Fixed Bridge Guitars

[Larry]

a clue!

I bet I'm right........

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

Hard tails rule, its simple. Trems are for sissies, so Brad Paisley says!

You are correct, Sir!

 

[Dante]

You are correct, Sir!

no.

i once sold a much loved radiance red jp6 because i didn't adjust to the trem. then i started playing better (with a lighter picking hand) and my new jp6 is a living dream.

so, no. there are no rules. it's what you make with it and not the other way around.

edit: i still miss that ****ing radiance red jp6.

 

[Coffeemug]

With the trem sitting flush on the body I can't make out a really big difference betwenn my trem and hardtail ALs.

Funny thing is that I generally prefer hardtails but ended up with the majority of my EBMMs having a trem...

 

[Powman]

I am confused about this Silhouette Bass Guitar. Still looks like a 6 string guitar to me. Is it strung with thicker strings and meant to stay in a lower tuning???

Also the Axis Super Sport...does that have a tremolo or not?

 

[nickowatson]

try a steve morse

 

[emanon]

You want more options? BP already offers 1,000,000,000,000,000,000+ options, so I'm told.

 

[Dante]

I am confused about this Silhouette Bass Guitar. Still looks like a 6 string guitar to me. Is it strung with thicker strings and meant to stay in a lower tuning???

Also the Axis Super Sport...does that have a tremolo or not?

the silo bass comes from the factory tuned to A or lower E (an octave lower than concert pitch) and is a hardtail. axis super sport can be ordered with or without tremolo.

 

[the24thfret]

tremol-no or a block of wood.... makes a great xmas gift!!!

 

[SteveB]

I am confused about this Silhouette Bass Guitar. Still looks like a 6 string guitar to me. Is it strung with thicker strings and meant to stay in a lower tuning???

Also the Axis Super Sport...does that have a tremolo or not?

Yes, the Silhouette Bass Guitar uses thicker strings. It can be set up to tune E-E or A-A if I recall correctly. Maybe ask NorM, since he owns one.

 

[mbgreene]

I am confused about this Silhouette Bass Guitar. Still looks like a 6 string guitar to me. Is it strung with thicker strings and meant to stay in a lower tuning???

Also the Axis Super Sport...does that have a tremolo or not?

in addition to the tuning and strings - the Silo bass guutar also has a longer scale - 29-5/8" vs 25-1/2 for a standard guitar.

The axis super sport comes hard tail or vintage trem - your choice

 

[Powman]

tremol-no or a block of wood.... makes a great xmas gift!!!

All Right!!! I just need to throw a block of wood in his stocking!!!

 

[Powman]

Axis Super Sport is starting to look interesting. Or the knock-off...Sterling AX20...

 

[JoeDogInKC]

Axis Super Sport is starting to look interesting. Or the knock-off...Sterling AX20...

I have a beautiful one for sale man! It's in the "For Sale" thread, but the pics aren't great (iPhone). I'll be happy to take some better ones for you. I NEED to move this one to make room for the DD2 JP7 I have coming soon.

 

[marantz1300]

My Silo's hardtail/string through. I bought it because I prefer hartails. Its old 1990 and I dont know if they are made like this any more. You can switch pups from ss to hsh or hh on these too,so it might be worth tracking one down.

 

[walleye]

Can't see this happening as EBMM makes the guitars the way JP wants.

Give the Tremol-no a shot, I think it is exactly what you are looking for

they make steve morse guitars with floyd roses, morse himself never uses a floyd does he? (or does he?)

 

[robelinda2]

Morse has used a floyded sig model plenty of times. Maybe not lately. But in Deep Purple he's often seen for a song or two with one.

 

[mbgreene]

Definitely uses a floyd for Purple tunes, in particular Highway Star - There ae a few vids of this floating around the forum. I also beieves he addresses it in one of the BP interview videos that are floating around. (But I haven't had breakfast yet so I didn't do a search)