How Much Whammy Do You Use?

Stonedtone · 04-13-2014, 02:50 PM

I have 2 trem guitars. I've never been into the dive bomb stuff, but I always likes a little whabble or down tone on harmonics. Boh my Carvin DC135 and G&L Legacy hold their tuning very well. I've had guitars where you couldn't use the trem ecause it would go out so badly

Moss · 04-13-2014, 03:34 PM

Now that I set my strat up with the bridge flush with the body it stays in tune better. Just cant bend notes up but I never did that anyways. I really use it sparingly unless I'm doing voodoo chile or something.

**Frownland** · 04-13-2014, 04:13 PM

I've got a Floyd Rose on my Ibanez, but the whammy bar broke a while ago and I've yet to replace it. Now I use the palm of my hand to bend notes upwards or I'll grab it and pull it down a bit, not to dive bomb status but enough. I've gotten pretty good with the techniques I described so I'm not going to get a bar anytime soon.

To answer the OP, usually when I'm doing an ambient track or a noisy guitar freakout I'll put the Floyd Rose to use.

Stonedtone · 04-14-2014, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I've got a Floyd Rose on my Ibanez, but the whammy bar broke a while ago and I've yet to replace it. Now I use the palm of my hand to bend notes upwards or I'll grab it and pull it down a bit, not to dive bomb status but enough. I've gotten pretty good with the techniques I described so I'm not going to get a bar anytime soon.

To answer the OP, usually when I'm doing an ambient track or a noisy guitar freakout I'll put the Floyd Rose to use.

I had a trem without a bar too. I was good at grabbing and bending it, A simple pull up

Neapolitan · 04-15-2014, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Moss

Now that I set my strat up with the bridge flush with the body it stays in tune better. Just cant bend notes up but I never did that anyways. I really use it sparingly unless I'm doing voodoo chile or something.

I set up my Strat where I can slide a pick between the body and the bridge. I heard that Jeff Beck has his set up where he can vibrato the note up and down.

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Stonedtone Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 152	How Much Whammy Do You Use? I have 2 trem guitars. I've never been into the dive bomb stuff, but I always likes a little whabble or down tone on harmonics. Boh my Carvin DC135 and G&L Legacy hold their tuning very well. I've had guitars where you couldn't use the trem ecause it would go out so badly

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I've got a Floyd Rose on my Ibanez, but the whammy bar broke a while ago and I've yet to replace it. Now I use the palm of my hand to bend notes upwards or I'll grab it and pull it down a bit, not to dive bomb status but enough. I've gotten pretty good with the techniques I described so I'm not going to get a bar anytime soon. To answer the OP, usually when I'm doing an ambient track or a noisy guitar freakout I'll put the Floyd Rose to use. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

04-13-2014, 03:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
Moss Scuttle Buttin' Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Boulder Colorado Posts: 972	Now that I set my strat up with the bridge flush with the body it stays in tune better. Just cant bend notes up but I never did that anyways. I really use it sparingly unless I'm doing voodoo chile or something.