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Old 08-27-2009, 01:35 AM
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Basses with Kahler Tremolo Club!

Come on you guys! I've seen a few pictures out there with Kahler Tremolo's on basses. And since these clubs are the best damn thing in the world EVER I figured why not start a club based on my favorite damn piece of hardware. I'll deal out the numbers with your pictures.

Here is mine. #1

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I'm not "in the club" yet, but I have two basses with Kahler fixed bridges and I'm thinking of replacing one of them (on my Jackson) with a trem. Maybe next paycheck...
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Old 08-27-2009, 05:21 PM
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The Kahler 2410/7410--my favorite bridge in the world!

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The Kahler 2410/7410--my favorite bridge in the world!
I'm suprised.
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Old 08-27-2009, 05:27 PM
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No way, man! You like these things, too?

Zagralin: that's a cool bass, man! I really love the chrome pickguard.
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Old 08-27-2009, 05:31 PM
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No way, man! You like these things, too?
For sure, almost as much as the Fender bent plate.....
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Old 08-27-2009, 05:34 PM
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Now there's a man's bridge!

Hey--someone should start a forum devoted to the discussion of bass tremolos!
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Old 08-27-2009, 05:36 PM
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Nah, they're be like no members....
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Old 08-27-2009, 05:39 PM
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Yeah, it'd just be a convention of sleazy, jaded metalheads who wish they could play guitar, but can't, so they play bass instead.
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Old 08-27-2009, 05:41 PM
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As if it were a guitar......
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Old 08-27-2009, 05:44 PM
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Those punks.
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Old 08-27-2009, 05:48 PM
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I know, right!?!
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These people already disgust me. They don't even sound like bassists...

But in all seriousness, I love my Kahler bridges more every day. I finally buckled down and got the one on my Kelly set up perfectly and now it plays a lot like my 35" Ibanez. It feels great! Sounds great, too. They just get easier and easier to set up. It's a dream.
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Old 08-27-2009, 05:55 PM
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Hahaha, good to hear dude, I know you were having trouble with it.

I countersunk the one on my Jazz, for lower action(got flats on), and I changed the pickguard to a thick piece of perspex, with its back sprayed gold.
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Old 08-27-2009, 06:01 PM
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hey darkstrike, that is one mean precision.
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hey darkstrike, that is one mean precision.
Cheers!
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I still can't use the tremolo on it without it going out of tune, but I don't care. It took me quite a while to get a feel for what the most comfortable way to set it up would be, but I think I've nailed it. Finally.

Oh cool! Can you post a photo of what your Jazz looks like now?
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Old 08-27-2009, 10:19 PM
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I knew I wasn't alone!

Darkstrike #2

Chowderboots #3

Nice Basses guys!

Chowder..by the look of your basses I'm guessing your in a Weather Report Tribute?
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Old 08-27-2009, 10:33 PM
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What is the application? At what point in a song would you use a trem???? Why dont bass players want to just play the bass without trying to make it do something that it was never meant to and does not lend itself to improving its place in a band situation? Seems pointless...

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