Tremolo Pedal. Which one do you use?
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Re: Tremolo Pedal. Which one do you use?
I've got two, both very different.
1. Fender Tre-Verb, which does vintage Fender 'verb and 'trem, even better than the Flint, IMO.
2. This monster of wiggly T@NZ!
1. Fender Tre-Verb, which does vintage Fender 'verb and 'trem, even better than the Flint, IMO.
2. This monster of wiggly T@NZ!
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Re: Tremolo Pedal. Which one do you use?
Strymon Flint since years. The only pedal which can sound like the harmonic trem in my 61 Fender Amps (or even "better").
The Flint makes the sound even a bit warmer and thicker for my ears.
The Flint makes the sound even a bit warmer and thicker for my ears.
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Re: Tremolo Pedal. Which one do you use?
Surfy Bear - Surfy Trem. Quite close to the 60s Fender sound.
Had the Big Box EHX Pulsar and the newer version before but couldn‘t make them work for me and now I‘m slowly including it more and more into my sound.
Had the Big Box EHX Pulsar and the newer version before but couldn‘t make them work for me and now I‘m slowly including it more and more into my sound.
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Re: Tremolo Pedal. Which one do you use?
Boss PN-2 is my favourite sounding trem and I like getting weird with it in stereo. Off my main board, but still shows up on my travel board.
Walrus Monument was on my board for a couple years, and is easily the most versatile trem I’ve used. Harmonic trem, repeat percussion, good chop, Fender esque, sub divisions, on-board tap... it’s everything but stereo. Taken off my board for...
The Strymon Flint. It doesn’t chop to save its life, but what it does it does really well. It’s more amp like than the other two I own, and with the on-board reverb (which is also great) I’m saving a slot on my board.
Walrus Monument was on my board for a couple years, and is easily the most versatile trem I’ve used. Harmonic trem, repeat percussion, good chop, Fender esque, sub divisions, on-board tap... it’s everything but stereo. Taken off my board for...
The Strymon Flint. It doesn’t chop to save its life, but what it does it does really well. It’s more amp like than the other two I own, and with the on-board reverb (which is also great) I’m saving a slot on my board.
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Re: Tremolo Pedal. Which one do you use?
Cooltron Vibravox, by Vox.
Modelled after the original Tremolo/Vibrato circuit found in AC30s.
Valve-driven. Warm & organic with a couple of very usable modern improvements thrown in.
Unavailable new but they frequently come up on Reverb & eBay in & around your price bracket.
Modelled after the original Tremolo/Vibrato circuit found in AC30s.
Valve-driven. Warm & organic with a couple of very usable modern improvements thrown in.
Unavailable new but they frequently come up on Reverb & eBay in & around your price bracket.
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Cooltron Vibravox, by Vox.
Modelled after the original Tremolo/Vibrato circuit found in AC30s.
Valve-driven. Warm & organic with a couple of very usable modern improvements thrown in.
Unavailable new but they frequently come up on Reverb & eBay in & around your price bracket.
Modelled after the original Tremolo/Vibrato circuit found in AC30s.
Valve-driven. Warm & organic with a couple of very usable modern improvements thrown in.
Unavailable new but they frequently come up on Reverb & eBay in & around your price bracket.
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Re: Tremolo Pedal. Which one do you use?
What?!? No Seek-Trem!
Someone mentioned a Delta(?) that did 50 patterns. The Seek Trem can do that as well, but they’re not presets.
I guess there’s a Double Seek Trem out now as well.
I am more than happy with the Trem on my Voodoo Vibe, but most of these are way above the $100 range the OP asked about.
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Re: Tremolo Pedal. Which one do you use?
I got one of those from your recommendation. It’s great, mine just started making a weird noise for some reason, and I pulled it and haven’t hooked it back up yet.
I need to set it up again, it’s really cool at both trem and vibrato, or 2 different settings of one. Glad I got it and would recommend it as well
And a nice, shiny chrome finish.
