Boss TR-2 Tremolo

Three knobs, couldn't be easier.

Horrible! Before testing this device in a guitar shop, I've read some fine reviews here and was wondering about the latest ones who complained about it beeing rather noisy. I wanted to hear it myself and have to say that it is sad but true: This sucker is noisy as hell!! The guy in the shop tried to argue at first, but in the end he had to give it up. This thing sucks, it is one of the noisiest pedals I've ever heard.

I guess it is reliable as anything from boss, but what for?

A well respected company like boss shouldn't make a pedal like this. Hey boss, wake up and give us a (noise-free) TR-3!!!

Easy.

Terrible, the worst ever! I have to agree with one of the reviewers below, that this ugly stomper is sooooo noisy that any further discussion on its "sound quality " is ridiculous!

I don't like to say it, but this bastard really deserves a low rating. How come a respected and well known company like Boss make such a pedal? Unbelievable, but true. It is absolutely useless because of the hiss. I have some vintage pedals from EH and MXR and I can take a good amount of noise. But this damn thing is the unmatched king of hiss...

Three adjustments, rate, depth and wave - plug it and tweak. The middle knob (wave) is positioned to close to the other two adjustments - I have on occasion changed a setting by mistake.

I'm using TR-2 with a Fender Blues Junior and Godin LG equipped with P90's. There is a slight increase in noise when using this effect that is more noticable when you have the gain of the amp turned up. Also there is the swishing noise which is typical of all tremolo stomp boxes. The TR-2 produces an adequate tremolo effect, compared to some of the better units on the market (Voodoo Labs, Dunlop, Fulltone and Carl Martin) I would say its on the weak side.

Build quality looks good however I haven't had this effect long enough to comment on long term reliability.

Never dealt with Boss.

I don't use tremolo often however I do play a couple of country songs where tremolo is required. There are better units on the market however I wasn't interested in paying two to three times more for an effect that doesn't get used often. The TR-2 gets the job done and comes in a well built compact package.

Very easy to use.

Hm, I can't belive it, but this is by far the worst pedal I've ever listend to!!! Noisy as hell!! It has a great sound and I would have bought it imediately, but the noise was too much to take. It was noisier than an Ibanez Smash Box! I still don't get it. I checked everything, the cables, the guitar, the amp, but it was this pedal. All the other pedals I compared it to where dead quiet, buth this thing... Absolutely useless!

Usually I think that Boss pedals deserve a 10 for reliability, but I'm not so sure about this puppy, maybe it was broken or so?

I'm a big Boss fan, there is an OD-3, PH-3, DD-3 and TU-2 on my board. I really wanted to have a tremolo, but this was simply a POS! I think I have to look for another brand this time, maybe a Marshall Vibratrem or a VL Tremolo? No matter if it was broken or not, it was a brand new item in the shop, so it's just too sad that Boss puts out such crap.

Like the other reviews have already stated- simple effective pedal with only 3 knobs- Rate, Depth and Wave adjustments.
I got mine used and it didn't have a box and manual, but how hard can it be to work something this simple!
It simply does what it is supposed to do!

Even though I'm a bass guitarist, I like the more adverse sounds that guitar FX pedals create, and the TR-2 is a great, ear catching unit for bass. when my band recorded its first demo a few years ago, I wanted a vibrato or something like that on my bass track for the intro of one song. the only thing the studio had at the time was a Peavey tube tremolo rack that had a NASTY ground hum. As a result, the track didn't come off as well as I'd hoped it would.
As soon as I found the TR-2 for sale in the used bin at my local haunt (shouts to Central Music in Welland, On.!!!!), I had to grab it and incorporate it into my rig.
Being a bass guitarist, I find the level drops a slight bit when I'm using it, but otherwise, it sounds great, isn't noisy and best of all, doesn't draw a ton of power from my FX board supply!
The Pedal board- Roland FV-50 dual volume pedal, DOD FX-35 octave, Tech 21 Sans amp GT-2, TR-2 tremolo, BF-2 Flanger, DC-2 Dimension D, Custom built power supply.

