Tremolo Pedal?

[HamerDave]

I'm in search of a top shelf tremolo pedal. Who's playing one and what would you all recommend I check out? I've tried the Boss (cuz I'm a cheap bugger sometimes) and a Hummingbird by Earthquaker devices. Liked that one, but I'm curious what all else is out there. 

[django49]

Check out the Strymon Flint....Rev AND Trem. Ain't cheap. And they do NOT get discounted!

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/Strymon_Flint_Pedal_Review

[velorush]

+1 on Strymon anything.

Another great tremolo pedal is the Fulltone Supatrem - a real photoresistor circuit ala blackface Fender amp trem. Beauty!

[RichF]

Analogman modded Boss. Smooths out the harshness and fixes some of the volume drop.

[unfun75]

Voodoo Lab, Empress, and Diamond all make an excellent trem. I like the Earthquake Devices trem, too. Never tried the Strymon because I don't need reverb. The one I've had my eye on recently is the Malekko Trem pedal. It's tiny and the demos sound great. Others that seem cool but I've yet to try are the Cusack tap-a-whirl and the newest Seymour Duncan trem (the expensive one with all the knobs.) Ones I haven't liked include the Boss and EHX trem pedals. I also tried an Orbiter Modulator by Source Audio that does many fx including trem and I pretty much hated it. Andy's (Pro Guitar Shop) demo vids are a good resource. 

[LucSulla]

2 hours ago, velorush said:

+1 on Strymon anything.

Another great tremolo pedal is the Fulltone Supatrem - a real photoresistor circuit ala blackface Fender amp trem. Beauty!

I have that and love it.  The soft setting with in conjunction with a Deja Vibe and a good analog-ish delay is my not so secret sauce. 

[kenjones]

[Caddie]

DOD FX-22 Vibrothang

want it? pm me

 

 

[Jakeboy]

+1 on the Strymon Flint. An incredible pedal. Very versatile.

[cmatthes]

I just had this one custom built for me....

(NoiseKickFX, up the road from me in Baltimore, Hon!)

[mudshark]

[geoff_hartwell]

For killer sound and small footprint the Diaz Tremodillo.

for flexibility the Seymour Duncan Shape Shifter is the bomb - great flexible sounds over all,

but the tap tempo is variable for one, two, three or four divisions for each tap.

For example you can set it so that the trem beats in 8th notes, triplets or 16th notes - *super* useful.

[HamerDave]

Thanks for the recommendations guys. I appreciate it. Now to start playing them to see what works for me..

[bubs_42]

The Fulltone is hard to beat, but get the one with the Volume knob. I also love the Visual Sounds Garagetone Chopper. Cheap as dirt, discovered it watching Brent Mason demoing a few Xotic Pedals and at one point he stepped on a term pedal that perked my ears. I think I got mine for 35.0 shipped and it sound fantastic!

[jaberwock]

The harmonic tremolo on the Flint is one is a one of my all time favourite stage effects, set slow, the intensity around 11:00, and a dash of plate reverb, it's magical; it enhances the sound of the guitar, and amp, without ever becoming overbearing.   

 

    Jaberwock

[Caddie]

Have you ever had the pleasure of playing thru a vintage Magnatone amp? A 260 or a 280? It will change your life.  Don't have the $1500+/- for a Vintage Maggie amp?  This pedal comes pretty close to getting the Maggie sound right.

Magnatone true pitch shifting Vibrato vs Fender tremolo

 

for $220 new

I love the sound of the old Vintage (late 50s  early 60s) Magnatone amps.  But its tough to sink $2k into what amounts to a big fragile effect pedal.  I've tried several pedals, in my opinion, this Big Tone Music Brewery Maggie pedal comes closest to a Magnatone 260a or 280a sound.

[tomteriffic]

On 5/8/2016 at 8:57 PM, kenjones said:

Yep.

[HamerDave]

17 hours ago, Caddie said:

Have you ever had the pleasure of playing thru a vintage Magnatone amp? A 260 or a 280? It will change your life.  Don't have the $1500+/- for a Vintage Maggie amp?  This pedal comes pretty close to getting the Maggie sound right.

Magnatone true pitch shifting Vibrato vs Fender tremolo

 

for $220 new

I love the sound of the old Vintage (late 50s  early 60s) Magnatone amps.  But its tough to sink $2k into what amounts to a big fragile effect pedal.  I've tried several pedals, in my opinion, this Big Tone Music Brewery Maggie pedal comes closest to a Magnatone 260a or 280a sound.

If you like that sound check out a Juke Warbler. Amazing combo amp designed and hand built by Gary Croteau of Troy NH. He picked the Maggie circuit for the vibe. 35 watts through a single 12" and a pair of 10" 

 

 

[Navigator]

Is there a bad tremolo pedal? Maybe I'm not picky enough, but on those occasions when I want one (recording or performing country-type stuff), I've been happy with some inexpensive trem pedals. I have a BYOC analog trem and a Malekko Omicron (mini pedal). I got the Malekko because it's so small and takes up very little space on a pedalboard, but they both sound nice and organic to me, and do what I need them to do. I think I paid something like $60 used for each of them.

[JimHalinda]

Dr. Scientist Tremolessence. Tried a friend's, it's crazy tweakable (like all of his pedals) and it sounds amazing!

 

 

[Disturber]

The original tremolo pedal, The Tremulator. It's a great sounding pedal that was invented for Ry Cooder. I have one, and it's a keeper.

http://www.demeteramps.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=65 

"I have often been asked how I got involved in the guitar pedal business. In 1982 Ry Cooder came to me asking if I could make him a tremolo pedal, as none were being made at the time. After some experimentation, and Ry's old Fender twin amp as a sound model, the Tremulator was born. At first they were in unpainted Bud boxes with dymo labels, but as time went on they appeared in a number of painted boxes until the present version, which I think is the nicest. This effect was named by Guitar Player Magazine as 'one of the fifty coolest effects pedals of all time.'" - James