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Thread started 01/31/20 11:19am

thebanishedone

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Was Prince underrated when it comes to use if whammy bar

I know some Prince fans didn't kike the inclusion of whammy bar on his guitars,but to me whammy bar was a breathe of fresh air after stale unispired arave era.at the begining Princes whammy bar was left t9 be desired but soon he found his own style of using whammy bar.What do you think of his whammy bar use?
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Reply #1 posted 01/31/20 12:22pm

nayroo2002

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"My own super humble opinion disclaimer"

It was neccessary for some studio recordings, but extrememly overstated live.

Especially @ the Superbowl.

He could bend the notes much more effectively by finger.

yoda

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Reply #2 posted 01/31/20 5:54pm

RJOrion

he was great at all aspects of guitar playing, but nothing out of the ordinary have i ever noticed on the whammy bar... that said, i havent seen all his performances..but over the years, ive seen alot of rock guys get real busy with it
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Reply #3 posted 02/01/20 3:22am

droppingdishes

I'm just here to say that you should really double-check your typing when posting.

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Reply #4 posted 02/01/20 7:34am

thebanishedone

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nayroo2002 said:

"My own super humble opinion disclaimer"



It was neccessary for some studio recordings, but extrememly overstated live.


Especially @ the Superbowl.



He could bend the notes much more effectively by finger.



yoda


U know he used whammy to create dive bombs not to replace funger vibrato
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Reply #5 posted 02/02/20 3:55pm

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It's probably the least interesting least proficient part of his playing that he overdid later on. He used it like a cheesy-look-at-me-play-geeta-like-a-rock-god bullshit.
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