I have gone through a ton of Boss gear, but not in a bad way! I usually trade off stuff every once in a while, trying to stay fresh and with the tide of music, but I think this bad boy will be around in the rig for a long time!
Since the pedal is still relativly new on the market, I wouldn't hesitate to get another if it got stolen (beware thieves- you gonna have to remove some serious strapping on my pedal board to get ANYTHING off of it (except for the volume pedal, which is due for replacement!)

I haven't had a chance to bitch and moan about anything wrong with any of my Boss pedals! Lets hope it stays that way!!!!

3 knobs, very easy!

great sounding pedal! i set it for hard, square gaps in my playing, like a stutter...
i play alot of U2/Radiohead/Pink Floyd stuff and it suits it perfectly

my setup is: Fender Telecaster MIM/Ibanez A120 (335 copy), MXR dynacomp, dunlop wah, proco rat, boss DS-2, EH small clone, TR-2, boss dd-3 to a carvin belair 212

only minor complaint is the depth knob could go a little deeeper, like a complete mute, but its fine the way it is

its a boss

one of my new favorite effects, highly reccomended...
ROCK ON!

Simple...nothing to it!

The best tremolo pedal money can buy. Being a total vintage amp queer,I'm REALLY into tremolo. I've had every tremolo pedal on the market....Demeter,Dunlop,you name it. This one is great,IT DOESN'T KILL YOUR GAIN AND LEVEL WHEN YOU TURN IT ON. It also doesn't boost your level TOO MUCH like the Demeter does. It's quiet,it gets awesome soft or hard wave tremolos,speed control parameters are just right...what else could you want??

It's a Boss....never had a problem with one.

Never tried calling them.

If you're into recording (or playing live) and you need a cool tremolo pedal,buy this one first!!

this is a relatively easy pedal to use, and has its advantages when recording (b/c you can mess about with rates to get it perfectly timed)

i'm a keyboard player (they are'nt just for guitars!!) i use a korg triton, an old korg ds8, with a roland KC500 amp, boss aw-3, ph-3, dd-5, and the tr-2. it helps playing live, b/c you don't have to piss around with the keyboard internal effects (which never helps in a rush) its allways sounded great, and i've never had any trouble with it in that way. I play alot of stuff and i use it mainly on piano, organ and strings sounds, to give the rotary effect (with a bit of phase)

its a boss....... say no more

never, only with the design department, with developing some of the newer pedals out soon.

very very easy
three knobs

sounds great,i like the wave knob, that really gives you a wide range of choices and the rate knob at it max gives a high rotation speed if you are looking for that

it's boss

i like pink floyd,radiohead pearl jam but i'm not trying to copy their sound
if you do that you are a looser
be yourself
this is one of the good boss pedals,not all of them are good pedals

It's a stomp box with three knobs..... however coordinating the rate when playing with a band is VERY hard to do.

I borrowed this from a friend for a week. I use a MIM Fender Tele, with a CE-5, an RV-2 for reverb and a home made amp through a marshall half stack. The TR-2 sounds good, but not great. This pedal needs a sine wave setting! You just can't get that warm throb sound with triangle and square waves.

BOSS. period.

no experience with BOSS customer support

I play in a band with piano, guitar, drums and vocals, with a style similar in a way to ben folds five, and lot of radiohead influence. The reason I'm writing this is that I am hoping that someone from BOSS (or another company) reads this and listens to what I would find useful in a tremolo.

1. More versatile wave settings i.e. the ability to have sine, square and triangle waves and maybe even combinations. (maybe even new ones? sawtooth?)

2. A tap tempo input. This would be the most incredible feature for any pedal that I can think of. A tap tempo input would enable you to get perfect tempo live, very easily.

3. Panning, a la the PN-2. This would top off the 'perfect' tremolo pedal.

If BOSS would put these relatively simple features in their next tremolo pedal, I would pay a lot of money for it. I mean a lot. That's just my two cents.