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Electro Harmonix Stereo Pulsar

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Tremolo

  • New variable multifunction Tremolo
  • Successor of the Pulsar
  • Stereo
  • Dimensions (WxDxH): 102 x 121 x 89 mm
  • Power supply with a 9V battery or a 9V DC power supply with coaxial connection - negative terminal: (409939) (not included)
Available since October 2006
Item number 197949
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Effect Types Tremolo
$82
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Sooooo many ways to increase and decrease volume
Anonymous 20.09.2016
I went through many online videos to decide which tremolo pedal to go for and I am very satisfied with the purchase.

For what is essentially raising and lowering the volume, this unit can do it in an infinite number of ways. Running in mono into a guitar amp this unit can produce very smooth slow and fast tremolo effects, beautiful 50s / 60s jazz sounds.

Alternatively it can produce very harsh square wave oscillation effect sounds which would not sound out of place in a dance beat tune.

Then when you plug the stereo output, you get a really gorgeous rich stereo tremolo effect, where the panning can sound as smooth as butter.

There are probably many cheaper (and in many cases much more expensive) pedals for tremolo, but I think this is really good value for money. Sadly bigger than a 'standard' pedal (whatever a standard pedal is, but you get the idea), so fills up the pedal board quicker, but for the sound it provides, it 'pays for its space' on the pedal board very well.

Highly recommended
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Great, simple Trem pedal.
Anonymous 11.08.2015
The Stereo Pulsar is great and instantly gives you the option of a few classic trem sounds. Your controls consist of a waveform choice (Square, Tri), a Pulsewidth control, Rate and Depth. Rate goes from near DC to what sounds like about 30 Hz, and the depth can go a little over 100% so that the signal begins to invert back on itself, leading to a swampy sound similar to the Harmonic Trem of some of the Fender Amps.

Cool things:

The Pulsewidth control - Lets you make your square wave into a Dark Side of the Moon esque pulse tremolo sound. You can turn your triangle into a saw or reverse saw for weird volume swell sounds.

Depth control - The overmodulation that comes from going past 3 o clock on the depth on a triangle wave setting is instant Bo Diddly territory. With a little dirt you've got a filthy electric blues/RnB sound.

Less than cool things:
Volume Drop - On higher depth settings the signal can seem a little quieter. A little extra volume available to make up for it would change the world for me.

Bunching - getting exactly the right rate is always messy, but I find it really tough on this pedal sometimes. The depth is tricky too, but I play into dirty amps a lot and I don't tend to use this in the FX loop so that's my own doing.


Overall it's really great. If you want more features, like Tap Tempo, then obviously the Super Pulsar is the way to go. But this is a really nice trem and I think most guitar and key players would be pretty happy with what they get with this unit.
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Juergen3465 13.02.2014
I bought the XO Pulsar a few years ago and although I liked the features, sound and built quality of the pedal, I changed it a while ago to another tremolo.

The features and the sound of this pedal are well worth the money and I enjoyed playing the pedal every time i used it. But I found the Speed knob to be too sensitve for me. The usable range for me was between 9 and 10 o'clock, but even then a small change in range caused a massive speed difference.

I sold the pedal to a friend who is more into extreme kind of tremolos and he likes the pedal and plays it frequently.

The quality of the pedal is EHX standard and feels solid and reliable. I did not have any doubts to gig with it without a backup.
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Better with two separate cabs
fran cesco 29.07.2019
Very nice when used in a stereo setup, provided that two speakers have good separation. Otherwise, the ping pong effect can barely be noticed on a regular 2x cab.
It would be good to have separate control for depth and stereo width.
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