Songs That Use a Bass Tremolo

[WashburnBasser]

The ending of Billy Sheehan's "NV433H5"

I always thought he was just bending the neck for that....

 

[Pacman]

I always thought he was just bending the neck for that....

He was. There was no bar on his bass when he recorded that.

 

[DeepBottom]

Rick James - Superfreak

 

[Toronto Bassist]

He was. There was no bar on his bass when he recorded that.

Really, wow. It sounds like a true dive bomb...he must've been really bending that thing.

 

[bassjumper]

German bass player Helmut Hattler uses or used a whammy bar in the past.

Well, last month Hellmut Hattler still used the Kahler Tremolo. You can see it two or three times in the first part of this jam session:

 

[Pacman]

Really, wow. It sounds like a true dive bomb...he must've been really bending that thing.

Here's a pic of that bass:

Bending the neck seems like the least he's done to that poor thing.

 

[The Lurker]

Here's a pic of that bass:

Bending the neck seems like the least he's done to that poor thing.

Ironically, he calls that bass 'The Wife.'

 

[vin*tone]

Damn. I thought this tremolo thread was going to about tremelos.
I just built a Tremulus Lune pedal.