A good "choppy" tremolo pedal

[goodwillsteve]

I just recently got rid of my 90s vox ac30. i really dug the trem on it but with only three speeds I rarely got to use it. so now im wanting a pedal that gives me that really choppy sounding trem with a lot more flexibility. any ideas?

[Tbone135]

I've been through 4 or 5 now and believe it or not, a regular old Boss TR-2 does a really good choppy trem. The EHX Holy Stain does it pretty well too. Both are very reasonably priced.

[SteveStevens]

Menatone Pleasure Trem 5000. Trust me. It's why I got it. I didn't want a subtle trem. I wanted a helicopter in a can.

Steve

[tv eyes]

Electro Harmonix Stereo Pulsar.

[Gearhunter]

The Valcoder from Catalinbread is nice and choppy,sounds great,and is pretty freakin small.




clips starring erksin:

http://www.soundclick.com/util/getpl...d=6433929&q=hi

[tlee1183]

Had a EH pulsar (the old big brick of a pedal, not the newer ones). It was good. Did the choppy thing pretty well and other trems sounded good but it didn't bypass well and plus it took a lot real estate on my pedalboard.

I didn't really use it much cuz I hate lugging it around but I still have it lying around cuz I'm having a hard time selling it haha.

But I picked up an Empress FX Trem. I'm loving it so far. Tap tempo is nice to have around. I love using trem mainly for the choppy sound with my wah. It has a rhythm function which is similar to the zvex seek pedals. Haven't really messed around with that. A bit pricey though for a trem, but gets the job done. My only gripe with it I wish it had a smoother tremolo for the other settings. But I think I'm just being picky like usual.

Other trems that peaked my interests were the cusack tap-a-whirl and the gig-fx chopper and catalinbread's trem (I forgot the name of it). If I lost the Empress trem, I'd probably check those out first.

[goodwillsteve]

yeah i was kinda thinking along the lines of boss. maybe the keeley modded one. back when i first started playing guitar i had one. i cant remember how it sounded...
i do like the stereo function of the pulsar though. but i only have one amp. so no stereo there.

and helicopter in a can is a nice way of putting it. gonna check into menatone.

other suggestions are welcome.

[IAE]

EH stereo pulsar FTW!
it does chop so good it goes past chop if you turn the depth past 1/2 oclock and it starts to go into ring mod-esque sounds.
its a cool trem it doesnt effect your guitars sound,just chops it up and spits it out the same.

[geetarman]

Frantone Vibutron does real nice chop and more.

[MrBanjo]

Man, that valcoder sounds awesome!

The Voodoo Lab tremolo can do it too, and has tons of flexibility. Definitely better than the Boss or EHX, IMO.

[paraedolia]

You said flexibility - for me that narrows it down to the Empress Tremolo, which is awesome.

[goodwillsteve]

dang, those valcoder clips have made me a believer. now i gotta find one... as for that empress... that's too much flexibility i believe.

[erksin]

Originally Posted by Gearhunter

The Valcoder from Catalinbread is nice and choppy,sounds great,and is pretty freakin small.




clips starring erksin:

http://www.soundclick.com/util/getpl...d=6433929&q=hi

You got yours already?

I don't even have one yet!

[yellowecho]

the Dr.Scientist Tremolessence was the best choppy trem I've used. It's got a fast speed square wave that can be mixed to 100% which creates an awesome stuttering effect.

[Gearhunter]

Originally Posted by erksin

You got yours already?

I don't even have one yet!

:moon

Got here a couple days ago.