Some are spring-loaded and feature a " whammy bar ," a removable arm that lets the player modulate the pitch by changing the tension on the strings.

Many electric guitars are fitted with a vibrato and pitch bend device known as a " tremolo bar ( or arm )," " sissy bar ," " wang bar ," " slam handle ," " whammy handle ," and " whammy bar.

If this happens in the middle of a performance, the guitar is not going to be of much use to a guitarist who would like to sound " in-tune ", which is perhaps most users of the Floyd-Rose ( since the main advantage of the system is to achieve pitch-bends without losing intonation when the whammy bar returns to its stationary position ).

He is widely considered to be a master of the tremolo arm ( whammy bar ), something which he humorously referred to in his song " Twang Bar King " ( which itself features a particularly demented whammy-bar solo ).

Other effects used to embellish lead guitar tone and pitch include the whammy bar which physically stretches the strings, slides used extensively in country music and wah-wah and univibe effects.

The whammy bar is optional.

The Bigsby was the first successful design of what is now called a " whammy bar ", " vibrato bar ", or " tremolo arm ", although vibrato is the technically correct term for the musical effect it produces.

It is equipped with chrome hardware, and vintage style tremolo arm on whammy bar, same controls as the bolt on neck and has plastic control knobs.

His playing style consists of fast descending and ascending legato and staccato licks, exotic scale runs, making extensive use of the harmonic minor and Phrygian dominant scale, extreme use of his whammy bar, quick full ascending and descending sweep picking arpeggios, alternate picking and tapping ( especially two-handed ) on the higher frets as well as incorporating many other shred guitar style techniques.

By using string bending, a whammy bar, a wah-wah pedal, or other effects, electric guitarists are able to modulate the pitch, frequency, and timbre of pinch harmonics, resulting in a variety of sounds, the most common being a very high-pitched squeal.

The playing of a pinch harmonic combined with use of a whammy bar to gradually change the pitch of the played note is known as a dive bomb.

Renal failure is especially a risk if the patient is also concomitantly taking an ACE inhibitor ( which removes angiotensin II's vasoconstriction of the efferent arteriole ) and a diuretic ( which drops plasma volume, and thereby RPF )-the so-called " triple whammy " effect.

Joe Satriani's signature " Satch Scream ", heavily utilized in his song " Satch Boogie ", is achieved by depressing the whammy bar and sounding an open string pinch harmonic, usually on the G and B strings, then slowly raising the whammy bar to produce the scream.

Pioneering blues-rock guitarist Lonnie Mack was known for using a Bigsby on his famous 1958 Gibson Flying V. The term whammy bar is believed to derive from Mack's 1963 instrumental hit, " Wham!

He is widely considered a true innovator in " whammy bar " tricks and techniques.

Jeff Beck is an acknowledged master of the whammy bar.

Bachu is an expert guitarist and has used many rock and roll techniques with his guitar such as Legato, two-handed tapping, sweep-picking, volume swells, harmonics, and extreme whammy effects.

It is usually used with reference to heavy metal guitar playing, where it is associated with rapid tapping solos and special effects such as whammy bar " dive bombs ".

From time to time it is proposed that this should be corrected, and the term " tremolo arm " rejected in favor either of " vibrato arm " or of a neutral term such as " whammy bar ", but there is no corresponding " correct " term for a vibrato unit.

Loop diuretics may also precipitate renal failure in patients concomitantly taking an NSAID and an ACE inhibitor — the so-called " triple whammy " effect.

But it ’ s also a double whammy because I know what soundbite ’ s going to follow that.

The player can also earn " Star Power " by playing a series of glowing notes perfectly and using the whammy bar during sustains.

They are used to add vibrato to the sound by changing the tension of the strings, typically at the bridge or tailpiece of an electric guitar using a controlling lever ( often referred to as a whammy bar, vibrato arm / bar, or tremolo arm / bar ).

An electronic tremolo bar can be used for standard whammy bar effects, or can be redefined to produce different MIDI output ( e. g., filter cutoffs, volume, etc.

Delahaye incorporates legato, alternate picking, tremolo picking, tapping, and use of the whammy bar in his solos.

It's not rare to see him using a Boss Chorus pedal and a Digitech whammy pedal.

Other widely used names for the device include " vibrato bar " and " whammy bar ", the latter named in reference to guitarist Lonnie Mack's aggressive, rapid manipulation of the pitch-bending device in his 1963 song " Wham!

Guitarist Kirk Hammett from the band Metallica uses the whammy bar in some of his songs, such as the solos for the songs " Master of Puppets ", " Enter Sandman ", " The Thing that Should Not Be ", and his live solo from Seattle, which can be heard on Live Shit: Binge & Purge.

This idea came about as Clapton liked the tone and tuning stability of hardtail Stratocasters and had no use for the whammy bar.

The piece, which runs for just over six minutes, features a number of techniques, including whammy bar tricks, two-hand tapping, harmonics and volume swells.

" The latter two terms led stompbox manufacturers to use the term whammy in coming up with a pitch raising effect introduced by popular guitar effects pedal brand Digitech.

His dreaded " triple whammy " could melt a battleship — but would practically kill Fleegle in the process.

" Speed Building, Legato, Tapping, Sweep Picking techniques shredders need to know — sweep picking, tapping, legato playing, whammy bar abuse, speed riffing, thrash chording.

The idea of using the whammy bar to boost Star Power, in addition to altering the pitch of sustained notes was only realized about a month before the completion of the game.

Burrito Deluxe, like its predecessor, underperformed commercially but faced the double whammy of being lambasted by critics.

( English spelling has the unique disadvantage among Indo-European systems of having letter patterns that represent more than one sound and sounds that can be represented by more than one letter pattern – the so-called " spelling double whammy ".

These aspects included the note-matching aspect and the showmanship created by the use of the whammy bar and tilting of the guitar within the game.

An ordinary " whammy ," as he called it, could stop a charging bull in its tracks.

Whenever the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Comptroller General of the United States, as the case may be, shall find that any person is entitled to any such payment, after such payment shall have been received by such person, it shall be an absolute bar to recovery by any other person against the United States, its officers, agents, or employees with respect to such payment.

When the front knee is straight and locked, allow it to bend again until you feel the bar come lightly into contact with the sides of the Power Stands.

Since the same method of shaping and fitting the dogs and notches is used throughout, we will only describe the construction of one locking bar.

No bottle pool is tolerated -- bottle pool being our lingo for those who come to swim and sink into our bar while protesting that they can only dunk and run.

For arm and shoulder strength a chinning bar is recommended.

That is, when first penetration takes place, the pressure and pain signals may involuntarily cause all the vaginal muscles to contract in an effort to bar the intrusion and prevent further pain.

The last thing I remember is a bar in San Diego '' --

The arithmetic mean of a variable is often denoted by a bar, for example ( read " x bar ") would be the mean of some sample space.

In American jurisprudence, under the rules for hearsay, admission of an unsupported affidavit as evidence is unusual ( especially if the affiant is not available for cross-examination ) with regard to material facts which may be dispositive of the matter at bar.

For any real number the absolute value or modulus of is denoted by ( a vertical bar on each side of the quantity ) and is defined as

The Valley House is now a hostel and bar offering accommodation and pitch and putt golf facilities.

One way to denote an antiparticle is by adding a bar over the particle's symbol.

One innovation is a metal bar called a truss rod, which is incorporated into the neck to strengthen it and provide adjustable counter-tension to the stress of the strings.

Fluorescence microscope image of two mouse cell nuclei in prophase ( scale bar is 5 µm ).

He ordained further that some should be called " Abbreviators of the Upper Bar " ( Abbreviatores de Parco Majori ; the name derived from a space in the chancery, surrounded by a grating, in which the officials sat, which is called higher or lower ( major or minor ) according to the proximity of the seats to that of the vice-chancellor ), the others of the Lower Bar ( Abbreviatores de Parco Minori ); that the former should sit upon a slightly raised portion of the chamber, separated from the rest of the hall or chamber by lattice work, assist the Cardinal Vice-Chancellor, subscribe the letters and have the principal part in examining, revising, and expediting the apostolic letters to be issued with the leaden seal ; that the latter, however, should sit among the apostolic writers upon benches in the lower part of the chamber, and their duty was to carry the signed schedules or supplications to the prelates of the upper bar.

John Patrick Shanley's " Savage in Limbo " is set in a 1980s Bronx bar called ' Scales ' where the frustrated characters feel they are unable to move.

That this day coincides with Christian Sabbath is not a bar to the state's secular goals ; it neither reduces its effectiveness for secular purposes nor prevents adherents of other religions from observing their own holy days.

* Last call bell, a signal that a bar is closing soon

The standard boiling point is now ( as of 1982 ) defined by IUPAC as the temperature at which boiling occurs under a pressure of 1 bar.

This design was introduced by Japanese manufacturer Olfa Corporation in 1956 as the world's first snap-off blade and was inspired from analyzing the sharp cutting edge produced when glass is broken and how pieces of a chocolate bar break into segments.

While the town's name is generally seen as a diminutive form of Barcelona in Spain, Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing point out an earlier attestation of the name Barcilona in Barcelonnette in around 1200, and suggest that it is derived instead from two earlier stems signifying a mountain, * bar and * cin ( the latter of which is also seen in the name of Mont Cenis ).