Tremelo or no Tremelo?
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MikeS
Bengalsologist
Re: Tremelo or no Tremelo?
Actually, Curly, BornToShred is right. Tremolo is a rapid repitition of a single tone. Vibrato is variation in pitch. Staccato is a technique where notes are played very crisp and short.
As far as this discussion is concerned, I am a hartail guy myself. My Tele and LP are fixed, of course, and my strat copy has a tremolo bridge (but with 5 springs installed and claw tightened, that bridge isn't going anywhere). In fact, I couldn't tell you where the trem bar is.
The RG under(re)(de)construction has been routed for a Wilkinson, mainly because it already had a spring cavity and I also wanted to play around with a tremolo that shouldn't come out of tune, without installing a Floyd, because I absolutly HATE playing them.
Curly said:
Actually, Curly, BornToShred is right. Tremolo is a rapid repitition of a single tone. Vibrato is variation in pitch. Staccato is a technique where notes are played very crisp and short.
As far as this discussion is concerned, I am a hartail guy myself. My Tele and LP are fixed, of course, and my strat copy has a tremolo bridge (but with 5 springs installed and claw tightened, that bridge isn't going anywhere). In fact, I couldn't tell you where the trem bar is.
The RG under(re)(de)construction has been routed for a Wilkinson, mainly because it already had a spring cavity and I also wanted to play around with a tremolo that shouldn't come out of tune, without installing a Floyd, because I absolutly HATE playing them.
Jackson Distortion
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Re: Tremelo or no Tremelo?
I need a floating trem.
A hardtail is just ridiculous in that it just lies there not moving, it doesn't flex at all. When I wanna get down and be as one with my geet'r, I wanna be able to just plain get down-- in all aspects!
And in a perverse way, I guess, I like the fact you got a whole machine to work with when changing strings-- it's just a big clunky machine when you get down to it. But, this clunky mass allows me to get cool sounds with the grabbing of an arm and just dance.. !
Long Live the Bar!!!!
I need a floating trem.
A hardtail is just ridiculous in that it just lies there not moving, it doesn't flex at all. When I wanna get down and be as one with my geet'r, I wanna be able to just plain get down-- in all aspects!
And in a perverse way, I guess, I like the fact you got a whole machine to work with when changing strings-- it's just a big clunky machine when you get down to it. But, this clunky mass allows me to get cool sounds with the grabbing of an arm and just dance.. !
Long Live the Bar!!!!
RushOfBlood
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Re: Tremelo or no Tremelo?
Regardless of whether I use them or not, I usually like them. I like to keep my options open, i guess.
Regardless of whether I use them or not, I usually like them. I like to keep my options open, i guess.
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