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Tremolo or hardtail? (self.guitars)

submitted 2 years ago by Crisps to c/guitars

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I’m considering a second guitar and thinking of going for a hardtail. I have a squire with a tremolo currently, but never use it because it goes out of tune, and honestly in a few years of playing haven’t come across anything I’ve tried to play that requires it. I haven’t seen one used in a single tutorial video.

If you aren’t playing Van Halen, do they ever really get much use?

I would buy a decent Floyd Rose, but don’t know if the tuning would be a hassle. Or if I went hardtail would I regret it later?

Other than some rock, where are these really used?

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[–] RockyBass 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you invest in a good quality trem and take the time to set it up properly, it should be pretty stable. I use mine sparingly but I'm glad to have it and it's problem free for me.

My other advice if you don't find yourself using your trem very much is to take some time to experiment with it and try to learn how to seamlessly integrate it into your playing.

[–] Crisps 2 points 2 years ago

This is probably key, if I tried to experiment with mine more I’d start to see where it was useful.