Members greeny Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 I'm looking for a pedal that can do, The Smith's "How Soon Is Now", and classic Fender Trem sounds. Mainly for swampy dirty blues playing. Think "Black Snake Moan" soundtrack. How's the T-Rex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poltergeist Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 the Boss TR-2 should do just fine for that, i think... its also pretty cheap so... the best ive ever heard was a brown big one, i cant remember the name to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 yeah th tr-2 can do it if you get the c4 mod (clip out the c4 cap) try the ehx pulsar (nano or stereo or whatever) it does real good choppy stuff. it gets dramatic but can aslo do vintage fendery stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members only_shallow Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 Yeah, definately try out the EHX pulsar, it can go warm and choppy. also try out a Carl Martin Surf Trem. Its a really really good vintage trem for the price and it gets awesome surf-y fender trem sound. I think you might like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kpd78 Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 I'm looking for a pedal that can do, The Smith's "How Soon Is Now", and classic Fender Trem sounds. Mainly for swampy dirty blues playing. Think "Black Snake Moan" soundtrack.How's the T-Rex? the T-Rex is pretty good - i had the TC Electronics Vintage Trem (which is a re-badged Tremster). it definately does the vintage amp-type trem, but doesn't do extreme choppy sounds. i preferred it to the TR-2 which i've also owned. the Catalinbread Semaphore would also fit the bill; it's very tweakable, and can cover just about any trem sound you'd want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kittie Rose Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 No one pedal can do the How Soon is Now effect, except maybe Zvex's Tremorama. He used 4 amps and 3 Tremolos for that effect, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodwater Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 I've got an EHX pulsar and it's very versatile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 +1 on the pulsar, it's a great tremolo. the fulltone supa-trem is amazing too if you have a bit more to spend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BAXANDALL Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 I like using my Aramat Tubular Tremolo.It can be choppy or smooth and subtle with just a little knob tweaking.It's also built like a tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kittie Rose Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 None of these Trems will do "How Soon is Now" though Except, again, maybe the Seek-Trem/Tremorama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tetaJ Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 Cusack TAW at cusackmusic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sonaboy Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 two that i KNOW FOR SURE that can do the How Soon Is Now sound: Gig FX Chopper and Line 6 Tap Trem / Panning pedal. they both have way more capability than just standard trem too, which is always awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kishjor Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 Nady makes a brilliant tube tremelo pedal. It's only $120. Doubles as a vibrato too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kittie Rose Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 Hmm. +1 for a Tap Trem actually. You better have good rhythm though, or else you should go with a Seek Trem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members starsailor803 Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 On "How Soon Is Now?" to get the true effect you kinda need stereo trem. Stereo Pulsar, perhaps? You can get by with a TR-2 though, which is what I have. Johnny Marr recorded the main riff on HSIN with 4 Twin Reverbs, 2 for left and 2 for right channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kittie Rose Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 {censored} I never realised how much the Seek Trem was, it's over 300 I thought it was more like just over 200 Zvex pedals are pricey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ambient Exposure Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 Keeley modded TR-2. Just got one the other day, dam fine pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zacheryhunter Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 None of these Trems will do "How Soon is Now" though Except, again, maybe the Seek-Trem/Tremorama. Seeing as it was just the tremolo from a few late 70s twin reverbs run in stereo, any sort of stereo trem set up would probably do it. A pn-2 if you're willing to pay for it. I'm sure this will piss a few people off, but you could probably pull it off with a pair of the cheap behringer tremolo pedals run into two different channels of your amp or two separate amps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kittie Rose Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 Behringer pedals are actually pretty decent. I've listened time and time again to the Verbzilla and Digiverb, but the Behringer Reverb pedal I have is just as good. I just say it for E50 so I thought I may as well pick it up since I don't need "fantastic" reverb anyway(though I almost always use some reverb, since I'm such a Goff). And I was shocked by how good some of the modes are. I have a Behringer USB sound card too for my laptop and that's pretty nifty. Good tech support too. so I wouldn't be surprised if their Trem pedals are fantastic too. I think it's mainly Behringer's modeling stuff that isn't the greatest, which is why they get a bad rep, and the pedals aren't made from strong casing. Though I've never had a problem with that - I have a habit of breaking lots of things, but never really pedals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bojo Posted October 22, 2007 Members Share Posted October 22, 2007 empress tremolo!!!!! amazing trem with some rythm options that no other trem have but it's a little pricey.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Musickbox Posted October 22, 2007 Members Share Posted October 22, 2007 For anything time base, try to get tap tempo. If your going to be in the studio or at home, there are tones of other options. The best "amp like" trems I've heard about are Mojo Hand Sugar baby, Earthquaker Pulse Machine, Cusack TAW, Swamp Thing, and there are tons more. If your on a budget, grab a used TR-2 and get it modded. I owned a Keeley TR-2 for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kittie Rose Posted October 22, 2007 Members Share Posted October 22, 2007 Wouldn't a sequence based Tremolo be the best, though? You have to have very good rythm to get the tap exactly right, and it can be hard to get the right number of beats. What kind of options would the OP have there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bojo Posted October 22, 2007 Members Share Posted October 22, 2007 for sequence based tremolo, i'm gonna repeat myself and say Empress tremolo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members greeny Posted December 9, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 9, 2007 Bumping for more recommendations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pbone Posted December 9, 2007 Members Share Posted December 9, 2007 You can get a seek trem modified to have tap tempo, by the way. {censored}, there was one that was a red one. I forgot it's name, but apparently Clapton used it. ON EDIT: Demeter Trumlator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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