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wickedflea ([personal profile] wickedflea) wrote2004-07-27 12:43 pm

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Tremolo bars are for wankers. Except for Kerry King.

[identity profile] dob.livejournal.com 2004-07-27 09:45 am (UTC)(link)
right on.

[identity profile] dangerpest.livejournal.com 2004-07-27 10:24 am (UTC)(link)
I disabled the one on my strat. To hell with the tremelo-whammy hegemony!

[identity profile] p0tat0es.livejournal.com 2004-07-27 12:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed. Well, Link Wray is ok, but he's not, like, a metal wanker. More of a surf wanker.

that's right

[identity profile] nationofsheep.livejournal.com 2004-07-27 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
That's why I have snapped the necks on three of the strats that I have owned. I like the control of neck bending, but sometimes I take it too far.

[identity profile] buscemi.livejournal.com 2004-07-27 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I have a horrible time just getting the damn thing to fit in my Fender, so I gave up.

[identity profile] hauntedskipper.livejournal.com 2004-07-29 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Very true.
Too bad tremolo solos was pretty much all Kerry could do.
Of course, it must be hard to play scales when you have 50lbs of spikes on your forearm.

There's also James Iha from Smashing Pumpkins.
He used tremolo solos pretty effectively; without too much velveeta.

I feel the same way about "Slap 'n Pop" bass.
Although, John Taylor used it quite well...
Way before every other white bassist in the freaking world abused it.
Regardless of whatever people think of Duran Duran, they wouldn't have been the same without it.

For that matter, "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" wouldn't be the same without Kerry's wammy goodness.
:)