Unlocking Kahler 6 string bass Tremolo

I haven't played one in ages but I think you just had to rotate the tremolo arm.

 

I'll check the one on my Warlock and see if I can remember how it works...

 

You should find the info you seek here:
https://www.kahlerusa.com/

or here:
4200 X-Trem Tremolo - CAM - Whammy Parts

 

PICS!

 

despite the misnomer, they're used for vibrato

Kahler: Guitar tremolo installation guidelines - Whammy Parts

"Turn this Allen screw to lock the tremolo and go from free floating to fixed bridge."

 

Yes, that's true. To do tremelo with it, you hold firmly onto the bar while deftly using a finger to wiggle the Volume control back and forth. It takes some practice and skill. And, of course, you have to synchronize that with your mouth movement and facial expressions. That's important.

Advanced players can do that while simultaneously wiggling the bar up and down. That's a mix of tremelo and vibrato, commonly known as tremato (or is it vibrelo?)

Of course, the other common use for these bridge units is to do "Dive Bombs", technically known as Vibrato Bombs. Slide the frequency down to zero. Commonly used by trombones and WWII aircraft.

Related is the Tremelo Bomb, where you slowly roll the Volume control down to zero. And the crowd goes wild.

 

Well, went to check it out, gotta find the whammy bar (I apparently locked the bridge and took the bar off, I actually know just where it is have to get it out).

 

And when you attempt this technique and fail miserably creating a memorably bad moment, that's a "clamato".

 

It all goes back to Fender. For some strange reason, he decided to name his virabto device a tremolo bar and on his old amps, the tremolo unit is called a vibrato. Go figure.

 

Old Leo had an Engineer's sense of humor.

 

Can you imagine a guitar player saying, "My vib won't stay in tune?"

 

Why yes, I can.

 

My God!
It actually exists!!

 

With warwickben gone, who is our current resident bass vibrato system expert?