Tremolos

hotpickups

So many Tremolo pedals available and I already have my favourites in mind but how much tweak ability do you guys feel you really need? I can understand the wave shapes etc but would you really care for the sub divisions that some of these pedals do i.e. eighth or quarter notes etc. I mean in a live situation which is 99% of my usage

Teetonetal

I find subdivisions great as it makes the tap easy, tapping 16ths is hard work, especially if you also trying to tap different lengths on your delay.

I have empress tremolo 1, awesome pedal, simple to use but lots of features, new ehx pulsar looks fab too.

Lew

Mine has alot of knobs :-x

http://proguitarshop.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/v/e/vexter_super_seek_trem_on_black.jpg

hotpickups

It's the jumping down to the pedal mid set changing the sub divisions that may be annoying that's all

Teetonetal;540977" said:

I find subdivisions great as it makes the tap easy, tapping 16ths is hard work, especially if you also trying to tap different lengths on your delay.

I have empress tremolo 1, awesome pedal, simple to use but lots of features, new ehx pulsar looks fab too.

hotpickups

For real?

Lew;540979" said:

Mine has alot of knobs :-x

http://proguitarshop.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/v/e/vexter_super_seek_trem_on_black.jpg

Teetonetal

hotpickups;540984"">hotpickups;540984" said:

 said:

It's the jumping down to the pedal mid set changing the sub divisions that may be annoying that's all

[quote="Teetonetal;540977"]I find subdivisions great as it makes the tap easy, tapping 16ths is hard work, especially if you also trying to tap different lengths on your delay.

I have empress tremolo 1, awesome pedal, simple to use but lots of features, new ehx pulsar looks fab too.

We'll the empress tremolo 2 has presets so that would help. I also write on my set list what settings I need to change. Also I generally use 1/2 or 1/3 tap so only a few changes to make. I love using fx though, so even making setting changes mid song is kinda normal to me. Like anything just takes practice.

Lew

@hotpickups yep. you can save eight presets and it's all very user friendly. sounds brilliant too. wouldn't mind getting one of those goatherders to compare ;-) 

hotpickups

It's a little bit too expensive for me for a dedicated tremolo unit

Lew

It cost me £120 (used) on ebay. I fancy a handpainted version but they are like £150 more new than the plain job hah!

hotpickups

It's nice and that's a good price but too big for my pedaltrain mini. It's for my small grab n go board so size would be an issue here.

Lew;541093" said:

It cost me £120 (used) on ebay. I fancy a handpainted version but they are like £150 more new than the plain job hah!

Lew

Demeter Tremulator?

hotpickups

Yes I've seen that but I think I would like the choice of wave forms that this pedal doesn't offer I'm still leaning towards the suhr jack rabbit

Lew;541147" said:

Demeter Tremulator?

djspecialist

I'm also shopping for a nice trem, with different waveforms plus tap tempo (with subdivisions).

For me I think it's between the Suhr Jack Rabbit and the Catalinbread Semaphore Tap Tempo. Small form factor is obviously good for preserving board real estate. But is tap tempo usable without a dedicated (second) foot switch?

Can anyone compare and contrast these two?

solar

I like simplicity. Currently have a Fredric West Germany on the board which sounds really beautiful, nice and deep and vintage. Does Bang Bang perfectly. http://www.fredric.co.uk/west-germany-vintage-tremolo

If I wanted something with more tweakability, I like the look of the Matthews Effects Conductor: http://matthewseffects.com/product/the-conductor/

djspecialist

@solar, I'm glad you like the Frederic you bought from me

I agree, it does a lovely vintage trem - but I want something with a few more different sounds. I'll check out the Matthews, thanks.

kaisos

Get a line 6 m5. There are many tremolos and you can configure all parameters very easy.

hotpickups

Just bought a Suhr Jack Rabbit. After a long search I think it was the right decision

Beexter

hotpickups;541401" said:

Just bought a Suhr Jack Rabbit. After a long search I think it was the right decision

Yep, good call. It also has a hidden secret........it makes a good clean boost too!

hotpickups

Just to follow on about Tremolos and the Jack Rabbit in particular. Why would one want a choice of buffered or True Bypass in a pedal (as the Jack Rabbit)? Is it when you have Fuzz boxes etc and can interfere with it etc?

hugbot

I want someone to get an EHX super pulsar so they can tell me about it.

hotpickups

hugbot said:

I want someone to get an EHX super pulsar so they can tell me about it.

That someone might have been me but I wanted Tap tempo for live use