Can you put a tremolo on any guitar

A good example of this is the song Apache by The Shadows, which features Hank Marvin putting the tremolo bar to good use on his Fender Stratocaster — the first one ever imported into the UK!

Another version of tremolo found on electric guitars is the Bigsby Vibrato System, found throughout many models from Gretsch guitars.

However, whereas a Fender Tremolo system contains all the mechanical elements which make this possible inside of the guitar, a Bigsby being an older and more simple design has these on top.

Along with his many other guitar innovations, Jimi Hendrix is also often credited as the first person to push the boundaries of what can be done with a tremolo bar. Rather than using it simply for a vibrato effect, Hendrix would press the bar till it almost touched the body, decreasing the pitch of the strings significantly.

A good example of this over use would be the song Voodoo Chile by Jimi Hendrix. Although the appeal may be there to create these same sounds on your first starter Stratocaster style guitar, you may not achieve the same pleasing results. Can you add a whammy bar to an electric guitar? Do whammy bars fit any guitar? Is whammy bar bad for guitar? Where do you place a whammy bar? Can a whammy bar break strings? Is a whammy bar worth it? Can you put a whammy bar on a Les Paul?

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A separate processing unit lets the player assign eight pitch presets from one semitone to two octaves down, or from one semitone to one octave up. Hardtail in strict definition means a guitar where the strings are anchored at or directly behind the bridge.

An example of a string-through-body where it's really obvious is any Schecter C-1 model without a vibrato system on it. It is the knife plate that is moved when the tremolo arm is operated. Unlike the synchronized tremolo, the bridge is not moved directly by the mechanism, but only by the movement of the strings, and is allowed to tilt to accommodate this movement.

This is called a floating bridge. Skip to content June 12, Joe Ford.