why floyd whammy bars sound like that?

[Milo]

Hi,
can someone explain why a floyd rose sounds weird with distorsion (just listen joe satriani, vai or van halen), where as normal tremolos dont.. when i say "weird sound", i mean that their guitars are kinda "screaming" , you know what i mean?
thanks

[metalprep6969]

They often use it with an artificial (or pinch) harmonic. The guitar squeals and when the tremolo is used, the pitch changes drastically as opposed to a normal note. Satch can make the pitch change by like 4 octaves!

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[wild_child]

natural harmonics are great to mess with when you got a floyd too. if you dump the bar right down, you can "flick" the harmonic spot on a string and it'll sound it when it comes back up cause the string is now vibrating! check the end of cemetary gates - pantera to hear that. its a kickass way to bust up your strings twice as fast

[metalprep6969]

check the end of cemetary gates - pantera to hear that.

Actually Dimebag uses a whammy pedal also, because he goes too high to use the tremolo alone. I'm not sure if he uses it live though.

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[wild_child]

Actually Dimebag uses a whammy pedal also, because he goes too high to use the tremolo alone. I'm not sure if he uses it live though.

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yeah, he uses it on the final harmonic i believe. it's possible to reach it with just the trem though if you go for a 2.5 harmonic on the high e, that kinda sustain just wont happen though..

[metalprep6969]

Yeah it gets all buzzy when you get that high, and with my guitar, the string normally bumps up against the pickup by the time it gets to that point.

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[Sakkaku]

Dime owns.

[wild_child]

Yeah it gets all buzzy when you get that high, and with my guitar, the string normally bumps up against the pickup by the time it gets to that point.

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i have that problem too, i wanted to get maximum signal from the bridge pickup so it is literally about 1mm away from the high e.. i think maybe a little too close, they are emgs after all.. past a certain point on raising the wang bar,the string frets the pickup and thats the end of that note
i think i may invest in a whammy pedal...

[Sakkaku]

I have the Whammy II. Never played the first one, but from what I hear, the original is better than the one I have.

But I like the insane notes I hit with it Especially when you rip out a pinch harmonic and throw some hardcore vibrato in there.

[metalprep6969]

i have that problem too, i wanted to get maximum signal from the bridge pickup so it is literally about 1mm away from the high e.. i think maybe a little too close, they are emgs after all.. past a certain point on raising the wang bar,the string frets the pickup and thats the end of that note
i think i may invest in a whammy pedal...

The good thing about EMGs is that they don't magnetize your strings (though that's what I originally thought since they are so high output). I have my bridge EMGs really close as well, though I keep the neck ones lower, both for picking ease and a smoother output.

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[LuisSavesTheDay]

metalprep, are you the gy thatowns the Hammett signture?

[Guitarperson88]

Dude Wild child, get a whammy pedal, it rules, one of the best effects i have.

[metalprep6969]

metalprep, are you the gy thatowns the Hammett signture?

That's me. Whatcha wanna know about it?

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[oRg]

I'm not too fond of Whammy pedals. They're fun, don't get me wrong. I could never really see myself incorporate them into everyday kinda play. Dimebag really likes to use his though.