A Bruce question.

oldynewby Member Posts: 85	A Bruce question. Feb 16, 2013 8:42:25 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by oldynewby on Feb 16, 2013 8:42:25 GMT As a rhythm player, Bruce doesn't have the trem arm fitted to his guitar but is the trem blocked, either by spring tension or a block of wood, to help keep his tuning stable?
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somebodyelseuk Member "As long as I stay between the 'Sun & My Shadow', I guess, I'm doing well." Posts: 1,368	A Bruce question. Feb 16, 2013 10:31:05 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by somebodyelseuk on Feb 16, 2013 10:31:05 GMT I don't know, but I hear he's bordline obsessive when it comes to tuning, so it wouldn't surprise me if it's at least tensioned down. It'd make sense for it to be flat/blocked in case of string breakage. Cheers, Julian
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oldynewby Member Posts: 85	A Bruce question. Feb 16, 2013 18:22:16 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by oldynewby on Feb 16, 2013 18:22:16 GMT Thanks for the replies, that all makes sense. There'd be no point having a floating tremolo in Bruce's case.
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