Looking at a Boss TR-2 tremolo pedal, specifically to get the "How Soon Is Now" tone, and the "Gimme Shelter" tone.

1.) Is this even possible with this pedal?
2.) If not, what is? (Hopefully something resonably priced. I'm a poor college student.)

Even with this, you can get great sound. And it's amazingly cheap:



[dx.com]



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DandelionPowderman
Even with this, you can get great sound. And it's amazingly cheap:



[dx.com]

Be careful with these Chinese brands -they're copies of well known pedals, but then with the cheapest components. I had a few for testing and they all broke down one way or the other in just a few days. And, they are NOT true by-pass. Normally not really a big deal (like with Boss for example), but with these Chinse brands they really suck tone. I had a Jimi Leslie pedal that kept pulsating, whether it was on or off for example.

Mathijs

I bought a few, just for fun and out of curiousity: An "analog" delay, the tremolo as well as a chorus pedal.

All works fine after a year or so. I guess you can be very unlucky, though.

A friend of mine bought that JOYO Delay, also just for fun, to see what you can get for such a few bucks and said he was nicely surprised, that it was a great value for the money. I haven't tried any, so I can't say. As for tremolo, I am happy with the one I have in my VOX AC15.

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Looking at a Boss TR-2 tremolo pedal, specifically to get the "How Soon Is Now" tone, and the "Gimme Shelter" tone.

1.) Is this even possible with this pedal?
2.) If not, what is? (Hopefully something resonably priced. I'm a poor college student.)

Can you solder?

You can get a very nice tremolo kit for under $100. For instance: [buildyourownclone.com] or [www.mammothelectronics.com]

Edit: [www.tdpri.com]



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get a fender amp with tube driven spring reverb for the real reverb . NOTHING CAN MATCH IT !!!!!!!!!

Fulltone Supa-Trem

Seymour Duncan Shape Shifter



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The Joyo Tremolo is one lush sounding pedal. absolutely fab at a small cost.
I have five of these Joyo pedals (respective Harley Benton branded ones)
none of them has broken down or could be described as "tone sucking".
I gig with them and they're reliable. how the heck do you kill 'em in a few days?

anyway, best bang for the buck, imo.

read on Thomann (german music shop) ,that one "fixed" the suckin the tone issue:

"Für Alle die Probleme mit dem Lautstärkeunterschied Effekt an / Effekt aus haben. Eine einfache Lösung gibt es hierfür:
Schraubt das thomann Teil komplett auseinander (Achtung, könnte die Gewährleistung darunter leiden), holt die Platine heraus. Auf der Bauteilseite der Plat findet ihr zwei kleine aufgelötete Potentiometer. Das rechte davon regelt das Lautstärkeverhältnis "Effekt an / Effekt aus" und das linke davon die "Leuchtintensität " des Optokopplers, also wie weich oder thomann hart die "Welle" ansteigt.

Ich habe das Lautstärkenverhältnis auf ca. 9 Uhr gestellt und habe nun keinen Unterschied mehr zwischen Effekt an / Effekt aus."

google translated:
For all the problems with the volume difference of effect / effect have. There is a simple solution for this:
Screwed the thomann part completely apart (note, the warranty might suffer), the board pulls out. On the component side of the plate you will find two small potentiometers soldered. The right one controls the volume balance "effect on / off effect" and the left of the thomann so how soft or hard the "wave" increases "luminous intensity" of the optocoupler.

I put the volume ratio of about 9 clock and now I have no longer any difference between the effect on / off effect.

Thomann Tremolo

all in all, for 29 euros,you cant do anything wrong...

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Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away

Yep, I knew the Joyo Tremolo has two trim pots onboard.
I didn't need to have a go at them, because the pedal sounded perfect right out of the box.

Mine too. No problems whatsoever with the delay, tremolo or chorus

most reviews are very good,...
i only posted it ,to respond on Mathjis post.
If it runs good, of course no need to do anything

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Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away

Mathjis, what would you recommend?

Tremolo thread: [www.iorr.org]