Better Guitar

player opinions

Name: Luiz Ribeiro
Band: Avyadores Do Brazyl
Model Year: 1999
Price Paid: R$140,00 (BR)
Performance
Very easy to play and use. It fits like a glove in Lennon’s stuff, fake Italian westerns soundtracks and some blues from the roots. Psycho-rock and Brazilian modern music too.
Performance Rating: 10
Sound Quality
I play Teles, Strats and LPs; there’s no noise, it drives the sound to a 60’s vibe. My amp is a JCM-900. I use the distortion with the tuna melt, that’s what I like.
Sound Quality Rating: 8
Construction
The jacks and the controls are very fragile. I keep the t.m. inside a case. The guitars are OK. No problems with the little yellow, if you handle it with care.
Construction Rating: 6

Name: Ben
Band: Outside
Model Year: -----
Price Paid: $45
Performance
Works great, easy to use. It’s a simple pedal. Rate, depth, a toggle for switching between hard and soft (hard bypasses the depth control for ON OFF ON tremolo), and footswitch. Very simple.
Performance Rating: 10
Sound Quality
Sounds great. Can use it for subtle tremolo, Radiohead/REM rock tremolo, Bob Dylan country rock tremolo, Pink Floyd synth tremolo (w/many other effects). Good for spaghetti western gunfight guitar sounds too. Slight volume boost. You can go between extremely slow and extremely fast speeds. Depth ranges from barely a shudder to complete silence in between cycles.
Sound Quality Rating: 10
Construction
Plastic case doesn’t seem to worry me too much. It feels very solid. Metal bottom plate with rubber grip. It’s very small, I need to prop it up on a piece of wood because I have an echo pedal right in front of it that is taller than the Tuna Melt. It’s a cool tremolo that’s very cheap and easy to use. I wouldn’t want to pay more for a tremolo pedal. I use it now and again when I’m feeling saucy.
Construction Rating: 8