If you have a Fender Telecaster or Stratocaster, you’ll be better off letting the music store fit the whammy bar. Many whammy bars look the same, but come in different sizes and fits. Les Paul guitars require you install a tailpiece onto the bridge and body to hold the whammy bar.
Accordingly, can a whammy bar break strings?
I find it depends on string gauge, tuning & action. When I’m playing I can pull my whammy right into the body & go high as hell, but in standard I generally break half my strings.
Correspondingly, can I put a tremolo bar on my guitar? All tremolo systems have their quirks, whether you use a Bigsby, Floyd Rose, two-point synchronized, floating or what have you. But a new system says it can deliver perfect tuning and accurate pitch bends on any electric…or acoustic, for that matter.
Also, do all electric guitars have whammy bars?
Can any guitar have a whammy bar? Technically, yes. However, depending on what type of guitar you have, your tuning will be affected by heavy use of the whammy bar. Cheaper guitars will go out of tune much faster than higher quality guitars.
How do you get a whammy bar to stay in place?
How do you install tremolo bars on a Stratocaster?
Is a Floyd Rose better than a tremolo?
A Floyd Rose tremolo allows you to push a whammy bar down or pull it up. Normal tremolo bridges only allow you to push it down to lower the pitch. What is this? While guitarists don’t tend to pull up on the whammy bar very often, a Floyd Rose gives you far more freedom with how you use the whammy bar.
Is a tremolo worth it?
It’s up to you.
If you will play or want to play guitar with whammy bar effects, then get a guitar with a tremolo. If you’re playing metal or hard rock, you probably would want one. But not all hard rock and metal players use the whammy bar and a guitar with no whammy is more suitable.
Is whammy bar necessary?
No, they are not necessary, but no they cannot be replaced by intense vibrato. They allow you to bend DOWN, a very nice feature. what are the advantages and disadvantages of a whammy bar?
What is the difference between a whammy bar and a tremolo bar?
What size whammy bar do I need?
You will need to use calipers to measure the arm or the arm hole. Measure in mm if it’s a metric tremolo or in inches if it’s USA made. You can go to any machine shop or Fastenal store for the measurement. Your arm diameter choices are generally 5mm, 5.5mm or 6mm for metric and 3/16” or 1/4” for USA.
Why does my guitar go out of tune when I use the whammy bar?
The reason why a guitar often goes out of tune while using a whammy bar is because when the whammy bar is pressed or pulled, it changes the tightness of strings, making them move slightly along the grooves and saddles in the nut and the bridge.