Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: hunter on March 01, 2008, 02:10:20 AM
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guess there is a soul brother of yours over at the vintage modern forum ... I think he just ordered his second VM too ...
(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg60/silr146/feb282008005.jpg)
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I wish I had a nice display area like that in my house. My place just looks like a garbage dump. :(
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I wish I had a nice display area like that in my house. My place just looks like a garbage dump. :(
Tell me about it ... well maybe he just moved all the garbage from one corner to the other for the display purpose, who knows ...
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That's a serious number of EMGs (cept for the steinergers which look like EMGs!)
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Anyone tried those 'Trans Trems' on The Steinberger?
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Anyone tried those 'Trans Trems' on The Steinberger?
No, but I've got one of those "Spirit by" Steinbergers with the R-Trem. It's a bugger to set up, a bugger to tune and it feels absolutely awful as a tremolo. I hope the TransTrem is a lot better (I'm sure it must be).
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That's a serious number of EMGs (cept for the steinergers which look like EMGs!)
they /are/ emgs - but shitety EMG Selects - the worst pickups ever IMO
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Anyone tried those 'Trans Trems' on The Steinberger?
No, but I've got one of those "Spirit by" Steinbergers with the R-Trem. It's a bugger to set up, a bugger to tune and it feels absolutely awful as a tremolo. I hope the TransTrem is a lot better (I'm sure it must be).
hmmm, i actually quite like the r-trem. prefer it to floyd
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hmmm, i actually quite like the r-trem. prefer it to floyd
Fair enough, I'm not a trem fan at all so I don't think my opinion counts for much :wink: . I don't like Floyds either, FWIW. The thing I hate about trems is that you get that kind of "spongy" felling as you depress the bar and the sustain drops off - it's almost like the guitar's dying...
The only trems I've liked are the original cam-based Kahler (lovely feel but still kills sustain), the long-gone Kahler fulcrum one and the PRS - which somehow doesn't seem to have a detrimental effect on the tone.
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I wish I had a nice display area like that in my house. My place just looks like a garbage dump. :(
hahaha, +1!
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the long-gone Kahler fulcrum one
Thats where wammi J comes in handy, the man seems to be providing much needed tech support for Kahler users as well.
http://www.wammiworld.com/u2710.html
http://www.wammiworld.com/u2720.html
Personally i went for one of the cam hybrid models because it can be locked of easily - i dont always want a trem
I am also looking into the trem king system for a future build
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the long-gone Kahler fulcrum one
Thats where wammi J comes in handy, the man seems to be providing much needed tech support for Kahler users as well.
http://www.wammiworld.com/u2710.html
http://www.wammiworld.com/u2720.html
This is the one I meant, still have it on my old Frankenstein Strat. It's about as near as Kahler got to a traditional Fender tremolo:
http://www.kahlerparts.com/Part_Pages/T_2500.htm
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well at leats he has loads of spare parts if you need them :wink:
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True, if I ever get that guitar back in working order! I have quite a few spares already, I spent a fair bit replacing the brass-roller saddles with steel-roller ones. The parts that do wear out are the fulcrum points - they're just the edges of screw-heads which sit in a groove on the front of the bridge.
I'll be interested to see how the Trem King turns out, it looks a neat design.
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Did anyone else not spot the dean acoustic at first, or is it just me? :oops:
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Did anyone else not spot the dean acoustic at first, or is it just me? :oops:
It's just you! :lol:
I'm guessing it's some kind of Rudolf Schenker model? He also has some V-shaped acoustics made (I think) by Dommenget.
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2 Zakk mini stacks ergh, cos Zakk's tone wasn't bad enough with tubes!!
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that v-coustic looked see thru to me first glance...
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Did anyone else not spot the dean acoustic at first, or is it just me? :oops:
It's just you! :lol:
:oops: :oops: :lol:
It's a perfect match for the colour of the walls!!! :lol: !
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There is too much ugly going on in that photo.
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Did anyone else not spot the dean acoustic at first, or is it just me? :oops:
It's just you! :lol:
:oops: :oops: :lol:
It's a perfect match for the colour of the walls!!! :lol: !
I didn't see it either!
Pretty rockin acoustic though
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Fair enough, I'm not a trem fan at all so I don't think my opinion counts for much :wink: .
horses for courses mate :) whatever you prefer!
maybe just because the first trem i ever used was the r-trem and became used to it
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Did anyone else not spot the dean acoustic at first, or is it just me? :oops:
It's just you! :lol:
I'm guessing it's some kind of Rudolf Schenker model? He also has some V-shaped acoustics made (I think) by Dommenget.
maybe it is... anyway, you can pick them up quite cheap, they seem good value. was thinking of it myself, but my acoustic playing is quite alot worse than my electric - and i'm no schenker myself at that :)
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There is too much ugly going on in that photo.
You got that right!
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but my acoustic playing is quite alot worse than my electric - and i'm no schenker myself at that :)
that dont matter - a soundboard that shape isnt going to produce the nicest acoustic sound - i bet the top can hardly move compared to a normal shaped acoustic... that going to make it quiet and boxey.. a bit of a fun gimmick but not practical