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The "whammy bar" goes by many other names as well: wham bar, wang bar, vibrato tailpiece, tremolo arm, Floyd, etc. (Although "Floyd" properly refers only to the "Locking Tremolo System" designed by Floyd Rose). The names come from manufacturers or from users.
Although some refer to this device as a "tremolo bar" or a "tremolo arm", the use of the word "tremolo" is misplaced. Tremolo refers to volume modulation. The term was originally used for instruments of the violin family. If a violinist's (or violist's or cellist's or bassist's) score is marked "tremolo", it means the player will rapidly move the bow back and forth across the string, resulting in a "trembling" sound.
"Vibrato", by contrast, is pitch modulation. Returning to the violin family: watch a violinist's left hand wiggle quickly while holding down a string. By moving her hand this way, the violinist is constantly and subtlely changing the pitch of the string. This makes the sound of the string very "wide" and "alive" -- more "vibrant."
The wham bar on the guitar changes the pitch of the gutar's strings. Therefore, it's properly referred to as a "vibrato" device, not a "tremolo" device.
You can use the whammy bar for anything from a subtle vibrato to a full on crazed dive bomb.
Is that finger vibrato, or is he using the whammy bar?
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When three good things happen at once.
Triple whammy: watching lion witch and the wardrobe, playing clue, and opening an unknown book at the same time.
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The noteworthy act of imbibing one bottle of red wine, one bottle of white whine, and one bottle of champagne, all in ONE sitting.
Holy Shit! Catie just finished off those three bottles of red wine, white wine, and champagne! She did it! She did a Triple Whammy!
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a two part difficulty, a dual disadvantage
The high cost of health care and his lack of medical insurance was a double whammy.
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A term used to describe one who has fallen from the Mormon religion and has transformed into a binge-drinking, womanizing heathen. Also a phoenetical expansion of the well-known abbreviation: Worst Mormon Ever. abbreviation W.M.E.
Joseph is a Whammy Mess.
That Whammy Mess is a marathon-running, red-bull drinking, grinding machine.
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this is where you go at 4am to get some badass grand slams and eggs over my hamy's. aka dennys
bro fuck its 4am im fungry, dude lets hit up egg whammys get some hash browns. oh fo sho!
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Buscami Whammy is when critically acclaimed actor Steve Buscemi deep dicks a woman. The phrase is most popularly associated with his role in movies, but is applicable and an accurate description to apply to his personal life as well. It may also be used to describe him 'destroying' a woman's vagina with his penis or making sweet, sweet love to them. This act can be applied to males as well, all though in this case it tends to be viewed as destroying the man's sphincter and thus is not usually a desired occurrence.
Did you see the first episode of Boardwalk Empire?
I did! Steve really gave that woman the good ol' Buscami Whammy.
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