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Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Dec 30 2012, 01:36 PM

All these posts about being expressive, made me think about the tremolo bar - a device which used with skill, can come up with a whole new dimension for your expression!

Of course I chose 2 of my favorites - Jeff Beck and Michael Lee Firkins. They are very different and they both use the tremolo bar like no other! Who's your favorite?

Posted by: azureus Dec 30 2012, 03:28 PM

The bass with Jeff is insane !!!..how many practise is that !!..respect !

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Dec 30 2012, 03:35 PM

Tal Wilkenfeldt - she's a brilliant bass player and she is very young!

Posted by: Ben Higgins Dec 30 2012, 08:23 PM

Good post C-Man. I also put Jeff Beck up there as being amazing with the bar. I would add Jason Becker to that list !

Posted by: SpaseMoonkey Dec 30 2012, 08:38 PM

As always I have to toss this guy into my likes of skill.

Eric C.


After that it's all Dimebag for me!

Posted by: vonhotch Dec 30 2012, 09:57 PM

Dimebag Darrell would be mine, no question.

Posted by: Bossie Dec 30 2012, 10:20 PM

Tama Renata....not as spectacular and rather subtle but it's great..here's his 'once were warriors' theme!

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Dec 31 2012, 08:21 AM

Great selection guys! Now, how could I have forgotten good ol' Dime??

Posted by: Ben Higgins Dec 31 2012, 10:37 AM

Nice find. I remember this movie but for some reason, I didn't take notice of the music !! A great theme

Posted by: Slavenko Erazer Dec 31 2012, 12:35 PM

Andy La Rocque , Steve La Vai

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jan 2 2013, 10:08 AM

Slav, I intentionally left Steve out of this, just because I was darn curious to see if other players would've been introduced here

Posted by: ConnorGilks Jan 4 2013, 04:51 AM

Dimebag, Jeff Beck and Guthrie Govan or my personal favorites. Especially Guthrie's solo on the new Periphery album!

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jan 4 2013, 09:24 AM

Oh yes! That one is brilliant! Glad you like it man! Indeed Guthrie is a great trem bar user himself! The ending of this piece is off the hook

Posted by: ConnorGilks Jan 4 2013, 10:16 AM

Great clip man! Hadn't seen that one. I'm a big Guthrie fan these days, he's excellent. He doesn't use the bar often, but when he does it's very masterful and tasteful.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jan 4 2013, 12:35 PM

This one is among my favorites! Glad ya like it

Posted by: klasaine Jan 5 2013, 12:25 AM

Adrian Belew is a good 'bar' user.
Subtle and musical, bar usage starts at 1:07: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cr_cB8-NVU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Posted by: klasaine Jan 5 2013, 01:54 AM

Lets try this again. Sorry, newbie here.

Trembar action at 1:07. Looper stuff in front of that.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jan 5 2013, 04:00 PM

Man, this sounds interesting, avant garde somehow

Posted by: stringslingerofdoom Jan 5 2013, 07:18 PM

Mattias Eklundh, hands down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukKARGO-Oho

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jan 6 2013, 08:02 AM

Oh yes!! Mattias is definitely a man who knows what's what with his trem bar Look at the effect richness in this video!

Posted by: ConnorGilks Jan 6 2013, 10:15 PM

Oh, good call!! Mattias is an amazing guitar player in general, and his tremolo abilities don't disappoint.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jan 6 2013, 10:43 PM

There was this awesome trick he did when he sounded just like a slot machine