Old Blood Noise Endeavors Blackcap Harmonic Tremolo vs Subdecay Vagabond Harmonic
The Old Blood Noise Endeavors Blackcap Harmonic Tremolo and the Subdecay Vagabond Harmonic are both pedals sharing bright. The Old Blood Noise Endeavors Blackcap Harmonic Tremolo leans analog warmth and lush. The Subdecay Vagabond Harmonic leans ambient and modulated. Current prices: $209 vs $169.
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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.50% — moderately similar
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Ambient
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- bright
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$209via Reverb
$169via Reverb
The Old Blood Noise Endeavors Blackcap is a dual asynchronous harmonic tremolo combining a simple three-knob analog tremolo with a more complex digital harmonic tremolo in one pedal. The analog side offers classic amplitude tremolo with rate, depth, and volume, ranging from slow sways to fast chopping. The digital side is a tap-tempo harmonic tremolo that crossfades between highs and lows rather than just modulating volume, with five selectable waveforms including sine, triangle, square, saw, and reverse saw for lush swells and synthy pulses. A series/parallel toggle lets the two run into each other or side by side for complex, asynchronous choppy textures, with volume boost on each side, expression control, ramp mode, and relay bypass. It suits vintage, ambient, and experimental players wanting tremolo from classic to far beyond.
The Subdecay Vagabond Harmonic is a harmonic tremolo pedal from Subdecay (Portland, Oregon), delivering the dimensional, swirling harmonic tremolo effect by splitting the signal into bass and treble frequency bands and modulating them out of phase. The Vagabond Harmonic captures the rich, three-dimensional tremolo of vintage Brownface-era Fender amplifiers at Subdecay boutique quality.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Experimental
- Classic Rock
- analog warmth
- lush
- ambient
- modulated