Rocktron Pulse Tremolo

This is a very straightforward pedal. Rate knob, Depth knob, waveform switch. That's it. The switch toggles between a sine wave and a square wave, to allow both smooth trem sounds and harsh choppy sounds.

There is a large usable range on both the Depth and Rate controls. The Rate can go all the way to fairly-unusably slow. At maximum, the Rate gives an almost pitch-bending speed to the trem effect. Generally, it's better somewhere between 8:30 and 3:30 on the dial.

I am primarily using this with a Ric 330 (HiGain pickups) and a 5E3-type amp.
The buffer on the pedal is great. It adds a hair of brightness to the signal, which I actually like. My amp can run a bit dark, and the HiGains are definitely mid-rangey. I run from the Pulse into an Arion SAD-3, so a little extra nudge of brightness before an analog delay goes quite nicely.

It is not true bypass. It does use a pushbutton-type switch. I'm not sure how easily it could be modded to true bypass, but aside from the mild bump in brightness, it's incredibly transparent. I haven't really noticed any LFO ticking, and the effect is all the way gone when bypassed.

Seems pretty sturdy. It's a metal enclosure. My only worry is the tiny bat on the waveform switch, but it's over on the side of the pedal, just above the input jack. It's pretty well protected over there.

Haven't had any need to contact Rocktron, but the company from which I bought the pedal (pedalgeek.com) is a joy to deal with.

I play somewhat dreamy, somewhat rootsy music most of the time (Galaxie 500, Luna, etc).

I think the pedal is a great sound to add into the mix. It's especially wonderful with the delay added on top. All told, I'll give it a "9".

It has two knobs...Intensity and Speed. Theres a switch on the side that changes the wave from triangle to square. It pretty self explanatory. It took me about 5 minutes to find the sound that I wanted.

I run two amps in my setup. The dirty amp is a Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier, and the clean is a Peavey Classic 50 2x12. The tremolo is on my Clean side, or side A. Its in a chain with a Boss PH-1R Phaser and MXR Super Comp. My clean sound stays crystal clean, and has some effect on it. I got the perfect sound by just fooling around a bit with the knobs. it didnt take much time at all.

Well i just got it, but it seems to be built like a tank. Its a metal chassis which is great.

N/A...havent had any problems.

I play heavy alternative/metal music, and its a great addition to my setup. In the studio, the LED is great cause i can match the light with a click track to get the right speed of the tremolo. Sounds is great, easy to use, id recommend this to anyone.

Very easy to tweak. Brings you terrific trem sound with either sharp-edged wave or a normal "soft-edged" tremolo sound. Only 2 knobs with a 2-way switch for waveform.

Using a epiphone les paul w gibson pickups and a peavey classic 30. I use this effect in the loop together with a digitech digidelay. It's a little bit noisy, but it doesn't disturb me. The normal waveform gives a true vintage tremolo perfect for blues and oter styles. The sharp one can do some other kinds of tremolo. It's easier to hear this effect through a mix. John Petrucci uses this kind of effect in "Beyond this life" w Dream theater. This pedal can reproduce that sound very good. This pedal sounds awesome!

when my battery power was getting weak, the output signal of the pedal increased a lot. I didn't figure that out first, but when i changed the battery it was gone. Now it doesent affect the volume. The pedal is, as all rocktron's, built like a tank, it's awesome, it will never break. i think.

I mailed them about the battery issue and they didn't answer me.

I use it for blues, rock, gospel, pop, metal or whatever... Iv'e been playing for 6 years, never owned a trem pedal before, but this one i wont change, it's awesome!

Just 2 knobs for speed and intensity, plus a switch to go from square to sine wave. It doesn't take any time to figure out.

One really nice feature is the big blue LED at the top of the pedal that pulses according to the speed it's set at. That way, if you can't really hear it well or are just stupid, you can easily figure out how you have it set.

I play a Fender Jaguar (discontinued Japan line) through a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, and I basically wanted this effect to use on clean sounds so it could sound 50's-ish. This does a good job of achieving that sound- I haven't really used it with distortion or any other effects, because it sounds fine as is. I don't think there's a volume drop with this pedal, like many people have said about the Boss trem pedal, but I'm not completely sure. It's not noticeable for me, anyway. And Rocktron says this pedal uses some kind of unique technology to model "classic tube tremolo" sounds- once again, maybe it does this, but I've never been so aware of what "classic tube tremolo" sounds like- a trem pedal is a trem pedal. I just wanted one that didn't sound weak or cut my volume, and this does the job.

I've only had this for 4 months now and have not yet played a gig with it, but it seems pretty reliable. I haven't had any problems with it yet, and it's all big and metal and stuff so I can't see anyone having any trouble with it breaking or something.

I'd never really heard of Rocktron before I got this pedal, and I've never dealt with them at all.

There's not a whole lot a tremolo pedal can do- just suck or not suck. This one doesn't suck, and it's good for what I use it for- it adds a nice flavor to clean solos, etc. for slower songs. I really like retro-sounding guitar stuff, and this helps. It was cheaper than lots of the larger brand-name trem pedals (i.e. Boss), and it's not going to break easily (i.e. Danelectro). I haven't noticed any volume drop or anything, and I'm sure you can achieve any tremolo sound you want on this pedal- so go for it if you see one.