I play a Vigier, a very high quality instrument, and I have almost no tunning problem even with a simple tremolo bridge.
I tried the tremmory system for a few weeks, I tried different settings and different tremolo springs, and I even went to see a professional instrument maker for some advice, but I eventually got to admit it : this system simply doesn’t work.
1.
The Tremmory doesn’t keep your bridge perfectly still. When bending a string you can hear that the other strings slightly drop, juste a little bit, honnestly that’s very insignificant and that’s fine for me. But what does that mean is if you go from a standard tunning to a drop D, this time all the other strings go up, and they go up pretty significantly this time, about ? tone. That’s manageable and you can retune all your strings in like one minute. So to this point, even if it’s not perfect, the system is still useful for practicing, but forget the idea to detune quickly on stage.
2.
The system is holding the bridge pretty hardly and consequently : the tremolo bar is far less sensitive, and harder to use. Still manageable but not very confortable.
3.
Bending hurts ! Some months ago I switched my strings gauge and went from 9/46 to 10/52, so not a huge gap. But this past few weeks I really struggled to bend the high E (like in those solos where you have 12 bends in a row). I was puzzled, just went from 9 to 10, why am I struggling so much. I didn’t make the link until I remove the Tremmory system and realised that it was the problem.
Positive points :
It is still usefull to change your tunning without changing your guitar setting or without to buy 12 different instruments. Bending strings without correcting other notes when you play is really sweet.
Conclusion :
This system is far from perfect and I asked for a refund.
