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July 12th, 2006
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Whammy Bar?
Ive had my strat for a while and just got a whammy bar for it.
I'm finding that it doesnt really pitch up very well at all 
pitching down is no problem
Its a fender copy so it basically has the fender whammy system
Ive seen specs of the floyd rose and saw that it has more flexibility bending both ways
Im just wondering if im doing something wrong or put the bar on wrong??
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July 12th, 2006
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If you like your guitar to stay in tune, you'll likely take off the whammy bar after about a week and block the tremolo.
Chris
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July 13th, 2006
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as Cshude said... I use my efx board for tremolo... ive got a strat copy... and had a play with the whammy bar, but got sick of retuning every time i used it....
The action on my strat, doesnt seam to allow me to bend UP with the whammy only down, not to say there couldnt be something wrong with my "student" package strat copy, but i dont know, perhaps somebody has a better idea than me. I never use the damn thing anyway, its sitting here on my bench under a mound of paperwork somewhere.. which i really should get round to doing one day 
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July 13th, 2006
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Strats are usually fitted with whammy bars that can only be bent down - so dont worry it isnt something wrong with your guitar 
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July 14th, 2006
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oh mann whammy.....datz mah faver8 thing.......i use it a lot....the prob iz that stratz doesn't have a flyod rose.......only floyd rose allowz two way bending........plus da retuning thing......use a tremolo locking system......ur guitar will neva get out of tune
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July 16th, 2006
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thanks guys
i feel much better about that
i am seriously thinking about making some modifications so that i can get that awesome pith up sound
definately will look into the locking system
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July 16th, 2006
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if you loosen the tremolo springs a bit, to allow the bridge to tip a bit forward under the normal string tension, you will get a little more room to bend up, but a little less room to bend down.
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July 19th, 2006
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Originally Posted by cshude
If you like your guitar to stay in tune, you'll likely take off the whammy bar after about a week and block the tremolo.
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I have a strat and I use the tremolo on it and have no problems with it, however I only bend down, and it sits flush on the guitar when I am not touching the bar.
Modern strats are ok to good, depending on the bridge. On older ones and copies I wouldn't touch the whammy
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