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eSGEe
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Well --honestly--NO! I cant even play guitar!
--I just wanted to stir you lot up for no reason arguing about it---- and claiming which was better or worse
I was hoping for a fist fight---perhaps or two--
Maybe some pics of topless ladies using Bigsby's ---to taunt and frustrate me---
and the answer to the question of the meaning of life----
plus i wanted to do a POLL---
--- Hell man I am a bass player--- dont know WTF ya'll do with those little "whammy bars" you go on and on about...............
BAH and confrustication to your HUMBUG!
Well --honestly--NO! I cant even play guitar!
--I just wanted to stir you lot up for no reason arguing about it---- and claiming which was better or worse
I was hoping for a fist fight---perhaps or two--
Maybe some pics of topless ladies using Bigsby's ---to taunt and frustrate me---
and the answer to the question of the meaning of life----
plus i wanted to do a POLL---
--- Hell man I am a bass player--- dont know WTF ya'll do with those little "whammy bars" you go on and on about...............
BAH and confrustication to your HUMBUG!
Do you HONESTLY think you can scare me away from whammy talk by retreating to the solace of a bass?
HA!
I'm the guy that wants to put this:
On this:
I see your bass, and raise you one BASS TREMELO!
http://www.kahlerusa.com/bass-tremolos-4-string
You've been called!
I have the ACE of Spades...and I didn't forget the Joker!
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eSGEe
Ferengi Ambassador of Trade
Hold on there Schmitlap ol chum........THAT is just a bunch of bunk-bamboozelment--wizardry-- -- and Hype ol Khaler started by lunatics and heretics trying to invent a need for something they made by accident (they cant count at that company its widely known) ---
NOW---
1. no self respecting bassist (no such thing) is going use a trem. (its to "french" sounding)
2. pizza is awesome cold
3. 400 FOOKING AMerican dollars for a TREM!?!?!?!?! I dont have a BASS that cost that much
4. I stinker in your general direction
5. this one goes to 11
6. no it doesnt as I have lost interst at 6......
Respectfully I will not answer that call SIR! --- not even with Sp8ctres phone
NOW---
1. no self respecting bassist (no such thing) is going use a trem. (its to "french" sounding)
2. pizza is awesome cold
3. 400 FOOKING AMerican dollars for a TREM!?!?!?!?! I dont have a BASS that cost that much
4. I stinker in your general direction
5. this one goes to 11
6. no it doesnt as I have lost interst at 6......
Respectfully I will not answer that call SIR! --- not even with Sp8ctres phone
What can I say...
The "P" in "smitty_p" stands for "psychotic" (or something like that)!
(BTW, I'm watching "Phantom Menace" right now, and Qui-Gon Jinn just got stabbed by Darth Maul).
So, go FLOYD or KAHLER or somethin' that'll KNOW you meant it when you drop the bar!
The "P" in "smitty_p" stands for "psychotic" (or something like that)!
(BTW, I'm watching "Phantom Menace" right now, and Qui-Gon Jinn just got stabbed by Darth Maul).
So, go FLOYD or KAHLER or somethin' that'll KNOW you meant it when you drop the bar!
Alex_SG
Ambassador of Trippy Rock
I'm the guy that wants to put this:
On this:
Smitty! WTH are you thinking???
To paraphrase a film I saw once, "That would be like putting an elevator in an outhouse... It don't belong!"...
I guess if an outhouse had more than one level, an elevator could come in handy.
Tony M.
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...or a Mack truck hood bulldog on a Lambo.
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eSGEe
Ferengi Ambassador of Trade
translation please my brother?
The springs are on the bottom:
Very minimal routing is required to install this.
BUT WAIT....THERE'S MORE!!!
Would you like to see another little bundle of love from Smitty's Wonderful World of Whammy!
Check out this little gem. This is a Washburn Wonderbar. They came in chrome, black, and gooooold.
They were made for only a very limited time in the '80s. I think I got this one in about 1987.
The amazing thing is that it uses no coil springs! It uses a torsion bar. That's right, there is no routing required. Just screw it to the face of the guitar and screw the string lock to your headstock behind the nut. You will have to mod or remove your truss rod cover.
But, your li'l Epiphone can be dive-bombing in minutes!
They don't drop as far as a Floyd Rose. But, they will drop about an octave. They fill most whammy needs nicely, from the gentle shimmer stuff to fairly aggressive use.
Pat Simmons of the Doobie Brothers has one on one of his guitars.
Of course, they're pretty rare, nowadays, and quite pricey if you can find them. Back in the day, they were really cost-effective if you had them installed because the labor was so much less than installing a Floyd or a Kahler. The units, themselves, were not too expensive at the time, either.
Here's the bottom of the little beastie:
I don't have one, but Washburn also introduced the "Shift" plate. This was an adaptor plate that attached to the bridge and stop tail bushings on a Les Paul, so you could put the Wonderbar on a Les Paul, too.
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