TUNE

Another lesser-known bass trem maker was TUNE Technology out of Japan. To the best of my knowledge, they aren't making bass trems anymore. Their website is at: www.tuneguitars.com

Tune basses are actually two companies.One owns the rights to use the Tune brand name worldwide excluding Japan,and the other in Japan only.
They are still making basses with tremolos.Here is the link
http://www.cc.rim.or.jp/~tune/index.html

Cool! Thanks, Hans!

All they have at the moment is 8, or 10 strings with trems, man that'd be a crazy sound!

Ok, you guys can blame both Hans and John for this, since they sent me the links, but here is a TUNE Bass Trem-o-rama!

A 10-stringer:



And a handful of 8-stringers, all with the same trem:

Those are all crazy...they look a little like the Jackson Antigravity bass from a while back.

So if I understand correctly, the tremolos are only available in Japan?

I'm not sure, but I believe they'll ship anywhere.

Do want...







Look at the huge arm on them too!

I know! I wonder how they feel and if you can get any pull up action on those...

I'm wondering just exactly how the tension mechanism works. Like, does it employ full-sized springs and a claw? Or is it some sort of more compact design like a Kahler is?

Each string has its own "Strat-type bridge" with 2 springs just like a regular strat tremolo.By removing the screws on the plate that holds the arm,you can select which strings are to be effected by the tremolo.
http://www.onjix.com/tar/bass/TUNE_TXWT-8FM_bodyb.jpg

Wow! Thanks for clarifying that, Hans! It reminds me of the Double Whammy design in some ways, since the strings are all controlled by different blocks.

Here is the picture that Hans included the link for:

and they are priced accordingly...if i remember its about 200,000 yen..about $2000.00
still, they ARE very cool....there was a 6 string with trem up on ebay a few months back
but the guy who was selling stated it was not a trem(clearly WAS) and maybe cos he did not have the bar...
gear aquisition stndrome is a painful disease!

Ah, yes....that horrid disease called GAS!

Woah! That floating system is crazy! I dig it, man!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Tune-Custom-Shop-4-string-bass-Neck-Thru-Awesome-/300525380048?pt=Guitar&hash=item45f8b561d0


Check it out

wow this thread is old

and I saw a post that said it looks like a Jackson Anti-Grav?

ya...a quite a lot

Now that is one funky lookin' bass!

Ahh TUNE..yes! A friend of mine had one that I played on several gigs in the mid 90s. It was a 4 string, non-trem, and active EQ. It was candy pearl salmon pink! Color aside the thing sounded and played wonderfully.

Very cool Juan!

I would have loved checking one out, but alas....