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timbo
Silver Member
Australia
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 Posted - 04/01/2008 : 16:15:02
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hey guys, long time no speak!
wanted to know if anyone on here has a PN2, the tremelo pan pedal. Any thoughts or opions on this pedal? I have read mixed reviews about it, but i would like to get my hands on one, although i have never played one... |
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zentropa
Gold Member
USA
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Posted - 04/01/2008 : 17:31:47
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the tremolo part doesn't sound like a tremolo on a vintage fender tube amp... so if that's what you are looking for you might want to consider something else. it's pretty artificial.
people have found uses for the panning function but i personally haven't. |
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sirshack
Copper Member
USA
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Posted - 04/01/2008 : 18:04:52
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I've had one for many years now.
I think it's a great all-around tremolo, and very much a "dial it up and go" sort of unit. Pick your waveform, use the rate LED to set the speed and off you go (the depth is easy enough to tweak once you start playing). The sine wave is great for comping organ-y licks and phrases. I usually use the square wave, depth at 80% or so, rate fairly quick.
It can get very S-L-O-W, which isn't usable for a whole lot of things, but I discovered that when you dial in a slow sine wave and set the depth low so that the volume loss is just barely perceptible you can add a lot of character and movement to airy, strummed guitar parts (adding chorus and some reverb and running the whole thing in stereo really takes you off to dreamland, if that's your thing).
I've never really used the Pan function, but I have some ideas I want to try with it one of these days. |
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Gizzorge
Silver Member
USA
245 Posts |
Posted - 04/01/2008 : 22:09:26
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I really think the slow range is set up more for the pan function than the Tremolo function.
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silvertone6120
Gold Member
USA
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Posted - 04/01/2008 : 22:48:27
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I've had one since they came out. It's okay but it's not as good as the built-in tremoloes it's based on IMO. My main problem is the slight hiss and the inherent pulsing I can hear even when the pedal is not on. I know...someone's gonna say get a noise gate. If I have to have an extra pedal to combat that I'm not interested.
Back on topic, the PN-2 is a good tremolo if you want that effect and don't have it available on your amp.
I'd be interested in hearing opinions from those who own the PN-2 and the TR-2. A side by side comparison would be appreciated... |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
3652 Posts |
Posted - 04/01/2008 : 22:55:07
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| I think the TR-2 is a better tremolo with a wider spectre of sounds making it more versatile as well as doing the typical tremolo sounds better as well. The PN-2 has it's pan function that's cool for ping pong effects between two amps and the tremolo is stereo. Currently I'm running a mono setup so the TR-2 is my current choice. |
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zentropa
Gold Member
USA
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Posted - 04/01/2008 : 23:24:40
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i didn't have time to add this earlier, but the big concern i would have for it is price.
in the $150 range, it's definitely not worth it imo if you don't intend to use both the tremolo and panning.
if you find one for say, $75 or less, hop on it. i just don't think the sound quality is good enough to justify the high price on it. |
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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
1351 Posts |
Posted - 04/02/2008 : 00:39:28
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Hi Timbo, I thought you got lost in London I use a TR-2 behind my DD-3, which I use in the effects/delay mode 7. This gives a panning effect, but I don't know how it compares to the PN-2 panning effect. |
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Leeroyfunk
Silver Member
United Kingdom
400 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2008 : 11:35:53
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| I think a big part of the PN-2's appeal is the stereo IN as well as out. |
Edited by - Leeroyfunk on 04/03/2008 11:36:23 |
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