Tremolo Users - What Are You Using Yours For?

I use mine for rhythmic changes in amplitude. I can make that fit into any type of tune.

 

CREEDENCE.

 

I use mine for lots of stuff. Here's a quick example.

It also sounds good with a slow pulse or with a square wave trem after distortion.

 

i use it for ambient swells, giving distortion riffs a synthy pulse sort of sound and in recent times thanks to the controls of the shape shifter, a reverse delay sort of sound...

and so much more, its my favourite effect save distortion and harmonizing

 

Yeah but it's not that hard to play some John Fogerty on the bass. I think it sounds quite cool, check it out:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=889952&songID=7036564

But yes, I was being a smartass. I use my Tremolo for 60's style psychedelic textures, which yes were typically done on guitar but that doesn't mean it can't be achieved with a bass (if anything it guarantees it). I achieve a lot of things on my bass that most bass players are too small minded to even think to achieve, so whether that sort of thing has any relevance to you whatsoever is up to you.

 

I think at one point there was a thread on popular songs with tremolo on the bass. You might search for that. I remember Black Thumbnail by Kings of Leon being mentioned and I know the bass player from The Flaming Lips uses a tremolo often.

 

Okay, I decided to be nice and find it for you

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428633&highlight=tremolo

Hope that helps

 

When it fit on my board, I would use it for a fast, choppy effect. I would have my muff on for heavy dirt, BMS for square wave balls and octaves, delay to extend slides/sweeps, and tremolo to chop it up at a very fast tempo in time w/ the drums. It was absolute insanity.

GGG's EA Tremolo replica does the job quite well. It's no Empress Tremolo (see helicoptors), but it does the trick of a good chop.

I always adjusted the speed of trem w/ the tempo of the drums to it was tasteful. I usually kept the depth at about 90% so it would be noticeable...

BTW, listen to Yes' The Yes Album. Chris uses it a lot on there...

 

I think that tremolo is one of the best effects (along with delay) for making psychadelic freak-outs and trance-y drones. That's mostly what I use it for

 

i want to get a nice trem and use it allllllll the time. I can only imagine how it would sound in a feedback loop.

 

I remember answering this question months ago back in May. Here's a cut-and-paste of that post:

 

Calm down dude bro. Awesome jam by the way.

I also use my trem the way Mark does. I sometimes turn it up as fast as possible, to obtain that synth jagged sound.

 

I found out something neat. When I turn my PN-2 on with my fuzz and OD engaged, and then slide my right hand across the strings, I get this whacked out tom morello effect. Haven't had a chance to use in a band setting yet, but believe me I will when the chance comes. It's one of my fav effects too...

 

this does it for me... one of my favorite 'effect' bass lines



No I haven't put one on my board... but I am soon

 

Seriously! That's what I was thinking above.
That whole album blows my mind when I listen to it...

It's crazy to think about the stuff Chris (and the band) was doing back then...

 

i should get a tremolo sometime... could be fun. but my board is almost full now.

john

 

I haven't got one, but if I did I would put it before my envelope filter to get some rythmic bow-chicka-wow-wow goin on.