http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/-t1.htm Want to learn what to do with your bass trem? Share what you've learned? Here's the place! Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:36:08 GMT 10 http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa39/ehaven777/Kahler7410-1.jpg http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/-t1.htm http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/playing-with-the-trem-held-down-t410.htm Barklessdog I was really impressed with the satriani trem video that Kugelspot posted I wanted to try my version of a technique in that playing while hold/moving the tremolo in crazy in-between pitches I used it here in Whammy Wasteland using my EB-0 for the straight bass and my BluesHawk for everything else. Notice how horn like the Blueshawk sounds, almost saxophone like in some parts. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=578947&songID=8318094 and in Dibs Big Day ... Tricks and techniques Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:36:08 GMT http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/playing-with-the-trem-held-down-t410.htm#5376 http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/playing-with-the-trem-held-down-t410.htm http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/harmonics-t336.htm Barklessdog On my RD I can get crazy high harmonics which are located on the inside of the 3rd & 4th frets mostly on the G string. My Rd is my only bass that can really nail them consistently or at all. They sound like a little girl screaming through the Digitech Whammy up one octave on "Custer's Last Stand" at 1:33 http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=578947&content=songinfo&songID=8063690 I used the Les Paul for most of it except the whammy parts which ... Tricks and techniques Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:14:04 GMT http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/harmonics-t336.htm#4227 http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/harmonics-t336.htm http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/swoons-t133.htm Darkstrike
Kinda ties in with the fretless tone deal Eric mentioned, but I like to use it as an effect in and of itself.]]> Tricks and techniques Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:30:39 GMT http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/swoons-t133.htm#1491 http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/swoons-t133.htm http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/more-trem-techniques-dvd-t325.htm Kugelspot I found this searching "trem techniques" on Youtube. Apparently its an excerpt from a DVD. It might be worth buying, actually: http://www.licklibrary.com/store/michael-casswell/22891/ultimate-guitar-tremelo-bar-techniques-dvd Tricks and techniques Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:36:54 GMT http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/more-trem-techniques-dvd-t325.htm#4055 http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/more-trem-techniques-dvd-t325.htm http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/breaking-out-of-old-habits-t320.htm Barklessdog Every recording I do is an experiment in some way. Still, though I try to fight from using "Auto pilot" in my playing, structuring, arranging material the same way again & again. The problem becomes the longer you play the harder it becomes to change old habits and find something really new (for you) to play. Things I have tried- In arrangement & playing - No structure, no repeating structure, no known pattern playing, using random note choices from unexpected ... Tricks and techniques Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:52:03 GMT http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/breaking-out-of-old-habits-t320.htm#3992 http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/breaking-out-of-old-habits-t320.htm http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/high-action-vs-low-action-light-gauge-vs-heavy-gauge-t293.htm Barklessdog On most of my basses I have the action set to as low as possible for fast, effortless playing but... On my EB-0 the neck on them is set flat, no angle & the bridge does not go low enough for really low action. The other thing is since it is short scale you need heavy gauge strings because of the low tension, or the strings are like rubber bands. The plus side of this I am finding is, set up this way you get really nice sustain, ringing notes and tapping / hammer ons ... Tricks and techniques Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:15:02 GMT http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/high-action-vs-low-action-light-gauge-vs-heavy-gauge-t293.htm#3717 http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/high-action-vs-low-action-light-gauge-vs-heavy-gauge-t293.htm http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/adrian-belew-technique-t289.htm Barklessdog
great bass playing as well

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I like to hit a harmonic, and then pull up on it by maybe a step or so. I also like lowering the bar just slightly, holding a note, then bringing the bar back up to pitch so that the note starts low, but then settles into pitch.]]> Tricks and techniques Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:31:15 GMT http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/pulling-up-t129.htm#1463 http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/pulling-up-t129.htm http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/backward-bass-kahler-t275.htm Barklessdog Melt Pajamas -Using the RD & Kahler, Digitech Whammy, Line 6 Delay & ZVex Fuzz Factory. A song which I was trying to cop a Melt Banana / Lightning Bolt feel http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=578947&songID=6281550 The little flute part was playing harmonics through the digitech whammy two octaves up using the kahler & played backwards. The Rd gets impossible harmonics & sustain. Harmonics I have yet to get on any bass. What's great is ... Tricks and techniques Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:25:52 GMT http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/backward-bass-kahler-t275.htm#3453 http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/backward-bass-kahler-t275.htm http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/martian-landscape-t274.htm Barklessdog Using the trem with large long drops, bass Micro synth, played backward (Line 6 Delay) you can create very Pink Floyd Martian Landscapes similar to what Floyd did on their LP Echoes. This was using my Blueshawk again for the most part. "What Can't Be Done" http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=578947&songID=7398977 Tricks and techniques Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:21:16 GMT http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/martian-landscape-t274.htm#3447 http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/martian-landscape-t274.htm http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/the-drop-top-trem-issue-t251.htm madmike i know its been discussed here about the ideal mounted surface level for a kahler trem to afford the instrument proper string height "action" adjustment. i slapped the hybrid onto my percision with the new warmoth neck and i'm just not gonna get that ideal action. with the saddles adjusted as low as they can go (with the g string just not buzzing on the roller assembly) the action is still about 5/16 to 1/8" higher than i'de like it to be, EVEN AFTER SHIMMING THE NECK; something ... Tricks and techniques Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:48:15 GMT http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/the-drop-top-trem-issue-t251.htm#3193 http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/the-drop-top-trem-issue-t251.htm http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/dont-fret-t257.htm madmike i know i've talked to you guys about it before and we've all gone back and forth about it. yesterday, i spoke with this cat named shaun. this is about all i know about him except for the fact that he apprenticed for ken smith for 2 years. the bass he is currently using is pretty cool and he built it himself in his basement basicly from scratch. just like me, he's not happy with the products that the big mainstream companies offer, so he makes what he wants himself. he was telling me, ... Tricks and techniques Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:42:16 GMT http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/dont-fret-t257.htm#3295 http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/dont-fret-t257.htm http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/faking-a-fretless-tone-t131.htm EricHaven This trick seems to work while in the middle of a song, instead of while doing solo parts. It involves palming the tremolo arm while plucking the strings. As you do this run your scales, and give the arm a slight SWOON downward and upward into each note. With practice, you can replicate the slippery tone of not having frets. It isn't a perfect fake, but it's not too far off. Tricks and techniques Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:36:47 GMT http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/faking-a-fretless-tone-t131.htm#1465 http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/faking-a-fretless-tone-t131.htm http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/divebombing-t128.htm EricHaven Probably the simplest and primary thing you can do. Take the note you wish to drop, and simply lower the bar all the way down. This can particularly effective at the end of songs. For example, I love to take my open E string, and simple drop it all the way down into the mud, then bring it back up again. Sometimes I will drop a string, and bring up the entire chord. Tricks and techniques Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:28:42 GMT http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/divebombing-t128.htm#1462 http://basstremfanatics.forumotion.net/tricks-and-techniques-f11/divebombing-t128.htm