Ben_55 Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Just looking on the who gear pages and saw Entwistle has what appears to be a reversed bigsby on one of his basses (Alembic?) [url="http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/gear/bass/bass.html"]http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/gear/bass/bass.html[/url] Had a search of the forum and couldn't find anything, can anyone tell me more, does it work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AttitudeCastle Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Khaler and Hipshot make bass trems (Only ones i know if, but i've heard of others with non Khaler/hipshot ones so they are out there) They do work! Les claypool usuing one at 0:12 His Carl Thomson has a Khaler one i think... They use thick springs on each side of the bridge so it can go both ways and for the tension and for more stability. I'm fairly sure they only use 4-6 thick springs (may have changed, only seen one in the flesh so to speak) but i'm fairly sure they would work better with more, smaller springs. That design "looks" fairly simple, with the "bigsby bar" tomove the bridge up and down a bit. BUT i will probably be silenced in a moment by someone who actually knows what they are saying! I don't know if that is a bigsby so sorry to go a little off topic but i know about other trems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRBboy Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 It certainly looks like a Bigsby style trem. They don't stay in tune on a guitar so god knows what they're like on a bass! Might be ok if you play very gently and try not to touch it......... looks cool though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 [quote name='TRBboy' post='1181173' date='Mar 29 2011, 06:53 PM']They don't stay in tune on a guitar so god knows what they're like on a bass![/quote] They do if the guitar is well set up. But I agree with the problems re bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Stanley Clarke has a Bigsby on one of his Alembics too-it's on the cover of his last album. Yeah,Claypool does use a Kahler,as does Victor Wooten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny-79 Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Was about to say Stanley Clarke is well known for using a Bigsby trem but he is also known for using extremely light gage strings with it . Fret-less is the best solution of bass trem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstrike Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 The ones on Entwhisle & Stanley Clarke's are modified from guitar Bigsbys, IIRC. That said Bigsby did make some bass ones for Gretsch, for their White Falcon bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstrike Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 [quote name='danny-79' post='1181348' date='Mar 29 2011, 08:29 PM']Fret-less is the best solution of bass trem [/quote] They're nothing alike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchman Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I can't imagine ever getting a Bigsby to stay in tune on a bass! I have a friend who's a Bigsby nut on guitars, and the travails he endures makes me wonder if it's worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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