Members DarkHorseJ27 Posted June 15, 2012 Members Share Posted June 15, 2012 I've been obsessing over my vibrato lately, and among my findings is that I strongly prefer a vibrato where the pitch fluctuates above and below the base pitch. Classical style vibrato is much too subtle on metal strings, at least for me. So that essentially leaves me with two options: A. Get a guitar with a vibrato bridge and rely on that for my vibrato. The drawbacks would be greater difficulty changing to other tunings and a more of a pain to set up. B. Pre-bend at a lower fret for every note I want to add vibrato to. A plus is I can do it on all my guitars and not just a vibrato equipped one. The drawback of this is I can see it quickly becoming a gigantic pain in the ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Help!I'maRock! Posted June 15, 2012 Members Share Posted June 15, 2012 both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kit_strong Posted June 15, 2012 Members Share Posted June 15, 2012 Well, if you go with a Jaguar/Jazzmaster style bridge, a Bigsby, the GFS Bigsby knockoff, or a Stetsbar you don't have to worry about any issues with alternate tunings so that seems like the best solution in your case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GCDEF Posted June 15, 2012 Members Share Posted June 15, 2012 Even if you go with A, you should know how to do B anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DarkHorseJ27 Posted June 16, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 16, 2012 Even if you go with A, you should know how to do B anyway. I do, but just stating it would be a pain to do that every time I want to do vibrato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mesa/Kramer Posted June 16, 2012 Members Share Posted June 16, 2012 "Vibrato Bridge or Pre Bending?" I think you mean "Floating" or "non Floating?" A trem is pretty much useless if it doesn't float.All your left with is doing Dive bombs................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mnhhngbfs Posted June 16, 2012 Members Share Posted June 16, 2012 Did you even read his post? Just get a trem and call it a day. The pre-bend technique is cool but it shouldn't be used for every single note that you want to shake a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Help!I'maRock! Posted June 16, 2012 Members Share Posted June 16, 2012 Just get a trem and call it a day. tremolo: vibrato: now that we're all clear, let's stop calling them the wrong things, shall we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DarkHorseJ27 Posted June 17, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 17, 2012 "Vibrato Bridge or Pre Bending?"I think you mean "Floating" or "non Floating?"A trem is pretty much useless if it doesn't float.All your left with is doing Dive bombs................ Not every bridge that can do vibrato is floating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Markdude Posted June 17, 2012 Members Share Posted June 17, 2012 tremolo: vibrato: now that we're all clear, let's stop calling them the wrong things, shall we? Yes, they're mixed up, but the majority of the guitar world has accepted and standardized the mixup. Even if someone is aware what the functional difference between tremolo and vibrato is, they still know what you're talking about if you refer to a tremolo bridge. Just like the English speaking world has standardized the mixup between parkway and driveway. Anyway, OP, I don't think tremolo/vibrato () bridges are that hard to set up. Certainly it would be less of a pain in the ass to set them up than it would be to prebend a note every single time you want to vibrato. Seriously, I think that would just end up severely hampering your technique and limiting what you can effectively play. Especially when it comes to improvisation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BeanoBoy Posted June 17, 2012 Members Share Posted June 17, 2012 I'm not sure I understand the question. Using a vibrato bar ONLY for vibrato? Absolutely not. I see the usefulness in bar expression but I have a beef with guys like Beck, Van Halen or Steve Lukather ( who I saw playing last night. Brilliantly, I might add.) relying on it TOO much. Finger vibrato, to me, is the most personal vibrato. All 3 of the guys mentioned have outstanding bending/finger vibrato, discovered the magic in bar vibrato, and overuse it, in my humble opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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