Boss Tremolo pedals

The BOSS TR-2 Tremolo is designed to provide guitarists with classic tremolo effects in an easy-to-use compact pedal. Dedicated "Wave," "Rate," and "Depth" knobs provide a multitude of effect possibilities. Provides guitarists with high-quality vintage tremolo effects in an easy-to-use compact pedal Dedicated "Wave," "Rate" and "Depth" knobs allow for precise effect tailoring "Rate" control allows for higher speed adjustment than classic PN-2 "Wave" control alters LFO waveform from triangle to square "Depth" control determines the strength of the effect BOSS 5-year warranty UTILIZATION I love boss pedals they're always plainly laid out and thus simple to use. No tricks or gimmicks, it's exactly how you see it and nothing else. SOUND QUALITY The tremolo effect itself is good. The rate and depth are very useful and can go from extremely fast to extremely slow like it's supposed to. The depth is sort of like a mix knob where the intensity of the tremolo can slam your guitar signal making it a very strong effect or not. The pedal itself isn't true bypass so there's some tonal change when hooked up so for the tone purists you may need to mod it or get a true bypass looper etc. Otherwise the effect itself is quite simple and you can do nearly anything with it. I use it out in front with a distortion pedal however so the signal is still quite clear, but you might want to experiment with it in the loop and such if you're using amp distortion. Again this is completely subjective on how you use it, there is no right or wrong way. It's whatever you think sounds good. Tremolo for me is hard to judge because it's literally taking the original guitar signal and kinda 'panning' almost back and forth. Not so much adding to the sound or taking away from anything. But I have definitely seen the TR-2 on a lot of pedal boards so there must be something good about these, they must definitely do the trick! OVERALL OPINION I love the simplicity of a boss pedal like this one. It's labelled as a tremolo and has 3 knobs, and it does exactly that. There's no fuss, no muss. No extra switches to do extra stuff or mini toggles that add whatever to whatever etc etc. It's a simple plug and play effect and it sounds great. Of course you have to bend down to adjust it, which is a bit of a pain for live use. Nowadays there are many other tremolo pedals out there with loads of different features, you just have to figure out what you want in a tremolo pedal. If you just want the simplest out there,at a good price, this is the one to look for.

The stock Boss TR-2 is a pretty decent tremolo pedal that sounds fairly solid. It has a few issues, though. For one, it's a little noisy. For two, whenever you turn it on, the volume actually drops. Finally, the effect is kinda thin sounding. Analogman was able to fix all of these issues in this mod, and it looks 100% stock on the outside (except for the signature Analogman sticker, which you can take off). UTILIZATION The pedal is still in the same old Boss housing, so it's a very sturdy pedal. I've seen these things take tons of abuse without any issues. One thing that Keeley likes to do to some of his pedals is drill them out for a real true bypass mechanical switch, but I don't really recommend doing that as it's not necessary. The buffers in these are generally pretty good and don't suck too much tone. They also help with longer cable runs. The manual doesn't really apply to this anymore, but it's so easy to use that it's not needed. SOUND QUALITY The sound is much improved. First of all, the pedal sounds kinda thing in its stock form. This is a big turn off for those who are looking for a thick and organic sounding tremolo sound. With the higher quality components that Analogman installs, this is fixed. The other issue is that the volume will drop when you turn it on. Analogman installs a pot inside the pedal that you can adjust. He marks it so you can have unity gain, but you're free to boost or lower the volume when you turn it on to suit how you want your effect to be utilized. Very trick mod that you can't see just by looking at it. OVERALL OPINION The Analogman TR-2 is probably my favorite tremolo out there. It's not the most versatile, but the mod is very reasonably priced, and it sounds great. It's a super solid pedal with the mod and can fit on most boards for those looking for that signature tremolo kind of sound.

The Boss PN 2 Tremolo is a super small tremolo pedal suitable for use with all electronic instruments but designed for electric guitar. The pedal is an analog one, consisting of 1/4" jacks for input and output and runs of a standard nine volt power supply. The pedal is definitely smaller than any pedal I've seen out there other than other pedals made by Boss . UTILIZATION There's not much at all to using the Boss PN 2 pedal. It only has two parameters for speed and depth, which is a pretty standard make up for tremolo pedals and are the same parameters you'll find on Fender amps for the same effect. The pedal probably isn't big enough to hold any more parameters anyway! SOUND QUALITY The Boss PN 2 definitely gives you that classic tremolo sound much like that found on vintage Fender amplifiers. You don't need to do much at all in order to get a good sound from the pedal, which is one of my favorite aspects of the pedal. You control it to get the sound you want from it rather than controlling it to get a good sound from it, if you know what I mean. I've used the pedal with a Fender Telecaster and I don't remember the amp, although it was obviously not a Fender since we were using a tremolo pedal. OVERALL OPINION While not the most versatile tremolo pedal out there, it really doesn't matter too much as the Boss PN 2 has a great overall sound. I also love how small this pedal is as it makes it easy to bring around if necessary. It's also the cheapest pedal in this line of pedals from Boss PN 2 at $100 US dollars. There are definitely cheaper and more versatile tremolo pedals out there, but this one has a great sound that is hard to beat, even if it's not a open to manipulation as others out there. I'd recommend checking out this pedal and the others in this super small line of pedals for sure!