Tremolo pedals? - Page 2

DntBelievtheHype · 14th April 2009

For a small stompbox my favorite by far is the Empress Tremolo. I've been using one for a while, but I think I may sell it after a moogerfooger discovery I made last night with the MP201 foot controller and MF102 Ring Modulator.

Tap Tempo Moog Tremolo:
CV out from the MP201 into the Ringmods 'Carrier In' and you instantly have midi sync'd/tap tempo tremolo, with lfo of choice!!! Also in expression mode you can sweep the lfo manually, controlling the speed and depth at the same time.

The mp201's squarewave has a significant volume drop used in this manner, but the others work great, with my favorite being the saw and ramp lfo's. The MP201 is such a killer pedal/controller! If by gating some of the lfo's I can create rythmic patterns similar to those available in the Empress Trem, then I'll be selling it and freeing up some pedalboard space for sure.

**sniperschool** · 14th April 2009

don't think i could happily record clean guitars anymore without a roger mayer 'Voodoo Vibe'

Bob Ross · 15th April 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanRock101

My Tremolo kicks ALL your Trems' butts!!!!! (wait, do Tremolos indeed have asses?!?!).....anyhow....for a gigging musician.....NO OTHER...but the GigFX Chopper.....yeah, just stop this thread now....move on..... KO! 10 count!

Meh...back in the early 80's I had the opportunity to play through the tremolo pedal that Lou Giordano designed & built for Roger Miller (Mission Of Burma). That thing would devour your GigFX Chopper for lunch, then shit out tiny Demeter Tremulators and eat those for lunch.

I don't think Lou ever made these in any quantities, but they were ostensibly released under his Vacuum Electronics marque. Or maybe that pedal was a one-off and the marque was a vanity thing...

AnthonySpinali · 16th April 2009

I recommend getting something that allows you to tap the tempo. When recording it was real tough to record tremolo until we got some Line 6 pedal that had a tap function. I would tell you which one it was it's just that I don't know. It may not be better than some of the others listed anyhow. I just think the tap is a really important and useful function.

travisbrown · 17th April 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnthonySpinali

I recommend getting something that allows you to tap the tempo. When recording it was real tough to record tremolo until we got some Line 6 pedal that had a tap function. I would tell you which one it was it's just that I don't know. It may not be better than some of the others listed anyhow. I just think the tap is a really important and useful function.

You mean the Line 6 ToneCore Tap Tremolo. I had one of these. Quite liked it and loved being able to tap the rate in - I'd bought it specifically because I could set the wave shape to square and tap the tempo to get a pattern gate type effect. It's also built like a tank.

It got stolen with a bunch of gear and then I got the Empress Tap Tremolo. It's almost three times the price, but almost three times cooler.

faizz · 17th April 2009

The Moogerfooger ring modulator does a very nice tremolo as well.
I've modded it so that speed can be selected from a remote switch:

[IMG]******//www.tom-project.com/backup/images/mf102_lo.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]******//www.tom-project.com/backup/images/mf102_hi.jpg[/IMG]

Doei! ®
Faizz

popvulture · 17th April 2009

I really like my Supa-Trem because of its ease of use in a live situation - you can switch between two speeds or change the shape from hard to soft with footswitches, and the knobs themselves are oversized and pretty easy to turn with your feet.

MoogMonkey · 22nd April 2009

Has anyone tried the Vox Vibravox?

litepipe · 26th April 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by popvulture

I really like my Supa-Trem because of its ease of use in a live situation - you can switch between two speeds or change the shape from hard to soft with footswitches, and the knobs themselves are oversized and pretty easy to turn with your feet.

I've been using the fulltone for over a year now. It's very musical sounding. Fav of all the ones I tried.

analogjeff · 26th April 2009

Have played Demeter, Dunlop, Line 6, and others but continue to run only one on my pedal board, and that's an older Boss PN-2 -- NOT the same as the new Boss tremolos. Always end up liking the PN-2 better than anything else I've tried... Even bought a second as a backup when I had a chance, because they don't make them anymore...

