Tonecity Audio Tonecity Tremble

The Tone City Tremble is a compact tremolo pedal made by Tonecity Audio. Tremolo modulates a guitar's volume in a repeating cycle, the effect built into many classic amplifiers, and Tonecity Audio describes the Tremble as reproducing "the built-in tremelo like classic amplifiers from the 50s and 60s, gets you warm, full and true tone."¹

The maker positions it as a space-saver as much as a sound-shaper: "Tremble is exactly a good choice and small enough to add to practically any pedalboard!"¹ For a fuller look at what tremolo pedals do and how they differ, see the site's Tremolo Pedals page.

Sound and character

Tonecity Audio's description of the Tremble leans on the amplifier-borne tremolo of the mid-century era, promising a warm, full tone in that style.¹ The maker also highlights its range of uses: "This effect is extremely popular for creating large swelling chords and surf-style sounds, it offers all of that classic tremolo character," adding that the pedal is "incredibly tweakable and simple to operate."²

For surf players, that swelling-chord character is the classic application: the pulsing volume movement behind reverb-drenched rhythm playing. The maker names surf-style sounds directly as a strength of the pedal.²

Power and connections

The Tremble runs from a DC 9V adapter and draws 3 mA, a very light load that any standard pedalboard power supply output can handle.²

Its input and output impedances are listed by the maker as follows.²

Size and weight

The Tremble's compact format is one of its main selling points. Tonecity Audio lists its dimensions as 9.4 cm long, 4.5 cm wide and 4.8 cm high, with a net weight of 0.26 kg.² Combined with the 3 mA current draw, that makes it an easy fit on a crowded board alongside other Tremolo Pedals or effects of other types.

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