Tremolo advice sought

NPP

I'm after a tremolo pedal that can do an early 60s harmonic trem as in one of the options in the Strymon Flint. I'd love a Flint but it's expensive and probably overkill. Is there anything else out there I should consider, including second-hand pedals and home-built clones? 

stickyfiddle

Pedalparts do a Schaller Trem kit which sounds like what you're after. I have one in the "projects" box but haven't built it yet.

Should sound like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HAKQ_jGM90

EricTheWeary

The Toadworks Pipeline is/ was exactly this. There was a big version and a junior version.

Toadworks went out of businesss last year and the folks on eBay can't quite decide if that makes Toadworks pedals highly prized collectors items ( I want to sell my Toadworks delay so I'm hoping so!) or surplus stock cheapos.

I watched a Pipeline go for about £160, which was silly money IMHO, but worth keeping an eye out as one might come up for half that. Or for £160 new a Catalinbread Pareidolia.

EricTheWeary

stickyfiddle said:

Pedalparts do a Schaller Trem kit which sounds like what you're after. I have one in the "projects" box but haven't built it yet.

Should sound like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HAKQ_jGM90

Ahh, in which case don't Fredric Effects build a Schaller clone? Their German tremolo IIRC.

timhulio

Yes, thanks for the mention! It's the West Germany Vintage Tremolo. Spot on clone with the addition of true bypass and an LED which pulses in time to the trem.

Fazer

as well as ones mentioned there is also coldcraft and bearfoot fx
none of them are cheap though

i think i did see a cheaper one but cant quite recall the brand at this moment (and it may not have been a proper harmonic trem)

timhulio

What's a harmonic trem?

Fazer

its alternating hi-pass/lo-pass filter, rather than an overall volume

the sound is between a tremolo and a vibe

Fazer

you can hear it at the beginning of the flint demo

EricTheWeary

Fazer;125003" said:

as well as ones mentioned there is also coldcraft and bearfoot fx

none of them are cheap though



i think i did see a cheaper one but cant quite recall the brand at this moment (and it may not have been a proper harmonic trem)

there is a Modtone harmonic trem. Google brought up its existence but not a UK price/ distributor.

Fazer

yeah, that was the one.
its £75 from effectspowersupplies but listening to a demo of it i think its just a normal tremolo, alas

NPP

thanks guys, I'll listen to the demos once I'm back where I can get an internet connection capable of playing videos. 

The sound on the Flint demo is what I'm after

monquixote

I think @HandsomeRik had some kind of pedal like a harmonic trem. 

Give him a shout he might make you one.

EDIT: It was a magnavibe type.

EricTheWeary

Fazer;125011" said:

its alternating hi-pass/lo-pass filter, rather than an overall volume



the sound is between a tremolo and a vibe

just on my phone but when I went on YouTube the first demo that came up for the Catalinbread one had a little explanation of the process.
Also noted that the Toadworks takes an expression pedal like the Flint does and it does regular tremolo too. Beginning to understand why they fetch so much now!

camf

I have the Catalinbread one... the Pareidolia Harmonic that I'm not using. PM me if you 're interested.

http://www.catalinbread.com/pare-features

cam f

JCA2550

I highly recommend the Hardwire TR-7 which has 4 superb sounding tremolos to choose from with no dicernible volume drop, tap-tempo, stereo in/out and is built like a tank! It also has decent sounding vibe and vibro-pan selections . It also has a less convincing Rotary/Leslie setting which is it's only weakness in my opinion. You can pick these up for £75 second-hand, well worth it.

EricTheWeary

JCA2550 said:

I highly recommend the Hardwire TR-7 which has 4 superb sounding tremolos to choose from with no dicernible volume drop, tap-tempo, stereo in/out and is built like a tank! It also has decent sounding vibe and vibro-pan selections . It also has a less convincing Rotary/Leslie setting which is it's only weakness in my opinion. You can pick these up for £75 second-hand, well worth it.

£99 new at the moment as well, although it doesn't have a harmonic tremolo model.

JCA2550

That's good I had to order mine from the States whenthey first came out. Cost me nearly £140, after I'd paid Custome/Parcelforce etc.

EricTheWeary

JCA2550 said:

That's good I had to order mine from the States whenthey first came out. Cost me nearly £140, after I'd paid Custome/Parcelforce etc.

lot of money off Digitech and DOD at the moment generally. I'll have a wild guess and say they might be having a relaunch at NAMM in a couple of weeks. Or just going down the s*****r maybe...

monquixote

I've just got a flint and I can confirm the harmonic trem is ace

JCA2550

I'm tempted by the Flint I must say.