UNKNOWN EFFECT

[heavyfunkmachin]

HI ALL!

im looking for an effect, but i haven´t found it yet...
it´ll be nothing like i picture it to be....
(neil young´s zuma reference...)

any way, its like a tremolo, but insted of changing pitch... it changes output volume...
an example is nancy sinatra´s bang bang guitar...

i love that sound... WHATS THE NAME OF IT???
any pedals that do that? recommendations?

thanks!

[bongomania]

Haha! That is tremolo. The terms "tremolo" and "vibrato" got mixed up on some classic Fender amps and also mixed up with the marketing of whammy bars, but the correct definition is: tremolo is modulation of volume, vibrato is modulation of pitch.

There are lots of great tremolo pedals out there, and they do not need to be bass-specific, there is usually no loss of low end with a tremolo.

If you search on tremolo here you'll find plenty of recommendations, but the two best that I've used were the Aramat Tubular Tremolo and the Guyatone Flip VTX.

[nad]

Originally Posted by heavyfunkmachin

tremolo

You got it.

vibrato = changes pitch
tremolo = changes volume

So yeah, search for tremolo. There are several good threads on them. Personally I love my Frostwave Blue Ringer for such an effect and use it thusly quite a bitly.

EDIT: Con sarnit, that bongo got me again! *throws hat into the dust*

[selfblessed]

+1 to what Bongo said. Cool effect on bass too.

[heavyfunkmachin]

thanks a lot guys... no im only concern about buying a tremolo and getting a vibrato...

[ehque]

a vibrato would probably be marketed as a chorus.

[JanusZarate]

Originally Posted by ehque

a vibrato would probably be marketed as a chorus.

A vibrato is technically half of a chorus pedal.

Some standalone vibrato pedals exist, but I personally don't like the effect by itself. I'm all for chorus pedals and pitch bending, but there's something... unsettling about plain vibrato.