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S-Style – replaces a Fender Stratocaster or similar guitar’s tremolo. The Stetsbar's base plate clamps into the existing tremolo cavity. Stetsbar tremolo/vibrato system mounted on a Fender Stratocaster guitar; Hard Tail – mounts on guitars with a 5-hole hard tail mount point, such as certain Fender Stratocasters and Squier Telecasters.
A vibrato system on a guitar is a mechanical device used to temporarily change the pitch of the strings. It adds vibrato to the sound by changing the tension of the strings, typically at the bridge or tailpiece of an electric guitar using a controlling lever, which is alternately referred to as a whammy bar, vibrato bar, or tremolo arm. [1]
Innovative guitarist Michael Hedges toured with a custom Steve Klein electric harp guitar using a TransTrem bridge. This guitar can be heard on the songs "Point A" and "Point B" on his album Taproot. [1] Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler and second guitarist Jack Sonni both used Steinberger TransTrem guitars on the "Brothers In Arms" tour. Each ...
GRGA series is the GIO version of the Ibanez RGA model. GRGA line features mahogany body, maple neck and Edge III bridge for the tremolo models. GRG series; Not including the GRGM, these are the budget versions of the Ibanez RG series. The DX version uses a Fat 10 single-locking floating tremolo bridge instead of a double locking tremolo system.
This category is dedicated to all subjects related to guitar bridges. Pages in category "Guitar bridges" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
A stoptail bridge (sometimes also called a stopbar bridge) used on a solid body electric guitar or archtop guitar is a specialized kind of fixed hard-tail bridge. Hard-tail bridged guitars use different bridges from those guitars fitted with vibrato systems (which are also known as tremolo arms or whammy bars).
Floyd D. Rose first started working on what became the Floyd Rose Tremolo in 1976. [3] He was playing in a rock band at the time, inspired by Jimi Hendrix and Deep Purple.He frequently used the vibrato bar but could not make his guitars stay in tune using traditional approaches like lubricating the nut, or winding the strings as little as possible around the tuning pegs.
Steve Harris (Iron Maiden), Badass II bridge on his Fender Precision Bass. Kirk Hammett ( Metallica , formerly Exodus ), on his 1974 Gibson Flying V. Geddy Lee ( Rush ); the 1998 "Geddy Lee Limited Edition" Fender Jazz Bass is equipped with a Badass II, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] also his Jetglo Rickenbacker 4001 with a Badass I.