It’s a little early to call, as I’ve only had this exceptional tremolo for a week or so now, but it’s one of those perfect executions with everything in the right place, and a really exceptional output profile. It may just be my favourite tremolo pedal to-date (#35!).

The complement of controls is just spot-on - that top row combination of Volume, Tone, Depth, and Speed, and then 8 different waveforms across 4 Modes, and with Tap-Tempo and Sub-divisions. You could argue that the only thing ...

My friend Stephen at Northern Stompboxes is very much on a roll with his smart selection of cool new brands. I covered the Moth Electric M.Stellatarum 32-Combination Multi-Mode Optical Analog Tremolo back in October of last year - which very much remains a major target for me - and which I can now acquire much more efficiently and expediently from a friend!

I buy in a lot of pedals from the 4 corners of the world - and you often get stung with high shipping charges, and exorbitant customs ...

This has turned out to be the largest category for 2025 with 38 pedals in this selection. As I favour those pedals that I own first, and then the more pedalboard-friendly editions - inevitably there would be some casualties for the year. With the most significant of those being the larger format Meris Enzo X, and the Polyend MESS Multi-Effect Step Sequencer. I know there are some who favour each of those - but they just aren’t targets for me personally.

 I always talk about having a lane - ...

Moth Electric has designed one of the best tremolo pedals to-date - which is incredibly well priced too at just $220 - and is due to start shipping on October 17th.

I have a fondness for Optical Tremolos - and of course Harmonic Tremolos in particular - and this M. Stellatarum covers all my favourite aspects of Tremolo - and adds a few more specialisms to the roster. You get a fairly unusual selection of Waveforms - matched to 4 distinct Tremolo Voicings - Treble Frequencies Only Tremolo, ...