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Guitarists...locking tremelos?
A stupid question, but I've never owned a guitar with a locking tremelo. Can you do blues bends or pedal steel type bends on a guitar with a locking tremelo?
Basically....can you do a simple bend like this where you're bending the 3rd string up (with your 2nd finger with your 1st finger supporting the bend...bending the 4th fret up to sound like the note at the 6th fret) a whole step? X-X-X-4 (6)-5-5. If not? Why would anyone want a locking tremelo? Call me old school.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
not steel bends not even close. not sure what ya mean by blues bends.mostly diving (down) notes ..but theres many cool little tricks.the locking nut just makes it harder 4 it 2 go out of tune while your yanking on it like your mad at it.
- 1 decade ago
By "locking tremelos" do you mean the Jazzmaster type where the trem can be locked out, or the Floyd Rose type where the strings are locked at tension?
At any rate, both are capable of doing subtle pitch changes, +/- half step or so, that's a matter of the skill of the player, the JM type only does subtle where the FR type of course does radical as well. The JM type allows for the guitar to be continued to be played in tune without the trem if a string breaks, and may have more sustain when played with the trem locked out (key word: "May").