John Petrucci's EBMM - What is the trem on it?

WildWayz · #1 03-11-2002, 04:23 PM

Is it a normal trem or a kinda funky Floyd Rose variant? Sorry if this has been covered before, but a search for Petrucci came up with only a couple of hits.

When I look at the trem on the DT DVD, it looks like a normal trem system - but then I looked at the model on EB's site and it looks like it is floating... a shorter Floyd Rose.

What IS it?

James

vaijem777 · #2 03-11-2002, 04:32 PM

It's probably a bit more like a traditional Fender-style tremolo than a Floyd. *There are no fine tuners, and the strings do not lock on the bridge. *It's strung just like a Strat-type trem. *The only locking parts are the Schaller locking tuners. *The trem does float pretty well though. *I've found it to be VERY stable, and quite versatile. *You can't pull up quite as much as you can on a Floyd-type trem, but it hasn't bothered me yet. *

WildWayz · #3 03-11-2002, 04:42 PM

phew!

I thought he went to a fixed bridge for a minute there!

I gotta admit - the finish on his Mystic one looks VERY nice

I wanttttttt one

James

AdamBilz · #4 03-11-2002, 08:29 PM

Howdy, I have a 6-string EBMM JPM and the tremolo is an interesting combo, but it's most like a Strat. *The strings come in, balls on, from under back of the guitar, and there's absolutely no locking anywhere. *It floats and stays in tune relatively well. *It also has the screws on the back of the tuning pegs like some American Strats for staying in tune. *Hope this helps!
* ~Adam

GuitarLunatic · #5 03-12-2002, 04:52 PM

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WildWayz on 5:42 pm on Mar. 11, 2002

I gotta admit - the finish on his Mystic one looks VERY nice

I wanttttttt one

James

Forget the Mystic finish! *I just saw them last night and you wouldn't believe how gorgeous the silver model is in real life. *Made me sorry I bought a pearl redburst one... * :-)

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vaijem777 · #6 03-12-2002, 05:12 PM

I dunno..I thought the Mystic Dream finish looked pretty nice up close last night. *

*the silver was...silver. *Blah. *

WildWayz · #7 03-12-2002, 05:33 PM

I LOVE the redburst one

Hmmmmm

--James

chromeboy · #8 03-12-2002, 06:39 PM

What about White sparkle?....kicking myself for not going with gunsmoke (silver).

GuitarLunatic · #9 03-12-2002, 08:42 PM

The white sparkle is definitely sweet - I saw a different EB/MM model in GC in that color and I had to run out of there before I pulled my wallet out. *;-)

I stick to what I said about the silver. *From where I was sitting the silver looked incredible on stage. *The Mystic was very plain and it didn't even look like the colors changed at all. *Maybe you were a lot closer than me, but I wasn't impressed at all. *The silver really showed off the lines of the guitar, the Mystic Dream didn't and just looked like a dark guitar really. *Boring! *:-)

GIVE ME SILVER!!!!

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lgascoig · #10 03-13-2002, 10:47 AM

The gunsmoke color was discontinued.