BeachBumScott
Joined: Aug 31, 2009
Posts: 352
The Ranch, CO
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Posted on Nov 04 2010 06:50 PM
Please forgive this basic of a question but I am a little confused!!!
Someday I hope to get a "Real" Tank but till then I will make due with my Fender M-80 that has a little spring tank on it, it works for as well as I play...
On the vintage/RI tank's that I look at I see a vibrato knob along with depth and speed.
Would this be the same as a vibrato pedal like a Danelctro "Chicken Salad" or the Tremolo pedal "Tuna Melt"?
I ask cuz a guy I know swapped me a snowboard waxing for a Chicken Salad pedal.
Thank you great Guru's of surf....
— "Maybe there aren't any surf bands; there's only surf music?" Tuck
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JimCucci
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 20
Huntington Beach
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Posted on Nov 04 2010 07:13 PM
Vibrato/Tremolo is built in to some amps or can be had in pedal form. Controls are depth and speed.
A vintage or reissue outboard reverb unit typically has dwell, mixer, and tone controls.
Hope this helps...
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MissingLink
Joined: Jul 23, 2008
Posts: 488
Edge of the East China Sea
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Posted on Nov 04 2010 07:58 PM
JimCucci
A vintage or reissue outboard reverb unit typically has dwell, mixer, and tone controls.
True. Outboard tanks/reverb units do just one thing: 'verb it up! Its three controls affect only the tonal qualities of the reverb.
Vibrato is modulation of pitch; tremolo is modulation of volume. For some reason, though, a lot of amps with trem have it (mis)labeled as vibrato, while the 'tremolo' arm on guitars actually affects pitch and is therefore a vibrato arm. Verily, it is a world gone mad.
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elreydlp
Joined: Sep 04, 2009
Posts: 1800
Temecula, CA
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Posted on Nov 05 2010 11:19 AM
MissingLink
JimCucci
A vintage or reissue outboard reverb unit typically has dwell, mixer, and tone controls.
True. Outboard tanks/reverb units do just one thing: 'verb it up! Its three controls affect only the tonal qualities of the reverb.
Vibrato is modulation of pitch; tremolo is modulation of volume. For some reason, though, a lot of amps with trem have it (mis)labeled as vibrato, while the 'tremolo' arm on guitars actually affects pitch and is therefore a vibrato arm. Verily, it is a world gone mad.
Great explaination of the difference between the two. Actually though, it was just Leo who got it wrong-because he wasn't a musician. He may have gotten it wrong, but in the long run, he got it RIGHT!
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BeachBumScott
Joined: Aug 31, 2009
Posts: 352
The Ranch, CO
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Posted on Nov 06 2010 09:57 AM
Thanks guy's thats what I figured from some reading I did.
I need to get one of those Tremolo pedals then.
I was playin around with this Vibrato pedal and it does make "Endless Summer" sound pretty cool, kinda like being underwater.
Not a bad deal for 5 min work of scraping wax.
— "Maybe there aren't any surf bands; there's only surf music?" Tuck
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