" the exp pedal.

Regarding the heel vs toe polarity, it could be a matter of playing comfort. Since most pedal boards are angled toward the player, and since the pedal itself is angled, you could reverse the polarity and place the pedal "upside-down" on the board making it more flat. That would certainly help with ankle comfort?

PSA: The dip switch for the tip and ring is there because a TRS uses a neutral, tip, ring, and in my experience with a helix, it does not use TRS cables, so it's missing the neutral. The pedal on default, "TRS mode" makes the peak of the sweep in the middle of the sweep of the pedal, changing the dip switch makes it like normal!

Sick playing!!

hey! thanks for the review! I wanted to know, does the internal pot also work to set the minimum Volume level or does it only work for the expression setting?

Initially, I used this as an Expression Pedal for the Pitchfork, but no matter what I did, I could not reverse the heel/toe relationship. I even contacted Dunlop directly and they explained that it was probably the way the Pitchfork was wired (???). Now I use it as a standard volume pedal and it saves a lot of room on the board. But no matter what I do, I can't get the Tuner output to function. I'll keep trying. But it's still a great mini volume pedal.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but from what I’ve read in my small amount of research today, you can set the heel max with the pot right? But that the toe max is the knob on the pedal of the thing you’re adjusting, like if you have a univibe and you want it to control the rate; the rate knob becomes your max, trim pot become your min? Idk I haven’t tried it as I don’t have an expression pedal yet 😂

Great vid, thanks. Dude, who's going to see the top cover of your DVP4 when you're performing? None of the audience- that's for sure. Forget about it (glad you did).

I use the heel adjustment to calibrate the pedal too my HX top

I think adjusting the heel position would be good for swells, you want to be sure that you're completely eliminating the attack of the guitar and if you can do that without having to bring the heel all the way back you're less likely to accidentally keep some attack in there

the toe down adjustment makes it so you can use it as sort of a boost. crank that dial almost all the way up & the last little bit is the boost

I was hoping for a demo of the volume function doing some swells or something..

讲得太好了！ 感谢！

Haha, totally with you on the looks!

Both my Ernie’s pedal strings broke and yes I have two Morleys also same issues. You can fix the Ernie’s but I’m tired of the size also. So that being said I ordered a Dunlop today.

So, I have a line 6 hx effects and a stone deaf pdf2. I'd like an exp pedal for the hx and a volume pedal for the SD, does anyone know if this pedal could do both at the same time? If so if could save me a bunch of cash

Is there a function on the expression that can control major 3rd toe down and minor 3rd heel down? I’ve seen it in a demo of someone using a ehx expression pedal with the pitchfork

How ohms on the pot? Can you reverse the sweep on the expression pedal?

FELLOW DVP4 owners - by moving the first dip switch from Tuner Out to Expression Out would this hook up to my DL4 loop station thru the Aux? so i can manipulate the delay lengths/ decay/ etc? and in turn, basically use this pedal to control any pedal that allows for an expression pedal Aux?

Does the blue trimpot work for the AUX only? Or it can be used for the Output as well?

The internal trim pot, does it control volume range as well or only expression range? I bought one and it seems not to control volume range. Maybe I’m missing something? Main reason I use a VP is to slowly drop down to clean.

The moog being so cheep always made me cautious. Is there really no bad thing about it other than the size?

Try using your plumbus to fix the pedal to work with the pitchfork.

do I need a Y cable to split the ring and tip in order for me to use the aux? because the Aux is not working in my strymon big sky. I configured my strymon correctly but the aux of pedal is not working

Can I use it like a midi expression pedal?

Personally, I would replace the rubber topper with standard skateboard grip tape. It makes it look a lot nicer

Does this work on the zoom b3 ? The fP01m kinda suck

is there any way to adjust the volume sweep? i've got the pot trimmed all the way back, but it still jumps from 60-100% way too fast at the toe

is it active? does it have some tone suck?

I wish the pedal toe/heel range were more linear. It seems I loose %80 of my volume with only, say, %10 of the pedal moving (too sensitive).

I noticed you're jamming that pitchfork I didn't care for that pedal it made a weird artifact on my tone... I went to the DigiTech drop whammy sounds way better than the electrical harmonics.

is it low impedance or high impedance?

Does it contain a 250k pot or a 25k one?

What is sitting on your amp? It looks like a willie-ring tickler I've seen at the Pleasure Chest

Cool V neck

Can u use it as a volume pedal and an expression (for another pedal)? Not necessarily at the same time

Man, I don't realize can I use this pedal as volume and expression at the same time? If I turned off the pitch fork will It just a regular volume or not? Thanks

please can somebody name the red guitar in the background? :(

Was that an octave fuzz that you were expressing there? If not, what was it?

5:26 I heard that squeak... is that common with these?

does it have same feel for active n passive guitar/basses ?

How do i use this with a polytune so its always on?

If your mechanical pedal develops a squeak/creak, give it some grease 👍 #keepitlubed

How is this still holding up for you ?!

“Potentionally” lol

Don't u mean #gearious? ;)

So cute and tiny

You're completely wrong on your discussion of audio vs linear taper. Our ears hear in the same algorithm as an audio taper pot. Linear taper pots were used for tone pots once upon a time since they are a straight line taper. Not sure where the whole audio vs linear taper pots was going...?..

can i use this with an avalanche run?

Your DVP4 is already squeaking.. 🤔 Lots of people complain it squeaks fast... Also, that they have to keep adjusting the adjustment screw all the time.

"Liked" this video purely for the Plumbus

too small, nice features though

All talk and no demo? What is the point?

Why not get rid of that shitty distortion so we can actually hear what the pedal can do?

Nice plumbus 🤣

Too much talk! Next time include a demo of the volume pedal.