TEFI Vintage Lab The Smilin' Ghost

The Smilin’ Ghost is a versatile Tremolo and Percussion Repeater effect with a special dynamic control. Completely analog designed, it’s equipped with an opto-coupler (OCR), selected under our own specifications, driven by our special wide range LFO.
Thanks to a band frequency response, The Smilin' Ghost will not affect the original sound of any instrument. The achievable effects go from a classic sweet Tremolo with LFO wave selectable to the Percussion Repeat, effect conceived during the Sixties in electronic organs to emulate the fast Pizzicato of a Mandolino, but definitively useful in any electric instrument.
A special proprietary circuit, called T.R.F.I. (Touch Response Fade In) allows a proportional dynamic control of the effect, depending on the dynamic impressed from the musician during the execution of a melody line or a rhythmic figure.
T.R.F.I also solves the often present guitar playing problem with Tremolo activated, preventing the attack melody from being “eaten” when the OCR is closed at that moment. Combined with an electric piano, T.R.F.I. function allows you to discover unexplored musical territories.