Best use of a tremolo in a song?

Blueingreen

Let it Loose by the Rolling Stones

Majorscale

This is favourite track featuring tremolo. Sublime.


@BusterCrabb ;

tanihhiavlt

Aw man I blame Leo Fender, I came here all ready to type "No U r ALL wrong, Jeff Beck /thread peace!" 

But you mean Vibrato (lol thanks Leo) ... thinking about it, it's a way of increasing sales of strats and amps... 

In which case, I submit Ronny Jordan's Theme From Underworld - it was the best performance in the cinema that night! 

Mr_Claw

Sunburst said:

Myrrhman by Talk Talk, including tremelo-engaged amp hiss for the first 18 seconds before anything is played.

This man talks the Talk Talk. Anything where Mark Hollis uses tremolo is golden. Also Graham Sutton's use of tremolo in Bark Psychosis' stuff is amazing.

And, yes, @tone1 : Link Wray.

EricTheWeary

I like tremolo but always found it hard to use in a band context ( can end up just sounding like there’s a fault with the guitar). The only use I had was my attempt at covering Watching the Detectives, such a great song so I’ll happily add that to the nominations. 

UnclePsychosis

tanihhiavlt said:

Aw man I blame Leo Fender, I came here all ready to type "No U r ALL wrong, Jeff Beck /thread peace!" 

But you mean Vibrato (lol thanks Leo) ... thinking about it, it's a way of increasing sales of strats and amps... 

Nope, we mean Tremolo ;-)

Tremolo is volume, vibrato is pitch. 

DesVegas

Actually i think this was the first time I heard a tremolo



Awesome tune

jca74

How come no-one has mention Steve Marriott yet.

Humble Pie - 30 days in the hole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLTZavs4WAo

BusterCrabb

Majorscale said:

This is favourite track featuring tremolo. Sublime.


@BusterCrabb ;

Thank you sir 

pluckbuddy

Might not be a song as such but the soundtrack from Twin Peaks is very effective

BintyTwanger77

Blur - Oily Water. Graham Coxon has some kind of trem with a momentary switch and it makes the song. 

soma1975

pluckbuddy said:

Might not be a song as such but the soundtrack from Twin Peaks is very effective

Falling totally is a song.

hollywoodrox

Anything by the shadows ,ventures or Jeff Beck  for fender type arm
  
  Yankee Rose - Dave Lee Roth ( Steve vai)  and anything by EVH 

https://youtu.be/De9SvkO3B9k

EricTheWeary

Have we had A Change is Gonna Come by Otis Redding ( I suspect various murderings of this song by soul covers bands may have put us off) or Guitar Town by Steve Earle yet? Is that a baritone guitar on the Earle track? 

idiotwindow

EricTheWeary said:

Have we had A Change is Gonna Come by Otis Redding ( I suspect various murderings of this song by soul covers bands may have put us off)? 

I like Otis Redding but would include his cover as one of the various murderings of this great song.

downbytheriver

For what it’s worth... “For what it’s worth”. 

Thank you

uksaint7

For some reason this came to mind, all 1½ seconds of it! Vernon Reid at 2:07 in.

Trude

Blueingreen said:

Let it Loose by the Rolling Stones

Great as that is, I think it's a Leslie speaker rather than tremolo

My suggestion - Immigrant Song by Led Zep. The "Come from the land of the ice and snow" bit - effective because it's so brief.

InactiveX

uksaint7 said:

For some reason this came to mind, all 1½ seconds of it! Vernon Reid at 2:07 in.

InactiveX