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05-04-2009, 03:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, Tx | | | Wammy-bar on my bass???
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Well I am a very heavy kind of kid!!!! Iron maiden, led zepplin, billy sheehan, metalica (only cliff's metalica), pirmus, ect ect... in runs through my blood. Even though I LOVE jaco, rush, yes, and other softer bands I like Metal, not that **** nu-metal or death metal but ozzy or steve harris kinda metal, the old stuff... the good stuff!!!  And I wanted to get a wammy-bar on my first bass. It is early 80's Olympic (houston brand) precision bass deluxe ripoff. It is black with a B/W/B pg and has a P/H pup config. and it is string through.
I need to cost ($$$), brands, cost of installation, websites, and most of all will it fit? And to those who have one what are the draw-backs. And this is a crappy bass which I don't really care bout and I won't regret getting a wammy-bar, and I do have another bass I would never do this to so don't worry. |
05-04-2009, 04:01 PM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Its gonna cost about 200/250 for the whammy system, installation varies.
You can get the Hipshot one at Warmoth, or the Kahler one at Wammiworld, either should be easily findable on eBay too.
You could also check out BassTremFanatics, for more info.
The main drawback, is price, and amount of work that goes into installing one, and its not easily, or cheaply reversable.
They work great, and do stay in tune very well, when set up propperly.
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05-04-2009, 04:07 PM
| | | | Get the Kahler. I got mine for 185 bucks new. You will not regret it. The kahler is the least invasive to the bass. You can easily do it yourself. The Kahler is the best one, period. Keep on rockin'! |
05-04-2009, 04:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, Tx | | | Oh thats good 200cents lol!!! holy crap!!! $200 thats crazy I was thinkin more of $60-80 dang even used it cost that much?? |
05-04-2009, 04:13 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommygunn  Oh thats good 200cents lol!!! holy crap!!! $200 thats crazy I was thinkin more of $60-80 dang even used it cost that much?? | Yup, they aren't cheap, thats for sure.
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05-04-2009, 04:14 PM
| | | | I don't know about used, as darkstrike said, do ebay. You get what you pay for! |
05-04-2009, 04:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, Tx | | | Wanna pitch in lol jk! any websites |
05-04-2009, 04:23 PM
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05-04-2009, 04:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Arizona | | | I can't imagine what the gauge of the counter tension springs would be for a whammy on a bass. WOW! Just WOW!
Interesting idea though.
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05-04-2009, 04:36 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by froglips I can't imagine what the gauge of the counter tension springs would be for a whammy on a bass. WOW! Just WOW!
Interesting idea though. | Pretty damn heavy, I can tell ya that! 
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05-07-2009, 07:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, Tx | | | is it hard to keep it tuned??? also is it custom installation or a drop-in??? |
05-08-2009, 09:50 AM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommygunn is it hard to keep it tuned??? also is it custom installation or a drop-in??? | One the strings are broken in, they stay in tune fine, and its a custom install.
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05-08-2009, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Tommygunn is it hard to keep it tuned??? also is it custom installation or a drop-in??? |
You have to carve the living crap out of your instrument to install it. |
05-08-2009, 10:19 AM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by stflbn You have to carve the living crap out of your instrument to install it. | A one by three by one square for a kahler, to be exact.
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05-08-2009, 05:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: self banned from talkbass.... | | | And now back by popular demand................. the topic!
I haves me a question on this subject.
Do any of the bass trems lock? |
05-08-2009, 05:55 PM
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05-08-2009, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Mudfuzz And now back by popular demand................. the topic!
I haves me a question on this subject.
Do any of the bass trems lock? | The Steinberger did but it's an extremelly rare unit.
When you know how a whammy bar works, 200 almost seems cheap. |
05-08-2009, 06:01 PM
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... $200 is almost cheap.
| In the bass world, thats always cheap!
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05-08-2009, 06:02 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Mudfuzz And now back by popular demand................. the topic!
I haves me a question on this subject.
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Originally Posted by Jazz Ad The Steinberger did but it's an extremelly rare unit.
When you know how a whammy bar works, 200 almost seems cheap. | There was one other, one time, but the top locks broke easily.
They're not alltogether necessary, as they hold tune fine.
Kahler do make an expensive version, that you can lock the bridge so its a regular bridge.
$200 bucks was more than worth it for me.
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05-10-2009, 07:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, Tx | | I'm not going to get one guys... If i decide I don't like it I wan't to return to my old bridge and as much as that bass sucks, um uh, stuff I don't think it deserves getting mutilated like that... But! I will get, in a few years, a mim pbass and put a wammy bar on it. Only because it's only purpose would to have QPs and a wammy bar. Thx for the help tho guys!!!
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