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Re: Joe's use of Fulltone Supa Trem?

helrazr84 wrote:
Bluesbreaker wrote:

Well, I did try it out in the meantime: "Mix" knob all the way down, and the "Rate" knob at about 1 o'clock with "Speed" at slow. With the "Soft" setting there is no discernable Tremolo effect as such but indeed a great tone enhancement, really like a Fat switch (like Joe said). This really improves the overall tone, so that setting certainly stays.
However, when using the "Hard" setting, I haven't quite found the Tremolo tone that I like. Still working on that one...

Keep in mind that if you have it on the Hard setting, the effect is More subtle IF you place the Supatrem before your OD pedal..if you use one.  It will also dampen a bit of the high end and mellow out the trem effect itself.  If you run the trem after an OD pedal, the effect can be a bit much unless you stick with the Soft setting.

Myself, I run the #2 trim pot all the way clockwise, and a slight boost on the #1trim pot, mix knob all the way down, set on Hard, and the pedal chain is sup-trem, TS808 etc..

I use it in front of a Ceriatone Jubilee clone with the basic OD tone coming from the amp gain setting. I only use an OD pedal (set fairly clean) as a boost for solos. Do you think I should put the boost OD after the Supa-trem?
I might experiment with the internal trim pots when I find some time over the weekend. Having said that, the manual says trim pot #2 only affects the "soft mode" and #1 affects the volume boost. I'm quite happy with both the tone of the "soft" setting as well as the slight boost in volume with the current setting, so perhaps I shouldn't mess things up too much. It's the "hard mode" setting that needs some fine tuning.

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Re: Joe's use of Fulltone Supa Trem?

Bluesbreaker wrote:
helrazr84 wrote:
Bluesbreaker wrote:

Well, I did try it out in the meantime: "Mix" knob all the way down, and the "Rate" knob at about 1 o'clock with "Speed" at slow. With the "Soft" setting there is no discernable Tremolo effect as such but indeed a great tone enhancement, really like a Fat switch (like Joe said). This really improves the overall tone, so that setting certainly stays.
However, when using the "Hard" setting, I haven't quite found the Tremolo tone that I like. Still working on that one...

Keep in mind that if you have it on the Hard setting, the effect is More subtle IF you place the Supatrem before your OD pedal..if you use one.  It will also dampen a bit of the high end and mellow out the trem effect itself.  If you run the trem after an OD pedal, the effect can be a bit much unless you stick with the Soft setting.

Myself, I run the #2 trim pot all the way clockwise, and a slight boost on the #1trim pot, mix knob all the way down, set on Hard, and the pedal chain is sup-trem, TS808 etc..

I use it in front of a Ceriatone Jubilee clone with the basic OD tone coming from the amp gain setting. I only use an OD pedal (set fairly clean) as a boost for solos. Do you think I should put the boost OD after the Supa-trem?
I might experiment with the internal trim pots when I find some time over the weekend. Having said that, the manual says trim pot #2 only affects the "soft mode" and #1 affects the volume boost. I'm quite happy with both the tone of the "soft" setting as well as the slight boost in volume with the current setting, so perhaps I shouldn't mess things up too much. It's the "hard mode" setting that needs some fine tuning.


Hmmm, I don't know what would sound better either the boost before or after the trem..Probably have to give each a go around and see which works better.  Although if all you're setting your OD primarily clean just for some volume boost, it may not make too much of a difference in terms of sound.  You're right, I just checked my manual and it does say the #2 only tweaks the soft mode.  With my current settings, mix knob all the way down, hard and soft mode sound the same.  Didn't realize that..  The factory settings should be marked with a sharpie so feel free to turn the trim pots and experiment!

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Re: Joe's use of Fulltone Supa Trem?

JBonamassa wrote:

I use the supa trem for just that purpose...  A little amount of trem in the quiet parts but a good gain boost on the bottom end..  It acts like a fat switch...  A very interesting pedal..  Been in the rig for years now....
Joe B

I was curious about that too...  Are you using a leslie at all or just the supa trem?  I could have sworn that I heard a leslie on some of the guitar parts during last nights show.  I've been looking at this pedal and the H&K Rotosphere...  Have you ever had an opportunity to A/B the two?

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