Brooks Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 and fwiw (prolly nothing), those 3 80s KC discs are (to me) a Holy Triad.yep!
zenmindbeginner Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Brooks is my local wang bar king. He knows all of the tricks and does them with ease.Plus he's got that sustainer (Sustainiac?) that he can use to ridiculous effect with his Floyd technique.He'll be all modest and shit but it's the truth.He's a master wanger.
veatch Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Gillis was already mentioned, but when i think of a Floyd, i immediately think of this song (unfortunately, the openning pull didn't make the video cut... )
Scottcrud Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Dimebag, Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King, and the dude that blows em all away, Gary Holt.
Rodan Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Holdsworth and Chris Poland are another coupla guys who make really seamless, but dramatic use of the bar.
Thundernotes Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 I love the old subtle use of a Bigsby like that of Les Paul and Brian Setzer. For newer stuff, this one was pretty good:
cmatthes Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 and fwiw (prolly nothing), those 3 80s KC discs are (to me) a Holy Triad.yep!Triple ditto!
Disturber Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Adrian Belew.Twang Bar King!Plus one on Belew.And PRINCE.
kizanski Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 For me it's EVH, for obvious reasons, and Jimi.Jimi used his term with reckless abandon, knowing full well that he'd be miserably out of tune when he was done.So he fucking did it anyway.Also, Belew and EVH were following The Master's lead.
burningyen Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 David Torn does some absolutely sick things with his whammies.
diablo175 Posted February 12, 2012 Author Posted February 12, 2012 David Torn does some absolutely sick things with his whammies. Song suggestions? Caught this youtube video of Torn and reminds me a lot of pedal steel/slide guitar. Little bit of Beck in there, too...
diablo175 Posted February 12, 2012 Author Posted February 12, 2012 Big debate I always get in is whether people prefer the "down only" flat topped trem, or the floating trem. SRV had his trem flat-topped. EVH as well always has had his floyds flat topped on all of his signature guitars. I mean, the good side of having it down only is that you can bend like hell and not have any problems. Also some say the tone conduction is better with it on the top. Downside? only goes down. Great for dive bombs, but not necessarily for vibrato (which it was designed for) and expressive playing. Ayup, pretty sure we've all been witness to that debate in some form or another My own personal take on it is I like the versatility of a floating trem- IMO, greater vocabulary as far as what you can do and how you do it. Also, bending doesn't have to be a problem. I have learned to compensate for double stops and bends on a floaty OFR... But there are definitely benefits to flush mounted/blocked, the bending w/o going outta pitch you mentioned being one of them. EVH was a freakin' genius w/ a flat mounted OFR. But, he can't do what Vai or Gillis can do w/ a floaty.
diablo175 Posted February 12, 2012 Author Posted February 12, 2012 Holdsworth and Chris Poland are another coupla guys who make really seamless, but dramatic use of the bar. Poland has whammy bar for fingers...
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