Bass tremolo/whammy/vibrato bar thing thread

[jinithith2]

I've been noticing questions about Kahler and Hipshot bass tremolos floating around and sometimes getting resurrected after a few years of the thread being dormant, so I thought we could just keep all the info here in this thread. I contacted the admin and he told me to go for it so here it is.

Electric bass tremolo
most recent one

http://www.google.com/custom?domains...ORID%3A1&hl=en
search results for "Kahler Bass Tremolo"

http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&c...w.talkbass.com
search results for "Hipshot Bass Tremolo"

all these contain quite a bit of very useful pics and info

[jinithith2]

Hey guys,
I am planning a Warmoth bass build with tremolo, and I was planning on fitting the warwick Just A Nut to the warmoth neck, since the nut slot width is both 1.5. For the tremolo, should I go with a JAN III (graphite) and groove the string slots accordingly to match a 10 inch radius, or go with a JAN 1 (brass) and line the string slots with some graphite paste (and regularly replace the graphite paste)

Also, I am struggling between a straight headstock and an angled. with a straight, I understand I will have to make the nut slot level and widen the channel a bit which could be a PITA but I really really dig the fender shaped headstock in wenge

I like the tone of brass nuts and I don't want to have to lose that just because of some pitch bending