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Re: The Whatever Thread .. For Gear!!
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 6:46 am
by Eivind August
I'm in camp illogical here. If you want added features, just get a computer and be done with it.

Get a TR-2, Kate.
Re: The Whatever Thread .. For Gear!!
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:17 am
by coldbrightsunlight
The trouble is people have now turned me onto these expensive things that are still just tremolos but
really nice ones .
Sorry please talk about something else I'll stop controlling this thread
Re: The Whatever Thread .. For Gear!!
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:39 am
by D.o.S.
TR-2 is killer but the perceived volume drop is very real and annoying.
Re: The Whatever Thread .. For Gear!!
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 10:18 am
by Eivind August
Oh yeah, like how the volume completely drops every other second? Really annoying, dunno what's up with that.
Re: The Whatever Thread .. For Gear!!
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:14 am
by Inconuucl
Yeah, I like my tremolo with no volume drop. That's why I go boutique, for the transparent trem tones.
Re: The Whatever Thread .. For Gear!!
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:21 am
by D.o.S.
Save the pleb shit for the next limited run Instahype thread, please.
Basically with the TR-2, the "fully dry" of the trem sounds like 95% as loud as the volume does when it's bypassed, no matter how subtle you set the effect. It's incredibly annoying because, obviously, what's the fucking point of stepping on something that isn't a tuner and it makes you quieter?
You know what hasn't been mentioned in this discussion and is a far superior pedal? The Mad Doctor Stutter. That thing fucking rips. I should really pick one up at some point (loved it in the tour box).
Re: The Whatever Thread .. For Gear!!
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:49 am
by MechaGodzilla
my favourite trem is in my Traynor and i think it *boosts* the perceived volume a little bit? it also works better with the reverb on, gives the trem more to work with somehow
Re: The Whatever Thread .. For Gear!!
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 12:07 pm
by Kacey Y
I've got a SolidGoldFX Stutter Lite tremolo and it works great and has a volume control. No crazy features, just rate, depth and volume, with a switch between old school amp like tremolo and more hard chop. It's not a better price than used TR-2, to be sure, but it's not crazy expensive if you want something simple that has a volume control.
Re: The Whatever Thread .. For Gear!!
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 12:53 pm
by coupleonapkins
Nobody has mentioned the Zvex Sonar, which can be a set & forget tremolo (with tap tempo), or a deeper wave-shaping beast if you want it (it also has a Zvex Machine integrated into the build). I really love the ramping down/up function the most, though.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0afpvOJ8fM[/youtube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0afpvOJ8fM
Re: The Whatever Thread .. For Gear!!
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 1:40 pm
by Eivind August
Oh yeah, that's a cool one. Been close to picking it up a couple of times.
Re: The Whatever Thread .. For Gear!!
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 2:18 pm
by tremolo3
D.o.S. wrote:TR-2 is killer but the perceived volume drop is very real and annoying.
It was fixed by Boss, but I believe there is no way to identify them other than playing them.
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Re: The Whatever Thread .. For Gear!!
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 2:57 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
Volume drop is annoying. The one I have now has an internal trim for boost, so anything that replaces it has to either have that or a gain knob on the outside.
Oh wow the sonar looks amazing I had no idea!! Way up on the list now if I do decide to upgrade.
Re: The Whatever Thread .. For Gear!!
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 3:21 pm
by friendship
Allegedly the TR-2 volume drop was fixed in 2006, and also allegedly there's a volume trimpot you can adjust? I have no experience, was just curious about it:
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index ... p.1215096/
Re: The Whatever Thread .. For Gear!!
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 12:26 pm
by Mudfuzz
Either way, it's a easy fix, just a resistor swap. Out of all the trems I've had the TR-2 was the best for getting super cool 80s synth pop hard square pulse sounds when put between a octave and a envelope filter

Re: The Whatever Thread .. For Gear!!
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 1:28 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
rad way to use a trem
