In <em>Easy Whammy Bar Guitar DVD</em>, expert guitar instructor Mark John Sternal shows you how to use a whammy bar to the fullest in a 1-hour-39-minute exploration of this amazing guitar accessory. Some of the coolest sound effects in guitar history come from using a whammy bar. Many guitars come equipped, but guitar players often avoid using them, or are very limited in what they can do with their trem. <br /><br />Section 1, Open String Techniques includes lessons on proper muting techniques, thunderous open string dives and more.<br /><br />Continuing with an EASY approach, the tutorials in Section 2 introduces Harmonics, giving you screaming sound effects which can be applied to vibrato, climbs and dives.<br /><br />Section 3 introduces Fretted Whammy Bar Techniques—From simple 1 note applications, to use of scales and chords—hammer ons and pull offs, playing in key, slides, artificial harmonics, bend techniques, sirens, hot rod/motorcycle sound effects and much more.<br /><br /><strong>EASY WHAMMY BAR GUITARS<br /></strong><br /><br />Throughout the <em>Easy Whammy Bar Guitar </em>DVD, Mark's main guitar is an Epiphone Futura Prophecy Custom FX equipped with a Floyd Rose, locking tremolo system. Other guitars featured include an Epiphone Casino equipped with a Bigsby, a Jimi Hendrix Signature featuring a vintage fulcrum tremolo, a Steinberger ZT3 with Trans Trem and the cover guitar, a Gibson Les Paul Axcess with a Floyd Rose tremolo and locking nut.<br /><br />ABOUT THE SERIES:<br />The MJS Easy Guitar and Bass Guitar DVD series cover a wide range of lesson topics like scales, chords, theory, tricks and genre-specific playing styles.
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