Dr. Scientist Tremolessence Stereo Analog Tremolo

The Tremolessence Stereo Analog Tremolo is a guitar effects pedal from Dr. Scientist. It is a tremolo, the effect that raises and lowers a guitar's volume in a repeating cycle, and it works in analog circuitry with stereo operation, so it can feed two amplifiers or channels at once rather than a single mono output¹.

What it does

Tremolo works by modulating the volume of your signal, producing the pulsing swell heard on countless recordings from surf guitar to indie. The Tremolessence carries that out in analog form, and its stereo design means the effect can be spread across two outputs instead of collapsing to one¹. For a player with a stereo rig, that opens up movement between amps that a mono tremolo cannot give.

In practical terms, the stereo design matters for:

• Players running two amplifiers, who can send the pulsing signal to both amps rather than one, since the pedal is stereo¹
• Stereo rigs where the effect should stay wide across two channels instead of summing to mono, as the pedal operates in stereo¹
• Anyone who wants the tremolo placed before stereo effects further down the chain, given that the pedal is a tremolo¹

How it compares

If you are weighing it against other ways of adding motion to a signal, the nearest neighbors are a vibrato pedal, which shifts pitch rather than volume, and a phaser pedal, which sweeps a filter instead. You can read more about the effect type on our tremolo pedals page.

Other tremolo pedals covered on the site include:

• Boss TR-2 Tremolo
• Electro-Harmonix Stereo Pulsar
• Walrus Audio Monument
• Cusack Tap-A-Whirl
• Empress Effects Tremolo

You can also read about the maker's other designs on the Dr. Scientist Tremolessence page.

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