Gibson tremolo (I think Ecca'll like this one)
Posted:
08 May 2011, 12:25by JimN
Just ordered this from Rockinger (Germany):
http://www.rockinger.com/index.php?cat=WG073&product=3628C&sid3=0b30c2e5bbd9328b9393c60844b7773cIt's intended to fit on a Gibson Les Paul Standard that's not long come my way. Wonder what sort of Shads sound I might get out of it? Perhaps Gretsch Country Gent'll be nearer the mark?
JN
Re: Gibson tremolo (I think Ecca'll like this one)
Posted:
08 May 2011, 14:01by kipper
that looks good. there are some very clever people out there. peter
Re: Gibson tremolo (I think Ecca'll like this one)
Posted:
08 May 2011, 17:11by ecca
I made a bracket like this some years back.
Is that price for the bracket or the trem as well ?
Re: Gibson tremolo (I think Ecca'll like this one)
Posted:
08 May 2011, 18:45by Didier
JimN wrote:It's intended to fit on a Gibson Les Paul Standard
There was already a tremolo suitable for Gibson Les Paul from Stetsbar :
http://stetsbar.com/stop.tail.htmlAlthough rather extensive...
Didier
Re: Gibson tremolo (I think Ecca'll like this one)
Posted:
08 May 2011, 19:11by roger bayliss
I put a stetsbar on my ES335 ... nice job.. I think Jim has one of those too and Ecca had one years back on his Les Paul
Re: Gibson tremolo (I think Ecca'll like this one)
Posted:
08 May 2011, 19:16by ecca
The trouble I found with Bigsbys was that they have no life in them
You have to move the arm up and down about a foot to get any action.
I had the brainwave of increasing the diameter of the bar that the strings wrap round but
the side effect of this was the effort required , you had to have muscles like Garth.
I've hads loads of trems in my time, including a Stetsbar, I'm just flogging another dud, a Kahler, but the best one is the one designed by Leo Fender.
What a good engineer he was.
Re: Gibson tremolo (I think Ecca'll like this one)
Posted:
08 May 2011, 19:21by roger bayliss
I like guitars just like Leo designed em ! The strat vintage trem is a design classic . I do find the Stetsbar requires a bit more movement than say a Strat but it works well on the Gibson