I went looking at one with some fancy extra features I thought would be cool. But even dialed out it couldn't do the basic smooth shape I remembered Fenders have. Nice guy directed me to the Boss TR-2. Saved me about $150.
On my '68 DR reissue, I think that the tremolo is the only weak part of the whole amp (everything else is amazing IMHO). It seems pretty square-wave-ish, not a desirable sound to my ears. So apparently even Fender doesn't do the basic smooth shape that they used to!
I got rid of all my cheap sounding noisy Japanese boss pedals.
What you need is a DS1, mate.I got rid of all my cheap sounding noisy Japanese boss pedals.
Contact Lou Giordano and beg him to build another "Vacuum Electronics" tremolo pedal like the one he made for Roger Miller in the early 1980s. That thing had the deepest nulls of any tremolo I've ever heard; I think Lou said it was 80dB down during the negative duty cycle. Incredible sound.
The one used on Trem Two on Vs...
Boston native by any chance?