How to Use Your Whammy Bar Musically
This is an article I wrote for Heavy Metal’s “Guitarget Practice” column in January 2015.
Great for: Steve Vai fanboys, creating a more vocal sound from your guitar, ear training, creativity.
Introduction In this article we’ll cover some quick definitions, limitations of frets and some ways we can train our brain, ears and hands to work together to create some great melodies via the whammy bar.
Limitations of Frets Frets are awesome, don’t get me wrong.