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I would like to try a reverse mounted tremolo. The bar would now be
on the bass side of the brige and the arm would point away from the
neck and pickups. Downward pressure from the forearm would lower
the pitch. Right hand would now be more free. Is this possible
with any off-the-shelf units or hardware? Has any player used a
similar setup?
NH
The Stevie Ray Vaughn Strat has just such a set up. That the way he
played.>
> NH
An easy way to get this kind of effect is to turn the arm on any standard
floating type tremolo (strat set off body, Jag/Jazz, Bigsby, etc) so that it
faces away from the neck, and use your forearm/elbow to press down on the
arm.
It's a little awkard to do, but it will give you the idea of the effect.
Mel
-----Original Message-----
From: nileshok [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 8:33 AM
To:
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Reverse mounted tremolo
I would like to try a reverse mounted tremolo. The bar would now be
on the bass side of the brige and the arm would point away from the
neck and pickups. Downward pressure from the forearm would lower
the pitch. Right hand would now be more free. Is this possible
with any off-the-shelf units or hardware? Has any player used a
similar setup?
NH
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> Is this possible
> with any off-the-shelf units or hardware?
Voodoo Strat
> Has any player used a
> similar setup?
I thought SRV did that.
--
Malcolm
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an infinite number of keyboards
would recreate the entire Internet.
God, don't we have anything better to do?
But isn't it true that with the arm facing 180 degrees off normal that
pushing down on it will raise the pitch instead of lower it? nileshok was
asking to push down and have it lower the pitch, which I don't think is
possible without non-standard hardware.
I read somewhere that Don Wilson from the Ventures has played with the bar
on his Jazzmaster like this in the past.
BN
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mel Waldorf [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:17 AM
> To:
> Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] Reverse mounted tremolo
>
>
> An easy way to get this kind of effect is to turn the arm on any standard
> floating type tremolo (strat set off body, Jag/Jazz, Bigsby, etc)
> so that it
> faces away from the neck, and use your forearm/elbow to press down on the
> arm.
>
> It's a little awkard to do, but it will give you the idea of the effect.
>
> Mel
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nileshok [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 8:33 AM
> To:
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Reverse mounted tremolo
>
>
> I would like to try a reverse mounted tremolo. The bar would now be
> on the bass side of the brige and the arm would point away from the
> neck and pickups. Downward pressure from the forearm would lower
> the pitch. Right hand would now be more free. Is this possible
> with any off-the-shelf units or hardware? Has any player used a
> similar setup?
>
> NH
The SRV Strat uses a left-hand Trem/bridge. The body possibly began as a
hardtail, and then he routed the body for the lefty bridge, possibly wanting to
get the Hendrix set up on his right hand guitar played right handed.
- dave
pjame04038 <> wrote:
The Stevie Ray Vaughn Strat has just such a set up. That the way he
played.>
> NH
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Ah, I suppose it helps to read carefully.
Mel
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Neal [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 6:21 PM
To:
Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] Reverse mounted tremolo
But isn't it true that with the arm facing 180 degrees off normal that
pushing down on it will raise the pitch instead of lower it? nileshok was
asking to push down and have it lower the pitch, which I don't think is
possible without non-standard hardware.
I read somewhere that Don Wilson from the Ventures has played with the bar
on his Jazzmaster like this in the past.
BN
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mel Waldorf [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:17 AM
> To:
> Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] Reverse mounted tremolo
>
>
> An easy way to get this kind of effect is to turn the arm on any standard
> floating type tremolo (strat set off body, Jag/Jazz, Bigsby, etc)
> so that it
> faces away from the neck, and use your forearm/elbow to press down on the
> arm.
>
> It's a little awkard to do, but it will give you the idea of the effect.
>
> Mel
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nileshok [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 8:33 AM
> To:
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Reverse mounted tremolo
>
>
> I would like to try a reverse mounted tremolo. The bar would now be
> on the bass side of the brige and the arm would point away from the
> neck and pickups. Downward pressure from the forearm would lower
> the pitch. Right hand would now be more free. Is this possible
> with any off-the-shelf units or hardware? Has any player used a
> similar setup?
>
> NH
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> possibly wanting to get the Hendrix set up on his right hand guitar played
right handed.
You've just reminded me that Steve Miller used to play a left-hand Strat
right-handed.
--
Malcolm
An infinite number of monkeys at
an infinite number of keyboards
would recreate the entire Internet.
God, don't we have anything better to do?
SRV's original '62/'59 Strat (he called it "Number One" - the beat up one)
was a regularly righty trem strat that, more than likely, Charlie Wirz
routed for the lefthanded trem. He cut a block of wood to fill the void left
on the other side of the body. Stevie never used a backplate on his guitar,
so you can see this in most shots that show that side of the guitar. He did
do it to get the effect of Hendrix, who almost always used a righthanded
strat, upside down.
I have an SRV Strat (my main guitar) and will say the lefthanded trem has
it's uses - for dive bombs or extended length effects, but not as easy to
use as the regular righthanded version for subtle added vibrato.
Remember though - a Strat has a TOUGH trem system, where as the Jags and
Jazzers have the very soft, easy trem.... I'd say just get a new bar made
for your existing rig and make it a extra long 'S" so you can use it as if
it were already lefty.
Robb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "dave wronski" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Reverse mounted tremolo
> The SRV Strat uses a left-hand Trem/bridge. The body possibly began as a
hardtail, and then he routed the body for the lefty bridge, possibly wanting
to get the Hendrix set up on his right hand guitar played right handed.
>
> - dave
>
> pjame04038 <> wrote:
> The Stevie Ray Vaughn Strat has just such a set up. That the way he
> played.>
> > NH
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