Old Whammy Bar...

[GPW]

  Here’s an old school oddity ...  a tremolo arm that mounts on the strings ....  :shock:   either way raises the pitch ...  No dive bombing ... just a mild warble ...  Thinking  by the packaging , it’s from the 60’s   ...  Just for your amusement ... 

[Jamesssssssss]

thats cool, bet its not havoc on the tuning?

[Chris]

I actually thought of that a while ago. Glad to see someones made it. Does it rest on the strings, or is it held up by itself?

[GPW]

  J, Yes , it doesn’t seem to affect the tuning , but then it doesn’t do that much either  ...   Pleasant enough ...

 Chris , the strings alone hold it in position ...  sorta like a string sandwich , felt pads in the middle hold the strings ...  replacing a broken string would be a little more complicated , having to loosen the "Whammy sandwich"  and all ...  Had this lying around for years , finally thought I’d try it ...   Fun , effective to a very limited degree... Subtle !!!    Going to try it out tomorrow night at band practice ...

  Being that in either direction it only raises the pitch , it’ll never replace a Bigsby  or other WB...   Steve Vai would definitely Hate it ...