Whammy Bar

[Mayers]

Before anyone tells me to do a search, I did it and didn't find out the info I want.

I'm currently saving some money to buy a Warwick and I want a whammy bar on it. But I really don't know if I would like it.

I know you can dive bomb, have some kind of vibrato effect, down tune harmonic etc. But I know you can raise the pitch with a trem ona guitar, can you do it too on a bass ?

What I really mean is : a bass trem will work like a guitar trem ? Because if you can raise the pitch ... it will definitively be useful .

[crustychef]

yes, I just watched Les Claypool do it last night. I'm getting one installed on my streamer soon. I got it in the mail now I just have to clear some time to have it done.

[JimmyM]

the kahler allows bending up. not sure about the hipshot but i think it does. i have a bass with one...i have no desire to own another one but the one i have is a lot of fun.

[Mayers]

Ok thank guys this is much appreciate

And on Warwick custom shop they only sell Khaler trem so this is good news.

[behndy]

Jimminy - i don't think you need that bass anymore. gimme.

[JimmyM]

Originally Posted by behndy

Jimminy - i don't think you need that bass anymore. gimme.

behindy, if i ever decide to do that, it's yours. but i'll need a few years to decide

actually i can't get rid of it. it represents something very special with my wife and me.

[behndy]

sigh. durn sentimentality.

oh well.

i actually would hate having a bass with a whammy. they are pure awesome and look LOADS of fun, but i live in an area where nobody uses a 6 stringer unless it's for jazzy stuff, and i grew up in the same town as Les, and you can't play a rock show with a sixer and NOT get a Les-Comparison (even though i SUCK next to him) already.... and i do run-on sentences. lovely, lovely, mis-punctuated abuse of connective word sentences.

[bassbenj]

Originally Posted by behndy

i actually would hate having a bass with a whammy. they are pure awesome and look LOADS of fun, but i live in an area where nobody uses a 6 stringer unless it's for jazzy stuff, and i grew up in the same town as Les, and you can't play a rock show with a sixer and NOT get a Les-Comparison (even though i SUCK next to him) already.... and i do run-on sentences. lovely, lovely, mis-punctuated abuse of connective word sentences.

I know what you mean, like I'm super desperate for a bass of at least 5 or 6 strings with a Floyd Rose whammy on it too, lovely, lovely and oh so much fun and games for the player until you have to change strings and end up shooting yourself in desperation... didn't I just say desperation a while back?

[FunkMetalBass]

Originally Posted by bassbenj

I know what you mean, like I'm super desperate for a bass of at least 5 or 6 strings with a Floyd Rose whammy on it too, lovely, lovely and oh so much fun and games for the player until you have to change strings and end up shooting yourself in desperation... didn't I just say desperation a while back?

I hate Floyd Rose for that reason alone. The Hipshot & Kahler trems are equally as stable, smoothe, and less of a hassle.

[Eric Moesle]

Man, "back in the day" I had a Kahler whammy installed on a Rickenbacker 4003. I loved that bass at the time.

Well, my luthier had to route a bit of the body to counter-sink the whammy upon install. Once on, I couldn't go back.

. . . I wanted to go back . . .

That bass never again stayed in tune. Frequent dive-bombs resulted in broken strings and near-immediate tuning issues.

It was a novelty pursuit that ruined an otherwise great bass.

I beg of you, if you are not sure if a whammy is for you, install it on one of your backup basses first, not your favorite bass.

[Mayers]

Originally Posted by Eric Moesle

Man, "back in the day" I had a Kahler whammy installed on a Rickenbacker 4003. I loved that bass at the time.

Well, my luthier had to route a bit of the body to counter-sink the whammy upon install. Once on, I couldn't go back.

. . . I wanted to go back . . .

That bass never again stayed in tune. Frequent dive-bombs resulted in broken strings and near-immediate tuning issues.

It was a novelty pursuit that ruined an otherwise great bass.

I beg of you, if you are not sure if a whammy is for you, install it on one of your backup basses first, not your favorite bass.

I'm looking to buy a Warwick Custom Shop Corvette with a Khaler trem on it. So it will be factory made.

From what I saw of Les Claypool, khaler stay in tune same thing with Victor Wooten.

[Johnny Crab]

Those with much experience:
http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/

Enjoy.

[ixlramp]

I'd like a trem on a fretless bass.

(...and don't anyboy say 'there's no point if it's a fretless')

[Mayers]

Why not on a fretless.

You can do false harmonics and slide them then a little vibrato or dive bomb them

Or do a glissando and dive bomb at the same time