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title: "Robust"
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# High-impedance input for pristine guitar tone Adjustable pedal torque for personalized feel Heavy-duty aluminum die-cast body for road toughness Robust

**Brand:** boss
**Price:** ₱18816
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🎛️ Command your sound with rock-solid control and pro-level finesse!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Robust by boss
- **How much does it cost?** ₱18816 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
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## Best For

- boss enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted boss brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Built Like a Tank:** Rugged aluminum die-cast chassis ensures this pedal withstands the rigors of touring and daily gigs.
- • **Dual Functionality:** Use as a volume pedal or expression controller for amps, effects, and synths—versatility that keeps you ahead of the curve.
- • **Pro-Grade Reliability:** Trusted by pros for 14+ years, this pedal delivers consistent performance with minimal tone loss, so you never miss a beat.
- • **Customizable Pedal Feel:** Adjust torque to match your playing style—smooth and responsive or firm and controlled.
- • **Precision Volume Control:** Seamlessly sculpt your sound with high-impedance input designed to preserve your guitar’s natural tone.

## Overview

The BOSS FV-500H is a high-impedance volume and expression pedal crafted from heavy-duty aluminum die-cast material, offering adjustable pedal torque for a personalized playing experience. Designed for guitarists and other high-impedance instruments, it delivers smooth, reliable volume control with minimal tone loss. Its rugged build and versatile expression output make it a staple for professionals seeking durability and precision on stage or in the studio.

## Description

For 14 years, the famous BOSS FV-300 served as an industry-standard volume pedal. The tradition continued with the FV-50 series, but today the bar has been raised with BOSS’s FV-500H (mono, high-impedance, inst. level) and FV-500L (stereo, low-impedance) pedals. These tank-tough diecast pedals are designed to meet the needs of the most demanding customers. The pedals offer a new stylish design, a road-tough build, and a comfortable, smooth action. Both models also provide an Expression output for use with expression-compatible amps, effects, and even synthesizers.

Review: Works well and built like a tank. - This is an extremely good volume pedal. I have not had a lot of experience with volume pedals, but I will try to break down each set of criteria in order to convey the quality of the product. CONSTRUCTION: Very well built, very solid pedal. It is huge though, bigger than my full tone wah pedal in every dimension. The part that moves the pot inside is also a metal blade, unlike other pedals that use either a rubber band or string to apply tension to the interior pot. TONE: There is very minimal tone loss. With the volume pedal, my signal is going through the volume pedal and a couple true bypass pedals (compressor, wah, and OD) When I hooked my guitar up directly to the amp, there was very minimal high end reduction. It basically sounds like you added a tone knob and turned it down to 8-9 instead of 10. Now, this could be the pedal, or it could also be the lengths of cable going into the pedal and then into the amp being shortened by half when I disconnect the pedals. That's being said however.... It was not enough loss to have me change any of my settings besides maybe my tone knob on the guitar I cranked up a tiny bit. In other words... if you are a tone hound and small things will drive you nuts, maybe a volume pedal isn't for you (inherent in the design of a volume pedal there will almost always be tone loss as a volume pedal IS a potentiometer which has resistance, no matter what you do). FEEL/USAGE Others have commented that there is a cliff, this is true. BUT something to keep in mind about potentiometers again.... they usually work as AUDIO tapers, what this means, is that it tapers your signal on a LOGARITHMIC scale, not a linear scale. Using a logarithmic scale, a volume pot at roughly volume 5 wont be giving you 50% volume, but instead will give you 10% (logarithmic scaling is NOT 1:1). So again, inherent in the design of something that has an audio taper, is that is operates on a logarithmic scale, which means, that as you keep decreasing the volume, the effect becomes more drastic as you roll more off..... I.E once the volume starts dropping... it REALLY starts dropping. THE TAKE AWAY even with some minor problems, this pedal is very handy. I play a lot of musicals and frequently I am being used as a percussionist, which in todays world means using a great deal of electronics. A volume pedals lets me adjust my electronic signal without having to drop to the floor to hit the mixer knob when a sound is too loud or too quiet. This pedal is also handy on the guitar, and even if you never wanted volume, it can be used as an expression pedal for another effect of some type. Overall, this is a very versatile piece of equipment and can be JUST the thing you need if you find yourself having to adjust volumes of electronic equipment on the fly and need an easy way to swell, diminish, or just adjust the output level.
Review: Awesome Volume Pedal - I am free the high impedance version of this pedal. Figured I’d leave a review on how this type of pedal interacts first in chain for controlling gain of dirt pedals. I use fuzz face type pedals extensively while playing electric guitar, and am used to adjusting the volume knob on my guitar to control the fuzzface tone. This has become more of an annoyance for performing, always having to fiddle with the volume knob to find a sweet spot, so if figured I’d try to use a volume pedal and set the minimum position of the sweep for the clean tone I was looking for. This volume pedal does exactly what I had hoped it would be able to do. At the absolute minimum position, after fiddling with the volume knob on the side, I’ve managed to find a great clean tone for the fuzzface I use. The pedal all the way down in the maximum volume position, its classic cranked fuzz tone. As for tone suck, there’s a moderately noticeable tone suck. I think this is primarily due to me setting the volume pot on the side at about 50%, so my full signal isn’t truly going through the volume pedal, no matter what position I set the volume pedal. I remedied this by adding a “boost” pedal as the last pedal in my chain to counteract the tone suck of the volume pedal. So far this solution works great for me. I’m sure there’s still some “tone suck” occuring, but the convenience of controlling my gain with a simple foot pedal far outweighs any minor tone suck issues. As for the pedal itself, it’s built like a Boss pedal. It’s massive, works great, and is built like an absolute tank. Also the action on this thing is sublime.

