Steve Vai without a Whammy Bar ?

MrNiceguy87 · #1 09-05-2003, 09:10 AM

I wonder how Steve Vai would sound without the Whammy bar :P
I mean, it's part of his tone . Anyone else had this thought?

davester1234 · #2 09-05-2003, 10:06 AM

yeah i have actually!

It would be different, but I honestly think he'd manage just fine.
The whammy is something you can adapt with or without super quick. I use it like an animal, and I remember the first time my whammy broke, and the butt was stuck in the bridge...didn't know how to take it out, and couldn't afford to take it to a tech. so it stayed in the there for weeks, and my playing totally adapted

Quite refreshing actually.

If I can do it, surely steve can, only better

Ralph khoury · #3 09-05-2003, 11:47 AM

i am sure he will break down and cry! same as me!
i forgot to take my whammy bar once or twice to rehearsal, and i felt depressed all the time, i guess its psycological, i feel more secure with it! now dont call me a weirdo! loool

bpd111 · #4 09-05-2003, 12:14 PM

There are pics of Steve floating around here playing a fixed-bridge JEM.

vaijem777 · #5 09-05-2003, 12:21 PM

I'm sure he'd probably sound a lot like he did on "The Boy from Seattle". I don't think that there was much (if any) trem use on that one. Or "Sisters"-no trem work there.

guitarkatana · #6 09-06-2003, 10:30 AM

The nut on my Jackson got all messed up, so I leave the clamps off and blocked the bridge. Haven't been able to use the trem in a while. I've thought about getting the nut replaced, but I'm in no hurry.

Fabe · #7 09-06-2003, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by vaijem777

I'm sure he'd probably sound a lot like he did on "The Boy from Seattle". I don't think that there was much (if any) trem use on that one. Or "Sisters"-no trem work there.

If you mean the rhythm part of Boy from Seattle then, yeah, no whammy. But there's the solo bit, where he has the guitar delayed, if I remember correctly...

Fabe

vaijem777 · #8 09-06-2003, 04:21 PM

"The Boy From Seattle" was recorded using a cheap Strat. There's no trademark Vai whammy work on the song at all. Tremolo/vibrato is one thing...whammying is another.

kangaroo · #9 09-06-2003, 04:33 PM

The solo is full of whammying, espeically in the beginning of it, there's a dive bomb, around 3:23.

Fabe · #10 09-06-2003, 04:47 PM

I know he recorded it with a cheapo strat, but the solo was done with Evo...

I second that Kangaroo btw

Fabe

Reaper · #11 09-07-2003, 07:30 PM

Well, he's also got a whammy pedal...

MrNiceguy87 · #12 09-08-2003, 04:17 PM

I'm sure he would sound great anyway, but different

I have to check out that song .

weserman · #13 09-08-2003, 07:45 PM

on this subject, does anyone else find that when they play a guitar with no whammy bar they find themselves reaching for it without thinking, only to find it not there?

Artist · #14 09-08-2003, 08:28 PM

haha yeah, when i'm doing excersizes i don't have it plugged in, but then i'll break into a bluesy riff thing or a run after i finish a set of excersizes and try to end it with a big bit of whammy (ab)use

weserman · #15 09-08-2003, 08:32 PM

thinking about it, i often try to pick up other guitars by the monkey grip when they are on my knee. Tried lifting my UV up by the grip the other day, felt a bit stupid after that.