The Tremma

[jeremyb]

Interesting!

[sty]

it seems to develop a good right hand technique, not sure it's a guitar technique though

[OpenCoil]

Interesting. So the tune-o-matic bridge itself isn't actually fixed to the body, it sits on the top plate which only contacts the lower plate and body through the springs? Seems like it would be a sustain killer, but I guess no more than a Maestro type vibrato.

Hand technique does look kind of naff, but then you can do the same sort of thing with a Strat, by pressing down on the trem with your hand, rather than using the 'whammy bar'.

[slash-ed]

That guy's voice makes me want to sleep, and then die.

[Some Bozo]

Ain't worth a thang if it ain't got that wang bar

[Vince]

If you don't need to modify the guitar, then that's one cool invention.

[twistedthoughts]

If you don't need to modify the guitar, then that's one cool invention.

Yeah - I wouldn't mind having a go on one.

[willow13]

wouldn't be any good if you have the DT's or parkinson's ........... ............

you can do the same thing with just your fingers can't ya ........for chords you can "shake" the chord or literally shake the whole guitar, which looks a lot cooler to or if you string your guitar ala zakk wylde (and BG so banner pix) you can use the underside of your hand behind the bridge ....... and for the pitch rising whammy effect he did you can just bend the neck forward or backwards ala jake e lee......

of course there is also those tremolo and floyd things.......

good on them for trying to come up with something new but for me it equals ...fail....

[NZRS-Dave]

That's kinda odd looking to me. It's looks like it might give you a tired pickng (pecking) hand.

It doesn't sound like anything you can't do with a standard guitar setup and some practice, but I guess it must offer people some new ways of playing old licks. The double stop bend vibrato seemed interesting, but also cheating at the same time. That vibrato that yuo generate with your fretting hand helps develop good technique and a little thing called feel. It's what makes a good guitar player behind a great guitar player.

Personally, I can't see Zakk Wylde taking it ... or Malmsteen.

As Willow said ... good idea, good on your for thinking outside the box ... but meh (for mine)

[Vince]

of course there is also those tremolo and floyd things.......

Yeah, but the big selling point is that you don't have to change the guitar. I bet there's heaps of people out there who wouldn't mind having an occasional go on a tremolo but don't feel like permanently routing out their guitar.

[willow13]

Yeah, but the big selling point is that you don't have to change the guitar. I bet there's heaps of people out there who wouldn't mind having an occasional go on a tremolo but don't feel like permanently routing out their guitar.

I don't think it is a big selling point....you'd find that those people would end up buying it, use it once or twice and sell it within a year....so that is just a novelty factor. No you don't have to rout you guitar, but it is also something you will never use. Those guys who might want a whammy occasionally will generally have 2 guitars one with and one without.

It falls into the same category as floyd v standard trem.........a lot of guys will get a guitar with a floyd, but the negatives to that system compared to a standard trem leads to the selling of floyded guitar and the purchase of one with standard trem.....

[Vince]

I don't think it is a big selling point....you'd find that those people would end up buying it, use it once or twice and sell it within a year....so that is just a novelty factor. No you don't have to rout you guitar, but it is also something you will never use. Those guys who might want a whammy occasionally will generally have 2 guitars one with and one without.

Well, yeah... I kind of agree. If you were going to use tremolo all the time, you'd probably have at least one guitar all set up for it already. And if you don't use tremolo very often, then you've (probably) either learned to live without it or some up with some alternative way of generating it. such as bending the neck or whatever.

On the other hand, being a new(?) gadget, I think it's impossible to make assumptions on how often people will use it.

[BG]

hmmm novelty value but I'd use a proper trem or just bounce off the strings anyway. Its not a trem unless you can pull up as well as down anyway

[willow13]

On the other hand, being a new(?) gadget, I think it's impossible to make assumptions on how often people will use it.

true the marketplace will say if its good or not.....maybe they need someone to demo it doing something mindblowing with it instead of that dude in the vid ( I only watch about 2 minutes of it and was bored)

to make it an option for a casual user you would need to be able to add and remove it almost instantly (kinda how eddies dtuna thing works....its there but doesn't effect the guitar at all unless you want it to). That way it wouldn't alter the tone of you instrument when it is sitting there doing nothing

[ash]

There are already several trem solutions for retrofit to Les Pauls without modification, so unless this is much cheaper it seems a bit ho-hum to me, especially given that it doesn't have a trem arm.

The other thing to note is that it won't fit on a Gibson or most other USA made guitars or copies thereof, because it needs M8 bushed tailpiece and bridge. That's the real reason he's demoing on Korean cheapies.