Would anybody w/ both hardtail and vintage trem like to do a recording?

[uvacom]

Okay, so I've heard that there are some differences in the resonance of a guitar with a vintage trem vs. string-thru hardtail. Would anybody who has both (very preferably, two of the same model guitar which differ only in bridge and obviously perhaps color) like to demonstrate that? I could host 'em.

I'm thinking the best way to test that would be to simply play a cowboy chord or two (EMaj is good), let it ring out completely, and maybe a barre chord further up the neck (for simplicity, CMaj at the 8th fret is good), again letting it ring out. Most preferably, just DI'ing into an audio interface (or using a stealthplug, whatever) and recording it bone dry would be best, but anything with a clean setting is probably fine.

To simplify things, if anybody has an AL SSS w/ vintage trem I could do the hardtail portion of the recording, but I do everything with an impedence-matching input buffer right into my audio interface so for a good comparison you'd have to have a way to record direct.

Soo...who's game? I know some of you guys have like multiple silos and ASSes out there, and I think this could help out at least a few people with a buying decision.

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Don't forget that each piece of wood is going to sound different.

Now, if you took a hardtail & did a clip, then routed it out and put in a tremolo to do another clip........

 

[uvacom]

Ideally, yes - that's exactly what we would do. But I don't know how many hardtail owners you'll find willing to route out for a trem cavity!

But you know, the next best thing would be to get recordings from multiple examples of each type, that way we could get a better understanding of how much variance can exist with each guitar type and whether the difference imparted by a trem is significant. I would have figured EBMMs would be consistent enough from guitar to guitar that any difference imparted by something like bridge option would be pretty apparent - but quite a few EBMMs have passed through your hands so maybe you could correct me on that.

Hmm, speaking of which...you've got quite a few EBMMs at your disposal, Pete. Those rosewood 20th Silos look like a good bet, looks like you've got a hardtail and a trem in stock. Would you care to contribute?

 

[uvacom]

Okay, last call! I really think this is worth doing. If there isn't any substantial difference, then we'll know. And if there is, it's worth hearing au natural, don't you think? Plus it would take like two minutes. Like I said, I'll host the files.