Mooer Trelicopter Reviews

Bon tremolo de base

Ce Trelicopter est un bon petit tremolo au format mini très pratique pour les pedalboards un peu encombrés, raison pour laquelle je l'ai acheté.

Il possède juste les règlages qu'il faut pour un usage standard allant d'une onde triangulaire à +/- carré (bias) et d'une vitesse très lente à assez rapide. Il y a aussi un règlage de profondeur pour ajuster le tout du subtil au choppy. Il est donc plutot polyvalent. Autre avantage, il n'y pas de perte de volume, voire plutôt un très léger boost de compensation qui fonctionne bien.

Il a toutefois quelques petits défauts (par ordre d'importance) :

- avec certaines configurations d'ampli (crunch + brillant), on entend un click rythmique venant du tremolo désactivé (c'est pourtant du true bypass). Ce n'est pas présent avec toutes les configurations, comme en clean par exemple, mais, quand c'est là, c'est vraiment problématique. Pour ce point, je le déconseille pour un usage avec disto et/ou pour ceux qui utilisent un son de guitare brillant.

- le plus gros bouton qui détermine la vitesse/rythme du tremolo est un peu mou : on peut donc le tourner accidentellement un peu trop facilement, y compris en mettant mon pédalier dans sa housse. Pas trop grave, mais ça oblige à bien s'assurer que son règlage n'a pas bougé intempestivement.

- comme sur d'autres pédales Mooer les petits potards n'on pas une ligne visible qui permet de bien voir leur position, en particulier sur une scène un peu sombre (bon, là, je chipote un peu, ce n'est pas un très gros problème).

Cool tremolo

Cool sounding tremolo. Silent switch. Seems well built. Maybe the smaller knobs being a bit small is my only criticism

Awesome tremolo on a budget

I used this pedal in studio in conjunction with an old Vox AC30 and a Les Paul. I can honestly say no bad words about this pedal. It's small, it's cheap, it knows everything a tremolo pedal needs to know. With the Bias and Depth controls you can get any kind of tremolo from smooth and viby to real helicopter.

some issues

This is an entry level modulation FX for guitars and other instruments. I own other mooer effects, but in this case I must admit I was quite disappointed. It has this ticking, quiet sound all the time, even when bypassed. I know it may be a beauty of many tremolo effects, but it's really annoying and I use it very rarely.

Great tones

Great sounding pedal. Simple to use and will get you from lush Fender-like to fully mechanical trem-sounds.

Recommended

Cheap

Simple

Small

Reliable

Effective

Summary, just buy it.

It might work

I initally saw a lot of buzz around the Mooer Trelicopter. It's not hard to figure out why, as it is one of the cheapest tremolos around and comes from a somewhat trusted guitar pedals' brand as is the case of Mooer. I soon caved in and had to get my hands on the product so that I could form an opinion myself, and also was looking to expand the type of fx pedals I had, having no tremolo one. I have to say that while I'm not disapointed, I wish I loved this pedal more. As I said, I used it on my guitar alongside my true bypass pedals. What I realised from day one is that the tone suffers somewhat from having this fx pedal turned on, and while I expected some change in this department, sometimes it leads me to removing it from my pedalboard as it gets to much sometimes. On the other hand, I do like to send a clean signal into it and just using it by itself. To me, the sound is never the greatest, and so I would recommend this pedal only to people who are really curious about the tremolo effect and nothing else

price and quality

No external noises or weird things happening. The item is very good, price-quality product. Speed knob is a bit too big, you can easily accidentally tune it wrong way... and those two others a bit too small... but other than that it is a great product for this price..

Don't be afraid of clicking/pulsing sound

Based on discussion boards this pedal makes strange pulsing click sound depending on speed knob. And I confirm this to be true.

This happens only IF you're using the pedal as only box between guitar and your amp. It seems that everyone are having this issue. The pedal is basically unusable that way.

But there is simple solution: place some pedal in front or place the tremolo in effects loop and the click sound disappeared. I was about to return the pedal but once I found out the proper placement for it I really enjoy it's sound!

