Also known as a vibrato bar, the whammy bar is a lever attached to the bridge used to add tension to the strings. This tension increases the vibrato in the sound and alters the pitch, and you’ve...
Category: Electric Guitar
The whammy bar (also called a tremolo arm or simply "whammy") is an essential component of the electric guitar. It allows you to lower or raise the guitar's pitch at will for various effects....
While the strings are one of the most essential parts of guitars, most people don’t focus on the type of strings they place on their guitar. Some guitarists even change out string types due to the...
As you know, tuning is a massive part of being a guitar player. And if you tune your guitar regularly, you may have noticed that the G string often needs a re-tuning more frequently than the other...
You might be used to seeing acoustic guitarists strap on a guitar capo before playing a song, but it's less common to see this on an electric guitar. Do capos work the same way on electric guitars,...
If you play the guitar long enough, you'll eventually run into a situation where you have the wrong guitar for the occasion. Sometimes you may have to play an acoustic-style song—but you only have...