I must confess, I like tremolo - there's something about the way it pulls and pushes the sound that I find extremely inspiring. I've owned a lot of tremolo pedals, trying to capture the sounds from certain amps that I used to have, and have never come close, until now. Enter the Fredric Effects West Germany Tremolo.
It's a really simple pedal - rate and depth knobs, and a switch that doubles the speed when engaged. For me, this is what tremolo should sound like - organic, warm and smooth: there isn't any "digital sheen" or "sparkle" here. What this means is that you are going to loose some top end from your signal - it's quite apparent actually, and may not be for everyone, but it's very accurate to the amps that I've had, which makes it perfectly old school for me.
Again, thanks to Siân & Paul for the excellent customer service.
