Bad habit or not?

**ETNY101** · Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 32

I whammy similar to Danny "Phenom" Johnson, but like I want to try different ways because when I do whammy short sustained star power notes I have to strum awkwardly. Any other ways on holding/whammying? Please and thanks. By the way sorry for all the posts xD I ask a lot of questions.
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**directshot999** · Joined: 16 Oct 2007 Posts: 3838 Location: Birmingham, AL

**ETNY101** · Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 32

I'm actually thinking on using my xplorer guitar because the les paul is acting up. The blue SOMETIMES misses or something or the guitar overstrums. PLUS I trust corded things more because they respond better. The only problem with the xplorer is that it has a very small select (back) button and I activate SP with the select button I never tilt. So what should I do?
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**1PARTYBOY1** · Joined: 26 Aug 2008 Posts: 322 Location: Florida

**ETNY101** · Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 32

LMAO omg that is welfare xD. I think I want to try another method please lol. Thanks though. :] Anyone else?
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**smokyprogg** · Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 2418

If you want to have any shot at high scores do not whammy like Phenom. He misses so much whammy it is hilarious.

Now for a shameless plug.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IidJOVrnEs

This is probably the best whammying technique.
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**AlderDragon** · Joined: 23 Feb 2009 Posts: 258 Location: PA

**ETNY101** · Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 32

**ETNY101** · Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 32

Can anyone tell me how he whammy's? I can hardly see it
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**Matt276** · Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 1242 Location: Princeton, NJ

Here's how I do it. Normally, my thumb sits on top of the strum bar, and my other fingers curl below the strum bar. When an SP hold comes, I move all four fingers from their curled position below the strum bar to a straightened position on top of the whammy bar. This makes it so that my fingers are ready to whammy, but I don't push the whammy bar down at all up to this point. Then I downstrum the SP hold with my thumb and immediately whammy with my other fingers. The whole thing is a very quick motion. In a split second, my fingers fly out to the top of the whammy bar, I strum, and I push the whammy bar down.

Advantages of this: You'll get all the whammy from the hold, and you don't have to change your normal position (unlike some people who leave fingers permanently on the whammy bar)

Disadvantages of this: You have to downstrum every SP hold (not that bad of a disadvantage IMO, but it makes things tricky when an SP hold immediately follows a fast strumming burst)

By the way, I'm pretty sure smoky has better videos of himself whammying. I know I've seen them.
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**ETNY101** · Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 32

he whammys weird lol, the whole whammy between ring and pinky technique makes me over strum idk why. any other ideas?
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**JizzleWright** · Joined: 15 Jul 2008 Posts: 205 Location: UK

**ApE** · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:20 pm Post subject:

**ETNY101** · Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 32

What if it's a WT guitar, the whammy on that is huge. So how do I hold it with that? Because I'm at my cousin's house at the moment playing RB2 and yeah I love the WT guitar and all just don't know how I should hold the whammy for that since it's huge. Thanks :]
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**zeMONUMENTAL** · Joined: 02 Jul 2009 Posts: 58 Location: A Land Of Fiction

Not that i recommend it but since the spring in my whammy broke I found that i can whammy every sustain. I just stick the base of the bar between fingers 4 and 5 and strum down.