It took me over a year to realise you're actually him!! Thank you so much Steve!! We actually met on the EVO Experience on the 25th Anniversary of Passion and Warfare tour at the Manchester Ritz in 2016. Hopefully see you again if your tour the new Vai Gash album ;)
@@hefenzy Kinda like those comments you find on amazon products, you see the same type of comments popping up for a different items, even on different sites, I myself can't think of a time when I commented the same way twice,on a different channel with exactly the same words, can't say it's not possible though.🤣👍
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The one that I've never been able to nail correctly is Satriani's "Snake down the Throat" Grabbing a note, performing an upward glissando and diving the bar at the exact same rate...leaving a slightly wobbled pitch center, and the sound of percussive movement over the frets...Vai used it too.
@@CameronCooper it certainly is niche and wouldn't be as interesting if used more often....maybe in tandem with some of that dissonant high end 'chirp' or 'warble' that a player like Jason Richardson would use for exotic whacky spice.
Never thought I'd be learning from somebody nearly half my age, but you're proof that inspiration can come from ANYWHERE. Thanks for all these videos man, you have a SICK style and I can't wait to see what you do!
It's not required to do a lot of this stuff. A properly floating Fender-style bridge can do some of these things. You obviously don't have the entire range of motion that a Floyd has but you can still do them and have them sound good.
@@bhrriss freaking awesome bro. I saw your comment was 3 months ago lol. How ya like it? It took me awhile to get use to palm muting and doing fast picking the way it's designed . I made the bad mistake of not watching videos on how to set it up lol I cut all the strings at one time it was driving me crazy so I brought to someone to set it for me I got a Jackson with one on it. 🤘enjoy sir!!!
I first learned the importance of the whammy listening to Ritchie Blackmore abusing the heck out of it with Lady Double Dealer and Alice Cooper had a song called Cold Ethel where there was a heavy whammy solo and of course Jimi Hendrix. There's so many possibilities with a good whammy set up especially if the guitar is routed out underneath the tremelo system where you can pull up on it and turn it in a circular motion. As Dime would say Get yer pull! ;)
This is a freaking great video, I've always wondered how those sounds were achieved. When I was a teenager, I was at some church thing when I heard some guy make this crazy sound come from his guitar, but by the time I looked to see what was up, all I saw was his hand move away from the whammy bar, damn it, I was too late. That was probably 35, maybe 36 years ago, but dude it's like you hit the rewind button on my memories and then gave me the remote... Thanks for that.
You gotta do the dimebag one where you dip the bar, and flick the g string with your fretting hand, and while bringing the bar up, you quickly hit a harmonic with the fretting hand. Like 3rd fret. Or the satriani where you dip the bar with your fretting hand, and do a pinch harmonic on the way up, or the opposite, do a pinch harmonic, then dive.
30 years ago while been tuning the guitar using natural harmonics I ve got funny kina dive bomb sound. The idea is starting with 2 or more same notes on different strings and then change tension with bar. For example natural harmonics on 1st string 7 fret + 2nd string 5 fret (+ 3rd string 4 fret) and so on.. you ve got the idea.
Dude, thanks for straight "how to" video without additional sh*t which usually only makes you to loose your time. Very clear, very fast and informative - 10/10. Thanks!
What you need to do kids is grab your guitar buy the whammy and hold it eye level and shake it. Show it who's boss like Steve Via in cross roads. All kidding aside my girlfriend has couple Whammy tricks that will blow your mind. Till next time this is Uncle Bubbles with Whammy tricks !
Joe Satriani's "Lizard down the throat" effect, from Ice 9: Play a note on the G string, low on the fingerboard, and while sliding the note up the fingerboard, slowly bring the bar down at the same rate so that the pitch stays the same as close as you can. When you get to the top of the fingerboard, slide back down while letting up on the bar in the same fashion.
