Cool Whammy Bar Tricks

Guitar Tricks

Cool whammy bar tricks:

This trick called a "howlin' squeel." Its very easy to do, and it involves natural harmonics. All you do is hit a N.H.(ex.1) and dive. Does'nt sound to bad, but when you throw 2 of them into the mix(ex.2), it sounds EVIL, lol. If you pull up before pushing down (ex.3), it tweaks the sound even more. Also, adding full reverb and diving a little slower will make it HOWL!!!

  ex.1     ex.2     ex.3
 |------| |------| |-------|
 |--5---| |-5----| |-------|
 |------| |-5\---| |--5/---|
 |------| |---\--| |--5/\--|
 |------| |------| |-----\-|
 |------| |------| |-------|
 

This next one is a climb. Again it involves N.H.,but it rises. Just depress the bar all the way down, hit the harmonic and let it back up . Again add reverb to make the note sustain when it reaches its peak.

  
  ex.4 /           ex.5 (+5)   <-----climb to pitch 5 steps up from
 -5 *      +5*              -2      +5
      H.
 |--\--------/-|  |---------------------|
 |---\-----/---|  |---------------------|
 |----\3/------|  |---------------------|
 |-------------|  |-------------/--2----|
 |-------------|  |--\-------/-----0----|
 |-------------|  |---\-0-/-------------|
 

*with bar