Solar finally made exactly what I want-

[DrewJD82]

I love that Solar is finally doing some actual hardtails in the higher-grade line instead of that terribad Evertune nonsense. I'm a sloppy enough player on my own. I don't need to encourage myself to be worse at stopping the monkey-grip bends.

I’m going to put this in my signature- if your Evertune was causing bending to feel funny it’s because it wasn’t in the right zone.

I largely blame Evertune themselves for this for not clarifying it, but the tuners need to be right on the cusp of Zone 2 and 3 for bending to feel totally normal. Not ‘kinda normal’ or ‘closer to a normal guitar’, but making the bridge work as a normal fixed bridge where you have the full pitch bend the second you bend the string.

Basically tune it up until it raises pitch, then back it off until it drops back into the correct pitch and take your hand off the tuning machine. If it’s not directly in that zone, bends feel funny.

 

[nightflameauto]

I’m going to put this in my signature- if your Evertune was causing bending to feel funny it’s because it wasn’t in the right zone.

I largely blame Evertune themselves for this for not clarifying it, but the tuners need to be right on the cusp of Zone 2 and 3 for bending to feel totally normal. Not ‘kinda normal’ or ‘closer to a normal guitar’, but making the bridge work as a normal fixed bridge where you have the full pitch bend the second you bend the string.

Basically tune it up until it raises pitch, then back it off until it drops back into the correct pitch and take your hand off the tuning machine. If it’s not directly in that zone, bends feel funny.

Yeah, I've heard that lecture before. Thing is, using an Evertune that way negates the entire point of having an Evertune.

You can use it centered in the zone to always have perfect pitch, and learn to play like an ape because bends don't matter, or you can tune right up against the zone limit and treat it like a fixed bridge proper.

You know what else works like a fixed bridge proper? A fixed bridge. Without the added expense and complication of a bridge that's built on compromise.

Thank you for attending my Ted Talk.

 

[DrewJD82]

Yeah, I've heard that lecture before. Thing is, using an Evertune that way negates the entire point of having an Evertune.

You can use it centered in the zone to always have perfect pitch, and learn to play like an ape because bends don't matter, or you can tune right up against the zone limit and treat it like a fixed bridge proper.

You know what else works like a fixed bridge proper? A fixed bridge. Without the added expense and complication of a bridge that's built on compromise.

Thank you for attending my Ted Talk.

You should maybe attempt to actually learn how to use something before spouting off on what it can or can’t do as that is all incorrect.

 

[nightflameauto]

You should maybe attempt to actually learn how to use something before spouting off on what it can or can’t do as that is all incorrect.

I did a shit-ton of research on these bridges and have tried them out in stores. You can either use them in a way that lets you fret like an ape and still be in tune, or you can tune them directly up to the zone limit so you can bend them properly. Explain to me what I'm saying that's wrong.

I really wanted to like them, but have found absolutely nothing that seems like a positive about them. And way too many otherwise excellent guitars are saddled with only Evertune releases. They absolutely do not at all fit any use-case for me. And they can make players *MUCH* more sloppy. I've got two guitar playing buds that play them exclusively at home and when they come to my place and grab a normal guitar their fretting is pitchin' up all over the place because they're used to the Evertune "fixing" it for them. How is that a net positive for the player?

 

[Jynx]

Im about to put my A2.6CAR up for sale if anyone (@FuzzyAce ) wants it.

Is that 26.5 scale?