pineapple_geoff
Joined: Apr 24, 2006
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MV Mi Amigo
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Posted on Aug 12 2009 11:41 PM
I was riding the tremolo arm last night over a few riffs from a few surf standards, trying a couple of different things, and I got to thinking - is there any sort of book, or theory or whatever on the different possibilities, different techniques for the tremolo arm ?
You know going up instead of down, hitting it twice instead of one just long push etc.
Any ideas ?
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Aug 12 2009 11:52 PM
You just have to do what feels right for what you are trying to accomplish. What you can do with a vibrato arm is only limited by your imagination(and physics).
Listen to Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine's album Loveless, or Nels Cline if you really want to get into what you can do with the vibrato arm.
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zak
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LHR
Joined: Aug 23, 2006
Posts: 2123
The jungle
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Posted on Aug 13 2009 01:34 AM
Don't know of any books. But there are lots of artists that you can learn from.
Bill Frisell seems to use the wang bar all the time. Pretty sure his style is not what you are really going for, though. I only mention it, because he has really made it his signature.
Jimmy Wilsey also seems to ride it over an entire melody. Spooky sounds but not exactly something you really need to learn, I guess.
A lot of old country and western swing players used the Bigsby to emulate the knee levers and whatnot on a pedal steel. They then had to have pretty decent control over the pitch, and in both directions. You might want to listen to some of that.
I simply loved Ike Turner's use of it also. Awesome! If you have not heard any of that, seek it out. It will blow your mind.
— SSIV
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pineapple_geoff
Joined: Apr 24, 2006
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MV Mi Amigo
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Posted on Aug 17 2009 12:01 AM
Thanks guys ! Better head for the CD store.............
PG
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singemonkey
Joined: Aug 17, 2009
Posts: 7
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Posted on Aug 17 2009 05:44 AM
I was listening to the Reverend Horton Heat this morning. His control of the Bigsby is very subtle. Very subtle indeed.
My feeling is that Bigsby technique and Fender technique are very different - due to the far greater pitch changes you can make with a Fender style trem. So Bigsby trem is all about that quarter tone drop-off at the end of a cord, or subtle vibrato.
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Stormtiger
Joined: Dec 12, 2006
Posts: 2684
Ventura, CA
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Posted on Aug 17 2009 11:13 AM
Mikko of Laika & the Cosmonauts has one of the most distinctive trem arm techniques, he makes those notes shimmer like no one else and he sounds the same on a Strat or a Jaguar, which react very differently from each other.
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Anonymous
Joined: Nov 10, 2000
Posts: -180
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Posted on Sep 07 2009 10:01 AM
Hi everyone,
Not quite Surf, but Hank Marvin of the Shadows is a tremolo arm virtuoso. he has a CD out called Just Hank Marvin (by IMP in Australia) where he discusses all his techniques including the tremolo. An essential item for your collection if you're a Shadows fan.
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