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Effects for Me & my Monkey YouTube channel Facebook Fretboard's "resident pedal supremo" - mgaw
This one looks rather good.
http://www.hamsteadsoundworks.com/signaturetremolo/
the JHS honey bee has been really good for a two mode trem, and the BBE Tremor was surprisingly good too. Fuchs Cream De La Trem was pretty much the best subtle trem I've ever heard, not great for over the top trem though.
Vodoolabs trem is also nice, there are some really good trem units at really good prices and different voicings
Good:
Very nice to look at and very nicely built, feels like a top quality item.
The Tremolo waveforms (there are two settings) are wonderful sounding, probably the best I've heard in a pedal, although it is trad amp style trem, it's not for extreme effects.
The switchable boost is VERY transparent, does not colour at all - very useful in itself.
Not so Good:
Requires 300ma to power it - even from a Cioks 300ma labelled socket it struggled, so I'd allow some headroom there. This is the main reason I moved it on as I can't justify that much power supply demand for what is an occasional use effect for me.
The trem, whilst lovely sounding was a little on the warm side, so when kicked in, it didn't quite have the lift you get from something like a Demeter Tremulator, which has a treble lift.
I struggled with the functionality of the switchable boost. As it is completely independent of the trem, if you want to use it with the trem for a bit of gain make up (as you know Trem often needs a little boost to cover a perceived volume drop), you have to switch both footswitches on and off together. I got around it by having it in a switcher and have the boost pre-engaged, but still seems a bit of a miss not to be able to select whether to have it independent or tethered to the trem on/off switch.
I also hated the feel of the switches, they are spring loaded and felt heavy and unnatural.
Ive since been using a Mojohand Bayou trem, and I'm really liking it so far (previous trems, amongst others, have been the Demeter and the Fulltone Supa-trem)
It's a very simple amp style trem, has a lovely tone (with a very slight but just right treble and mid lift), level control, and no fuss.
Here's a cracking review by Henning Pauly: