Boss TR-2 Tremolo

I play a Les Paul Standard, Am Standard Strat, Les Paul Studio through a Fender Blues Deluxe. I was looking for a good tremolo and I like Boss pedals in general. I like the sound of the TR-2 but like a lot of folks, was bugged by the volume drop. I have a Boss CE-2 Chorus that was modded by Robert Keeley and I loved what he did with that pedal so I ordered a new Modded TR-2 Directly from him. His mod adds a volume control to the pedal so not only is volume loss not a problem you can turn the Depth down all the way and use the TR-2 for a boost that really fattens up the sound. Great tremolo sound and dead quiet.

I haven't used it long enough or hard enough to know. But it's a Boss!

I've not needed to deal directly with Boss because I've had no problems with any of my Boss pedals. I ordered it direct from Robert Keeley and had it within three days...amazing. He's also very pleasant to work with and answers his email personally and promptly!

I play rock and blues and it works wonderfully in those styles. I've been playing 34 years. If I lost it I would be crushed...and would promptly order another from Keeley.

Its got 3 knobs so no problem at all - plenty of range

I love this pedal - its very easy to get a wide range of tremlo sounds from gentrle vibrato to harsh volume cuts - works well either in front or behind the FX loop.

Works particualry well after a distortion pedal (eg and OD-3)
Have a listen to it on one of our tracks (about 30 seconds in)
http://www.revealonline.co.uk/downloads/04-Reveal-Downpour_EP-All_Your_Lies.mp3

Ive never noticed any noise at all - compared to other trem effects I've tried (Line 6 MM4) its just easy to get a top sound out of it

I gig it every week with no problems - its Boss innit!

New rang em

Go and try it out - if you want a good trem effect just get it :-)

Gareth
REVEAL
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Three knobs. You can't do nothing wrong with it. If you've got two ears on your head you'll get "your" sound out of it quite fast.

I use a Rickenbacker-replica with two Semour Duncan-Pickups that blows everything away. I bought this replica because it just felt right. It was so damn good to play. But the pickups sucked. So I replaced them by the Duncans. Man! The sound now is just. My favourite guitar.
My fx-setup: Guitar - BOSS TU2 - Ibanez Stereo Chorus - Ibanez FL 301 Flanger - BOSS Tr-2 Tremolo - ProCo Turbo Rat - Dunlop Cry Baby - Amp.
My Amp: Peavey Bandit 112 (the old, not the new)

I've read most of the entries about the TR-2 posted here. And the problems with the noize of it. Man. I just can say: If you get noize out of it you're doing something wrong. I don't know WHAT you're doing wrong but it's obvious.
I love the Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' clean sounds and the BOSS TR-2 does well.

I use BOSS pedals for ages. None ever broke.

Never dealt with them.

I'm very satisfied with this pedal. It does a good job. I guess there are better tremolos you can buy. But not for that money. I tested a Marshall-Tremolo pedal (abt.80,--EUR) but I didn't like its sound.

It's easy to use - just 3 pots. Wish it had a volume pot also...

I use a '52 RI Tele, '67 Gretsch Anniversary, Rickenbacker 350 and some others through a Fender Vibroking, Budda Stringmaster and a Matschless DC30. Some of my pedals are the MJM London Fuzz, Fulltone Fulldrive 2, Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe, EH Deluxe Memory Man and lots of others.

I think the sound this little puppy produces is quite alright. Not great, but ok. A little lame and bland maybe, nothing to get excited about.

This is the story: I got my Voodoo Vibe, which has a Chorus (Uni-Vibe), Vibrato and a Tremolo setting. But you have to change the settings to go from Uni-Vibe to Tremolo, which is too complicated in a live situation.
So I thought about getting an extra tremolo and got the TR-2, because it didn't take up much place on my board and in the end it's just a simple tremolo, isn't it?
Boy, was I wrong: The TR-2 can't even touch the Tremolo setting of the Voodoo Vibe. The Voodoo Vibe can do all sorts of tremolo from subtle to pulse and is absolutely noiseless. The TR-2 can't do the pulse thing and is very hissy.
I gave it to someone who can't tell the difference between a TS-808 and a Metal Zone ;-)

I like Boss pedals because they are small and reliable. I don't think this pedal would be an exception.

Never dealt with them.

I make music as long as I can remember. I don't like flashy high gain shit but pure tone coming from your heart and your hands. All it needs is a simple guitar and a simple tube amp. Less is more. But some pedals can do the job (not to interfere but to improve).
The TR-2 was the first Boss pedal that let me down on this. If it is engaged, there is a volume drop and a very annoying hiss. The trem effect is ok, but nothing spectacular.
If you want something extraordinary get yourself a Voodoo Vibe, Fulltone Supa Trem or a Prescription Throb.
If you just want a great pedal get yourself the EH Pulsar, which is in the same pice league as the TR-2. Compared to this, the TR-2 is a joke and won't even come close...

Like most Boss pedals, this one this one is easy to handle.

The effect sound is decent. Though it's not a Fender Tremolo (mislabeled as Vibrato), of course.

But it is a rather noisy pedal, making it absolutely useless for studio dates. Maybe the other who don't complain about the hissing are deaf already...

It's a Boss.

Do they have customer support?

I'm a pro since more than 15 years. Started in cover bands and got quickly adopted to the local studio and session player scene.

Over the years I've played all kinds of equipment, you name it - I've had it. For most studio jobs, the guitar is taped without fx at all, which are brought in later in the mix (Rocktron Replifex, TC G-Major and other 19" racks). But for sessions, live gigs and such, I prefer the old stompers.

I've got a great array of vintage EH and MXR gear, but most often I use simple Boss pedals. They are very reliable, easy to handle, sound good and are very silent. My favourite Boss pedals at the moment are the OD-3, PH-3, DD-3, TU-2 and a modified BD-2. I really wanted to like this pedal because I need a tremolo effect. But I just couldn't use it because of the noise it produced. It was noisier than all my other pedals together. Exchanged it and got a Voodoo Labs Trem instead and am very glad I dead. Believe me, the Voodoo Lab eats the TR-2 for breakfast...

I dont'have any problem getting a good sound from this pedal

I dont' find the T R 2 noisy at all,i use it on a home made pedal board with Boss- overdrive SD1 , phase PH2 and delay DD3, used with a Fender HRD Valve or a Colsbro 45w ,52 Reisue Tele and a Deluxe Tele with Joe Barden T-Style and a Yamaha AE1200 Jazzer.

Sure without a doubt ,I always do.

Never had to call boss with a problem.

I play RnR Blues Rockabily Bluegrass and Country
I would replace all my boss gear if it went missing.
I have been playing about 30 years.

a simple 3 knobber - rate, depth and wave.

the pros:
sound is quite good and usefull. more in the vintage corner, though not quite like the real thing (fender). you can't do any of the modern, more extreme things with it (stutter, machine gun etc...).

the cons:
there is a volume drop that should be expected with every tremolo. but it can't be compensated (no volume knob), which makes it unusable for many occasions.
furthermore, it's very very noisy. most tromolo pedals are dead quiet, cause in the end it's just a simple on-and-off-effect. but this thing hisses more than a vintage germanium fuzz face, oh dear...

it's a boss pedal und should be very reliable

do they have customer support at all?

i play all kinds of music and use too much equipment to be mentioned here. just to name a few: '52 tele, '64 strat, rickenbacker susanna hoffs, '66 gretch double anniversary, marshall 50 W plexi (1987), fender 4 x 10 bassman RI, mid 70s deluxe reverb, 65 vox ac 30 with blue bulldogs...

i wouldn't buy it again, in fact, i gave it back the next week. i like boss pedals, but this sucks bigtime. boss should go back and make their homework on this thing!

Easy to use - 3 knobs for dailing in speed, waveform and intensity. However, it doesn't have a light showing the speed of the tremolo effect, so I gave it a 8.

This thing kills way too much volume. Some reduction in volume is expected with a tremolo effect, but this pedal kills so much volume that it isn't usable to me for live shows. I'm going to get another tremolo pedal, just don't know which one yet.

Boss pedals are build well. This follows the same construction of Boss' other pedals.

Never dealt with.

The cool feature of this pedal is the way you can control the shape of the waveform - a lot of tremolos lack this feature. However, I cannot recommend this pedal beacuse it kills too much volume, even for a tremolo pedal. Get something else for your tremolo needs.

come on people-a damned monkey could figure it out.

unfortunately, the monkey couldn't get a good sound out of it. this thing really is trash. sorry boss. i mean, i didn't want to sound like a jerk; i even tried to make myself like it. not only does this pedal sound thin, but it's noisy- it couldn't even get the machine-gun stutter sound that i wanted from it in the first place. i actually sold mine a long time ago. i just want to do my part in making sure nobody else buys this thing. before i got it, i was all excited about getting a trem pedal. then i plugged it in and i went instantly limp. i decided to go with a fulltone supa trem. now that, my brothren, is a tremolo pedal. it's worth the extra hundred bucks.
take my word for it. it's amazing. stop your friends-or enemies for that matter-from buying the tr-2!!

it might not sound good, but at least it won't die on you.

never dealt with 'em-

this thing blows y'all. please, don't buy it. for goodness sakes, you can get a freaking dunlop ts-1 cheaper than this pedal if you get it used, and that's a bad ass trem-and it's stereo!in closing, i'll give this analogy. boss tr-2 is to pedals as battlefield earth is to movies-think about it folks-dunlop! fulltone!

Piece of cake, just spend some time to find the sound your after. There are some great tones to be had, and also some awful ones. Simple controls.

Ok I've had two of these. One was impossibly noisy, it clicked in time with the Tremolo even when it was off, whether I used a battery or power pack. I took it back and got a refund. Then I heard about BOSS using buffered inputs on there pedals. So I stuck another boss pedal before one and all the noise goes and the pedal sounds great. It doesn't do everything , but you can get rid of the noise but sticking even a TU-2 tuner or something infront of it. Sure you shouldn't have too , but in my set up its not a problem.

Its not as warm as I'd like, its not stereo and there is no throbbingh LED or tap tempo. Basically boss its time for a new 'modern' version, with the features that are in recent pedals like the phaser.

A deffinate try in your setup before you but pedal.

I did take one back, but if you read above you'll understand that that pedal was probably 'ok' ( at least normal for a TR-2 )
Only ever had one dead Boss pedal, and that was an OS-2, and was replaced.

Fabulous if you speak to the right people, but I've heard the horror stories.

Can't quite get Ry Cooder with it, so I'm looking for a replacement.
It may be right for you, but then again ....
If it was stolen I'd be looking for something better, but it wouldn't suprise me if I replaced it.

This pedal is very easy to use. Just 3 knobs. Easy to operate and understand.

This pedal is
1- very, very noisy
2- you can't have any deep depth with it (just mellow swell)
2- you don't see any blinking light that tells you the tremolo speed.
4- it is not stereo

It's hard as a rock.

Never have to repair any boss pedals...

I'am playing lots of style (from folk to country, from blues to rock). I have a Tremolo pedal by DUNLOP and it's a much more useful pedal with more features and a better sound. So don't buy that crap...

Straight-foward.

This pedal sounds pathetic. I'm thinking Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams... nice lush chorus. Instead I get about 1/4 the quality that I'm looking for. Doesn't even come close to amp tremolo. It's noisy too. My other pedals-- even an Electro Harmonix pedal which are know to be noisy isn't as noisy as this one. This pedal (like many other Boss pedals) fails miserably when it comes to sound quality.

Very reliable. Great news guys!!-- this hunk of junk will last forever!

Never had to call them.

I guess you get what you pay for. Overall I am just really unimpressed with Boss. Having used Analogue pedals for a while now, I'm used to very dynamic, lush, clear effects. Most Boss pedals get a "you gave it your best effort; maybe next year" award from me. I would not suggest this pedal to anyone.

Like most boss pedals very easy to use.

I've tried this one with a Danny Gatton Telecaster and a Fender Vibroverb. Other Fx are a Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe, Fulltone FD 2, MJM London Fuzz and some other Boss pedals (BF3, PH3, OD3, BD2, TU2).
The sound is nice and not unlike the real deal (Fender amp tremolo, mislabeled as "Vibrato"). Just one BIG minus: It's noisy! It's very noisy compared to the other FX (Voodoo Vibe, BF3 Flanger and PH3 Phaser are dead silent). I think this is too much for a tremolo, makes me want to buy another brand, sorry Boss.

Shame on Boss. This thing is a dog. The noise is not so much to make it unusable, but too much for me to bear. Why should I ruin my first class sound with a wall of unnecesarry noise??? Maybe the ohters who don't complain have poor equipment so they don't notice the noise, I don't give a damn.

Easy to use only three knobs: rate, wave and depth. The Wave knob blends the style of tremolo from square to triangle. The depth control acts as a balance which blends the original signal to the processed tremolo signal. The rate controls the period of the wave. Yes, it is easy to use.

My set up is Fender Jaguar (Japan reissue) --> TR-2 --> Fender Blues Jr. w/reverb cranked. Also Fender Bass VI --> Ibanez TS-9 --> TR-2 --> Boss RV-3 --> Harke kick back bass amp. Great surf sounds. The pedal is dead quiet when turned off. The effect does not interfere with the tone or overall volume of the signal.

Built like a tank.

never needed

Great for Duane Eddy, Ventures, ect... It seems like Boss has taken a step backward. The predisessor to the TR-2 was the PN-2. The PN-2 featured stereo outs for a panning mode. The TR-2 is mono.

Three knobs - one for depth, one for speed and one for waveform. It gets a 8 because it is sometimes hard to get to the right tempo for your song. The PN2 had a second LED that blinked in time with the speed which helped.

I use a tele with a BD2, DM2, Rat, MXR Blue Box, and EH Frequency Analyser. I was hesitant to buy this pedal after reading the reviews here, but I decided that I wasn't going to use Tremolo enough to warrent spending twice as much on a Dunlop or Voodoo Lab trem, and this pedal would do.

I was pleasently surprised with this pedal. There is no noise added by this pedal as some people have suggested. However if there is any noise or hiss in your set up already then this pedal will tremolo your noise and make it more noticeable. The noise is in your set up and it's nothing to do with this pedal.

There is a slight loss of volume if you max all the knobs to 10, but it's to be expected, because of how this pedal works. It fluctuates the volume and if it's going really fast at maximum depth then it will make you sound quieter. If you are dropping out of the mix then lower the depth knob a little bit.

There's a good range of speeds and waveforms. I like the fact that it has a knob for waveform rather than a hard/soft switch. The "square" end of the knob could be a little more square but it's still very good. You can use this pedal to get a nice shimmer, a vintage tremolo sound or computer stuttering noises for industrial type noise. This pedal goes much faster than the PN2 and is very useful to get that harsh stutter sound so loved by industrial and experimental types. I usually use this pedal to soften my pick attack and get a smoother sound for some more ambient songs, or sometimes to get that industrial stutter if I'm messing around.

It's a boss pedal and as such should last forever.

hahaha.

This is a good tremolo pedal and will get the job done at a nice price. It is not as good as the higher end tremolo's but it's OK for the price. This is a very simple "one trick pony" type pedal, but I wasn't expecting any more.

If you want a better tremolo then you'll have to spend more money, but that's kind of obvious. If you are going to use tremolo all the time and use it as your signature sound then maybe you should think about getting something else. But most people will not leave this on all the time like they would an overdrive pedal, and couldn't justify spending all the extra. There is nothing really wrong with this pedal.

As one person said here that if Boss were to release a TR-3 with tap tempo, Panning modes, expression pedal options to control the speed and a booster option to compensate for the volume loss then they'd really clean up and destroy all the competition. Are you listening Boss? I would also like to have seen this pedal go slower than it does to make very very slow gentle throbbing, like the PN2 did. But anyway, this pedal is absolutely fine for what it does and does me fine. It's basic and simple - yes, but I've no problems with it and it does it's job. I would say it's much better than the PN2 for modern music because it goes faster.

Good pedal and I'm not disappointed with it. Don't listen to the bad reviews here - this pedal really isn't that bad.

This is mind-numbingly simple to use. 3 knobs, with a knob for blending between sawtooth and square wave frequency. This really could not be simpler. You plug it up, tweak a knob and you've got a usable sound.

I use a Gibson Les Paul through a small stone, boss tr-2 and boss super overdrive and then switched between a 68 fender bassman head and a marshall jcm 900 into a marshall 1960B 412 cab. i play post-emo, indie shoegazer music a la stratford four, death cab for cutie, gloria record etc. this pedal is perfect for subtle trem sounds as well as well defined, broken square wave tremolo. Some people complain about noise. Maybe they just got a bad pedal, or they use crappy gear. If you use cheap pedals, cheap pickups or a crap amp, then no pedal is going to salvage your tone. Mine is always studio quiet.

boss=tank

it never broke, so i never needed it.

This pedal is perfect for me. I couldn't be without it. If it were stolen I would get another one the same day. It does have a tendency to round off your attack, but that's a small price to pay. Great pedal with countless options from only 3 knobs. You want this.

3 knobs - rate, depth, and wave - very simple: just turn until you like the sopund. It won't take long!

Used with G&L ASAT SH and Les Paul Studio DC both thru a Peavey Bandit 65.Here is my main reason for writing this review:

NO NOISE!!! NONE ZILCH DIDLEY SQUAT. I have NO idea where the other reviewers heard noise. No clicking, humming, buzzing, NONE. Just Tremolo!
IT DOES NOT SUCK TONE NOR DOES IT CAUSE VOLUME LOSS.

I do wish the depth knob had just a bit more range but that's all!
Lots of range, Wave choice is continuously variable and all positions are good!
This really sounds like a Fender or Magnatone (remember those) style amp tremolos.

Uh - It's a BOSS - need I say more?

I was considering other brands but bang for the buck goes to BOSS. I do want to try the Dan-O Wasabi pedals tho.

Easy to use..comes with a guide for a few different sounds...play around with it and you'll find your favorites..........

I use a Peavey 25 watt Bravo with a Celestion 30 that I put in to replace the lousy stock speaker....I have another Peavey single speaker cabinet with a Celestion Greenback in it. I play a 57 reissue strat with a 62 neck..I replaced the stock pu's with Dimarzio Virtual Vintage's.. and a new Standard (Mexican)Tele with DiMarzio Twang Kings........I use a Dunlop Rotovibe, Dunlop Crybaby, and old DOD fx65 chorus and a TS-9 reissue tubescreamer.......I'm an old-school from the barrio and most of what I play is surf /beach boys/ Los Lobos/ Ritchie Valens stuff....I get really great sounds and the tremolo pedal is dead quiet,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I don't play out anymore...just at home jamming with my sons and friends

Never dealt with them...I bought the thing from a friend who bought himself a modeling amp.so it's second hand

I have heard that Boss pedals are excellent.it looks like you could drive over it and not hurt it.........I was actually going to but a 65 Deluxe Reverb reissue or a Delta Blues 210 just to have a tremolo but I'm happy with my little Bravo set-up and the Boss TR-2 tremolo pedal was the answer!

3 knobs, so it's quite easy.

Man it's just a tremolo (on-off-on-off...). What do you expect??? Can be faster or slower, stronger or more subtle. Cause it turn's the sound off periodically, you get the overall impresion that you lose volume when engaging the pedal. Better pedals compensate this effect, but not this one, which is a minus. Furthermore it is quite hissy. Unusual for a pedal that's supposed to turn the sound on and off! T put it short, this one really blows...

It's a Boss, what should I say which hasn't been said already?

look above

It's too expensive for the quality it offers. the sound is decent but you loose too much volume and gain too much hiss. Bad deal! There are better tremolos out there (in fact, I rewally think you'd have a hard time finding a tremolo that's inferior). Get anything else!

foolproof

Good tremolo but bad noise! I hear that hiss, too.
My amp (Fender Twin Reverb) is absolutely clean and doesn't hum or hiss at all. I put some FX in front (MJM London Fuzz, Boss OD-3, VL MicroVibe) and there you go! Can't beat that set-up.
Most pedals make some slight noise, for sure. But the TR-2 was a nightmare. Could't live with it.
Don't try to tell me it's my set-up, the guitar or the cables. I checked another one of these suckers in the store and it was just the same. What a shame .-(

Boss is reliable.

I play since 20 years. All kinds of music, as long as it rocks.
I like the sound of teh tremolo, but I hate that damn noise. I gave it back, would never ever try it again. I am very disappointed.

easy - man it's just a trem!

sounds great. there is a slight volume drop, but that's part of the nature of the beast (turn on - turn out). but I couldn't stand the noise, at first I thought it was broken, tried another, but again: terrible hiss (white noise). to put it short: unusable!

it's a Boss.

Never dealt with them.

could be a nice effect, but because it is so noisy it is absolutely unusable. I don't understand why others can't hear that hiss (I'm not a snob, I play a lot of vintage gear - Marshall, Vox, EH - but this is way too much).
I like Boss FX in general, but this has got to be the worst thing they ever produced. don't waste your money on this, get ANYTHING from ANY other company - you won't regrett it.

Very simple. Rate, depth and wave form knobs, two jacks, how can you get any simpler?

