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What is your favorite vibrato and why?
Vibrato - Your Preference
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One more for you list.
I know an individual that we will leave unnamed, that likes to grab the head stock and twist the neck to get the Vibrato effect.
*cough* Severson *cough*
I know an individual that we will leave unnamed, that likes to grab the head stock and twist the neck to get the Vibrato effect.
*cough* Severson *cough*
OFR... but really, any Floyd style tremolo with a Tremsetter works fine.
I like it 'cause of the tuning stability, fine tuning pegs, locking nut, etc... greatest invention ever I tells you! Can add so much color to your playing if you know how to use it.
I like it 'cause of the tuning stability, fine tuning pegs, locking nut, etc... greatest invention ever I tells you! Can add so much color to your playing if you know how to use it.
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I voted for the Floyd because I think if you are going to have a guitar with a tremolo on it that you are going to use more than ocasionally (i.e You're a whammy bar freak) there really is no better choice. The Floyd, for all of its faults, is a dependable and capable tremolo system.
That's not to say that a Floyd is the only way to go, but if I only had one guitar and I liked to whammy, it would be the one I'd pick. I personally prefer a hard tail in reality.
That's not to say that a Floyd is the only way to go, but if I only had one guitar and I liked to whammy, it would be the one I'd pick. I personally prefer a hard tail in reality.
i always use the fender vintage style- 6 screws.
flush and tight against body- i throw the wammy bar away. i honestly cringe anytime i hear somebody using one lol. i prefer the subtlety of a neck bend, or i sometimes grab the upper horn of the guitar and quickly shake the guitar back and forth- or applying tension to the strings behind the nut.
flush and tight against body- i throw the wammy bar away. i honestly cringe anytime i hear somebody using one lol. i prefer the subtlety of a neck bend, or i sometimes grab the upper horn of the guitar and quickly shake the guitar back and forth- or applying tension to the strings behind the nut.
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I didn't vote... but that said, of all my guitars I have only one dedicated as a tremelo guitar, and that one has a Floyd Rose. If it didn't have that I probably would have an Ibanez with an Edge II or some such (as I understand that these are allegedly even better than the original Floyd design)... simply for the versatility it offers. Nine times out of ten I want a hard-tail supple enough for me to bend all my notes at will; that's my default preference.
Sometimes, however, a guitar equipped with a Floyd is a wonderful thing to have as a recording instrument... a really nice guitar with a floating tremelo can be a very supple thing to work with. I dislike total technical wankery and dive-bombing runs galore, but used judiciously such techniques can add a helluvalot to a composition. You just can't do with the old tremelos what you can with the 'new' ones - the pitch range is far greater, the response far more predictable, the consistency generally far more dependable.
But all the same... most of my tremelo-equipped guitars have been 'fixed' so that the only bending that's happening is with my fingers.
As the saying goes, your mileage may vary.
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I kind of like the Bigsby myself. I have a few guitars with them. I find them to be really smooth, if you know what I mean. A lot of range with them. Fairly easy to set up as well, at least that has been my experience.
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I never used an old fender trem, I will put that on my list to try! For now I have the Fishman's one! For me it perfect. I never use the whammy bar, only push/grab the trem at is base, or sometime hit it very fast with my palm but the bar is useless. I do prefer the stoptail, easier to set with different tuning and no mess up with longs settings. Once I had a Jackson Performer with the Floyd's system and I really hate it. ALways complicated to fix up so I sold it and pass to another thing! That's not my game and I don't shred so no Floyd for me!
I like the Music Man Traditional vibrato, PRS and origional Floyd with micro tuners. kahlers a re cool too.
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The fingers on my left hand.
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...american standard, but only because the upgraded american deluxe isn't listed.
the one on my 86 strat plus works flawlessly.
i've never tried the wilkinson bridge, but hope to one day.
-dh
the one on my 86 strat plus works flawlessly.
i've never tried the wilkinson bridge, but hope to one day.
-dh
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...so you can't listen to steve vai, joe satriani, hank marvin, jeff beck....etc etc etc....????
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Nicest one was on the Godin I had. I believe it was made by LR Bags. It worked perfectly.
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