Ernie Ball 6180 VP Jr Mono Volume Pedal

About the Ernie Ball 6180 VP Jr Mono Volume Pedal

The Ernie Ball VP Jr (model 6180) is a compact passive mono volume pedal, the smaller sibling of the full-size VP. It comes in two versions matched to your pickups, the 250K for passive pickups (labeled simply Volume Pedal) and the 25K for active pickups, and there is also a VP Jr Tuner with a tuner output. Inside it uses a string-and-pulley over a volume pot, and the string is a wear item you can replace.

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Listings of the Ernie Ball 6180 VP Jr Mono Volume Pedal we watched from listing to sale typically went in 22 days (33 watched), a steady; it sells for a median of €45 over the last 90 days across 77 recorded sales, with most examples landing between €40 and €45. Sold new in the same family, the Ernie Ball VP JR, costs €109 at Thomann (read 28 August 2026). The sale median is up 7% on the €42 of the 90 days before. There are 158 listings live right now across Reverb, from €40 asking, a median ask 98% over the sale median. Figures computed 19 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.

What owners have said elsewhere

Paraphrased from 146 discussion threads among 10 owners, 2024-2025. No names, nothing quoted.

The VP Jr is the long-serving standard volume pedal here, some owners have run Ernie Ball volume pedals for decades, one for thirty-five years, and newer buyers are drawn by the sleek, space-saving design and the strong reviews, with the VP Jr Tuner earning praise for tuning even a low seven-string B without trouble. Two things worth getting right: match the version to your pickups (250K for passive, 25K for active), and place the pedal after your drives and before delay or modulation so it acts as a master volume, since putting it before an overdrive turns it into a gain control instead. If the heel-down or toe-down travel is off, there is a simple documented VP Jr adjustment. The honest gripes are mechanical: some owners find it does not quite reach full-off or fully-open (the treadle only turns the pot most of the way), and the internal string wears, so a few have traded theirs for a Xotic or a mini Dunlop volume pedal for reliability or to save board space.