How much range does a jazzmaster trem have?
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Silence Kid
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Re: How much range does a jazzmaster trem have?
Picking up my Squier VM Jazzmaster with an MIJ vibrato set up so the mid-point is the lock button - and keep in mind any vibrato will bend the bass strings more than the treble:
-Low E downbends to the A# beneath low E, so six half steps
-Low E up-bends to G# so five half steps
-High E downbends to D so two half steps
-High E up-bends to F so one half step
For what it’s worth that’s using nines. You’d prob. get more range with thicker strings. I’ll have to pull it out of the case but I believe my Jaguar has greater range using an AVRI vibrato; Will check if you want. You can have a LOT of downbend range if you set to eliminate up-bend.
Picking up my Squier VM Jazzmaster with an MIJ vibrato set up so the mid-point is the lock button - and keep in mind any vibrato will bend the bass strings more than the treble:
-Low E downbends to the A# beneath low E, so six half steps
-Low E up-bends to G# so five half steps
-High E downbends to D so two half steps
-High E up-bends to F so one half step
For what it’s worth that’s using nines. You’d prob. get more range with thicker strings. I’ll have to pull it out of the case but I believe my Jaguar has greater range using an AVRI vibrato; Will check if you want. You can have a LOT of downbend range if you set to eliminate up-bend.
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JB_From_Hell
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Re: How much range does a jazzmaster trem have?
Less than a Floyd, but way more than you’d expect.
Less than a Floyd, but way more than you’d expect.
Silence Kid
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Re: How much range does a jazzmaster trem have?
The short answer is ‘equal to or a bit more than a Strat trem’ - Depends of course on other factors of your setup.
If you really want to divebomb use a Mustang vibrato though
The short answer is ‘equal to or a bit more than a Strat trem’ - Depends of course on other factors of your setup.
If you really want to divebomb use a Mustang vibrato though
GuitarStv
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Re: How much range does a jazzmaster trem have?
Yeah, me too!
I was playing a tele with a bigsby recently and was kinda impressed with the range that the trem had . . . much more than I had thought. Maybe not as much as I want for leads though. I've been spoiled by using a Floyd.
Yeah, me too!
I was playing a tele with a bigsby recently and was kinda impressed with the range that the trem had . . . much more than I had thought. Maybe not as much as I want for leads though. I've been spoiled by using a Floyd.
