Evertune Bass Bridge Announced

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This is exciting news. Good for bass players yes, but also the V2 guitar bridge should be following not too far behind. Regardless of how you feel about the hardware, it's cool to see this tech progressing. Hopefully the new design means even less wood routed out.

 
hell yeah this is exciting, been coming for awhile. I have Evertune on three guitars at this point. Love the tech.
 
It's about time!

Some have been waiting for what seems like forever.
 
hell yes!!!! Been waiting forever for this. Time for the stingray to get an update...
 
Same here bro'.

The "linear" pitch-envelope thing does intrigue me 'though. I mean, I understand how the spring system would ameliorate the fluctuations, but I'm on-the-fence as to its utility in practical terms.

Bass has somehow survived well over half a century without it... :dunno:
 
Monkey Man said:
In two minds as to whether or not to do mine bro'.

Decisions, decisions. I see my Stingrays as pieces of history.
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Mine is a road beast, got it from the bass player from Flyleaf, it's been BEAT on, but in the best way. Currently has a Leo Quan on it, had thought about ordering one of the originals to go back on it, but this may be the route I go. MAY. I'm also figuring out if I can just use this as an excuse to FINALLY have Gutierrez to build me a bass, and just start with buying this for the build. ;)
 
I really don't know how Evertune tremolo could possibly physically even work, but then again a decade ago I thought the first Evertune bridges were total snake oil bullshit, and now it's all I play on stage. I'm not going to have my bass routed out but I'd definitely buy a new bass with Evertune factory installed when they hit the market. I could use a backup anyway.
 
I beat on my basses hard when I play, especially live. Ever see someone break a low E before? Whoops....

I don't think I've ever thought "man, I wish my basses stayed in tune better".
 
I’ll absolutely be getting a bass with one. It’s not even so much about keeping the bass in tune as it is getting rid of that initial hit of the string where the pitch jumps up and back down. No one notices live, but on recordings it’s a fucking bitch and a half adjusting your playing to make that not happen.

The biggest saving grace of the Evertune for me is when tracking, not so much for live use. I tune between every take because layering shit up requires it unless you’re cool with the chorused sound of different takes being a couple cents off from each other, plenty are but it drives me nuts. I probably save 2 hours of tuning with an Evertune in the context of starting/ending the writing and recording of a song. Especially when you’re really in a creative mood and the last thing you want to do is stop playing/recording to fucking tune because the strings are .2 cents off from the last take.
 
blackie13 said:
Still waiting for the EVERTUNE TREMOLO...
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The "story" Evertune has been pushing is that the V2 guitar bridge will arrive about 1 year after the bass bridge is launched, and that it will have tremolo capabilities. That sounds hella complicated to me, and I'd rather them release V2 sans trem if it means a quicker path to market, but ya know more power to them!
 
Meeotch said:
The "story" Evertune has been pushing is that the V2 guitar bridge will arrive about 1 year after the bass bridge is launched, and that it will have tremolo capabilities. That sounds hella complicated to me, and I'd rather them release V2 sans trem if it means a quicker path to market, but ya know more power to them!
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It’ll take a lot for me to jump into another trem system after being more than content with Floyd’s and standard Strat trems, personally I’d rather see them put out an updated fixed bridge model that doesn’t have an impact on sustain. It’s my only gripe about the Evertune and it’s barely even worth mentioning because people see it and assume it’s worse than it is, but there’s a definite drop-off when sustaining a note past the 12th fret that would be AWESOME if they could remedy.
 
grimmchaos said:
I beat on my basses hard when I play, especially live. Ever see someone break a low E before? Whoops....

I don't think I've ever thought "man, I wish my basses stayed in tune better".
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If you play bass aggressively, you're exactly who could use Evertune. It's not simply about tuning and breaking strings. Every time you pick or fret hard, you are pulling yourself out of tune in that moment. You might not notice, and if not, lucky you, but it happens. This is exactly what won me over to Evertune on guitars, more so than simply not having to tune. Just flawless intonation when when I'm beating the shit out of the instrument.
 
Spaceboy said:
If you play bass aggressively, you're exactly who could use Evertune. It's not simply about tuning and breaking strings. Every time you pick or fret hard, you are pulling yourself out of tune in that moment. You might not notice, and if not, lucky you, but it happens. This is exactly what won me over to Evertune on guitars, more so than simply not having to tune. Just flawless intonation when when I'm beating the shit out of the instrument.
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I play classic rock/metal, so while I'm sure it's beneficial for a lot of players, it wouldn't make a huge difference in the grand scheme of things for me - half those records weren't perfectly in tune. I'm sure some will love it though.
 
I had a solar and a mayones regius with evertune. I really dig them but I've since notice that since I stopped getting the cheapest guitars on the shelf I don't have the same issues with tuning stability. I would likely buy a bass with evertune quicker than buying another guitar with evertune
 
I am interested. I haven't tried the guitar version yet, but I've wanted one for a while.

errrrrl said:
I can't say my basses ever go out of tune much unless I bump the tuners or something...?
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It's the same philosophy as to why fretless bass works so well. The human ear isn't as accurate to pitch as we think we are, and less so with bass. The same reason playing chords turns into a muddy mess on a bass too. Slight pitch anomalies are difficult to identify by ear, and "close enough" will do the trick on bass. That's how I get away with playing fretless (especially live).

I wonder how it would work on a fretless bass. Will it snap my off notes into place?
 
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