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It's a boost booster, to boost your boost - it makes your tone much muchier.
It's a boost booster, to boost your boost - it makes your tone much muchier.
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Re: Tremolo Pedal. Which one do you use?
My Amps have Tremelo, I don't need a Pedal. but, I do have an old cheap Danelectro Trem Pedal that's sounds quite good...
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Re: Tremolo Pedal. Which one do you use?
Big fan of the Wrightsounds Trammello. I lived in Detroit for a few years, so always a fan of a Tigers/Topps theme [that I was able to help him with].
It also sounds really good.
It also sounds really good.
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Heheh...I've had four of them in the past...I will probably pick up another down the line...I am a sucker for the Cat/Mouse graphic.fuzzjunkie wrote: ↑Sun Mar 08, 2020 11:20 amWhat?!? No Seek-Trem!
Someone mentioned a Delta(?) that did 50 patterns. The Seek Trem can do that as well, but they’re not presets.
I guess there’s a Double Seek Trem out now as well.
I am more than happy with the Trem on my Voodoo Vibe, but most of these are way above the $100 range the OP asked about.
I wanted something more amp-like lately, so I picked up the Swamp Thang
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Re: Tremolo Pedal. Which one do you use?
Demeter Tremulator
Can boost if controls are set to zero, guess it has some Ry Cooder connection and Jonny Greenwood used this for a little while. Has a trim to adjust the trem wave form.
Good basic trem
Can boost if controls are set to zero, guess it has some Ry Cooder connection and Jonny Greenwood used this for a little while. Has a trim to adjust the trem wave form.
Good basic trem
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Re: Tremolo Pedal. Which one do you use?
Walrus Audio Monument V2. The harmonic tremolo option sounds really good, it has tap tempo and it is the size of a regular pedal enclosure. Covers all of my tremolo needs very nicely.
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Re: Tremolo Pedal. Which one do you use?
Have I got the article for you. 28 tremolo pedals in one place.
https://www.guitarpedalx.com/news/gpx-b ... -selection
Since it looks like this would be your first tremolo pedal my advice is keep it simple and stick to a budget--say roughly equal to a Boss tremolo pedal. I bought an expensive one that does a number of cool things, and it doesn't get used a lot. I tend to only break it out when playing covers of certain songs, so usage is sporadic.
P.S. Is there any particular reason you posted this in the Amps section and not the Effects section? All I can think is that trem is probably the second most common built-in effect on amps after reverb.
https://www.guitarpedalx.com/news/gpx-b ... -selection
Since it looks like this would be your first tremolo pedal my advice is keep it simple and stick to a budget--say roughly equal to a Boss tremolo pedal. I bought an expensive one that does a number of cool things, and it doesn't get used a lot. I tend to only break it out when playing covers of certain songs, so usage is sporadic.
P.S. Is there any particular reason you posted this in the Amps section and not the Effects section? All I can think is that trem is probably the second most common built-in effect on amps after reverb.
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Re: Tremolo Pedal. Which one do you use?
I love the PN-2. A friend years ago had one, this was even after they'd discontinued them, and he was absolutely gleeful to own one. I still haven't owned one myself, though I've played through one enough times. I did have the behringer copy, which wasn't bad, but not great either. Just not as much character as the boss pedal. Also the knobs were cheap so all the change in the sound was packed into like 1/4 of the travel. Way to use the wrong kind of pots, there, Behringer.
Now I just use the trem effects in my CDR. I still want the PN-2, even though I have the same functionality with the Zoom pedal. It's not a PN-2, though.
The TR-2, though... I've never understood how people can be satisfied with them, they just sound lifeless to me.
Now I just use the trem effects in my CDR. I still want the PN-2, even though I have the same functionality with the Zoom pedal. It's not a PN-2, though.
The TR-2, though... I've never understood how people can be satisfied with them, they just sound lifeless to me.
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