Lovepedal Babyface Tremolo Pedal

[The Twickerman]

Has anyone tried this on the bass? The demos I have found sound really great - but they are all on guitar.

It's such a dinky pedal!

[gnasher1993]

Tremolo is just a volume-based effect so it shouldn't be any less effective on bass. The only problem I've heard of with Tremolo pedals is that there's sometimes a volume drop when engaged.

You should be fine with it.

[The Twickerman]

[quote name='gnasher1993' post='694861' date='Dec 28 2009, 02:20 PM']Tremolo is just a volume-based effect so it shouldn't be any less effective on bass. The only problem I've heard of with Tremolo pedals is that there's sometimes a volume drop when engaged.

You should be fine with it.[/quote]

What you're saying then, is that all tremolos are the same?

[gnasher1993]

[quote name='The Twickerman' post='695092' date='Dec 28 2009, 07:57 PM']What you're saying then, is that all tremolos are the same?[/quote]

In principal, yes.

Obviously you can add loads of features. The Lovepedal tremolo is probably the simplest you can get (just a rate control).

Features you could potentially add:

Tap tempo
Depth
Wave form
Rhythm selection
Ratio (w/ tap tempo)
Modulation

Probably loads more as well.

[The Twickerman]

[quote name='gnasher1993' post='695168' date='Dec 28 2009, 09:01 PM']In principal, yes.

Obviously you can add loads of features. The Lovepedal tremolo is probably the simplest you can get (just a rate control).

Features you could potentially add:

Tap tempo
Depth
Wave form
Rhythm selection
Ratio (w/ tap tempo)
Modulation

Probably loads more as well.[/quote]

The Lovepedal tremolo has a waveform switch on the front as well. It also has depth and volume trimpots. The volume is crucial actually and frequently missing from tremolo pedals. Otherwise you cannot set the relative level of the affected sound.

But anyway - these are generic comments - I was hoping to find some comments from someone who's tried this pedal. Or soemone who'd recommend a different tremolo for bass guitar.

[thisnameistaken]

I haven't tried this pedal but I wouldn't run a tremolo on bass without tap tempo. It's such a destructive effect, I don't think it works unless you can sync it to the song.

[DanOwens]

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='695697' date='Dec 29 2009, 04:26 PM']I haven't tried this pedal but I wouldn't run a tremolo on bass without tap tempo. It's such a destructive effect, I don't think it works unless you can sync it to the song.[/quote]

+1 - or with my bands' a midi sync. Although I think tremolo can be used in many ways, to me a sync'd stutter effect is the best thing about tremolo.

Dan

[absolutpepper]

For what its worth, i've never tried the Lovepedal but I have a Catalinbreaad Valcoder which is similar in size, also analog, TB, etc and its sounds amazing with bass. They are discontinued now and racking up in price, if you see one second hand I would recommend you check it out.

[The Twickerman]

What about the EBS tremolo? Apparently it passes the bass, affecting only the treble. I think the Redwitch may also have this feature. Sounds like a smart idea - but how does it sound in practice?

[Stewart]

Actually, I don't think I'd want it sync'd-up perfectly - a bit of slow tremolo ahead of the beat (or behind it..) works great for some slower (particularly soulful/bluesy) numbers.

The difference forms another pulse of its own, not dissimilar to a leslie-cabbed keyboard - harder to describe than appreciate...