2007-01-05 13:04:36 · 5 answers · asked by borinqueno90 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
No. Most guitars that cost under $1000 have very poor tremolo systems.
2007-01-06 00:36:42 · answer #1 · answered by bikeworks 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't let anyone with an agenda tell you different - the tremolo systems on a Squier strat are just fine, they're the standard vintage design. They're basically the same six-saddle bridge design as any fifties or sixties vintage Stratocaster, with very little difference. You would be tremolo-ing with a bridge not discernibly different from the one typically used by Jimi Hendrix, the greatest electric guitar player ever to draw breath.
I've never bought into the whole Floyd Rose thing - I've got an eighties guitar with the Floyd Rose II system, and the thing goes out of tune all the time.... constantly having to unlock the locking tuners, and then retune.
On the other hand, my 1962 Strat, with its simple spring in the back bridge design holds its tune far better, despite the simple hardware. Simple is often better, with guitars. Fancy bridges, saddles, and trem often add up to crap, and the reason vintage style models are still in vogue is that they've always been just fine.
Make no mistake - if you use the tremolo arm, your guitar will go out of tune a bit. But you should know that this is just as true of the fancy-butt Jacksons and Charvels as it is of a Squier, no matter what anyone's got to say about it.
2007-01-07 15:07:56 · answer #2 · answered by evolver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, i don't trust any Fender or any other brand that has a standard regular trem to stay in tune at ALL, i don't believe in those locking tuners or roller nuts either. The only trem (whammy) equipped guitars that i've ever used are ones that lock down at the nut and bridge wuth something such as a Floyd Rose system , etc. Sure , i have some guitars with regular whammy's , but i don't use them, i just block them underneath with wood so they won't move at all. Squire's are a good budget model that's pretty playable, but won't stay in tune under most whammy use , not the guitars fault it's just the design.
2007-01-05 13:34:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it usually goes out of tune with extreme use that's why i stray from using it but mild bends on the whammy bar usually are ok for like surf music and stuff. I'd check out the whammy pedal i think digitech makes it.
2007-01-05 13:13:22 · answer #4 · answered by nick k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
low end guitars dont stay in tune when you use the whammy bar. so, stay away from it.
2007-01-05 13:06:14 · answer #5 · answered by Isuck,Usuck,Weallsuck 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