Empress Tremolo & Dr.Scientist Reverberator

I have the Empress and it's all good. Great sounds, features, layout - everything. Can get very choppy. Very synth-like sounds with the patterns and a distorted guitar. I don't think you'll regret getting one. I got mine from ToneFactor.com.

 

I have been though alot of reverbs....the RRR is great. I owned it, sold it for the TC Nova, then sold the nova to get another RRR. It's a great verb. It should definitely float your boat as long as you aren't after a spring sound (which it doesn't do).

 

Yeah, the RRR is just an amazing reverb pedal. I've been soooo happy with mine from day one.

 

I've got both of these pedals on my board, and they aren't leaving. The trem can't get as choppy as say the earthquaker hummingbird, but it comes fairly close. No problems with the sound clean or distorted. Same for the RRR. I like a real saturated thick fuzz with it and the mix fairly high for some textural, ambient stuff.

They are both worth paying the full new price for.

 

The RRR is a very cool pedal. I ended up trading it, as I had spring alternatives I played more. Still, the RRR has some interesting and pleasing reverb sounds, also a certain added presence -- not quite a boost, but something extra -- when you use it at higher volumes. It worked very well live for me. Flexible, loved having a level knob and two reverb length settings. I should have kept it.

 

I had a HG before the RRR. The HG did have a good sound. Added a bit of extra presence, similar to what I hear from a Premier Reverb unit. However, that sound was outweighed by the hiss, the crappy construction, the unriliability of it. At least for me. Turned out the HG sound (at least to me) was not so good that I missed it much. Ended up with real spring reverbs, which beat it by a mile. The RRR does not soup up the tone as did the HG. But it does add a subtle drive -- it's own kind of warmth -- especially at higher volume levels. I would not call it sterile so much as open or uncolored. That's why the volume/level knob is so useful. Aside from volume, it adds a little extra something to the sound.

Having used both live many times, the RRR wins big in that department IMHO. It's quiet, and it cooperates especially well with delay (a necessity for me.) My overall tone was much better -- certainly less noisy -- using the RRR. YMMV of course.

 

well put

 

I would for sure invest in the empress. It is hands down the best tremolo pedal out there. (IMHO) It is very transparent tone wise and the tap tempo feature with the mode selector switch makes it very versatile. I think you would find it is WAY better than your dunlop. The guys are right - the low end is great and it can certainly get choppy. For being a "handmade" pedal in Canada, the price isn't all that bad. Not to mention the tempo LED stays on even while the pedal is bypassed. Pretty nice feature.

 

+1 for the RRR. I'm very happy with mine.