Black Cat Mini Trem vs CMATMods Tremoglo

The Black Cat Mini Trem and the CMATMods Tremoglo are both pedals sharing clean boost, warm, spring. The Black Cat Mini Trem leans ambient. The CMATMods Tremoglo leans modulated and smooth. Current prices: $125 vs $139.75.

Similarity
citedBlended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.

46% — somewhat different

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Rock
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • clean boost
  • warm
  • spring
Citation fame
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Price

$125via Reverb

$139.75via Reverb

Description

The Black Cat Mini Trem is a hand-wired, US-made analog tremolo pedal featuring Speed and Depth controls for the tremolo effect plus a clean FET boost section with its own Boost and Tone controls. A half-speed footswitch allows instant doubling of the tremolo rate, making it effective for both subtle ambient warble and dramatic rhythmic chopping. True bypass. Used by guitarists seeking vintage-style tremolo with added tonal shaping. Reviewed by Premier Guitar and Guitar World. Runs on standard 9V power.

CMAT Mods, founded by Chad Matthews and later developed further with pedal builder Greg Blessing, built the Tremoglo as an all-analog tremolo pedal capturing the warm, smooth pulse found in vintage amplifier tremolo circuits, deliberately avoiding the audible clicking or popping some tremolo designs produce when switching on and off. Beyond standard Depth, Speed, and Level controls, a three-way toggle switches an onboard LED on or off to visually flash in time with the tremolo's speed, or moves to a center position that disengages the tremolo modulation entirely and turns the circuit into a clean boost or preamp instead, giving the pedal genuine dual functionality beyond its tremolo effect alone.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Americana
  • Country
  • Indie
  • Ambient
  • Blues
Tonal lean
  • ambient
  • modulated
  • smooth
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