JHS Tidewater Tremolo vs MXR Tremolo M305
The JHS Tidewater Tremolo and the MXR Tremolo M305 are both pedals sharing modulated, smooth, spring. The MXR Tremolo M305 leans ambient.
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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.53% — moderately similar
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- modulated
- smooth
- spring
JHS Tidewater Tremolo
JHS Pedals · pedal
MXR Tremolo M305
MXR · pedal
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$179.28via Reverb
The JHS Tidewater is a compact optical tremolo pedal that faithfully recreates the warm, vintage amp tremolo character of classic tube amplifiers. Three controls — Volume (output level), Mix (tremolo depth from none to fully wet), and Speed (rate of oscillation) — are complemented by an LED indicator that pulses in sync with the tremolo speed. The Tidewater produces smooth, musical amplitude modulation without the hard-edged choppy character of square-wave tremolo designs. True bypass.
The MXR Tremolo M305 is a compact tremolo pedal offering classic amplitude modulation with controls for speed, depth, and wave shape, plus tap tempo, delivering everything from subtle vintage throb to deep, choppy stutter. Versatile and easy to use, it brings rhythmic movement to cleans and leads for surf, indie, and ambient styles.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Blues
- Country
- Classic Rock
- Indie
- Ambient
- ambient