This lesson is for all those players who have a whammy bar but never knew what to do with it! Here is your chance to get in the world of whammy. Using whammy bar is not as easy as it looks. It always produces extra vibrations for all strings so you'll have to learn to control the noise and use whammy while still playing clean...

Various Whammy Bar approaches in a solo context.

Contains several whammy tricks: vibrato, dives, releases. Make your whammy sing like Steve Vai!

Introduction to whammy bar techniques and their implementation in a musical context.

This time we are only allowed to create the vibrato by using the whammy bar! Some guitarists prefer this type of vibrato and use it all the time.

Solo based around the whammy bar and artificial harmonics.

Song to use whammy bar in a sweet way. You will find vibrato bar techniques, octaves and legato scales.

In this lesson lesson we will approach Steve's pattented tones and techniques by analysing "Vai slides", whammy-bar tricks, lydian mode and plain shred! The backing tracks should allow you to start practicing these techniques slowly - and gradually work your way to the top!