Tremolo pedals... what is the best one???

Drew_TNBD

What's the best tremolo pedal out there? The fullest and most feature rich. Curious really. Been playing with this Seymour Duncan tremolo pedal, and it's quite good. Having one in the effects loop followed by delay and reverb leads to some interesting tones. But I'm wondering if there is one out there that does loads of insane patterns and can respond to pick attack and stuff like that.... Strymon Flint???

GavRichList

Empress looks good. Very good. I'm gassing over a Zvex Sonar too.

ThePrettyDamned

Zvex tremorama or probe!

They can do some pretty bonkers stuff, the tremorama is a step trem.

The Seymour Duncan one is actually quite feature rich for a trem I thought - different waveform shapes (well, a couple), tap tempo etc.

The line 6 m5 has tons of them, and loads of wave forms and stuff. When I want a trem, I'm probably getting an m5.

frankus

I like the step trems on the m5 and the Linn III
I like the Tremulus Lune for non-tap stuff - very dynamic
and the Caitlinbread Semaphore v1 is good for a range of trem sounds.

stickyfiddle

The Flint is very good but very 60's amp type sounds rather than staccato on/offs and ramps and funny rhythms. 

Pattern Trem on the Mobius looks excellent, but probably a bit overkill on price for just one purpose. The M9 has a good pattern trem too, but I can't remember whether you still have yours or not...!

steamabacus

You'd have to go some to beat this for features on a stand-alone tremolo pedal ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsE3lPcYa-k

meltedbuzzbox

EQD Hummingbird

joeyowen

Empress trem gets a lot of love

How far wrong can you go with a second hand boss? 

monquixote

The flint sounds great but it's a vintage amp trem emulator

How about the boss slicer or the pigtronix tremvelope

Drew_TNBD

I do love Boss pedals for cheapness and ease of use. hmmmmm...

joeyowen

Drew_fx said:

I do love Boss pedals for cheapness and ease of use. hmmmmm...

plus,easy to sell on if your not a fan. The used market for Boss is acctiiiivveee

thewiddler

Suhr Jack Rabbit is great. Compact, all the waveforms you'd need (sine, square, triangle, ramp up and down), tap/strum tempo, transparent sounding and with a cracking clean boost to take it way beyond unity and add sparkle.

hugbot

I like the mooer trelicopter, or the demeter trumlator I suppose as thats what its a clone off.

The M series can respond to pick attack but I really dont like the sound of the pulse.

not_the_dj

thewiddler said:

Suhr Jack Rabbit is great. Compact, all the waveforms you'd need (sine, square, triangle, ramp up and down), tap/strum tempo, transparent sounding and with a cracking clean boost to take it way beyond unity and add sparkle.

+1 I really like the ramp down for an almost delay like tremolo.

Gagaryn

The Demeter Tremulator does sound excellent but it has a distinct volume boost when engaged which is annoying.

hugbot

I think most trems have a volume boost to make up for the percieved volume loss right? Thats not to say the tremulators is accurate tho.

Jalapeno

TRex Tremster sounds lush

Teetonetal

GavHaus said:

Empress looks good. Very good. I'm gassing over a Zvex Sonar too.

I have the Empress mk1 version, it's an amazing pedal, I love it - tempo tap, rythmic modulation, note division and different types of waves forms, for what I do, it's perfect. 

GavRichList

As I suspected. If the Superdelay is anything to go by, Empress know their Onions. @meltedbuzzbox swears by the multidrive too.

meltedbuzzbox

Empress are brilliant

but for price the EQD humming bird is a beast

Drew_TNBD

GavHaus said:

As I suspected. If the Superdelay is anything to go by, Empress know their Onions. @meltedbuzzbox swears by the multidrive too.

I don't want an onion. I want a tremolo pedal.

*giggle*