Boss Tremolo / Pan PN-2

stereo pan tremolo

Boss

Submitted by John from Evanston, IL (126 points) on Mar 13, 2006
possibly the most under-rated tremolo of all time. This thing is great. VERY trippy when used for...also, stereo ability is quite keen. Tremolo seekers, look no further
Good Points: very trippy, many parameters
Bad Points: no longer made, not true bypassed
Price Paid: US$45.00
Purchased At: ebay
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Submitted by series_ from Portland, OR (184 points) on Dec 3, 2005
Great pedal. The key here is that it's STEREO in and out. So you can use this to effect to signals, one left and one right, in SYNC. Tremolo options are triangle and square. The rate is pretty wide. Not as fast as the Pulsar goes, but fast enough for a Tremolo effect. Then there's the true power of this pedal. Mono/Stereo Panning. Again Triangle for sweeps and square for ping ponging. The rate on this is pretty rad. I actually wish it could go a lttle slower, but it's fine. Depth knob is great. I think every pedal should have a damn depth/wet/dry knob. Pedal, like a lot of the older Boss pedals clicks the signal when engaged/ disengaged. Rate LED is a dimmer, so it keeps track of your pans nicely.
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Price Paid: US$120.00
Purchased At: friend
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Submitted by Beavis from Afghanistan (258 points) on Mar 29, 2005
It sounds nice....two different modes....nice simple tremolo
Good Points: Its boss...the panning mode is cool....simple and very usuable
Bad Points: The only useable rates of tremolo (to me) are found within the last 20% of the knob turn. It can go painfully slow
Price Paid: US$65.00
Purchased At: ebay
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Submitted by Rob from London (362 points) on Aug 2, 2002
My bass player uses one of these when playing live. It's a nice enough sounding tremalo with little volume or tone loss, but it's got a fantastic STEREO mode. With two amps you can really disorientate the audience by whooshing the sound from side to side, subtley or drastically. It works well with live performances, not so good for recording. Far more useful than the disappointing Boss TR2.
Good Points: Great Stereo Panning.
Bad Points: Hard to find and expensive. No waveform change. With one amp it's nothing very special - you need two amps.
Price Paid: US$0.00
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