Hey all,
im a trem novice, have limited experience of the basics like a bigsby and the fender vintage trems but recently been thinking about a new instrument and the ones I’ve seen that pique my curiosity all seem to have the modern Gotoh 510 series trems that appear to be fully floating.
I like to go from standard tunings to drop tunings a fair bit and I was just thinking wouldn’t this mess my tuning up?
On a fender I always have it resting on the body so drop D isn’t an issue but on something like the DK Charvels my guess is this dropping the E down would affect the rest no?
aside from devices like the Tremel-No ( or however it’s spelled) is there a way to have down only ?
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Tremol No units work ok (not a fan myself, I don't think they're very good) but you can also get other things such as the Engl Hardtailer.
This would give you the option to have full float or down only.
But as Funkfingers said, I would not recommend the Tremol-No, it’s the most problematic of all the ones I’ve tried. (Even more so than the Trem-Setter, which does at least work properly, although it’s a pig to install and set up.)
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Even if that’s not the problem I have also never found them reliable or stable enough in use, even with constant fiddling and faffing.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
is the only way to use a trem blocker?
I did like the sound of the guitar but didn’t like how a bend would pull the other strings out of tune.
That's inevitable with any floating trem, unless it's set against a backstop and adjusted so there's enough spring tension to keep it in place when bending strings.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein