How a Floyd Rose Tremolo Works on an Electric Guitar

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Part of the video series: Tips On How to Set Up a Guitar

Summary: Learn how a Floyd Rose Tremolo or whammy bar works from a professional guitar technician in this free guitar care video.

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By Tim Ambrosuis
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Tim Ambrosius is professional guitar technician and manager at Keller Music in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has been playing guitar for over 15 years and has worked as a professional...read more

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Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Tim Ambrosius. I'm a professional guitar technician. And, I'm going to explain to you how a Floyd Rose Tremolo works. This Floyd Rose is also known as a whammy bar, a Tremolo, some people have different names for it. What it is is a floating system. It's actually a balance. It's only anchored to the guitar by these two posts right here. What you have is a bunch of tension that is pulling this bridge forward from the strings. Now to counter that tension, there are springs underneath this plate back here anchored into the guitar. Now what they do, is they compensate for the pressure applied or pulled on the bridge from the strings. What you get is a floating system. It's gonna sit just like that flat with the guitar. But, you can push down on it and it will raise the pitch of the strings. Or, you can pull down on the whammy bar itself and lower the pitch of the strings. It's used a lot around music, a lot with soloing. Or, you know, some people bend full chords. You can use it pretty much however you like."

eHow Article: How a Floyd Rose Tremolo Works on an Electric Guitar