True Vibrato
Guitarists do also produce true vibrato in many different ways, including:
- As finger vibrato similar to that produced by movement of the left hand on the violin and other stringed instruments.
- By use of the vibrato arm provided (by whatever name) on many electric and some acoustic guitars.
- By manipulating the tailpiece of an archtop guitar not fitted with a tremolo arm, normally with the right hand. This is particularly a jazz and blues technique.
- By manipulating the strings between the head nut and machine heads. This is particularly used on open strings of a bass guitar.
- By use of effects units such as flangers, phasers and chorus effects, that are able to modulate the pitch rather than just the volume.
- By use of moving loudspeaker and/or moving loudspeaker baffle systems such as the Leslie speaker.
- By use of the motor-driven Kaufman Vibrato tailpiece built-in to some early Rickenbacker guitars, and similar units.
In common with all other musicians, all guitarists from classical to rock use the term vibrato to describe finger vibrato.
Read more about this topic: Vibrato Unit
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