Fulltone Supa-Trem ST-1 User Manual

Supa-trem, Model st-1

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Supa-Trem

Model ST-1

Congratulations on your purchase of the

Fulltone Supa-Trem Model ST-1, the finest amp-style Tremolo pedal you can buy since 1996.

For years people had been turning the ST-1’s MIX knob down all the way, opening the pedal, and turning up its internal

volume control to maximum, and using the Supa-Trem as a very subtle clean boost. Then I put a low-profile VOLUME

knob on the outside of the pedal, and increased its available gain to around 15dB...allowing the ST-1 to pull double

duty as a stellar clean boost. One reason the Supa-Trem sounds so good is that it uses a wonderful JFET amp at the

heart of its circuit, giving you a warm yet clear tone when your pedal is turned on.

The ST-1 also employs a custom-designed Fulltone Opto-1 photocell with an extremely fast recovery time which no other

manufacturer can match. This makes it behave just like an old 1960’s American tube-amp, but without the annoying

ticking sounds that plague amps and other tremolo pedals. The Supa-Trem is the most versatile tremolo on the market,

sporting True-Bypass with Green ON/OFF L.E.D. and a Red RATE L.E.D. showing your speed at all times (even when

pedal is OFF) so you can drop right into the song at the correct tempo.

With the ST-1’s large RATE and MIX knobs you can fine-tune on-the-fly with your foot. The SPEED footswitch

correctly halves or doubles your tempo so you stay rhythmically-correct with the tempo of the song you’re playing!

Finally, there’s a HARD/SOFT footswitch for choosing between SOFT MODE (a rollicking sine-wave) or HARD MODE,

which is more of a square-wave machine-gun stutter. There's an internal trimmer to fine-tune the current reaching the

Photocell to change feel of the waveform, although we recommend leaving it where we set it so you have the ability to

turn down the MIX control and not hear any tremolo when using as a clean boost.

If you like organic Tremolo tones there’s nothing that approaches the Fulltone Supa-Trem ST-1, may it serve you for

years and become a part of your sound. That would make me extremely happy. Regards,

Michael

Fuller

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President

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