Evertune Bridges

guitarfishbay

Has anybody owned an Evertune Bridge guitar yet?  

What are the pros/cons?

Have you found it has altered your technique when switching to a non Evertune bridge guitar?

There's still not that much choice in off the shelf models and I haven't seen a single one yet.  But the concept is very interesting to me.  I don't use a trem, but a guitar that always stayed it tune would be amazing.

Jack_

There's one obvious con, it's really fuggin ugly.

guitarfishbay

That doesn't stop people buying Telecasters with Bigsbys 

Sassafras

It means you might have to play one of these things:

ToneControl

I have 2
very good
weighs a bit
fiddly to set up
stays in tune on higher fretted chords (corrects for extra unintentional pressure from your fingers)
very tight rhythm sound - as if using much heavier gauge
when bending, feels like 1 or 2 gauges higher

guitarfishbay

Thanks @ToneControl ;

So do you use your normal string gauge or go lighter? I'd like to go lighter actually, I think thinner strings have more attack and clarity but I go heavier on sound strings for practical reasons. Since I tune to a low B I'm using a .064, which sounds woolly quickly compared to the other strings. A 56 sounds great but poses a lot of tuning issues the way I play. I don't like the feel of baritones

Christophe

Sassafras said:

It means you might have to play one of these things:

Oooh spaceship

ToneControl

guitarfishbay said:

Thanks @ToneControl ;

So do you use your normal string gauge or go lighter? I'd like to go lighter actually, I think thinner strings have more attack and clarity but I go heavier on sound strings for practical reasons. Since I tune to a low B I'm using a .064, which sounds woolly quickly compared to the other strings. A 56 sounds great but poses a lot of tuning issues the way I play. I don't like the feel of baritones

the bass strings don't flop about anywhere near as much, there's no slight change in pitch just after the pick attack, but I'm not sure what 64 = B would work like

I use 9-46 on everything electric (including these) except my real baritones (30 inch, etc)