"Warm" tremolos

[bwanasonic]

"Warmth" and "treble reduction" are synonymous.

Well they can be, but as someone who makes a living deciphering people's use of words like *warm*, *cool*,and *hot*, I often find art directors who use these terms in ways that confound accepted norms. Sometimes it helps to get some information on what the client is referencing for their description. Or at least get a couple more subjective terms from them and try and *triangulate* the position of what they are talking about!

Kerry M

[Jack]

You can nail the smiths thing with a single tremolo and a volume pedal in series. Set the tremolo for a deep medium chop, then rock the pedal forwads on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 3+, 4, 4+ beats or so, well getting faster towards the end of the bar. It's really not that hard. I've also heard it's a single tremolo with a gate, triggered by a cymbal

wich one of those listed above tremolos is best for a really choppy on-off effect (like the intro of that The Smiths song: "How soon is now")?

Keep in mind that the original recording is many tracks of Johnny Marr and Fender amp (twin reverb?) tremolo. No currently available stompbox is going to nail that sound. Not sure what Mr. Marr used live to get *close enough*, but I'm sure I've read about it, maybe even on this forum.

Kerry M

[blanik]

sorry i might have come wrong, i don't want to have the same sound as the Smiths, i just wanted to know wich DIY tremolo could be really choppy, to sound like i'm switching the signal on and off with a switch... just faster... 

my twin tremolo isn't bad but it could use just a little more choppyness (and besides, i want a backup pedal so i don't have to rely exclusively on the twin trem....)

R