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?
My trem equipped guitars get a lot more play than my LP or tele.
I would say you're not going to get close to Van Halen territory with a squire generally, especially one that hasn't had a ton of attention paid to the nut, but my S type with a Gotoh 510 and Jazzmaster with the stock Fender system and a Graphtech XL nut and a Mastery bridge both stay in tune no matter how much shoegazing I do. Not VH dive bombs sure, but I'm not precious about it by any means.
I think if you're looking for crazy dive bombs you're going to be disappointed by most non locking systems, but for real just try some subtle warbling now and then, it's fun.
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