The Best Effect You Don't Have? | Friday Fretworks

[@darwinsaye]

Harmonic Tremolo separates your signal into separate bass and treble and alternately pulses the volume of each, so, as the volume of the treble is fading out, the volume of the bass is fading in, and as the bass fades out , the treble fades in, etc.. I once saw a demo of a prototype guitar that had a mechanism that alternately faded the volume of the neck and bridge pickups in and out, and it produced the same effect.

[@courier11sec]

That's a great explanation. Thank you.

[@mikeluna3406]

Bro, I was telling my dad the other day my favorite living guitar players. Eric Clapton, Chris Buck and Doyle Bramhall ll. He said, “who’s Chris Buck?” I said it’s this dude from Wales on KZbin. :) Keep killing it brotha!

[@ChrisBuckGuitar]

Thank you so much Mike 🙂

[@chrisholmes_90]

I hadn't really heard of harmonic trem until I got a Strymon Flint a few months back. Since then I find myself jamming with it daily... What a sound!

[@shineoncoffee4772]

That solo was nuts. Tasteful!!!!

[@mattheimbaugh5471]

I’m not a big tremolo guy but this demo got me wanting one. Well done.

[@chaskiandcie]

I built all my playing around tremolo and my amp's reverb. It's my all time favourite effect. Get one, and enjoy ;)

[@MC-fk4vb]

The intro wow'ed me like I haven't been wow'ed on youtube for a while. Thank you :)

[@mr501mc]

Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh. I'm bout to flip my desk & run down the street screaming. That intro got a like immediately!

[@jimmylayne2961]

i realize Im kinda off topic but does anybody know a good place to watch new tv shows online?

[@gradycody9006]

@Jimmy Layne I watch on Flixzone. You can find it on google :)

[@ralphahmed7669]

@Grady Cody yup, been using Flixzone for since march myself :D

[@jimmylayne2961]

@Grady Cody thank you, I went there and it seems to work :) I really appreciate it !!

[@gradycody9006]

@Jimmy Layne no problem =)

[@kylestair4803]

This is my favorite pedal and its not close. The gain sound alone is phenomenal.

[@fiftypeehead]

Do you think it could be used after an overdrive as an extra gain stage with tremolo effect either off or extremely subtle?

[@marcobeltran7218]

My man! Such amazing playing. Your style of playing is right up my alley. You are such an inspiration

[@wolfnstrings]

Great playing as always. Been looking at this pedal myself...

[@richosburn]

Dr/\gonfly just be advised that this pedal changes your tone noticeably when turned off/on. It’s not a subtle change. See Pete Thorn’s demo on this pedal (he showcases this change in the first bit of the video). It’s like an overdrive kicking in with mild gain boost. FYI

[@wolfnstrings]

Rich Osburn Good to know. I’ll have to put it in a loop on a switcher. Thanks for the tip.

[@ChrisBuckGuitar]

Rich Osburn Good point but that’s only if the gain knob is turned up at all - if you set the gain at zero like I had in this video (as opposed to 4 as in Pete’s) it’s pretty ‘transparent’ in terms of volume jumps etc. It’s only when the gain’s increased that you’ll hear a noticeable change to your level 🙂

[@zaqintosh]

Buck And Evans did you ever compare this pedal to the walrus monument ? I can’t try either pedal ... curious if you have

[@yukihyostar]

Chris, I've listened to every worthwhile electric guitarist since the dawn of the '60s (I've been around a while), and I'd just about given up hope for the future of the instrument until now. The opening passage on this video is some of the sweetest and heartfelt playing I've heard in a long, long time, and if this wonderful review doesn't sell this pedal, then nothing ever will. A new 75 year old subscriber from "Down Under". Keep 'em coming Chris 🎸🎶

[@pookachu64]

Absolutely the best trem you can get. It’s so lush

[@ArthurStone]

Beautiful sound and great playing; thanks : D

[@brunojacq5473]

You nailed it too!

[@SamdGG]

Love your playing - it's trem-endous

[@ChrisBuckGuitar]

Haha. Cheers!

[@robhead22]

Beautiful sounds! Gorgeous guitar work! Thank you!

[@diablilloperdio]

Great sounding pedal. Love Chris' playing. That ending in the intro is simply epic.

[@riverstone5994]

“I’m gonna play you out now”. This gets me every time. My man

[@the-creech4790]

Nice ambient tone! Thanks for the info.

[@isaacjohnson.]

Beautiful playing, great sounding pedal. Thanks for sharing

[@malloc_01]

Mate - holy shit ... if this wasn’t inspiring, I just don’t know nothing ... your playing is out of this world !

