[sdiy] slightly OT: dilemma: where to put tremolo - in amp or alone in a box?

[Michael Bacich]

On Nov 16, 2006, at 10:43 AM, anthony wrote:

> But I want this amp to be a head that I use at the BEGINNING of my  
> chain. I want to pass the distortion that it make when cranked  
> through all of my effects. That got me thinking: wouldn't the  
> tremolo sound better at the END of my chain?

Tremolo works best when patched in after the preamp, before the power  
amp.  That's how it is in all old Fender amps, and they set the  
standard for tremolo.  BTW, reverb and delay should come after the  
tremolo.