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Re: Advanced Vibrato/Tremolo Pedals

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:20 pm
by STOMPBOXSONIC
seventstrat wrote:What about the Gig-FX Chopper. Pretty strange take on a trem pedal, but it sounds pretty badass. Haven't found a great demo of it, but theres a few on youtube


Good call! Met the Gig-FX folks at a guitar show we did a few months back. Got to see and hear them up close. Pedals are awesome. Amazing the features and controls they pack into such a relatively small enclosure. Internet does not do them justice. If you get a chance to test one in person do it!

Re: Advanced Vibrato/Tremolo Pedals

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:54 am
by seventstrat
Couldn't agree more dude. I just picked up their mega wah, it's excellent. Very high quality, and original sounding stuff

Re: Advanced Vibrato/Tremolo Pedals

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 4:21 pm
by AnxSnd
The Vox Vibravox is actually really good if you can track one down - i got one on ebay for $100 shipped. Not sure why that series got discontinued so fast (other than them being clunky and so mirrored that looking down at one on stage can blind you!)... Very nice having the two footswitchable trem speeds, the vibrato option is not bad (vibe is sublte - some pitch shifting, but nothing super sea-sick), and one thing it does that i don't find much with others it that it ramps up-down when you change speeds. It can also be set to switch btwn trem & vibe (instead of 2 diff't trem or vibe speeds), which is a highly useful feature

Re: Advanced Vibrato/Tremolo Pedals

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 4:25 pm
by Caesar
There's an EHX Wiggler in the b/s/t going real cheap ;)

Re: Advanced Vibrato/Tremolo Pedals

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:46 pm
by NihilistNixon
pulse. wrote:What's your budget?

Sorry its taken so long to get on here. I havent been near a computer for a while, Im recording right ow so its been nusy. Im working on $250. Im going to get a Earthquaker Sea Machine but I need a good vibrato/tremolo buddy for it.lol

Re: Advanced Vibrato/Tremolo Pedals

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:01 pm
by NihilistNixon
lizardville wrote:Im on a quest for a tremolo pedal with tap tempo.

My 2 final choices seems to be the empress and the new "looker"

http://www.youngpedals.com/thelooker.html

Anyone has references of both pedals???


Im really liking The Looker, it has kinda an off sound to it. Its ssubtle, but its there.

Re: Advanced Vibrato/Tremolo Pedals

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:12 pm
by NihilistNixon
Gunner Recall wrote:Are we talking pitch vibrato? Or old school "we called it vibrato but really it's a tremolo"?


Think Vox Vibravox, it was capable of both Tremolo and Vibrato. I think it even was able to be both at once. Thats what I want. And anything that would sound nice with Eartquaker's Sea Machine Vibrato or Tremolo I will look into.

Re: Advanced Vibrato/Tremolo Pedals

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:19 pm
by D.o.S.
I have nothing constructive to say, but I love your username.

Re: Advanced Vibrato/Tremolo Pedals

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:25 pm
by NihilistNixon
D.o.S. wrote:I have nothing constructive to say, but I love your username.


mine?

Re: Advanced Vibrato/Tremolo Pedals

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:59 pm
by D.o.S.
Yessir.

Re: Advanced Vibrato/Tremolo Pedals

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:48 pm
by NihilistNixon
D.o.S. wrote:Yessir.

Why thank you my kind sir, I have had it for years.

Re: Advanced Vibrato/Tremolo Pedals

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:49 pm
by NihilistNixon
SO MANY PEDALS! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Re: Advanced Vibrato/Tremolo Pedals

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:47 pm
by AnxSnd
Vox Vibravox does do BOTH tremolo AND vibrato (true vibrato must have pitchbending, trem in amps is often mislabelled as vibrato, etc.). You can't do both at the same time, but here are yr options with the 2 footswitches = 1. Two diff't setable speeds of trem, 2. trem 1 / vib 2 (each with their own speed setting), and 3. two diff't setable speeds of vibrato.

I find this feature very useful, to be able to have a slow trem pulse then hit the switch and the speed ramps up is an extremely cool & musical trick to have up one's sleeve. Also being able to switch from trem to the warble of the vibrato (thought the vibrato effect on it is a bit on the subtle side) is mighty groovy. Also has a volume control, so you can set it where yr signal is boosted a bit when the effect is on - something no trem pedal should be without. So all in all i've found it quite good, espec for the price i got it ($100).

Re: Advanced Vibrato/Tremolo Pedals

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:24 pm
by NihilistNixon
AnxSnd wrote:Vox Vibravox does do BOTH tremolo AND vibrato (true vibrato must have pitchbending, trem in amps is often mislabelled as vibrato, etc.). You can't do both at the same time, but here are yr options with the 2 footswitches = 1. Two diff't setable speeds of trem, 2. trem 1 / vib 2 (each with their own speed setting), and 3. two diff't setable speeds of vibrato.

I find this feature very useful, to be able to have a slow trem pulse then hit the switch and the speed ramps up is an extremely cool & musical trick to have up one's sleeve. Also being able to switch from trem to the warble of the vibrato (thought the vibrato effect on it is a bit on the subtle side) is mighty groovy. Also has a volume control, so you can set it where yr signal is boosted a bit when the effect is on - something no trem pedal should be without. So all in all i've found it quite good, espec for the price i got it ($100).


Ah, I see I see. Am I still able to buy the VibraVox or is it MIA?

Re: Advanced Vibrato/Tremolo Pedals

Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:51 am
by WtrPlyr
Don't know if it has been mentioned but maybe take a look at the DOD Vibrathang.