A PN-2's for sale right now on E-bay:
BOSS PN-2 Tremolo Pan NEAR MINT PN2 vibrato - eBay (item 220400097488 end time Apr-27-09 19:22:42 PDT)

analogjeff · 26th April 2009

Forgot to mention in previous post that the Guyatone tube trem (the FLIP) is also great... the other guitar player in a band I'm in uses it and it's fat and all good...

Johnny Favorite · 27th April 2009

On the cheap you could try Marshall`s Vibratrem. Quite effective.

litepipe · 27th April 2009

[QUOTE=DanRock101;4082211]My Tremolo kicks ALL your Trems' butts!!!!! (wait, do Tremolos indeed have asses?!?!).....anyhow....for a gigging musician.....NO OTHER...but the GigFX Chopper.....yeah, just stop this thread now....move on..... KO! 10 count!

Again, if you're a GIGGING in the real world, you don't have the time to be adjusting your trem for each song. End Quote:

Different folks-different strokes. I like adjusting knobs onstage. I like the big knobs on the Fulltone and often bend down to move them. I'm a very analog kind of guy, not that I don't like digitial, but like to play it like an instrument.... I don't like tap features all that much. I realize I'm not the norm. I take a tape delay to every gig and adjust after a lot of songs. Works for my style.

I think we live in a great time where there are so many products that offer so many varieties to accommodate tone tastes as well as working styles.

DanRock101 · 28th April 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by faizz

The Moogerfooger ring modulator does a very nice tremolo as well.
I've modded it so that speed can be selected from a remote switch:

[IMG]******//www.tom-project.com/backup/images/mf102_lo.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]******//www.tom-project.com/backup/images/mf102_hi.jpg[/IMG]

Doei! ®
Faizz

OH MY! That looks MIGHTY SLUTTY! I need to check that out!

Quote:

Originally Posted by analogjeff

Forgot to mention in previous post that the Guyatone tube trem (the FLIP) is also great... the other guitar player in a band I'm in uses it and it's fat and all good...

Another that I must check out! Have you tried the Guyatone along side EH's Wiggler? That's another tube trem/vib that has TONS of mojo!

Nick_Mags · 29th April 2009

EHX Pulsar is what i use... it sounds really good and mine is actually broken right now... because i used it a lot, everyone always asks me what kind of tremolo i use... sounds great on a rhodes as well.. its really adjustable and its not as noisy as some others ive played before... but noisy can be pretty cool too...

dewey decibel · 29th April 2009

Cusack Tap-A-Whirl is another with tap tempo (but I don't know about it doing bf Fender sounds).

Stevil · 30th April 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrispick

I like the Voodoo Labs Tremolo.

+1

matskull · 26th May 2009

I might trade my dual rectifier tremoverb which has a really warm tremolo in it for another amp.

Do you think its tremolo is replacable with an effect pedal?
A tube one maybe?

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16th April 2009	#34
AnthonySpinali Gear maniac Joined: Feb 2009 Location: St. Louis Posts: 248	I recommend getting something that allows you to tap the tempo. When recording it was real tough to record tremolo until we got some Line 6 pedal that had a tap function. I would tell you which one it was it's just that I don't know. It may not be better than some of the others listed anyhow. I just think the tap is a really important and useful function. __________________ I'd be a richer man today if it weren't for physics. If I could levitate, I would sell lots of tickets. -"The Great Outdoors" Clutch Missile Silo Suite Page Fly From August Page

29th April 2009	#45
Nick_Mags Gear Head Joined: Apr 2009 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 35	EHX Pulsar is what i use... it sounds really good and mine is actually broken right now... because i used it a lot, everyone always asks me what kind of tremolo i use... sounds great on a rhodes as well.. its really adjustable and its not as noisy as some others ive played before... but noisy can be pretty cool too... __________________ “Beware the lollipop of mediocrity; lick it once and you'll suck forever.” - Brian Wilson

