Tremolo Recommendation

[A2Music]

My friends,

I'm trying out some tremolo circuits in preparation for a Surf-geared multi-pedal that I'm putting together for a friend's wedding gift. The plan is to put 3 circuits in one big box where each effect is good for a surf-loving guitarist. I've tried built a few of the trems posted here but, so far, no luck. My first attempt at the Heartthrob produced a pedal that passed the signal from one point to another without altering anything but a little drop in volume.

Is there a consensus amongst hobbyists here about the preferred trem circuit in terms of ease of assembly and quality of sound?

Thanks for any feedback!
Alex

[Stinger25]

tremulus lune! hated to wire it but love the sound

[SmoothAction]

I just built the EH Pulsar trem, then threw an LPB1 boost afterwards and it sounds awesome. Its really choppy and fast. I found it a bit too quiet hence the boost stage. It uses all very common parts. Its at tonepad, maybe we can get a vero made.. its really good if you like choppy n' fast. Sounds good slow too.

[Dave]

I've built the Ea trem, coloursound trem and vox repeat percussion, all of which sound great and were easy to do, depends what kind of trem sound you want really. I too am a fan of the pulsar circuit *hint hint Miro and Mark* haha.
Thanks
Dave

[johnk]

catalinbread pareidolia.

[vick]

I am a fan of the vico vibe it sounds great and is an easy build with no hard to find parts or LDR to mess with.

[vick]

note i do add a boost in with the circuit http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2013/01/electro-harmonix-lpb1-with-trimmer.html

[Jon the Art Guy]

I bet the Vicovibe would be a perfect fit for your project, since it's sort of a janky 60's-style effect for a janky 60's style box of surf. Also, being about to build with parts-bin stuff should be nice.

If you're going all out, the Tremulus Lune and Magnus Modulus (on sabrotone) are masterworks.

[A2Music]

Thanks, everyone. That gives me some good stuff to get started. I'll post results.