The sound quality of the tremelo itself is pretty good, but as many others have said, there is a volume drop when activated. It's not horrible if you're using it on a clean channel, but it can definitely be annoying otherwise. I thought for a while that maybe it was just the nature of a tremelo effect, but I've played through several other trems and never had a problem. Its for this reason that I give it a 7.

Seems rock-solid, never had a problem

Never dealt with them

Decent trem but the volume drop is annoying. I'm getting a line 6 mm4 in a few days and its trem doesn't have the same problem with my setup, so I may switch to that.

Fairly easy to get a very useable tremolo sound. The shape, speed and intensity controls are all very straight forward and easy to use.

I got mine used, so there was no manual. I don't think one is necessary, but for people new to using tremolo, it might be helpful.

I'm using a strat, asat classic, robin avalon, gibson es-135 and a hamer specialp90 through a maxon compressor, fulltone fulldrive2, boss tr-2, digitech digiverb and digitech digital delay through a Fender Bassman 10 that has been blackfaced.

The sound using any of the above is very good. I honestly don't know what the huge complaint was from some of the other reviewers. Tremolo is tremolo. I don't want to use it all of the time and can't justify spending $200.00 on one. For what I use, the sound is fine. Also, I don't notice any huge sound drop off when turning it on, like some of the previous reviewers have stated.

Anyway, for a $55.00 pedal, I think it sounds great.

Mine was used. It looked beat to hell and it still functions like the brand new one I demoed before buying the used one. Boss makes great stuff, and I feel confident on using any of their pedals heavily. Even with my big butt stepping on it.

Never had to deal with them.

I play anything from Jazz to country to old rock and blues. Close to 20 years of playing, and I've mentioned most of the guitar stuff I own. I can tell you, for the money (especially used) this is a great pedal. I had a tunamelt and was highly disappointed. I like the VoodoLab Tremolo and some other higher end pedals, but couldn't justify the sound quality/cost ratio. I'm not saying this pedal beats the higher end stuff, I'm just saying this pedal is qualified to be used in just about any set up I feel like whether it be recording or playing live. It's quite, doesn't cut my signal and it holds up. That's about all I can ask for. These units are pretty abundant on ebay and in music stores. There's nothing wrong with buying brand new (support your local guys) because even at retail, this is still a good pedal for the money when compaired to some more expensive tremolo pedals out there.

This requires, like most pedals, a little bit of teasing to get the right sound that you can use for your tunes. Once there, it's just a case of remembering where everthing is!

With my setup(Big Apple-Cry Baby, Rat 2, Digital Metalizer, Super Phaser, Tremelo-Sonus SC-10)there wasn't any noise with batteries. Introduced last in the chain(I use one of those link cable things)it sounded like bees in the distance, so beware. No tone colouration, which is nice. My delay broke recently and I wanted to replace it, so I got this. Great!

I've only just got it, but my Metalizer is about 10 years old and i've gigged it tons so I guess it'll be cool.(i got it second hand too!)

Like I said, this was a welcome substitute for my delay(a VERY old Digitech RP2000)and it's inspired me to write slightly lighter music again, without worrying that the tone sounds thin or too wimpy. used in conjuction with gain it produces some Morello style stuttering and bouncy nonsense, if used correctly. I'm really pleased. For #50, excellent, and not a one-stomp-and-it-breaks number like the Dano one(great sound though, and excellent bypass-if only it hadn't been made of paper)

Very Easy. No manual needed--note that sine wave can be changed (from softer to sharper wave form) via one of the controls. A nice feature.

A 7.5 of 10. A great workhorse. NOT noisy. **To the reviewers complaining about alleged "noise" from this pedal--maybe cheap cables and/or cheap amp have something to do with this alleged "noise" problem, or maybe your tinnitus is so bad you hear noise all the time** No more noise than any other pedal. Very good (versatile)sound control.

Used for at least three years gigging--no problems.

I've never had problems with Boss pedals. Never had to call BOSS.

I rate this a 7.5. Like I said great "workhorse"--very acceptable sound quality for most club work. TREMELO is not just for surf music, it can be used very effectively in many styles of music. I have used this pedal on different settings for "surf" trem, SRV "Cold Shot" Leslie-simulation, and in extreme settings for a "volume pedal" type effects. This has been like an old friend in the pedalboard for quite some time. There are better trems, but a good investment for the price (suggestion: find one used for $50-$70).