[@mattbrillhart2922]

Incredible playing! I have owned this pedal for a year. I got it primarily to get some Supro tones due to the preamp portion of the pedal. Then I discovered how I love the tremolo tones. For some fun I’ll run the Supro with delay and a univibe. This pedal is by far one of my fave and most used pedals.

[@youbi179]

I was looking into tremolo’s recently. This one is coming on my board!

[@stormedbyhippiesc3966]

Awesome playing, great tone and clean timing. Well done

[@berlymahn]

Waiting for my Quaverato Harmonic Tremolo Pedal build kit to arrive. very cool pedal!

[@MrTDembinski]

Lovely demo. Terrific range with that trem.

[@anthonysclafani3963]

This channel deserves waaaay more subs

[@bestboy897]

sick intro song could be the theme song of a spaghetti western

[@TheFarout69]

This trem sounds quite a bit like a Vibe. Phazy goodness. Great playing!

[@cawfeedawg]

I have it tube driven in my brownface fender. Its a lovely tremolo

[@AverageRider717]

Cawfee Dawg I don’t have a brownface but I do have a Deluxe Reverb. There’s nothing like Fender Vibrato/Trem.

[@thierrygoli4271]

Awsome playing and sound

[@jnicholl8596]

Lovely as usual!! I wanna hear your new beast mate!!!! It looks beautiful.

[@ChrisBuckGuitar]

Either next week or the week after ☺️

[@chrisjohnstone6164]

Damn .... I've been avoiding it for almost 40 odd Years but I may need to invest my 10,000 hours ... your sounds are awesome Mr. Thank you - Chris

[@McJimmie]

Man, amazing playing. Inspired!

[@marcospiezia127]

Amazing as ever

[@bryanclarke1927]

Lovely pedal. Has more definition than the Flint but I can't live without the reverb on it which is superb. If you've already got reverb this would be the one to go for with the harmonic option sounding excellent.

[@cmartinrel]

Great demo, thanks!

[@papaboom]

Excellent playing.

[@match8289]

I've always said that fame and success isn't about being the best at something, it's about being in the right place at the right time. Chris Buck's guitar artistry is beyond the majority of guitarist that are famous for their craft.. but that doesn't just magically put people on the market. Someone needs to get this guy a stadium to fill.

[@guitmickify]

Nice... I really like mine from EarthQuaker D., the "Night Wire" it has a cool feature, Attack mode, the tremolo speed responds to your playing and then slows down as it trails off.

[@__Anton__]

Such great playing and tone as usual. Pedal sounds good too👍

[@potatoroad91]

Phantastic guitar playing with great sound and superb tone!!!!

[@williamdevlin366]

Hey man, I just stumbled across this video on my feed. Great stuff dude! Thank you. Really, really, nice playing!!! I’ll be watching more for sure!!! Thank you from a hot & humid “AF” morning in North Carolina!!! 🎸

[@hewgrebe4771]

I love that sound. I have a chorus pedal that has a similar sound, but that sounds great. Keep that up.

[@geraldhenrickson7472]

I just bought this pedal while watching this video. Had you not reviewed the Supro I would not found your channel. I subbed immediately. Thanks so much.

[@SweetSpotSC]

Beautiful effect. Inspiring playing.

[@DavidMorisset]

Simply spectacular. I Love to Trem a Verb with trails

[@druwk]

Had a ‘61 Tremolux. First year they did the head and cabinet. 1 x 10” speaker in a closed back cabinet with a tone ring. Speaker had blown before I had it, and had been replaced with a 12”. 18 watts of magic. Blonde Tolex Oxblood grill...😓 very special sounding amp. It had tremolo to die for. Used it to finance a gigging bass, and bass amp rig. Really miss that amp! Every time I hear these pedals makes me think of it.

[@haloskater24]

Those blonde tremolux’s didn’t have “Harmonic Tremolo” but it sounded great

[@stevewalsh5479]

That intro...Geez, dude, that was amazing.

[@1stVeo]

I still come back almost every month just to listen to the intro multiple times in a row

[@rontiveros]

Same here lmao

[@mikedr1549]

Haha - I just got a Harmonious Monk last week so I DO TOO HAVE ONE! Wonderful playing!

