Technics & Design
Tremolos
Totally over-designed!
Müller & Sohn
Müller & Sohn
Tschechoslowakia
Where is the sense?
Schaller?
Godd idea, but quite hard funcion.
Bigsby
Müller & Sohn
Müller & Sohn
Burns Tremolo: not a bad thought, but it doesn't hold the zero position.
Catalyst
Fender Coronado Trem: Wow, the leaf spring! I think the Müller company already had that before.
Crucianelli Trem: Leaf spring underneath.
A lot of tecnique!
What a monster!
Crucianelli Long Trem: Duesenberg inspiration?
DDR-Tremolo: The tailpiece sits at the back with a knife edge and moves horizontally. But it does not work sufficiently!
Duesenberg
Duesenberg Vibromaster with leaf spring.
Very defined and secure!
Duesenberg Vibromaster
EKO Short Trem: Works!
EKO Trem: Interesting construction! The tailpiece moves horizontally back and forth when the tremolo is activated.
ESP Flicker: Early 80s. The very first Fender Strat tremolo replacement. Works great!
ESP Flicker
Floyd-type: One of many of these colossuses!
Framus HIFI Trem: Müller Company. Works. But HIFI?
Framus Trem with wooden cover over the return spring. Does not work at all! No defined zero position!
Framus Trem : Müller Company. Works perfectly!
Framus
Galanti
Gemelli Trem: Works perfectly! Knife edges. Only too narrow string spacing.
German Trem: Müller? Not a beauty. But works in any case.
Gibson
Gretsch Bigsby "B3": Nice. But poor pressure of the strings on the bridge.
Gretsch Hand Trem: Clamps the strings between tailpiece and bridge. Absolutely useless!
Hand-ball trem: From whoever. Doesn't work at all!
mechanism
Hoefner Trem: sintered bearing bushes. Works great, only poor pressure of the strings on the bridge.
Hoefner / Roger trem: Works great here.
Hoefner trem: On many solid bodies. Mounted underneath the body for good string pressure on the bridge. Respect!
Ibanez
Ibanez very old: Hard, but works.
Inter-Mark Trem: Japanese. Design a little bit scampi-like. But it works.
Jolanda Trem: Has something! Just the string pressure again.
Kahler tremolo: A classic with a lot of weight.
Klira Trem: A masterpiece of the Müller Company. Everything hand milled and bent. Ball bearings, best function!
Klira (Müller & Sohn)
ROKO (Kolb) Trem: Probably the first German Bigsby copy. Works!
Müller & Sohn
Meazzi, beautiful but no use
Meazzi Tremolo: Inside is a torsion bar as "return spring. Very stiff and weak pressure of the strings on the bridge.
Meazzi cheap tremolo: Better not!
Hopf?
Migma Trem: GDR. Not beautiful, but it works.
Mosrite Tremolo: not very zero-positioned!
Mosrite Trem: Very chic, but does not necessarily hold the zero position.
A Mosrite Trem with an imaginary "Trans-Trem" function. But unfortunately useless, especially because of the high E-string!
Rockinger Black Box: My stop device for Fender Strat-like trems. Sales hit!
Rockinger Tru Tune Tremolo: The very first tremolo with fine tuners (before the Floyd Rose). Unfortunately the Floyd
Schaller Tremolo: Works. Only poor pressure of the strings on the bridge.
SG-Tremolo with bent leaf spring. Very stiff. Actually useless!
Side To Side: On Gibson SGs: completely useless and problematic!
On Gibson SGs: completely useless and problematic! Here without cover.
Müller & Sohn?
Soviet Trem: Underneath. Good thinking, the Russians! And it works.
Steinberger Trem: Should keep the chord harmonious when pressed. Only works with certain string sets. Many annoyed guitarists!
Steinberger Trem: Should keep the chord harmonious when pressed. Only works with certain string sets. Many annoyed guitarists!
Fender Strat Tremolo: What to say? For me until today no really perfect.
Duesenberg Radiator Tremolo: Is there anything more beautiful?
Tremolos almost up to Dive Bombs and always returns to zero. And the string threading without nerve!
TK-Smith Bigsby-style: Nice!
Duesenberg Tremola: Our Trem, which eliminates all the disadvantages of the Bigsby-original! Tremolates almost to Dive Bombs and always returns to zero. And the string threading without nerve!
ender Jazzmaster Tremolo: Useless, because much too hard to play!
Wilkinson Strat Trem: Works great. Modern design.
ROKO?
Paul Reed Smith Tremolo: More elegant than the Fender Original.
Museum
tremolissimo!
Germany (ROKO?): extremely ugly!
Rockinger Tru Tune
Fender Vintage Strat Tremolo.
DG Vibroflow Shorty
Rockinger Vibromaster (Müller & Sohn)
Wandré
Wandré Tremolo: bearing with two pins. Works, although a bit hard.
Welson Trem: Italy. Should have a fixed zero point. Does not work, but goes very hard.
Wigsby: Trevor Wilkinson's attempt. In any case he did not know the German word "wank". Unfortunately this part does not work despite clever, innovative technology. No defined zero position!