Tremolo Pedal
Tremolo Pedal
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 Fulltone Supa Trem Tremolo Guitar Effect Pedal VINTAGE Serial 78  US $173.50
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 DANELECTRO DJ 5 TUNA MELT TREMOLO GUITAR EFFECTS PEDAL NO RESERVE US $15.00
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 Boss Tremolo TR 2 US $65.00
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 TC Electronic NM 1 Nova Modulator Pedal NM1 Effects PROAUDIOSTAR US $169.00
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 Danelectro Cool Cat Tremolo US $21.01
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 Line 6 MM4 Modelling Guitar Effect Pedal US $100.00
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 Boss PN 2 Tremolo Guitar Effect Pedal US $103.60
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 Boss Tremolo Pan PN 2 in Excellent Condition US $85.00
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 Fulltone Supa Trem handwired boutique tremolo guitar pedal very low hrs Minty US $129.00
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 Boss TR 2 Tremolo Pedal US $1.50
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 Brand New Line 6 MM4 Modelling Guitar Effect Pedal US $244.99
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 Danelectro COOL CAT New Tremolo Guitar Effects Pedal CT 1 US $64.95
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 Rocktron Stomp Box Reaction Tremolo 11630 Guitar Pedal US $99.95
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 ZVEX Ooh Wah pedal Z Vex US $99.00
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 Endangered Audio Research Gristleizer Aanalog Synthesizer Effect Pedal US $379.00
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 Voodoo Lab Tremolo Guitar Effect Pedal US $115.00
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 Fulltone Supa Trem Pedal Supa Trem Tremolo Brand New US $186.15
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 BYOC Tremolo Pedal Kit FREE USA SHIPPING US $74.99
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 BOSS TREMELO TR 2 GUITAR EFFECT PEDAL MINIMAL USE US $55.00
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 Blackstar HT Modulation Guitar Effects Pedal US $199.99
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 New Electro Harmonix Stereo Pulsar Analog Tremolo Effects Pedal US $88.20
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 E WAVE EFFECTS TREMOLO NEW SERIES TRUE BYPASS NICE US $47.88
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 Electro Harmonix The Worm Modulator WARRANTY WW ship US $105.00
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 Electro Harmonix Stereo Pulsar vibrato NEW $0 ship XO US $88.20
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 Copilot FX Android Ring Modulator analog US $105.00
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 THE TRILL TREMOLO EFFECT PEDAL KIT BUILD IT YOURSELF US $44.99
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 Boss TR 2 Tremolo Brand New Free Shipping Two Free Cables 0 Tax US $99.00
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 New Carl Martin Trem O Vibe Free Pedal Cable US $319.00
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 Boss TR 2 Tremolo US $99.00
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 Empress Effects Tap Tremolo Pedal US $249.00
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 New Voodoo Lab Tremolo Effects Pedal FREE SHIPPING US $129.00
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Why The Tremolo Arm Is Misnamed
Few parts of a guitar, if any, have as many different names and terms used to describe it as the tremolo arm. The tremolo arm is an adjustable lever which is connected to the bridge of the guitar. By moving this arm or lever, the bridge is raised and lowered, and by raising or lowering the bridge, the strings are themselves raised and lowered. This slightly stretches the strings, resulting in a change of pitch, and adjusting this up and down quite rapidly gives rise to the tremolo effect, or rapid pitch bending.
Some of the names commonly given to the tremolo arm include the tremolo bar, the sissy or wang bar, the slam or whammy handle, and also the whammy bar. Both the whammy handle and whammy bar are slang terms used for a long time, and have since given rise to the idea of a 'whammy', being a slang term itself to describe the action or effect of a rapid change in pitch, and in some cases there are now electronic devices or facilities built in tot eh amplification equipment connected to electric guitars that replicate the effect of a whammy without the physical use of a tremolo bar to achieve it, instead adjusting the note electronically. In fact, the word tremolo, or rather its use within the context of this electric guitar effect, can be traced back to one of the earliest leading designers of electric guitars, Leo Fender.
Although he was responsible for a huge amount of excellent design development where the electric guitar is concerned, it was also Fender who gave rise to the popular misunderstanding of the term tremolo, and in particular the confusion between what tremolo really means, and the word vibrato. Technically, the term vibrato refers to the effect of a change in pitch either up or down the scale, and the word tremolo actually refers to a change in volume. Both of these terms have long historic roots in music notation and its Latin origins, but thanks to Leo Fender, what should be referred to as a vibrato arm is now referred to by almost any other name.
Today, most designers and manufacturers of electric guitar and electric guitar related equipment reverse the meanings of these two words to avoid confusion within the world of the electric guitar, and so vibrato still refers to a change in volume, whilst tremolo still refers to a change in pitch. However, in other musical circles you will find that these words refer to each others' meanings. Although the most common form of a tremolo arm is the traditional lever attached to the bridge, there are two other main types of tremolo mechanism, in particular the Bigsby and the B-Bender. The Bigsby is a mechanical vibrato effect which involves a metal bar being placed some way up the neck of the guitar.
The strings are wrapped around this bar, and the player can adjust the pitch, in other words, creating the tremolo effect, by rotating this bar. The rotation of the bar causes the change in tension and therefore pitch of the strings, resulting in a similar effect. The B-Bender is quite different, and the mechanism usually resides inside the guitar, and this, as the name suggests, is connected solely to the B string, so that this one string alone has the tremolo effect, giving rise to a sound similar to that of a pedal steel guitar.
Of course, not all electric guitars have this physical mechanism, although many do, and in some cases, the tremolo arm can be added later, but in all cases, whether the effect is physically present or not, the result can still be achieved electronically by using the amplification equipment, the only downside being of course that it is less tactile and more distant from the actual playing of the instrument.
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how can i do a tremolo sound on my guitar?
is there a special way of strumming the strings, or do i need an effects pedal? if so, which one?
Do it the time-honored way; modulate the string with your finger. The classical way is like violin players do; by maintaining the same pressure on the string and moving their fret hand back and forth in line with the neck. This is too difficult for most guitar players and too subtle a sound. The way that most guitarists known for their vibrato (or tremolo) do it is best explained like this: play a note on your guitar (try the high E string first, say, seventh fret). Pick it and then bend the string only about a half step and let it back to the original note, and then back up a half step, and then back down for as long as the note sustains. Continue this until you get a smooth transition (wo-oh-wo-oh-wo-oh . . .). The faster you do this, the more it will probably sound like you want it. You can alter the depth of the vibrato by stretching the string more or less for the passage. By watching the greats years and years ago (B.B. King; Eric Clapton; Angus Young; etc.), and by practicing my butt off, I eventually came up with a decent vibrato without a whammy bar or pedal.
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