## Features

- High-impedance Volume/Expression Pedal for Guitar or Other High-Impedance Instruments
- Expression pedal function
- Heavy-duty aluminum die casting body
- Adjustable pedal feel (torque)

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B000SI1NZK |
| Best Sellers Rank | #12,124 in Musical Instruments ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments ) #14 in Guitar Volume & Expression Effects |
| Body Material | Metal |
| Color Name | Silver |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (693) |
| Date First Available | June 23, 2007 |
| Hardware Interface | 1/4-inch Audio |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 3.3 pounds |
| Item model number | FV-500H |
| Material Type | Aluminum |
| Product Dimensions | 14.4 x 5.15 x 3.45 inches |
| Signal Format | Analog |
| Size | (FV-500H) |
| String Material | Aluminum |
| Voltage | 9 Volts |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** BOSS
- **Color:** Silver
- **Item Weight:** 1.5 Kilograms
- **Style:** High-Impedence
- **Voltage:** 9 Volts

## Images

![Robust - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71kQJ6g69FL.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: What's the difference between this one and the boos fv-500H?**
A: The FV-500H (H is for high impedance) is a mono volume pedal ( 1 In, 1 Out) for guitar, bass or "instrument level" connections.  FV-500L (L is for low-impedance) is a stereo volume pedal (2 Ins, 2 Outs) suited more to connection to keyboards, mixers and line level connections.  Both models also provide an Expression output for use with expression-compatible amps, effects pedals, and keyboards/synthesizers. Both include a minimum volume control knob. Both have adjustable pedal tension. Both have a tuner output.

**Q: Will this work with an active electronics preamp guitar?**
A: The FV-500L is going to work better.

**Q: Is this an active or passive volume pedal?**
A: Passive.   And you won’t find a better pedal made by anyone!!

**Q: Does this pedal have a 500k pot?**
A: No, the Volume section uses a 250k pot.  There's a second (10k) pot for the expression function.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Works well and built like a tank.
*by C***N on July 15, 2017*