Great Tremolo

I got this and immediately put it on my board. It is a fantastic tremolo. It is inexpensive but don't let that fool you it is a tone machine. Tone is smooth and rich. There isn't much if any apparent volume loss which is very nice. With only three controls it's very easy to get the tremolo effect you want. Depth and rate do exactly what you would expect and the Bias knob changes the wave shape.

Looks and feel wise it is very good, the pedal came well packaged with foam padding to protect the controls and a little Mooer sticker. The controls feel nice and not cheap, when turning each knob there are no sudden jumps which makes getting a tone easy. There is absolutely no chance of accidentally changing the depth or bias settings when engaging the pedal.

If you think you want a tremolo but aren't sure buy the Mooer Trelicopter, it's inexpensive enough that if you don't really like it you won't have burned a hole in your pocket.

I see other people have heard a mild tremolo effect when the pedal is in bypass. I have not had this issue, this may be because I use an isolated power supply.

Does its job

This is another very cost effective unit, one small anomaly is the slight volume increase when engaged which can catch you out a bit .

Compact tremolo pedal

Pros: small size makes it convenient as it can easily be carried around and doesn't take up much room on a pedal board

Cons: Pedal has to be powered by power supply, cannot be powered by a 9v battery and a small turn on the knobs makes a big difference I sound making it hard to get the perfect sound from it

Overall: This pedal is pretty good, few negatives but nothing major

Big fan of Mooer pedals...

This isn't the first Mooer pedal I have bought and it definitely won't be my last. Their petite design allows for maximum usage of my pedalboard without affecting my tone or sound in anyway. True Bypass is fantastic, so to not affect my tone when not in use. Its sound is lovely and quite versatile too. Extremely simple to use. Solid casing means it can take a battering and still deliver the goods. A very solid pedal for both studio and live performance usage.

A hidden gem

An optical tremolo the size of a packet of chewing gum. This really is a top notch pedal. For the size and price, the features are incredible. Sounds really smooth to me. Being able to control the waveform as well as the depth makes it a winner. I love a square wave tremolo and this one does it really nicely. I'm not really sure what else to say, it's just a very solid pedal whose features betray its price. If this cost twice as much, it would still be worth it.

Good, but might want a buffer and lots of power nearby

Overall, I really like the sound of this pedal. Nice and simple, but versatile. Sounds good...what more could you need? My only concern: this pedal is supposed to be true bypass, but there have been times I would swear I could hear the tremolo slightly affecting my signal even when the pedal was off. I have heard other people say the same thing...some say it goes away when placed directly after a buffer. Also make sure it's getting plenty of juice. I haven't had this problem for quite a while, but I can't say for sure what made it go away. Hopefully it never comes back!

Neat tremolo

It's my first tremolo so I can't really compare it to others, but I like the way it sounds. I set the depth to about halfway so it affects my sound, but not too obviously.

I wish I could sync it (tap tempo or something) but at this price range, that might be asking for too much.

Nice surprise!

Never had I tried a Mooer pedal but I decided to try one for the pedal I use least frequently on my board, which is the Tremolo. So my Trelicopter arrived, I installed it to the chain and it was as good as anything really! Don't let the size fool you, this pedal produces big changes.

Maybe on a downnote is tpo the fact that because it's so small, two of the buttons had to be dwarfed. It's no problem for me personally but might be for some people, I don't know.

Recommend it!

Outstanding tremolo

When opening the package I was very surprised of the size of the pedal, it's smaller than you might think. Personally I don't think that's a bad thing, especially if you have a crowded pedal board.

But generally speaking, a compact, affordable, sturdy, reasonably designed tiny tremolo pedal with a stunning sound.

Just about everything you want your tremolo pedal to be.

Great sounding tremolo pedal

I from start want to tell that in my opinion it is the best pedal in it´s price-category.

When you see it in reality it is even smaler than already awaited. However it is carefully processed and has a black varnished metall body. Beside the standard connections (in- and output and 9volt power supply in), it has an on/off button with red led-indicator lamp.

The bis main swith has a wide range of tempo/speed control which really fits to all needs. The depth regulator reduces or rises the intensity of the effect very effective. The bias regulator last not least helps to regulate the sound character/color.

For me an ideal supplement which fits due to it´s size to every pedal board.