@3:40 more commonly known as "crickets".Brad Gillis made them a staple in his playing. Well done Cameron. Nobody really teaches whammy techniques so it's great to see you doing this video.. cheers
I woke up at 4 am and couldnt sleep. I watched your video, took some mental notes, and waited for the sun to rise. Then, when the rest of the world awoke, i started trying the techniques. Now the sun is setting, and im like a kid in a candy shop. Thank you, im so glad i bought this cheap jackson with a floyd rose licensed trem. Evh, here i come, just kidding, maybe sound ordinance violation here i come hahahaha
Nice to see someone your age paying respect to the late Gary Moore. Of course he was astonishing in all areas, but his vibrato was particularly unreal. When he performed Empty Rooms later in life he did all the whammy bar stuff on a fixed bridge Les Paul using his just his vibrato....and no surprise, it is amazing. Check that out here....ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ne1VUKsok0c.html Love your content and playing!
as crazy as it sounds, Ive always wondered how to do that brrr sound right before doing a pinch dive. 1st thing you explain in the van halen style, always thought that sounded so cool. After so many years of playing, I thank you for finally explaining the part most dont at all!
My favourite whammy bar trick is when i do a big dove bomb, then the whole fuckin thing instantly goes out of tune big time and i have to fix it once again. And then i just hate everyone and everything forever
Love the whammy bar tricks. I always played like Jake E Lee style (no bar) in my younger years made the guitar scream without the trem bar but know decided to mix both techniques together, Cool to see and learn a bit more of an area of expertise I never had experienced before.
I have played with a whammy bar since I got my Univox double coil guitar when I was sixteen. I have played with wammy bar not noing the effects I was doing. My band members used to say what are you doing , and with a dumb look pn my face I'd say I don't know. At that time I was playing alot of soul music and I guess my body movment and holding the whammy gave me a crazy sound , especially on the slow tunes my best was Never Can Say Goobye
Eddie used the “ siren “ technique on DOA as well as the swell during the intro . And you missed a Brad Gillis trick in there he used as well as a technique Eddie used often during low E dive bombs but decent tutorial thank you 🙏
A great lesson as always and alot of people make stuff harder than it really is until they know the little trick to stuff. Which u explain it in great detail , yeah and ur playing the best charvel lol I have that same guitar well not the exact same one lol
Strange to hear no mention of shoegaze like my bloody valentine or diiv for videos like this, whammy bar is absolutely integral to their music, in particular the songs loomer and only shallow.
he doesn't look like the kind of guy who listens to my bloody valentine. I might be wrong. you like Swirlies? they did some great stuff similar to mbv, a lot of whammy bar action. Swirlies - In Harmony New Found Freedom, check that tune out
Great video! Roadtrip: I noticed that you said CHARVEL....how do they compete against the ol' FLOYD ROSE? I have only used the Rose's in my lifetime and, until recently, didnt even know there was another option. What I've gathered is that the Charvels are a little harder to acquire due to their unpopularity, however, their lack of popularity is attributable to myth and misconceptions rather than actual inferior performance. Ty in advance for your evaluation. Any additional insight would be greatly appreciated! CHEER$!🎸🎹🗽
@@CameronCooper Sir, I was referring to the CHARVEL TREMELO SYSYTEM, NOT THE CHARVEL GUITAR*)! 😃 Your Charvel is a fine guitar, I would presume, and, you're correct, relatively NOT unpopular. The CHARVEL tremelo system is very similar to the Floyd Rose. The Charvel tremelo IS unpopular though--I've never actually seen one before my eyes. Apologies, for the confusion.
It was a cool vibe, good to grow some facial hair here and there especially in a cold climate. Also nice to see what you look like in the mirror for when a dude needs a disguise for some incognito stealth work!
Cool...the only one I know, and always gets people to stop and listen, is to have some gain, turn the volume up on your amp but roll your guitar volume down. At fret 12 pluck both the low and high E harmonic at the same time then quickly roll on your volume to loud. Pause for a sec then slowly raise the trem bar. The sound is other worldly as the low E note tries to catch-up with the high E. It's a freaky trick that you can ride with a drum and bass behind you.
cool vid!.......a must see for all the out of work muso's out there and any stoner guitar players bored duing the lockdowns....i got weeks of fun out of this 10min vid!