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14th April 2009	#31
DntBelievtheHype Gear maniac Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 156	For a small stompbox my favorite by far is the Empress Tremolo. I've been using one for a while, but I think I may sell it after a moogerfooger discovery I made last night with the MP201 foot controller and MF102 Ring Modulator. Tap Tempo Moog Tremolo: CV out from the MP201 into the Ringmods 'Carrier In' and you instantly have midi sync'd/tap tempo tremolo, with lfo of choice!!! Also in expression mode you can sweep the lfo manually, controlling the speed and depth at the same time. The mp201's squarewave has a significant volume drop used in this manner, but the others work great, with my favorite being the saw and ramp lfo's. The MP201 is such a killer pedal/controller! If by gating some of the lfo's I can create rythmic patterns similar to those available in the Empress Trem, then I'll be selling it and freeing up some pedalboard space for sure.

17th April 2009	#36
faizz Gear Head Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 57	The Moogerfooger ring modulator does a very nice tremolo as well. I've modded it so that speed can be selected from a remote switch: [IMG]****//www.tom-project.com/backup/images/mf102_lo.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]****//www.tom-project.com/backup/images/mf102_hi.jpg[/IMG] Doei! ® Faizz

17th April 2009	#37
popvulture Gear maniac Joined: May 2008 Location: Austin Posts: 269	I really like my Supa-Trem because of its ease of use in a live situation - you can switch between two speeds or change the shape from hard to soft with footswitches, and the knobs themselves are oversized and pretty easy to turn with your feet.

22nd April 2009	#38
MoogMonkey Gear interested Joined: Apr 2009 Location: Western Mass Posts: 25	Has anyone tried the Vox Vibravox?

26th April 2009	#40
analogjeff Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2005 Location: Ithaca, NY Posts: 639	Have played Demeter, Dunlop, Line 6, and others but continue to run only one on my pedal board, and that's an older Boss PN-2 -- NOT the same as the new Boss tremolos. Always end up liking the PN-2 better than anything else I've tried... Even bought a second as a backup when I had a chance, because they don't make them anymore... A PN-2's for sale right now on E-bay: BOSS PN-2 Tremolo Pan NEAR MINT PN2 vibrato - eBay (item 220400097488 end time Apr-27-09 19:22:42 PDT)

27th April 2009	#42
Johnny Favorite Gear addict Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 353	On the cheap you could try Marshall`s Vibratrem. Quite effective.

27th April 2009	#43
litepipe Gear addict Joined: Jan 2009 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 361 1 Review written	[QUOTE=DanRock101;4082211]My Tremolo kicks ALL your Trems' butts!!!!! (wait, do Tremolos indeed have asses?!?!).....anyhow....for a gigging musician.....NO OTHER...but the GigFX Chopper.....yeah, just stop this thread now....move on..... KO! 10 count! Again, if you're a GIGGING in the real world, you don't have the time to be adjusting your trem for each song. End Quote: Different folks-different strokes. I like adjusting knobs onstage. I like the big knobs on the Fulltone and often bend down to move them. I'm a very analog kind of guy, not that I don't like digitial, but like to play it like an instrument.... I don't like tap features all that much. I realize I'm not the norm. I take a tape delay to every gig and adjust after a lot of songs. Works for my style. I think we live in a great time where there are so many products that offer so many varieties to accommodate tone tastes as well as working styles.

29th April 2009	#46
dewey decibel Gear maniac Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 249	Cusack Tap-A-Whirl is another with tap tempo (but I don't know about it doing bf Fender sounds).

26th May 2009	#48
matskull Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 2,764	I might trade my dual rectifier tremoverb which has a really warm tremolo in it for another amp. Do you think its tremolo is replacable with an effect pedal? A tube one maybe?