Whammy/Tremolo bars...
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Re: Whammy/Tremolo bars...
I have (not counting the kids guitars)
4 solid body electrics
2x fixed bridges (Gibson scales)
1x fixed bridge (longer Fender scale)
1x fully floating
I also have a project kind of underway which will be a Gotoh Floyd set to dive only.
I've not mastered doing anything sensible with the wammy bars yet but I really fancy the solo in Limelight and a load of Motley Crue stuff
4 solid body electrics
2x fixed bridges (Gibson scales)
1x fixed bridge (longer Fender scale)
1x fully floating
I also have a project kind of underway which will be a Gotoh Floyd set to dive only.
I've not mastered doing anything sensible with the wammy bars yet but I really fancy the solo in Limelight and a load of Motley Crue stuff
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Re: Whammy/Tremolo bars...
When i don't have a guitar with a trem I might get frustrated at not being able to do a certain effect if I am trying to play a part of a song. However, when I do get a trem I don't use them. No matter how many guitars I have, I will just play the one I prefer most and it is always the fixed bridge type. I always sell the others. Then I am back to square one thinking I need a trem that I will not actually use. Doh.
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p.s I get pretty attached to the gat that ends up being my number one, but I admit I still have a roving eye from time to time. After decades Of being a Gibson player, I am quite happy with the 245 right now. Only thing I am not totally sold on is the frets, but not sure why. Maybe a polish will sort that out
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Re: Whammy/Tremolo bars...
3 steinberger trems...my favourite
2 Kahlers - cool
1 Bladerunner....its pretty good
1 wilkenson....its pretty good too
1 ZR Trem ...excellent
5 or so fixed....
Its good to have both as it does make you play differently...
2 Kahlers - cool
1 Bladerunner....its pretty good
1 wilkenson....its pretty good too
1 ZR Trem ...excellent
5 or so fixed....
Its good to have both as it does make you play differently...
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Re: Whammy/Tremolo bars...
2 Strats and a Tele, all fixed bridges. Never really used the tremolo arm, even when I went through my Satriani/Vai period in high school.
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Re: Whammy/Tremolo bars...
1 x strat
1 x full floating
2 x wrap tail
2 x bigsby
1 x tun-o-matic
1 x full floating
2 x wrap tail
2 x bigsby
1 x tun-o-matic
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Re: Whammy/Tremolo bars...
Of the 10 guitars I have it's 50/50. I'm only really aware of how often I reach for the bar when I'm playing one that doesn't have one.
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2 Electrics 0 trems
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Re: Whammy/Tremolo bars...
1 strat with standard whammy
2 Bigsby teles
1 Bigsby hollow body arch-top
2 offsets with floating trem (JM and Jag)
1 hollow body arch-top fixed tailpiece
1 classical guitar
2 Bigsby teles
1 Bigsby hollow body arch-top
2 offsets with floating trem (JM and Jag)
1 hollow body arch-top fixed tailpiece
1 classical guitar
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Re: Whammy/Tremolo bars...
Haven't trem-ed since the early years, strat's got one but the handle stays in the case. It is quite a cool effect... I sometimes dive the 6th string with the tuner peg. I don't like the idea of that handle swinging around down by the controls and it can rattle. I guess it's a six screw bridge, non locking nut strat thing. Never stopped Hendrix from wacking it out of tune though.
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Re: Whammy/Tremolo bars...
5 electrics.
4 fixed
1 blocked.
4 fixed
1 blocked.
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Re: Whammy/Tremolo bars...
5 electric, hoping to go down to 4 soon .
2 fixed (selling one)
1 dive only trem
2 floating-ish, they both about 1.2 to 1.5 mm off the deck.
2 fixed (selling one)
1 dive only trem
2 floating-ish, they both about 1.2 to 1.5 mm off the deck.