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TransTrem

🔗"Paul H. Erlich" <PErlich@...>

5/4/1998 1:26:53 PM
>Adjustment of the position of the fulcrum of the nut along the length
>of the string might assist in retuning out of tune thirds in common barre
>chords. This is "the same" principle that Steinberger uses in their
>TransTrem whammy bar (by the way, I have always thought that a
>Steinberger guitar with a transtrem would make a great microtonal
>instrument, since you can adjust the pitch of each string separately when
>modulating to one of five new key centers).

Can you elaborate (I thought the TransTrem just bent all the strings the
same amount)?