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Funkle (Funkle)
| | Posted on Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 9:23 pm: | |
I thought I'd see what opinions there are about the playability of a fixed bridge guitar vs. one with a whammy.
I find that I'm able to play much more quickly and articulately on my fixed bridge guitars. my picking is quicker, as the pick seems to rebound off the stiffer stings of the hardtail. And I can also fret notes much more cleanly and articulately. On the 540R with the Lo Pro Edge, my fingers sort of trip over the floppy strings.
conversely, it is much easier to bend notes on the 540R, and it just feels looser and freer sometimes. And I do use the trem, so it's nice to have. I've gotten much more used to it, but when I'm trying to learn some fast, tricky line on the Radius, I'll try it on a hardtail, and it will be so much easier (unless there's a lot of bending)
Is this just me, or is this universal? I'd like to hear other opinions on this. I like having the trem, and I just like the vibe of the guitar, so I don't want to ditch the whammy. But I am considering fitting the guitar with a tremsetter, or blocking the trem in the upward direction. This will have the added benefit of eliminating warble. WIll this make the guitar play more like my hardails?
-Sven |
Koadude (Koadude)
| | Posted on Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 7:44 pm: | |
When bending on a trem guitar watch the trem assy., it rises! thus easier bends. I'll always take a fixed bridge for tone, I play blues and blocked the trem in my s540, replaced bridge pu w/trembucker,much better tone wise . I feel the thin body, thin neck and trem in this guitar make toneseekers hate this guitar (read revs. are harmony central)I loved the thin thing about this guitar, play it just as much as my strats & teles. |
Bobmeredith (Bobmeredith)
| | Posted on Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 8:49 pm: | |
Hi Funkle,
I have a Tremsetter in my USA Custom and it works
well. If you rest you palm on the bridge for muting etc, then you still need to keep the springs firm to avoid warbling. I use 2 springs + Tremsetter & Di'addario 9-42s.
If you fit the tremsetter yourself make sure you don't cut the brass rod too short like I once did.
I also use a Trembucker in the bridge position, it's supposed the help keep the volume consistant when bending.
Maybe different string spacing between guitars has something to do with the picking.
Hope this helps
Bob |
Craigjc (Craigjc)
| | Posted on Monday, October 06, 2003 - 11:58 am: | |
I also use the Tremsetter on my Ibanez Roadstar II and my Talman. The Roadstar has a Gotoh Floyd Rose and the Talman has a Gotoh Winkinson trem. The Tremsetter improved the stability of both of them drastically. It also decreases the "floppy strings" described by Sven. Basically, a floating trem always has string tension pulling against spring tension; change the tension of either one and it affects the other (ie. bending strings).
I've toyed with the idea of making a 2-directional spring trem for years. The idea is to lessen the impact of changing the string tension, and the Tremsetter essentially does this. It's not perfect (you have to live with a clunky-feeling trem) but it's not bad overall.
As Bob mentioned, don't cut the brass rod too short...or better yet, don't cut it at all - just drill a hole inside the trem spring cavity for the rod to slide into. |
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