I have one of these Fender guys and really like it.

Volume pedal, for use with steel guitar.

While the "Real McCoy" pedal steel players would probably poke fun at this one, I'm a fan of the DVP Dunlop volume pedal I own...https://www.jimdunlop.com/product/dvp3-7-10137-06619-9.do?sortby=ourPicks&refType=&from=fn

numberthirty wrote:While the "Real McCoy" pedal steel players would probably poke fun at this one, I'm a fan of the DVP Dunlop volume pedal I own...https://www.jimdunlop.com/product/dvp3-7-10137-06619-9.do?sortby=ourPicks&refType=&from=fnI bought one of these and, right out of the box, noticed that the last 10% or so of the taper at the toe completely lost tension. Immediately returned.

Maurice wrote:Volume pedal, for use with steel guitar.I have a Trutone Visual Volume pedal that I like quite a bit. It's stereo, and has a tuner out jack. The pedal action on it is smooth, and the lights to show volume position on the side are really fun and useful. In passive mode, it can be used as an expression pedal, too. I think I got mine for $60 used way back when.

kerble wrote:Maurice wrote:Volume pedal, for use with steel guitar.I have a Trutone Visual Volume pedal that I like quite a bit. It's stereo, and has a tuner out jack. The pedal action on it is smooth, and the lights to show volume position on the side are really fun and useful. In passive mode, it can be used as an expression pedal, too. I think I got mine for $60 used way back when.Seconded. I bought this on an earlier rec from FM kerble on here a few years ago. Works great, no issues, and is pretty much the thing touching the bottom of my shoe the most on my pedal board. (Thanks, kerble!)

... set of tools for grillin'? Like these. For a pretty normal backyard-size grill, in the neighborhood of a 3' x 2' cooking area.

Might get a laptop in the new year, 1500-ish. Looking at Dell Inspirons, 7000 or 7577, or the XPS 15. Approve, or recommend similar?

Adam Sr wrote:Might get a laptop in the new year, 1500-ish. Looking at Dell Inspirons, 7000 or 7577, or the XPS 15. Approve, or recommend similar?Both the Dell Inspiron and XPS lines are great. Alternatively, Dell Latitudes and Lenovo ThinkPads are excellent as well.That said, 1500 quid is an insanely high budget for a laptop nowadays unless:1) You're a hardcore gamer and/or2) You compile Linux kernels at least once a day and/or3) You work in video editing/productionI suspect a 900-1000 budget (and even that is a generous upper bound) will get you 99% of what you want.

Cheers for the reply. Got the XPS 15. It's awesome. Spending the new year editing hardcore kernels.