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You Reverend complete with 2 point vibrato sounded great last night, Ferenc! I
have those trems set against the body as well and not all that snugly. I use
four springs but I let the spring carrage screws out purdy far so that the wammy
is movable.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: Ferenc Dobronyi
To:
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] Hipshot trem OK for surf?
And I saw you too Marty, though it was just too damn
loud to have a decent conversation... rotten loud rock
bands! (my thoughts on the Slacktone show to follow).
Back to the issue- I love the trem on my Reverend. It
is, as noted by all, basically a 2 pole strat trem. It
stays in tune, as Ivan said, for weeks. I hit it hard,
not in a dive bomb way, but with in a hula girl wiggle
kind of thing, never more than a half step. I used to
have it set up so that it floats (the trem is not
tight against the body, but sits with equal tension
between the springs and the strings. the big advantage
of this is that you can get a subtle vibrato where the
pitch rises as well as falls.) However, I got tired of
making adjustments to the springs every time I changed
strings- even the same brand would exert a slightly
different amount of tension. Mjor pain in the arse...
So now I have it set up so the bridge sits snugly, but
not too much, against the body of the guitar. The big
advantage here is that you get better bridge to body
vibration transfer, which equals better tone and
sustain. Some people will tell you that you have to
tighten the springs so much that the bridge is very
tight against the body, in my expereince, this causes
major tuning issues, and makes subtle, surf style
vibrato impossible.
fd
--- Marty Tippens <> wrote:
> Ah, very good Brian. I just saw him tonight!
> -Marty
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian Neal
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 7:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] Hipshot trem OK for
> surf?
>
>
> Marty Tippens wrote:
>
> >When I first saw the Hipshot vibrato, I was under
> the impression that it was strictly surface mount,
> like the rest of the Hipshot stuff. I now see that
> it is no more than the modern Strat trem, which is a
> fine trem if ya ask me.
> >
> >As for the Reverend page, there's a lotta names
> there. Who are we lookin' fer? I can't imagine you
> were referin' to Kid Rock.
> >
> >
> It is a funny name that is pronounced differently
> than it is spelled.
> Starts with an F. Has surf connections....
>
> :)
>
> BN
>
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