[@Ephyss]

Hey man, I passed by to pickup some ideas on how to use the tremolo. I almost cried with your intro, so good. What a feeling, Thank you! Andre

[@kswannie]

Lovely melody and phrasing, Chris! 🤗It sounds both familiar and original, an excellent little comp and jam. I love harmonic tremolo - I just picked up an Earthquaker Devices 'Nite Wire', not quite as sweet --sounding as the Supro, but more versatile for finding your own special sound with it. Who doesn't love tinkering with a new pedal and finding inspiration!🤩

[@kjetilsteensns7017]

Beautiful tone!

[@kevinbridger2989]

Great playing/demo Chris...wish I'd seen it before I bought an Orange Tremlord tho..😁🍊✌️❤️✊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@NickthePick74]

What about your Reverb Chris ??? It is lovely!

[@rafaeldiasms]

After hearing this intro I immediately pick up my guitar and throw it through the window... goddamnit that was beautiful

[@allenlocke1935]

Inspiring playing! Cheers Mate! From the good ol' U.S. of A.

[@ripplebear]

Hauntingly beautiful intro, Chris. Every single time, my man. Outstanding skills. Bring it to the states. We would die to hear you guys live!!

[@clfurness]

Cheers for the review man, love this pedal - one day.

[@richardpenhardt6100]

itsa a joy just to watch/listen to your guitar relation, immersion. thanks.

[@shinjial]

Got one of those myself this week! Love it! What more needs to be said about it other than you and Joey Landreth are using it?

[@paulgerards6494]

WOW Chris, this is heavenly beautiful! THX man! One question though, what about the hiss when on? Especially when the Depth is turned up?

[@JasonMcFly]

Strymon Flint had this some years ago. Gotta say that Supro box sunds GREAT though

[@alftupper9359]

Never mind the pedal. That intro?! Sublime.

[@tommallah4818]

Inspired playing as always! Sounds so full and lush. I bought this pedal a few years ago - absolutely love it though it can be a bit noisy.

[@fiftypeehead]

I dont suppose you've ever found a way to reduce the unwanted noise? None of the review videos ive seen have sounded too noisy but i find it almost unusable.

[@ΟΟύτις]

Like your music.Greetings from Greece.

[@markferguson3745]

Only in the last five years or so have I been dominantly finger picking; it's resolved many persistent tech issues that I've long felt troubled by,- total game changer. The pick still has it's place, but the doors opened by this and the (steel) slide....feel like I've been swimming against the current for no good reason.Beautiful playing on an outstanding pedal.

[@tiagofigueiredo8439]

So .. freeking .. smooth. ! SICK playing bro 👌

[@joeykelly5642]

Awesome playing!

[@phillseagram]

Amazing playing!!! I just received this pedal and have felt super inspired by the tones. Your outro for a minute reminded me of Des'ree's- I'm Kissing You ...based on some of the chords and because she's got such a pronounced vibrato in her voice that basically is a tremolo! Now I've got a song to learn :)

[@markharwood7573]

Nice one, Chris. The pedal sounds great. It costs about £170. The JHS one is about £100. One of these units would happily replace the phaser on one of my boards. Hmmm...

[@robmarmaduke]

That's a great sound

[@Cluless02]

Nice emotional expression up in there. Well done mate!

[@rockstardr]

Just another pedal demo? Nope, it's a work of art. Chris your music is beautiful

[@vacustoms]

That Pedal is truly amazing but it wouldn't sound half as good without your fretboard wizardry. You are a phenomenal Musician.

[@Cuardaitheoirfirinne]

Gorgeous playing as always. I was wondering if you had ever tried the Walrus Audio Monument as a comparison?

[@ChrisBuckGuitar]

Hey Ryan. I have actually. I've not directly compared the two, but the Monument is fantastic. I preferred that and the Supro over the Flint and Earthquaker Night Wire. It'd be great to try the Monument and Supro side by side!

[@graemero5532]

@@ChrisBuckGuitar I have the monument,it's great, and tap tempo sealed it for me

[@gbills]

I have both. Monument is great, tap tempo really helps, but the Supro made my board and isn’t coming off anytime soon. The Supro harmonic sound is far richer and has a greater range with the depth knob than any other harmonic trem I’ve tried. And, as a bonus, the drive on the Supro is fantastic. I do wish it had a tap tempo, but I’ve learned how to dial it in (or also how to work with it out of tempo, which I like too).

[@graemero5532]

@@gbills Between your reply and Chris' playing I may have to get the Supro too.

[@gbills]

@Graeme Ross, Yeah, the Supro has the best sound by far, to my ears. This video was good timing, too, because last week I did a harmonic trem pedal audition for my new board and the Supro won out (again) over the Monument, Flower Pedals Dandelion, and CB Gravitas (and I LOVE CB!). If only the Stone Deaf Tremotron had a harmonic mode...not sure it would sound better than the Supro, but the feature set would be killer (MIDI presets, dual trem, tap tempo, etc.).

