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Born on the Bayou: Trem or Vibe?


scolfax

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I'm probably going to buy the cheapest pedal I can find that can help me play Born on the Bayou with a passable sound.


So tell me, am I looking for a tremolo or vibrato effect?

 

 

 

I use the tremolo setting on my Boss ME-50 when we play Bayou, and it sounds pretty good.

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interesting question.

 

tremolo is modulation of volume. vibrato is modulation of pitch. Leo Fender mixed these two concepts up. he called the bar that varies the pitch on the Stratocaster a tremolo, and he called the circuit that modulates the volume on his amps a vibrato circuit. so depending on the nomenclature you're used to, you could be looking for the opposite thing.

 

that said, you're looking for a tremolo pedal. i suggest either the Fulltone Supa-Trem or Catalinbread Valcorder.

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Just grabbed one off eBay for $20 shipped!

 

 

Good deal. I paid about that for my Tuna. Those little Dano pedals have some standouts. Buying them used is the key.

 

 

I get some decent "swampyness" with the Tuna. It's a nice little trem pedal.

 

 

I even "coped" the trem sound from King of the Hill with it.:o

 

 

 

My "standard" house rig is a little GA-5 gibson amp-Tuna Melt and the BLT Echo for a touch of slap'. A fun little rig.

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