This is an extremely good volume pedal. I have not had a lot of experience with volume pedals, but I will try to break down each set of criteria in order to convey the quality of the product. CONSTRUCTION: Very well built, very solid pedal. It is huge though, bigger than my full tone wah pedal in every dimension. The part that moves the pot inside is also a metal blade, unlike other pedals that use either a rubber band or string to apply tension to the interior pot. TONE: There is very minimal tone loss. With the volume pedal, my signal is going through the volume pedal and a couple true bypass pedals (compressor, wah, and OD) When I hooked my guitar up directly to the amp, there was very minimal high end reduction. It basically sounds like you added a tone knob and turned it down to 8-9 instead of 10. Now, this could be the pedal, or it could also be the lengths of cable going into the pedal and then into the amp being shortened by half when I disconnect the pedals. That's being said however.... It was not enough loss to have me change any of my settings besides maybe my tone knob on the guitar I cranked up a tiny bit. In other words... if you are a tone hound and small things will drive you nuts, maybe a volume pedal isn't for you (inherent in the design of a volume pedal there will almost always be tone loss as a volume pedal IS a potentiometer which has resistance, no matter what you do). FEEL/USAGE Others have commented that there is a cliff, this is true. BUT something to keep in mind about potentiometers again.... they usually work as AUDIO tapers, what this means, is that it tapers your signal on a LOGARITHMIC scale, not a linear scale. Using a logarithmic scale, a volume pot at roughly volume 5 wont be giving you 50% volume, but instead will give you 10% (logarithmic scaling is NOT 1:1). So again, inherent in the design of something that has an audio taper, is that is operates on a logarithmic scale, which means, that as you keep decreasing the volume, the effect becomes more drastic as you roll more off..... I.E once the volume starts dropping... it REALLY starts dropping. THE TAKE AWAY even with some minor problems, this pedal is very handy. I play a lot of musicals and frequently I am being used as a percussionist, which in todays world means using a great deal of electronics. A volume pedals lets me adjust my electronic signal without having to drop to the floor to hit the mixer knob when a sound is too loud or too quiet. This pedal is also handy on the guitar, and even if you never wanted volume, it can be used as an expression pedal for another effect of some type. Overall, this is a very versatile piece of equipment and can be JUST the thing you need if you find yourself having to adjust volumes of electronic equipment on the fly and need an easy way to swell, diminish, or just adjust the output level.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Awesome Volume Pedal
*by K***E on January 20, 2024*

I am free the high impedance version of this pedal. Figured I’d leave a review on how this type of pedal interacts first in chain for controlling gain of dirt pedals. I use fuzz face type pedals extensively while playing electric guitar, and am used to adjusting the volume knob on my guitar to control the fuzzface tone. This has become more of an annoyance for performing, always having to fiddle with the volume knob to find a sweet spot, so if figured I’d try to use a volume pedal and set the minimum position of the sweep for the clean tone I was looking for. This volume pedal does exactly what I had hoped it would be able to do. At the absolute minimum position, after fiddling with the volume knob on the side, I’ve managed to find a great clean tone for the fuzzface I use. The pedal all the way down in the maximum volume position, its classic cranked fuzz tone. As for tone suck, there’s a moderately noticeable tone suck. I think this is primarily due to me setting the volume pot on the side at about 50%, so my full signal isn’t truly going through the volume pedal, no matter what position I set the volume pedal. I remedied this by adding a “boost” pedal as the last pedal in my chain to counteract the tone suck of the volume pedal. So far this solution works great for me. I’m sure there’s still some “tone suck” occuring, but the convenience of controlling my gain with a simple foot pedal far outweighs any minor tone suck issues. As for the pedal itself, it’s built like a Boss pedal. It’s massive, works great, and is built like an absolute tank. Also the action on this thing is sublime.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ No better pedal for keyboards with balanced stereo
*by M***C on October 1, 2017*

Update, June 2025: Eight years later... I've played a LOT of gigs and practice sessions with this pedal, and it has performed flawlessly every time. The jacks stayed tight, the pedal stayed smooth and consistent, and other than some dust, this beast still looks almost new. It's been in bars, performance halls, outside on stage trailers, and even in the dirt -- it's truly a tour-grade instrument. However, after eight years, I was forced to replace it -- the metal pin on which the pedal pivots broke. For maybe a couple of years before it broke catastrophically, moving the pedal would often produce a little crunchiness in the audio, but this is something that eventually happens with all potentiometers (as most guitarists will confirm). But there's no other pedal like this (dual balanced channels), so I was more than happy to buy a second one. And I can say that the new one, eight years later, is identical to the old one -- no corner-cutting or skimping. Original review, October 2017: Works exactly as I expected it to -- perfectly! I bought this one specifically for the dual I/O (my keyboard rig is stereo), and also for the minimum volume adjustment. It's heavy, solid and sturdy, and doesn't slide around at all (on the right flooring, of course). It feel so well-built and reliable that I expect to be using this for years!

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