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Show me your basses with a tremolo bridge

crustychef

crustychef

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Apr 4, 2009
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Seattle WA
#1
I have recently ordered a Kahler tremolo bridge for my streamer. I figured, hey it's my main prog rock bass so why not go there. I'd love to see some pics of everyone else's whamalicious basses while I wait to get mine set up. Any tips or warnings or good stories about having one of these would cool too.
 
#4
JimmyM said:
i have a bass with one...no pics, though, sorry. it's pretty airtight and stays in tune very well. i have no desire to ever own another one, though.
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WHAT?!!!
You own a bass with a with a tremolo bridge and still have the nerve to moan about me liking 5 strings better than 4? Sheesh!

I would love to someday have a 6-string bass with a Floyd Rose though... (all you non-guitar players need to understand just how ultimately cool a Floyd is and also what a HUGE pain in the butt they are to deal with)
 
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bassbenj said:
WHAT?!!!
You own a bass with a with a tremolo bridge and still have the nerve to moan about me liking 5 strings better than 4? Sheesh!
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bongo, i only bust your balls because of your silly "all real basses have 5 or more strings" mantra. besides, i rarely use my whammy bass anymore...too heavy for my bum shoulder.

it is fun, though. i could do a pretty good imitation of a fretless with it. and there's something very satisfying about doing dive bombs with a lot of distortion, then banging the open E string while it lays there flapping.
 
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Heck I'll show off my frankenjazz:

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Cirk said:
And for that I am eternally grateful. Their guitar bridges never stay in tune, and are a pain to set up.
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Pain to set up, but I've never had too many problems with them staying in tune once the strings have stretched a little. I've known some of the lesser versions having problems because the knife edge dulls and/or the posts are too soft and deform to more of an oval shape. One of my guitars was made in 1985 and it never has had a problem with staying in tune or burrs in the saddle.
 
#16
VeeSpade said:
What a baby man!
Fretless too!!
Gotta love how it plays man...:bassist:
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it sound`s awesome! im very happy with it. i have a new poject (kahler trem included) i hope to post it on this year.

Cirk said:
And for that I am eternally grateful. Their guitar bridges never stay in tune, and are a pain to set up.
Where can you get a Kahler these days? How well do they hold up? Might be the next mutation on my frankenbass!
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you can find a few (much better price) on ebay, i bought mine there. or just search on google shopping. mine works perfect, dosent gets out of tune even if you pull hard.
 

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