Do you use the built-in tremolo in Fender amps?

**oldane** · 01-31-2020, 06:24 AM

Originally Posted by entresz

Personally I love tremolo - especially for comping in ballads.

On Wes Montgomery's smoking at the half note album, pretty sure he switches the tremolo on his Standel? amp for "Portrait of Jenny" - those octaves really shimmer.

Wes did indeed. It was on Oh You Crazy Moon.

**takefive** · 01-31-2020, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by oldane

Wes did indeed. It was on Oh You Crazy Moon.

He uses it on What's New on Smokin' in Seattle too.

**Jonni** · 01-31-2020, 08:23 PM

I love it, in some tunes. Vibro champ has a nice tremolo. My Hagstrom 310 used to have a bad tremolo, the kind that sounds like an old motor yacht, but it was modified and now its really great. But the best tremolo I have found is the 63’ variety in Strymon Flint, which is even better than the Roger Mayer Voodoo-Vibe or the Moogerfooger 102, which means digital is working better for me than the real deal analog ones. But what can you do? The Flint is just awesome.

**Tal_175** · 02-03-2020, 12:17 PM

I compared Princeton's tremolo with Deluxe Reverb's. I have a Deluxe Reverb. I'm depressed. What they say is true. Princeton has a much nicer tremolo. Princeton's tremolo is very musical and it remains musical with intensity all the way up to 10. Deluxe Reverb's Tremolo is a bit spikier. Different wave form I guess. It gets too invasive and not pleasant (to me) pretty quickly. Luckily I like tremolo as a very subtle effect. When intensity is low, not much difference between the two Tremolos. But if I had a Princeton, I would occasionally use it with a more noticeable tremolo.

When I posted this thread I had a Princeton with a 12 inch speaker which I exchanged with a DR. No wonder why I haven't been using the tremolo much with the DR.

**KirkP** · 02-05-2020, 03:18 AM

Originally Posted by Tal_175

I compared Princeton's tremolo with Deluxe Reverb's. I have a Deluxe Reverb. I'm depressed. What they say is true. Princeton has a much nicer tremolo.

The AB763 Deluxe Reverb tremolo flashes a light at a photoresister to modulate the signal before it reaches the power amp. I agree that at high vibrato levels the modulation can seem abrupt.

The Princeton Reverb’s tremolo modulates the bias voltage to the output tubes. I think that method has a smoother transition in volume, but have a slight tonal effect similar to a wah.