Appreciate the reply.

Thanks again jeff-o. This project does'nt actually have to be Digital, Analog might work great for a proto-type for the long road ahead! I'm not actually an electronic's wizard with a Phd, I'm just a musician that has dealt with the hastle of mechanical Tremolo's all my year's in playing. I've had this idea for quite some time now, and would love to have a system on-board that mimics all the Tremolo function's without the string's ever losing any string tension, which has alway's been associated with Tremolo's, even the Floyd Rose System's are still prone to string integrity. Thank's for the URL's you mentioned, I'll definately check into them. wayne6412

Yea, tremolo and vibrato definition's, in a way, contradict the other when associating them with Fender and stringed instrument's thank's to Leo Fender, but not in an intentional way. The web site's you mentioned were really informative, but were mainly devoted to the "Tremolo" system built in the amplifier's themselve's. I think Tremolo or Vibrato is definately the wrong term when referring to the mechanism built into the guitar itself, a good term I would of used is "Pitch Bender" because that is really more or less what it does. What I want to develop is a device that in appearance, looks like the original set-up, but with some sort of FX processor that reproduce's the same signal as 'bending the string's", but in a sense, without ever affecting string tension. I suggested Digital because the processor could also be used for alternate tuning, etc. with just a push of a button. I know this is a really complicated idea, but I know it can be done, I've just got to do a lot of research. Good luck with your Bass project and thank's for all the info! Wayne6412

Google the old Magnatone amps--these are well known to have real vibrato, rather than a typical tremolo circuit.

Schematic Heaven has individual schematics...

Thanks, I'll check it out. Anymore idea's anywhere will help!! wayne6412

Definitely! I'll post it here when I figure it out.(if most of us are still living!lol)

Maybe you could try some kind of capacitor with a spring so that it comes back up after pushing it. This will lower the pitch at a steady rate and reliably.

That could be a good start, I'll research it. Thanks! Oh, I was gonna add this info: To better explain what I'm chasing since I'm not a electronics pro., Take, for example, a Digital Delay...once a note or string is struck and released, the D.D. continue's to process the signal, even though the string is muted, the signal can still be maniplulated by the processor itself, without touching the string again. That's kinda' what I want the Tremolo to do, in a sense. Actually, the spring's and mechanic's of the Tremolo, will actually be a "dummy", just having the feel and look's of a mechanical one, while the Digital system will mimic it's action's. Simple huh??? LOL!! Thanks again:)

Really an ingenious circuit. I know one has to start at the bottom and just keep climbing up. Although this is a partial understanding, it's primarily a Delay unit. My idea is still the Tremolo or "pitch bending" unit. I'd like, for example, to hear "Eruption" are a good Steve Vai riff played with what I'm wanting to design, and not be able to tell the difference between the mechanical Trem. vs. the Digital system. I really appreciate your interest and help gathering this info. so far.

They do, but you get 4 string, 7 string, 8 string etc. up to 12 string models too. You can also do double neck, and recently someone made a 7 neck guitar too. I see no point in 4 string guitars except for chords. But, it would be good here.

I suppose it would be quite limited, especially if you play lead guitar. If you can get 6 "strings", make an electric standard. If not, just try whatever you can, I mean, who doesn't want a laser synth guitar?

Personally, I won't be building it, but I can imagine there are loads of guys "out there" who would love to be able to blast out the deepest-possible bass line.

...ever heard of brown noise?

Having recently been to a music festival, I can affirm, though, that large amounts of heavy base at close quarters can certainly "ease digestive transit", as the yoghurt adverts say.

... Just what I was thinking...