Super-Vee's BLADERUNNER Stratocaster Tremolo Vibrato Demo

[jwebsmall]

I absolutely love your guitar playing and style!

What so you think of the new Mag-Lok?

[alisonpoultera]

this guy is a lovely player

[SuperVeeBladeRunner]

You can get it all the Super-Vee products at the Super-Vee website.

[coketherealthing]

Where can I get one? Sam ash and Guitar Center don't carry it. and Don't care for the Babicz Big ass logo on the Bridge.

[Traconiz]

can you change the tuning like in a normal strat tremolo bridge? Or its like a floyd = if you change one string it detunes every other.

[bubkusjones]

@Traconiz That's not an issue with the type of bridge, but of how you set it up. Any vibrato can be set to float (allow raising pitch), including the 6-screw Fender style, which is how it was designed to be set up, and with that, will come the more finicky tuning methods. That's because the bridge is balanced between spring and string tension.

If you set it to lower pitch only, like how many Strat guys set them up, or how EVH sets his Floyds, it won't be an issue.

[Traconiz]

@bubkusjones Yup thanks!

[Traconiz]

@bubkusjones I decided that i cant live without a tremolo, so ill sacrifice the facility of changing the tuning in a fixed bridge for the dives and flutters. So in my case the best way to go is getting a Ibanez with a ZR bridge. I cant afford a guitar with a original floyd and after a litttle research i found out that it's the best non-original floyd as it can flutter and has awesome tuning stability. WHat do you think?

[100slackerman1]

What pick-ups are they?



[RBASHA1]

would it fit on the Fender Standard Roland Ready Stratocaster?

[METHODMAN4EVA]

can you use this bladerunner to do dimesqueals and dive bombs????

[nightowl46]

What song does he play at the end? Ive heard that somewhere....

[oswa0714006]

Can I use this on a mexican made stratocaster?

[EpicFlyingDude]

@oswa0714006 sure

[StratMatt777]

@oswa0714006 I just installed one of these in my '97 Mexican made strat. It works great. Now the only problem is my guitar's nut which keeps causing the g string to out of tune when I whammy.

[kingv911]

Judgement is usually how you get to a preference. I judge that it is unpleasing to be looked at, so I do not prefer it. Why would a person not need locking? Well, if they don't do much whammy abuse then they don't need the added tuning stability, and with it, hassle of locking nuts. I have guitars with locking bridges (an Ibanez with a ZR2 - which is wonderful I might add). However, a properly set up strat with a vintage bridge should stay in tune fine without locking nuts.

[kingv911]

wow I want one. The one with the locking nut looks butt ugly, but this one looks good and would handle by tremolo needs fine I reckon.

[richogem]

@kingv911 so you judge what youre going to buy by the looks of it?

[kingv911]

@richogem Yes, a little. It's a natural part of the human psyche to prefer things in which it finds aesthetically pleasing. Obviously I would prefer something that looks good, in my opinion, versus something that looks bad. In this particular case, the Supervee looks about as good as it could for something that can simply retro-fit a Strat. Cool product. I am buying the Supervee Bladerunner as I don't need a locking trem for my strat.

[richogem]

@kingv911 thats not judgement, thats preferations. what you said in your first message was judgement. and i dont see why anyone wouldnt need locking. it simply outdoes the blade-runner in tuning stability, has the same tone and probably more sustain.

[wparks]

When considering tone, realize that everything from finger style or type of pick, to pickups, to body and neck wood grain, to cable to amplifier all the way to the microphone recording the sound will impact what you hear and how you hear it.

I never heard anyone say it gave their guitar an acoustic quality.

The string spread is 2.1". This splits the difference between the two sizes and allows the BladeRunner to work fine for either.

[stratthead]

The tone has a kinda harsh clang to my ears, and has a hollow attack to me. Whether he's playing clean or dirty. I have read that some people said it made there guitar more of an acoustic quality. I wonder the aluminum block has anything to do with this sound. I'd like to hear a before/after with a full steel block.

Also I read that the trem comes in narrow spacing only. Anyone know if you can get it in the vintage USA string spread?

[metachozoite]

how much si teh trem? I cant seem to find a price for it.

[FerchitoMexico]

New update for my Hw-1 Strat, hopefully

[Fons1958]

Hi Michael, looks like a great trem system. I was wondering; what pickups are in your Strat? Thanks!

[MichaelReeseGuitar]

i was happy to be able to do the review. keep rocking!

[whapaso]

I'm betting Michael is a Jeff Beck fan...

