This has a swing feel to the 1/8th notes and is a classic blues-style riff. For the whammy bar bend, barre the second and third strings at the 9th fret and pull the whammy bar up.

Guitar enthusiasts know that whammy bars are a lot of fun to use, but often a real pain to maintain. Unless your axe is equipped with some extra (read: pricey) bells and whistles, heavy usage of ...

Back in 2016, Australian startup Fomofx launched a digital whammy bar called the Virtual Jeff that could be mounted to just about any guitar, without having to modify the host instrument. Now the ...

Suitable for all types of guitar, the whammy unit takes just 10 seconds to install and features virtual capo, hold and blend functions for a host of pitch-shifting effects. Skip to main content. Open ...

DigiTech has announced its fifth generation Whammy pitch shifting pedal, which introduces chordal pitch shifting, additional Whammy intervals, MIDI input and true bypass.

A title update for Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360 will be available on Xbox Live at 4:00 am PDT on Saturday, April 14 that should resolve the situation where input from the whammy bar was not ...

Compatible with the Xbox, Switch, PC, Android devices, and PlayStation using a legacy mode, the controllers feature Hall effect strum and whammy bars plus Bluetooth or 2.4GHz wireless connectivity.

The whammy bar is a magical device for bending strings; Carl Verheyen shows 6 stunning licks and riffs for you to learn. Jon Bishop. Wed, February 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC. 5 min read.