Bass with a tremolo?

[exnihilo]

Especially an FR? Never heard of one. Do they make them?

cg

 

[Jocelyn]

Re: Bass with a tremolo?

Not a floyd but I am certain I seen Dave La Rue use a trem on his bass.

 

[exnihilo]

Re: Bass with a tremolo?

Nice. Good to know! You have a vid?

cg

 

[Agileguy_101]

Re: Bass with a tremolo?

Kahler makes a bass trem. Les Claypool uses it often, perhaps most notably on Jon the Fisherman.

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: Bass with a tremolo?

Kahler makes them. Fender VI's have them too. (But they're technically vibratos, not tremolos. )

 

[dd12939]

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[exnihilo]

Re: Bass with a tremolo?

Thanks gentlemen!! And that video is awesome. At first I was like, "huh", and then I was like, "wow".

cg

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Bass with a tremolo?

My first thought was that an unlocking nut would cause it to go outta tune. I guess the guy in the video has his setup really well....like a perfectly cut and polished nut.

 

[Johnny the Kid]

Re: Bass with a tremolo?

Les Claypool is probably the most well known player to use a bass tremolo. He uses Kahler Models.

 

[idsnowdog]

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Steinberger also makes a transposing bass tremolo.

 

[LReese]

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Hipshot makes a vibrato bridge for bass too.

 

[Rich_S]

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The bass column in Premier Guitar has been about vibrato bridge for the last month or so.

 

[vinta9e]

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(But they're technically vibratos, not tremolos.)

Yes, but it's Leo Fender's mistake.

 

[JOLLY]

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There was a guy in my class at B.I.T. that had a bass with a tremolo.

 

[El Dunco]

Re: Bass with a tremolo?

Washburn made a bass with a whammy bar a while ago. I think it was a Bantam. It didn't have a locking nut, but it had fine tuners.

 

[Jocelyn]

Re: Bass with a tremolo?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=cxx8-tYB3DE#t=39

I forgot about Les Claypool, Agileguy already mentioned him.

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Bass with a tremolo?

The GF video pretty much demonstrates everything that needs to be explained EXCEPT the cavity routing requirements. Some of the slur and slide techniques are the reason why I play fretless more than fretted bass guitar.

The Hybrid X version of the Kahler guitar vibrato bridge features a lockable Allen screw if you decide to lock the bridge into "fixed" mode. By now, there may be a Hybrid X variant for bass guitar.