[MichaelReeseGuitar]

@whapaso I absolutely am!!!

[ran123br]

fender vintage saddles work in bladeruner ? i want replace orignal for vintage !

[NetworkES335]

when are they gonna make one for a Gibson 335?

[richogem]

@NetworkES335 gibson ES 335 doesnt have a tremolo bridge system. bladerunner and supervee are bridges to mount instead of the original tremolo bridge that guitars come with stock, like fender stratocasters.

andway you can install one but you must consider the scale lenght when mounting. (24" probably)

[NFLmanic]

Can you remove the bar?!

[bigfoot9632]

Is he using locking tuners or something special, or is it just the Bladerunner ?

[jacktheguitarman]

is it able to be flat on the guitar- like not able to bend up- because i like a lot of drop d tuning

[richogem]

@jacktheguitarman u talking about using the super-vee as a fixed bridge?

the blade runner cant be set that way, but the super-vee can.

[gallaghertommy]

Michael & I are good buddies. I have witnessed over a 150 Solo shows, I can say I am a Michael Reese expert...lol The tone on this just went through the roof, Awesome Dood. I love it, and I know as much as your a whammy master, this has got to be what you have been looking for...for a long long time.

[ToneKingGuitarMan]

Awesome tone. At 4:20 he says all he's not using pedals; just the guitar, the pedal and the amp. So. . . what amp is he using? That's it! I'm very convinced! I'm getting a Blade Runner Tremolo on my Strat.

[wparks]

@ToneKingGuitarMan - Michael is playing through a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers. It also has that unique snake skin covering - not sure that helps the tone :-)

[MichaelReeseGuitar]

@ToneKingGuitarMan Thanks, man! I love the Super-vee and it really shows in the video!

[AKMAC82]

very nice Jeff Beck licks in there...,

[1Batt]

Are there any adjustments to string height/neck to accomodate for this trem?

[Evenleeyod]

Wonder what it would be like to use the locking nut of the Super Vee in combination with the Bladerunner

[elgrillo33]

@Evenleeyod

I asked them and like any other locking nut you have to have fine tuners on the bridge to get it into tune.

[PeterL524]

I bought one of these and having it installed in a custom build, really looking forward to this cool bridge.

[ZephaniahZion]

@PeterL524 Please let us know how it sounds and post a youtube video if you can!

[tomandmarley]

can anyone help? wanna use my trem to bend up on my strat however if i float the bridge when i bend a string the othere drop in pitch. so if i'm in say E and i hit the thick e string and let it ring out and do a bend on another string to finish the thick e string dropps about 3/4 tone???? got 5 springs on the fucker too?

[sysphus13]

@tomandmarley --- I think the two point pivots cause less of that if you set them on an upward angle from the back of the guitar toward the neck, but still about a 1/4 of a tone pitch change to open strings. If you have 5 springs and it still pull the tremolo from the body, you need to tighten the spring claw play closer to the wood...it must be all the way out of you have .18 - .65 string gauge!!!

[tomandmarley]

can anyone help? wanna use my trem to bend up on my strat however if i float the bridge when i bend a string the othere drop in pitch. so if i'm in say E and i hit the thick e string and let it ring out and do a bend on another string to finish the thick e string dropps about 3/4 tone???? got 5 springs on the fucker too?

[colmthedon]

@tomandmarley

A tremsetter will work. About 30 pounds and a really helpful little gadget!

[PeterEgmose]

I'm always on the lookout for a good "vintage" trem, and and the Bladerunner could be the last! Could I get more movement if made an extra recess on the rout, like it's described for a W. trem on the Warmoth page? Like 3-4 m/m. That should allow more room for pull-back tremolo bends. In your tremolo-on-table demo, if you placed the tremolo closer to the edge, you should be able to pull more back...

[Ewwwww916]

FINALLY!

[wparks]

You can float the BladeRunner like any trem. If you watch what Michael is doing, you'll see he is doing some pretty drastic up and down movement, as well as subtle vibrato. You can install the BladeRunner yourself.

[bootlegapples]

@wparks

Hi.

Can you tell me if the saddles are aluminum and if not what they are?Thanks.

[wparks]

@bootlegapples - They are stainless steel.

[rockexpert]

@wparks thank god:)

[whitelotus808]

great review. does the bladerunner have more action to it as opposed to the stock trem system of a strat. action meaning "can you raise and lower the pitch drastically like a floyd rose?" i was thinking of buying a supervee, but for over 300$ instilation included, id want to be able to raise the pitch to like a 4th because I use the trem bar a lot.