GUITAR SHOWCASE 2023: The whammy bar, or the vibrato arm, comes in many different guises, each with its own unique way of altering the pitch of your guitar strings. The Vibrola system designed by Doc ...

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Back in 2016, Australian startup Fomofx launched a digital whammy bar called the Virtual Jeff that could be mounted to just about any guitar, without having to modify the host instrument. Now the ...

If you're looking to divebomb and squeal like Steve Vai or Joe Satriani, but your vintage guitar doesn't have a vibrato system, you could avoid losing chunks of tonewood by installing a top mount ...

Guitar enthusiasts know that whammy bars are a lot of fun to use, but often a real pain to maintain. Unless your axe is equipped with some extra (read: pricey) bells and whistles, heavy usage of solo ...

Following yesterday's release of Harmonix's Guitar Hero II on Xbox 360, various message board denizens claim to be experiencing problems with the included X-Plorer guitar controller. Specifically, ...

My love of the new Guitar Hero X-plorer controller for the Xbox 360 was short-lived, and it's only getting worse. While I originally thought that my whammy bar was unresponsive because it just needed ...

The Internet has been all aflutter with news of defective whammy bars ever since the 360 Guitar Hero 2 release. This is the only time I've ever wanted to have a defective piece of hardware, just so I ...