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Post by kuzi16 on Aug 17, 2007 23:00:15 GMT -5
....The inverse here on the Tuno-caster is slamming a tremolo (vibrato) on a Les Paul.
ive seen it.
It only works with a bigsby. no other will do. can you imagine a floyd rose on an LP?
gives me the heebee jeebees just thinkin about it.
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Post by Runewalker on Aug 17, 2007 23:15:06 GMT -5
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Post by sumgai on Aug 18, 2007 4:02:33 GMT -5
If you're afraid of even remotely reducing the future value, then this is for you: www.madisonandfifth.co.uk/Stetsbar.index.htmI've seen this around town, it gives good tone, but it doesn't hold sustain as well as one might like. ........ Or you could go this route, only minor mods to the guitar body: skywaymusic.com/index2.phpNow here's an all-new technology. I've talked to the inventor, and we're discussing my possibly beta testing a new design for him. Has to do with some piezo saddles and such........ Expensive though. HTH sumgai
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Post by ChrisK on Aug 18, 2007 9:50:56 GMT -5
Ya, me (and thee) gots one already. It's called a VG-88 set up fer the Vammy pedal! Or VG-99 if'n ya gots the bucks to burn..... Or if'n it can be built into the guitar body, whether or not it should be.
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Post by kuzi16 on Aug 18, 2007 16:14:42 GMT -5
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Post by dunkelfalke on Aug 21, 2007 8:24:11 GMT -5
Whats the point of putting a Gibson bridge on a Strat? You can get Strats with no trem system. to be honest i think the gibson bridge system sucks - it is way too heavy and you cannot adjust the height of the single strings. there are better ways to do a fixed bridge strat.
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Post by kuzi16 on Aug 21, 2007 10:27:57 GMT -5
i plan on a string through body. This means that i do need a bridge.
if its fender or gibson spaced maked little difference to me but my neck is a fender style bolt on.
i do need it to be in black. for some reason i cant seem to find a black fender spaced bridge with adjustable hight for each string that will work on a string through body and look right.
if someone here knows where to find it id be glad to use it.
in short that is why i am using a gibson tune-o-matic on a fender style guitar.
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Post by jkemmery on Aug 21, 2007 11:04:24 GMT -5
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Post by ccso8462 on Aug 21, 2007 16:00:52 GMT -5
Hi folks, Just back from a week's vacation so I'm trying to get caught up on all the postings. Just a thought about the string spacing/sc pup problem. How about Carvin's AP11 pickups with 11 pole pieces? Haven't heard them but they do get good reviews.
Carl
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Post by jkemmery on Aug 21, 2007 21:44:32 GMT -5
Hey, a fellow Missourian. I have an old college buddy who was from Independence ... anyway ...
Can't say about the Carvins, but, Lace Holy Grails and Sensors don't use conventional pole pieces ... and any rail pickup would eliminate the issue as well.
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Post by kuzi16 on Aug 22, 2007 0:57:43 GMT -5
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Post by jkemmery on Aug 22, 2007 9:46:44 GMT -5
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Post by Runewalker on Aug 22, 2007 11:30:43 GMT -5
I understand the "look" esthetic. The concern I have about all of those hybrid tuno-through-da-bods (TDB) is two fold: 1. The sharp angle the string makes at the ferrel crimps the string at about a 70 degree bend. 2. The sharp angle from the tuno to the bod often makes the string rest against the back rail of the tuno. IMO you want the string to be a nearly straight run, no crimps beween the heads and the string ball, and you want the only contact points to be the heads, nut, saddles and termination point (usually a stop tail piece in a tuno array). That may a be a little obsessive, and certainly Fender bridges crimp strings, so there is plenty of history. But the string contacting the saddle and the back of the tuno is in my mind a more serious compromise. depending on the height of the tuno stud settings this may or may not happen in a tdb construction. Besides Schecter does this tuno-TDB all the time and their body shapes are Strat derivatives. How're you gonna chap the purists with that?
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