Masters of the whammy bar

[toejam]

Beck...gives me goosebumps how good this guy is with a whammy.

And he also doesn't use a pick!

[jaydog]

BRAD GILLIS

[Racerx2k]

First, I think Jimi deserves a little more credit than others because he pioneered and popularized the use of aggressive tremolo technique in the first place. Second, I agree that it doesn’t take a master to do dives or combine feedback with tremolo techniques. Most beginners can do that. What makes Jimi special was the diversity of sounds he could make (with or without overdrive) and the way he artfully incorporated them into his songs. Plus he often made these sounds off the cuff while improvising. Third, Have you heard the two albums I mentioned in post #38? There is a lot more to Jimi than the studio albums he made with the Experience. If you can play the way Jimi did in “A Band of Gypsies” then you are a virtuoso, and I’d pay big bucks to see you play. I'm sure others would too.

While I am aware of Band Of Gypsies, and have listened to what he did, then, I didn't really care for it. I'm more of an Experience fan. And while I agree that he was a pioneer, in a sense, I don't feel he was a "master" of it. There have been many other who were, IMHO, much better at it, since him. I think alot of his sound diversities were more rooted in the pedals he chose to use, than anything. What attracted me to Jimi was the fire and passion to which he played. Same with SRV. To me, music and playing should always be about stirring an emotion within the listener, whatever the emotion may be, and both of them most definitely did that for me.

[SouthPlatteDemon]

Did anyone mention Kerry King? The atmosphere he creates and energetic use of thewhammy is fucking killer!!!

[Racerx2k]

Are you serious? He's the prime example of how ANYONE can just wank on a bar.......and he DOES.

[Frigo89]

Are you serious? He's the prime example of how ANYONE can just wank on a bar.......and he DOES.

+1, I used to be a CRAZY Slayer fan, but never thought Kerry's work with a Whammy was impressive, Jeff was pretty descent with it though

Reb Beach is probably THE whammy master though

[Racerx2k]

Yeah, Reb is quite good at it. Local boy, made good. Paul Gilbert, too.

[excon]

While I am aware of Band Of Gypsies, and have listened to what he did, then, I didn't really care for it. I'm more of an Experience fan. And while I agree that he was a pioneer, in a sense, I don't feel he was a "master" of it. There have been many other who were, IMHO, much better at it, since him. I think alot of his sound diversities were more rooted in the pedals he chose to use, than anything. What attracted me to Jimi was the fire and passion to which he played. Same with SRV. To me, music and playing should always be about stirring an emotion within the listener, whatever the emotion may be, and both of them most definitely did that for me.

Well I just got finished listening to Jimi's "Live At The Fillmore East" album on Napster, and I can't help but feel I've been listening to a tremolo master use his tremolo an awful lot. I just can't see how you're missing it. However, it is different from the "Experience" type Hendrix, and few people these days play or use their trem the way he did, so I guess I can understand why you might see things differently. I'm a firm believer in that there is no accounting for taste, so I guess we can agree that we just disagree.

[excon]

Are you serious? He's the prime example of how ANYONE can just wank on a bar.......and he DOES.

Uh-oooh! Here we go again. Kerry's tremolo sounds are not meant to be pleasing to the ear. They are meant to sound evil, twisted, or terrifying. I think Kerry accomplishes this artfully, but as I said, there is no accounting for taste.

[SouthPlatteDemon]

Uh-oooh! Here we go again. Kerry's tremolo sounds are not meant to be pleasing to the ear. They are meant to sound evil, twisted, or terrifying. I think Kerry accomplishes this artfully, but as I said, there is no accounting for taste.

God I love evil shit.

[horns666]

Count me in with the evil shit.

In fact, I have to take an evil shit..

just like the new southpark episode!!

[toejam]

I can't believe I forgot Gary Holt from Exodus. That guy is like the ultimate cat strangler Floyd abuser!

[excon]

Furthermore, Kerry King's use of the tremolo is meant to inspire mood or atmosphere. A certain a mount of Jimi's tremolo use was meant to do the same thing. He could emulate a light breeze or a hurricane. He could emulate a torrent or water or dripping fluids. As everone knows he could emulate the sound of a fucking war! And, he usually placed these sounds in songs that matched the topic. I think that is an ingenious use of tremolo in itself.

[horns666]

Furthermore, Kerry King's use of the tremolo is meant to inspire mood or atmosphere. A certain a mount of Jimi's tremolo use was meant to do the same thing. He could emulate a light breeze or a hurricane. He could emulate a torrent or water or dripping fluids. As everone knows he could emulate the sound of a fucking war! And, he usually placed these sounds in songs that matched the topic. I think that is an ingenious use of tremolo in itself.

Exactly..very nice.

[SouthPlatteDemon]

Count me in with the evil shit.

In fact, I have to take an evil shit..

just like the new southpark episode!!

If it is over 200 lbs. then you will be the new record holder!