What Trem Goes Best With Surfy Bear Compact Reverb For That Classic Surf Sound?

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What Trem Goes Best With Surfy Bear Compact Reverb For That Classic Surf Sound?

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Buena_Fonz Joined: Aug 30, 2023 Posts: 4	Posted on Aug 30 2023 08:18 PM I'm a newbie. Among the tremolos I've looked at are: Walrus Audio Monument V2, BOSS TR-2, Harmonious Monk mk.2, TC Electronic Pipeline, and Surfy Industries SurfyTrem. Space on my pedal board is limited, so the SurfyTrem Deluxe is out. Any advice would be appreciated. TIA Last edited: Aug 30, 2023 22:04:46 Top
Samurai Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 2230 Kiev, Ukraine	Posted on Aug 31 2023 12:08 AM You may be surprised, but SurfyTrem!))) Surely you may find some others to your taste, there are so many great tremolo units, I had tens of them, but SurfyTrem is really what I was searching for. — Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki Lost Diver https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com https://soundcloud.com/vitaly-yakushin Last edited: Aug 31, 2023 05:49:28 Top
Tqi Joined: Dec 07, 2014 Posts: 1222	Posted on Aug 31 2023 02:34 AM - Last edited: Feb 02, 2024 16:40:34 Top
Samurai Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 2230 Kiev, Ukraine	Posted on Aug 31 2023 05:48 AM Tqi wrote: Samurai wrote: You may be surprised, but Surftrem!))) Surely you may find some other to your taste, there are so many great tremolo units, I had tens of them but Surftrem is really what I was searching for. The Carl Martin SurfTrem? ;) Sorry, corrected) However Carl Martin is not bad, I had it for some time. — Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki Lost Diver https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com https://soundcloud.com/vitaly-yakushin Top
Buena_Fonz Joined: Aug 30, 2023 Posts: 4	Posted on Aug 31 2023 11:35 AM Samurai wrote: You may be surprised, but SurfyTrem!))) Surely you may find some others to your taste, there are so many great tremolo units, I had tens of them, but SurfyTrem is really what I was searching for. Thanks for the input. I've been leaning toward the Walrus Audio Monument Harmonic Tap Tremolo V2 based on the YouTube videos I've listened to. Now I'll have to search for SurfyTrem videos as well and compare. Top
RobbieReverb Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 2340 San Jose, Ca.	Posted on Aug 31 2023 02:59 PM +1 on the Surfy Trem. — Bob Top
MelWaldorf Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 648	Posted on Aug 31 2023 07:57 PM surfy trem! Top
Buena_Fonz Joined: Aug 30, 2023 Posts: 4	Posted on Sep 01 2023 07:45 AM Thanks for the replies. Looks like it's unanimous. Top
Tqi Joined: Dec 07, 2014 Posts: 1222	Posted on Sep 01 2023 07:56 AM - Last edited: Feb 02, 2024 09:25:39 Top
Buena_Fonz Joined: Aug 30, 2023 Posts: 4	Posted on Sep 01 2023 08:44 AM Tqi wrote: Buena_Fonz wrote: Thanks for the replies. Looks like it's unanimous. Don't get me wrong, I really love my Mooer Trelicopter, but I've only tried a few tremolo pedals and I'm no expert! No problem. I posted a similar question on another forum and got half a dozen replies, and no two people agreed. Top
IceratzSurf Joined: Oct 22, 2022 Posts: 270	Posted on Sep 01 2023 10:49 AM I don't have a Surfy Trem, or tried one. But I do own the Surfy Compact. I have used many other Trems, the Pipeline is good. But my new favorite Tremelo was not in your list, the Source Audio Vertigo. Top
Stormtiger Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2681 Ventura, CA	Posted on Sep 01 2023 11:27 AM Can somebody tell me again what is the "classic surf sound"? Is it Dick Dale, the Bel Airs, The Challengers, the Astronauts, Fender Four, Chantays? Top
Tqi Joined: Dec 07, 2014 Posts: 1222	Posted on Sep 01 2023 02:20 PM - Last edited: Feb 02, 2024 09:25:30 Top
Klas Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 2292 Stockholm, Sweden	Posted on Sep 01 2023 02:57 PM The New Dimensions are the classic surf sound. And the classic surf sound doesn't really have any tremolo effects (and when it does, it's usually very subtle). — T H E ✠ S U R F I T E S Top
IceratzSurf Joined: Oct 22, 2022 Posts: 270	Posted on Sep 02 2023 05:10 AM Tqi wrote: Stormtiger wrote: Can somebody tell me again what is the "classic surf sound"? Is it Dick Dale, the Bel Airs, The Challengers, the Astronauts, Fender Four, Chantays? "Toxic" by Britney Spears.< Oh hell ya! https://youtu.be/ZAyeVjnJg9E?si=wlXB8iGEWuTB0IKS Last edited: Sep 02, 2023 05:12:41 Top
Samurai Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 2230 Kiev, Ukraine	Posted on Sep 02 2023 05:15 AM Buena_Fonz wrote: Samurai wrote: You may be surprised, but SurfyTrem!))) Surely you may find some others to your taste, there are so many great tremolo units, I had tens of them, but SurfyTrem is really what I was searching for. Thanks for the input. I've been leaning toward the Walrus Audio Monument Harmonic Tap Tremolo V2 based on the YouTube videos I've listened to. Now I'll have to search for SurfyTrem videos as well and compare. Harmonic tremolo is nice but may be pretty tricky in musical context. Surfytrem has both harmonic and bias tremolo and I find the last one surely more usefull. — Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki Lost Diver https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com https://soundcloud.com/vitaly-yakushin Top
Tqi Joined: Dec 07, 2014 Posts: 1222	Posted on Sep 02 2023 09:58 AM - Last edited: Feb 02, 2024 09:24:32 Top
bertrandbrebis Joined: Nov 28, 2020 Posts: 24	Posted on Sep 06 2023 01:48 AM Any trem pedal will do the job really. This is the kind of FX I use without worrying about its manufacturer. Top
BB_Bunny Joined: Sep 13, 2020 Posts: 182 New York	Posted on Sep 06 2023 03:04 AM I tried a bunch. Wasted a lot of cash. Surfytrem got me the right sort of envelope shape for the trem that I was looking for in surf. Honorable mention goes out to the Supro 1310 tremolo which also sounds absolutely fantastic, but there’s a touch of overdrive built into the sound that you can’t bypass and I didn’t like having to have that bit of crunch. — Premiere Single Out Now! - Keep On Running Psychic Chime - Instagram Psychic Chime - Twitter Professional Website (film-scoring) Top
Redfeather Joined: Jul 30, 2016 Posts: 883	Posted on Sep 06 2023 12:13 PM For anyone finding this thread and wondering about the Surfy Trem and why it finds so much favor, it's because it recreates two of the tremolos Fender used in their amps and is therefore very authentic to the era. The brownface setting is the hamonic version from the professional amps rather than the bias vary version from the smaller student amps (which is also a great sounding tremolo.) Here are a couple examples of it in use: Top

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