To whammy or not to whammy, that is the question!

[Eternal Dragon]

Yikes, an EE who doesn't speak resonance? Sounds like trouble brewing...

Resonance is applicable to all disciplines of engineering as well as Physics... i.e., designing a power amplifier properly so you don't end up with an oscillator.

Electrical Engineering is the most broad of all engineering disciplines. It involves abstract thinking much more than any other discipline. As such, most EEs are able to delve into other disciplines much more easily. Our joke in uni was that 90% of the MEs were EE drop outs after their first Circuits course.

By the way,
<------- BSEE, Texas Tech University, 1994

Well, I may be jumping the gun a little. I havent graduated yet . I'm actually doing computer systems engineering, which is similar to the microelectronics course except its more computer orientated. And yeah, that first circuits course was a killer. I got through ok, but lots didnt and quite a few went to do IT after that, haha. So I'm in 2nd year, and I know stuff except in a very vague sorta way . It's better than nothing, although if I mentioned the word 'resonance' to most of my friends then they wouldnt have a clue what it actually is, so i'm doing better than most .

 

[Bryant]

i was just wondering if you guys were big time whammy bar users or not.

When I first got my ibanez, i was cranking up and down on that thing like there was not tomarrow, but as of late i have been using it less and less. So much to the point that i am thinking about buying a guitar with a hardtail.

You remind me of me. However, if you buy a hardtail, you will feel like you are missing something.

I don't like floating tremolas because I hate changing/tuning strings with fine tuners, so now I play my cheapo Ibanez Korean model as often as my Vandenberg with the Floyd. My guitar doesn't detune often and a string change takes 15 minutes. Maybe you should consider a standard tremola with no locking tuners. You can still get higher quality guitars with that set-up.


Bryant