Members Rydock Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 This goes out to all you Floyd Rose users and other floating trems: Do you guys use your trems to pull up? Or do you have it floating and only dive with it? How many of you block your trems because you know you're only going to dive with it. How are you guys using your trems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members driverhasabomb Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 Floating but I almost always dive. Sometimes I'll do slight pulls on harmonics and stuff but nothing outrageous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thefyn Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 Check me noodleing and take a guess :-) www.web-design100.com/pitch.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Unstrung Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 The pull up function just allows me to do whammy vibrato in the manner I want to. I don't use it to actually bend notes up... BTW I have a Wilkinson not a floyd though... it still has the crater under the bridge for extended range Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mackin Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 I don't have a Floyd but when I play a guitar that has one, I like to pull it up ...I also like to do quick vibrato and then deeply dive / pull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StEeLDrEdGeR/ Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 Yep, I use the FR on my Godin Freeway Floyd for yanks & dives all the time. For me, its essential, I don't enjoy it as much when I play my strat (floydless). Floyd Rose FTW!! I love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Clinically Deaf Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 I keep it floating and do both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rydock Posted April 12, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 Great input guys. Myself, I almost never pull up, but it's great to have the freedom of doing so. To me, it feels like a waste to block a trem that stays in perfect tune when floating it, but I do so anyways. I've had a Tremol-no installed because I play in so many tunings with my guitar. However, I usually only set it to dive-only most of the time. When I'm in D standard, It's full floating, in drop C and lower tunings it's dive-only. Lately, I've been thinking of removing the Tremol-no altogether, and just blocking it permanently with a wood block or metal washers or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NaturalBornBoy Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 Yes I pull up. What's the point of having a tremolo if you're not gonna pull up + I find that with the trem flush to the body, I can't do flutters anymore cos' the trem will just bang against the body Divebombs get boring after a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members satannica Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 Floyd rose is an art in itself. Any boob can hit a harmonic on the 3rd fret G string and think he's dimebag darrell, or any nob-end can play his E string and dive it out and think "wow... tuh muthulz"... using a floyd rose takes practise, endless hawg dang patience and most of all creative flair. I've used floyds for many years, and yea even though dimebag is one of my indirect mentors, I also pay a lot of attention to funk players, they make some great use of floyds as do Skid Row dudes, Joe Satch, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bobbymccoy Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 I don't "use" it. I'd say I play with it when I'm bored. Generally I will push up with the arm back using my forarm and do some wacky sounding finger tapping stuff. hard to explain, too bad I don't have a vid camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rydock Posted April 12, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 I guess I'll be removing my tremol-no and keeping the guitar in Drop C now. Just needed an eye opener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Johansolo Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 i love having my bar facing backwards/away from the neck and flailing my arm/hand back and making it flutter.a lot of guys overuse pinch harmonics but with me its that flutter/bird chirp noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mustaine-who? Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 Floating but I almost always dive. Sometimes I'll do slight pulls on harmonics and stuff but nothing outrageous. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jaytee123 Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 Sure, I always pull out. That way my girl doesn't get pregnant...oh, you said pull UP... I set my floyd(actually ibanez edge) to go up a 3rd. The body is routed, so the trem is at an even profile when looking at the guitar. A fifth would cause the bridge to be tilted too much forward. I don't like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members logansc Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 I do a pretty good bit. I have something to admit, i'm not great at pinch harmonics! I know i'm ashamed. And a natural harmonic with a whammy bar pull or dive sounds pretty awesome instead if you don't overuse them, you could do this with pinch harmonics as well. But I also use it for crazy stuff like audioslave solos, I don't need no stinking whammy pedal! I use the trem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cougar Hunter Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 of course! how would I play CC Deville's "I won't forget you" solo without those pulled harmonics ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shask Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 Whats the point of having it if you dont use it to its full potential? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FastRedPonyCar Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 I used to do flutters and pull backs and all that but once I jumped into my new band, we fluctuate from standard to drop D a lot in our sets so I bought a D-tuna and had to block the trem in the cavity. I used to use a tremolno but it doesn't fit very well in the new brass floyd block (which kicks epic amounts of ass btw) www.floydupgrades.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dropsix Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 I always be pullin' up yo. I pulls up at mah bitches house. I pulls up at teh shops. I pulls up at ma house. I pulls up at school. Sometimes I'm just chillin an all of a suddin I just randomly pulls up on a bitch n they all like damn son u just pulled that {censored} the {censored} up, n I'm like chyeaa bitch u know I just pulled that {censored} all the way up u better reco'nize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 17 Tubes Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 Don't know why you wouldn't. Why not do a dive, pull up, then let it settle into tune? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the_bleeding Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 when i had a trem, i abused the {censored} out of it. Every gig, on the last note of the last song, i'd go so nuts that i'd usually take 3-4 strings with me hahaahh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nodachi Posted April 12, 2008 Members Share Posted April 12, 2008 i do crazy dimebag squeals all the time. so yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rydock Posted April 13, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 13, 2008 Anyone find that when you blocked your floyd, you get a punchier sound? I was doing comparison tests by locking and unlocking, my tremol-no, and I could swear that I that it is indeed punchier when I set it yo dive-only or hard-tail. Like I never believed this before, because I never found a difference in sustain on my floyded guitars and other bridge styles. But this pretty much convinced me. It's real subtle though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thefyn Posted April 13, 2008 Members Share Posted April 13, 2008 Anyone find that when you blocked your floyd, you get a punchier sound? I was doing comparison tests by locking and unlocking, my tremol-no, and I could swear that I that it is indeed punchier when I set it yo dive-only or hard-tail. Like I never believed this before, because I never found a difference in sustain on my floyded guitars and other bridge styles. But this pretty much convinced me. It's real subtle though. Get a brass block. Those things sound like a fixed all lead guitar, Expensive as shit but they do the trick. And you can still float Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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