Tremolo - what’s good?

Mr Black Pana-Trem.... can do Stereo and Pan, and has both an amplitude and Harmonic-trem voice, with a nice brownface voice as well.
Also one Save/Preset.
And And And, you can vary any of the controls on an expression pedal!!

For mono: try Mr Deville's "Deluxe Plus Plus".... lovely harmonic trem. You'll have to find this one used.

 

I'm a huge Boss fan and was just looking at buying a used TR-2. Then I learned that a big complaint about it was the drop in volume when turning it on. There are mods that can add a level knob, but those can be kind of pricey if you can't do it yourself. Now I'm looking for a tremolo pedal around the same price as the TR-2, but with a level knob.

There was also a That Pedal Show on tremolo where they talk about the TR-2 and its perceived volume loss issue.

 

I’ve heard that complaint, but had one for many years and never noticed the drop off (I’ve had other pedals that had a volume drop and it drove me nuts), it might be something boss corrected over time...or maybe my hearing sucks...or I just got super lucky with mine

 

Yup, later ones fixed this issue.

 

i had a demeter tremulator for years. sounds great, the built in volume jump finally caused me to replace it with a supatrem, which has an internal pot to adjust for no volume jump. sounds just fine. the demeter was a wee bit swampier, but you’d have to strain to really tell the difference.

 

I def enjoyed the source audio vertigo and the spring reverb Trem options.

 

Yep, TR-2 volume drop hasn't been an issue for years. After looking at all the fancy option packed stuff, the TR-2 had exactly what I needed, sounded as good as any and was readily available. Just a simple trem though.

hunter

 

Technically, a vibrato.

 

Ive been through a lot of great tremolo pedals over the years, and the overall best, in my opinion, is the Diamond Tremolo. I switched to the Suhr Jackrabbit, as it's essentially the same as the Diamond but without tap tempo, which I no longer needed.

The Flint tremolo is outstanding as well, but of course it's also a reverb, which not everyone wants. I also like the tremolos in the Strymon Mobius, although they seem to be overlooked.

I think the key to getting great tremolo sounds, especially when playing with higher gain, is to run it through the effects loop.

 

FYI the Jackrabbit has Tap and Strum tempo and you can hook up an external switch if you like as well.

 

I've been using a TR-2 for years without any problems-no volume drop; no noise. I recently upgraded to a Moog MF Trem and I'm still getting used to it for it's a little 'in your face' in comparison to the Boss.

 

Basic Audio Throbby is my fave. The trem on the Flint is very good as previously noted.

I also enjoyed the Diamond which is very versatile if that’s important to you.

 

I think the Earthquaker Devices Hummingbird is worth checking out. It has three speed modes, rate and depth controls, as well as a level control. You can also plug in an expression pedal that changes the rate.

 

My two current faves:

Dazatronyx Optical Tremolo

Toneczar Powerglide

 

I like the TR-2. I dumped all my power hungry pedals and went analog too.

 

EQD Night Wire won it for me after a long search.

 

Wampler makes purty good stuff.

Anyone tried the Wampler Latitude Deluxe Tremolo Pedal ?

 

I love my Demeter Tremulator. I tried many tremolos, and I've settled on this. I have the red-knob version, which I've owned for quite a few years. It ended my search for trem pedals. Try one out if you can.

 

I like my Walrus Monument. The Lovepedal Tap Tremelo and Greenhouse Drifter sounds great in Demi’s, also.

 

True (vibrato- pitch, tremelo- volume) but the accepted nomenclature seems to be tremolo.