Boss TR-2 Tremolo Reviews

Good workhorse tremolo. Does a good job. Bit of a volume drop and a slight loss of high-end when engaged.

Lord of all tremolos ! A big classic ! Very warm, it has this vintage feel to it. I modded mine recently in order to get rid of the volume drop issue. I've also did the Rate Led Mod in order to get the LED blink. After these mods, i named mine : the TremoLord !

For subtle clean tones and abrupt cutting sounds!

best tremolo!

I use it for a quick stutter effect, though it does a really good job at classic amp tremolo sounds for surf rock or country.

There's really not much to say about this. It's got Rate, Wave, Depth. That's it. Rate controls speed, Depth controls volume, and the wave is what kind of a soundwave the tremolo effect will take.

The cool thing about this pedal, and what I use it for, is I'll crank the Depth all the way up, set a fairly fast rate, turn on my Phaser, set the wave to a pretty sharp cut, and then play in time with it like a metronome, and I get a pretty neat staccato effect.

I tested a lot of different tremolos. This is THE one.

No, it doesn't have tap tempo, volume controls, or the most modern and cutting-edge features. What it does have is an incredible tremolo sound with simple but versatile controls, which more than likely act as a frame of reference for more contemporary units. It can give you a wonderful.choppy, squared tremolo and an equally great, dreamy triangle sound. More often than not, this is the only modulator pedal on my live board.

I like the simplicity of their three knobs, but all pedals should come with a volume knob. All of them.

I purchased this almost a year ago and I have to say this thing sounds great. I mainly use the depth all the way up for a nice stuttering effect. My only concern with this pedal in particular is that when you engage the pedal there is a noticeable volume drop. Not very helpful considering it's the last thing in my chain. However, that can be easily fixed by prying out the C4 capacitor. Now I have no issues with the volume drop.

I haven't had it for long, hence only four star though I so far think it's a five star pedal. I've played it with a Fender Coronado and Jazzmaster and I enjoy the waves it makes followed by a sparkling sound (the sparkling sound is with a reverb pedal in front of it). I mainly play dream pop, noise- and folk rock, and I find it well fitting for dreamy sounds and 50's/60's inspired rock.

Great tremolo pedal which allows for tweaking to get any tremolo sound you are after. I believe this pedal could get better with the addition of a tap tempo mode.

I purchased this pedal early-on in my career because of it's vintage vibe and superb tremolo characteristics. I was doing a lot of studio work with bands, and this pedal ended up on many tracks. Unfortunately when I started using it live I quickly realized it would never work. Trying to manually set the BPM from song to song near impossible, since it doesn't have a display. For live tremolo, you really need a display showing the BPM to match your drummer or else it'll be off (and sound bad).

I luv this effect and generally default to BOSS if Im not digging too deep. I use it on only a few songs but it really sounds nice, though I might upgrade to a tube based one with vibrato included.... Solid pedal tho

Does the job well, gives a lot of texture to the sound

So simple and easy to use, but it really dials in about any tremolo sound you could want for 98% of applications (that aren't totally avant-garde or just plain noise).

Awesome trem pedal. got mine for 25$ dude didnt use it. WHAT A STEAL HAHA!

This has the full range of tremolo, everything from the softest bit of movement to the feeling of listening to a helicopter through a giant fan blade. Bought second hand, but you couldn't tell what with how rugged Boss pedals are. I know volume drop is seemingly a common complaint on this model but I'm happy to report I for one haven't had such an issue, I've just had cracking tones! Well worth the purchase to have such a surprisingly versatile effect at your feet (and it's not even that MUCH money!)

Love it, a fundamental part of my tone. (always on)

simple to use, does what it needs to do.

Boss is definitely cool, but I don't think tremolo is that exciting. This pedal does that effect well enough.

Set to replicate Leslie Speaker

sometimes you need a little tremolo so get a little tremolo

The newer units have a trimpot inside for adjusting the level of the effect. I have mine slightly boosted like a Demeter Trembulator. In my opinion sounds very good and like a tremolo amp.

You can make high quality vintage tremolo sound to modern tremolo with simple 3 knobs. No extra function. I love to play arpeggios with this pedal and reverb on.

Sucks my signal harder than a vietnamese prostitute in Saigon in the 70s. The problem is you get a huge signal drop after you move the depth post 50%. I actually really like what the pedal does, but it's weird that even the modern tr2s don't have this fixed.

If you want to get those classic tremolo tones this is your pedal. Nothing fancy, nothing modern but it will do the job well and will make your tone proud. Works well both with clean and overdriven tones, does not make a noise and will last forever. What else?

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Nice simple trem unit from BOSS, which gives you a good 'retro' amplifier trem sound in a box, with the waveshape adjustable from a gently undulating triangle to a choppy square. However, it does cause a volume drop, and without a tap tempo or MIDI it can be hard to sync it up for performance duties.

I love it!