[@DannyBrooks1]

I could listen to this all day!

[@chedhead3278]

Cheers Chris, flipping lovely stuff. Hard not to make ooo waa ooo waa mouth shapes while listening, might be just me. :)

[@minibuns5397]

Looking sky high heck yeah bro

[@bluesblue6453]

This kid is one of my favourite guitarists

[@petergoddard1960]

Inspiring stuff, there were some particular changes in the end piece over which I thought some soulful vocals from Sally would sound just perfect. I could just hear the track taking shape. Oh man, you bloody nail it every time!

[@dinosoarskill17]

i have that same strap from years ago and its my favorite

[@Gregorypeckory]

Beautiful playing as usual, and you did a great job of explaining the difference between this pedal and ordinary Trem pedals; this one seems way deeper to me; lots of information coming out.

[@Caitanya]

Whoaa I can’t stop listening to this. Besides of the intro being so beautifull also what ur doing at 3:34 is awesome. I’ll order this pedal today, no other tremolo sound is coming close at the moment.

[@thegermansat]

Your playing is superb. I'm subbing immediately.

[@russhicksart]

Damn!! What an amazing intro.

[@GregoryStoner]

Harmonic trem is fantastic, especially when you step off the edge into world into a Fender brownface Super amps

[@MichaelMoore-od4jz]

your such a great player where could I get some of your music to? do you produce albums? Thanks Michael

[@ChrisBuckGuitar]

Thanks Michael! This is my band, Cardinal Black: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kImwgmd5nK2rl6c

[@cawfeedawg]

I will tell you what's inspiring. Your playing m8.

[@willgoodfellow4235]

Lovely playing as always and a great video. Do you not use the tremolo in the Victory V40 Deluxe?

[@ChrisBuckGuitar]

Hiya mate. Yeah, for normal term. It doesn't do Harmonic trem though 😉

[@cliveclive54]

Chris,awesome sounds bro \m/

[@orpheus3342]

Ive gotta say, this is just incredible. Its like a phaser, but more of an eq sweep than anything. Wonder if theres a similar sort of vibe you could get by rocking a wah pedal very slightly. Right about one thing though: its very inspiring! Inspires me to put a hole in my bank account 😂

[@hgostos]

In the beginning, I thought there was only one type of tremolo (optical). Liked it but I found it not versatile enough to gain a place in my very small pedalboard. Then, I found out about the brown amp tremolo after listening to Chris Stapleton. That's it! I like that! Fast forward to only a few hours ago I realised that Fender used TWO different tremolo circuits in those brown amps, bias trem in the smaller amps and harmonic in the larger, more expensive amps! What a revelation! Love all three but I must admit that if I had to put them in order of preference it would be: bias (as always on type of thing), harmonic (for those Hendrixy moments) and optical (Monster era REM anyone?). In other words, swampy, phasey and choppy. Now the 3 modes in the Flint pedal make perfect sense. I have ordered Mr Black's Mini Tremolo as it offers both bias tremolo as well as harmonic in a neat little package. Reminds me of an old DOD Vibrathang that I used and played a few decades ago. I'm starting to understand the whole tremolo thing much better now. Cheers!

[@cateye560]

Hi Chris, I don't know how I missed this video, but what an amazing sound. Tremolo is one of my favourite effects ever, and about two years ago I bought a Catalinbread Pareidolia Harmonic Mesmerizer (discontinued), basically a harmonic tremolo pedal, along with their DLS 3 and a Mr Black Gold Eterna pedal. Although these two pedals are amazing in their own right, the Pareidolia has a sound quite similar to your Supro, but this pedal of mine has some strange filtering sounds that I can't put my finger on, ergo Pareidolia. Thank you for all your amazing content, and such a professional approach to all that you do...

[@florencefaulkner782]

Trying to decide between this and the monument!! Help please

[@gabopalacios2028]

Damn you for making me want a pedal that I didn't even know existed! That was some smooth killing playing right there! Definitely I'll be looking for a cheap harmonic tremolo just in case I can't make it sound as sweet as you

[@dee_be]

nice. i wonder if the new algo for the H9 will approximate that

[@jmv668]

Awesome intro! Great video!

[@henrypowell3708]

was looking for a new trem pedal and this just sold me straight up. also subbed, you’re a really great player dude!! cool that you’re from wales too. i’m american but have some welsh ancestry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