EarthQuaker Devices Hummingbird V2 vs Supacoil FX Badalamenti Tremolo
The EarthQuaker Devices Hummingbird V2 and the Supacoil FX Badalamenti Tremolo are both pedals. The EarthQuaker Devices Hummingbird V2 leans spring.
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Blended 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
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Ambient
- Rock
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.The EarthQuaker Devices Hummingbird V2 carries the same choppy, sawtooth Repeat-Percussion-style tremolo circuit as the original Hummingbird, offering two speed settings for shaping how the chop responds. Like the original, it spans from classic 1950s-style shimmering tremolo to a more synthy, delay-like chop character. V2 uses side-mounted jacks, a layout later revised in V3 to top-mounted jacks for better pedalboard compatibility, but the underlying tremolo voicing remains the vintage-modeled circuit that defines the whole Hummingbird lineage.
Supacoil FX's Badalamenti Tremolo takes its name from composer Angelo Badalamenti, best known for his eerie, atmospheric scoring work on Twin Peaks, a project whose guitar-driven theme leaned heavily on slow, hypnotic tremolo-picked tones. Naming a tremolo pedal after him signals the builder's intent for a lush, cinematic, slightly unsettling pulsing modulation rather than a bright, upbeat surf-style tremolo. Tremolo works by rhythmically varying signal volume, and the specific rate range, waveform shapes, and depth control this particular circuit offers aren't confirmed from available sources beyond what the evocative naming suggests about its intended mood.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Alternative Rock
- Experimental
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