The Tremolo - optical Tremolo kit

Item number: 168

Category: Modulation, Dynamic

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starting from 27,00 €

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Description

The Tremolo is a very versatile optical Tremolo. It features 5 potentiometer and is based upon a VTL5C2 optocoupler.

This kit contains all parts you need to build a fully functional effect pedal. Not included in the kit, but very useful:

  • Aluminium enclosure: select one from the top
  • DC power supply
  • 5 nice knobs for the pots, for 6.3mm shaft
  • Decal, transfer or transparent sheets for labeling


Instrument: Guitar
Effect-Type: Tremolo

Sounds

The Tremolo:

Build documents

Installation guide: Installation guide

Schematic and pcb: Schematic

Wiring layout: Wiring

Parts list (BOM): Parts list

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3 from 3 Customers found the following product review helpful
5 from 5 Another awesome kit.

First off, the pedal sounds amazing. It is extremely versatile, being able to dial in a huge range of different sounds.

The build for this was relatively simple. The board was a very easy build as it doesnt have a huge amount of components. I did struggle a bit with wiring up all the pots back to the board, there is a lot of wires and as I am very pedantic with neatness it took me quite to get it how I wanted it.

Another great pedal kit from musikding with nothing to fault. Highly recommend it.

., 05.09.2018
Total entries: 10
5 from 5 Great versatile tremolo

Much more than I expected, great pedal!

., 15.05.2021
5 from 5 Endgame tremolo!

A wonderful kit, simple to build and it does everything a tremolo should. Sounds musical, and tweaks from rude choppers to mellow vintage dwells. Just trim the gain to your personal preference, pick your favourite sunglasses and chill. Ive gone through numerous boutique tremolos, and we have a hands-down winner here. And though a tight fit, it can be put in a 1590B!

., 24.07.2021
5 from 5 Excellent

Excellent Tremolo, très créatif et très fin !

Jai raté le premier kit.
Jai commandé un deuxième kit, ça a marché.
Ce que je peux conseiller en premier lieu : soignez vos soudures !
Jai eu beaucoup de désagréments sur des premiers kits avec un mauvais fer à souder et fil à souder (made in china...).
Donc, je conseille :
Un vrai bon fer à souder
Une vraie panne blinder
Un bon fil à souder (si possible plomb ou argent) chez Bmj (en france)
Et regardez des tutos sur le soudure, ne faites pas à larrache. Ya un coup à prendre, cest pas sorcier, mais il y a des trucs à savoir de base, étudiez la question.
Le reste... Je dirais que cest du légo à assembler. À condition de ne pas avoir un composants défectueux caché, difficile ensuite de débugger pour les débutants.

., 07.09.2021
5 from 5 Very versatile

Fantastic classic tremolo, very versatile controls over the LFO let you fine tune the sound exactly how you like it

., 09.09.2021
5 from 5 perfect

perfect kit and perfect sound.

., 08.10.2021
5 from 5 Pas pour un debutant

Super kit !!!!!
il men a fallu deux pour comprendre quelques petites astuces , comme le sens de loctocoupleur par exemple !!
La première a un niveau de sortie beaucoup trop fort, presque en saturation , le trim ne suffisant pas à régler ce volume , je me pencherais sur la question plus tard .
En tous cas la deuxième fonctionne à merveille, cest un régal davoir autant de réglages sur un tremolo , je la recommande vivement !
Une fuzz factory a dejà rejoint le peadlboard, et je commanderai encore dautres kits , cest certain !!
Merci Musikding !

., 19.11.2021
5 from 5 Its got a vibe kinda vibe to it

Another great circuit from Musikding. Nice standard trem sounds, but you can get some really trippy, almost uni-vibe-ish asymmetric wave forms out of this too. I love it. Not recommended for beginners though. Instructions and schematic are clear, but if youre new to this I wouldnt start with 5 potentiometers.

., 13.01.2023
5 from 5 Great tremolo with so many options

Great pedal with lot of options and sounds, no noise at all. Only improvement is to buy separate high precision 25k trimmer so you can set volume as desired, otherwise pedal is a bit louder than guitar signal and to match volume you’ll need something precise :)
Also keep in mind the polarity on AO1I element, white dot represents minus

., 14.02.2023
5 from 5 Nice tremolo!

What to say. It´s very good and versatile tremolo pedal. Love how it sounds. 5/5

., 05.09.2023
5 from 5 Perfect for beginners

Great kit! This was my first build and it was very easy. Didn’t work immediately because I didn’t solder one of my power wires correctly but it was easy to troubleshoot. Pay attention to the orientation of the optocoupler!

., 05.10.2023
Total entries: 10


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