For electric guitars, is there a difference between vintage tremolo and whammy?
Posted by on 13th January 2008 in Rock and Pop
arturo o asked:
for electric guitars
oh and i’m talking about BARS not pedals. so is there a difference between a tremolo BAR and a whammy BAR?
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for electric guitars
oh and i’m talking about BARS not pedals. so is there a difference between a tremolo BAR and a whammy BAR?
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January 16th, 2008 at 6:00 am
huge difference. trying to explain the tremolo effect is tricky. it’s kind of like a whoosh..whoosh….whoosh sound where the sound of the guitar fades in and out at the same pace, and a whammy pedal you can control when you want the effect to happen and you can also raise the pitch of a note, something you can’t do with a tremolo effect
tremolo effect
whammy effect
EDIT: No, no difference at all between whammy bar and tremolo, same exact thing
January 18th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
I believe that there’s no real difference between what some call whammy and some call tremolo, unless you’re talking about Digitech’s Whammy pedal.
However, there is a thing called Floyd Rose tremolo, which is usually used in metal, so that the guitar doesn’t get out of tune when you use it. Most people I’ve known, tend to say, “Whammy bar,” when they speak of metal guitar.
Hope this helped!
January 20th, 2008 at 6:32 am
No. A Whammy bar is pretty much a pet term for a tremelo although the real technical term is Vibrato.
A vintage tremelo is probably just a whammy unit based on an older design.