Digitech Whammy vs Floyd Trem

TINMAN82

I know they won’t sound exactly the same but will the Whammy pedal emulate Floyd Rose style tremolo effects, dive bombing etc close enough to pull off a bit of Van Halen, Pantera and Satriani? 

Only other option is to buy a Floyd equipped guitar for a handful of songs which seems like overkill.

Yamaha77

Try a ricochet if you want a smaller footprint. You can adjust the ramp up or down speed or instant for pitch shifting

TINMAN82

Yamaha77 said:

Try a ricochet if you want a smaller footprint. You can adjust the ramp up or down speed or instant for pitch shifting

Don’t mind the larger unit- my main query is whether the pedal can emulate a locking tremolo well enough to blag a few EVH and Satriani classics

english_bob

Tracking of multiple notes isn't very good on the Whammy- you may end up sounding more like Tom Morello than Eddie Van Halen.

For single string dive bombs or pull-ups a Whammy pedal might work, but you might get close enough with any Strat style guitar with a wiggle stick. It's easy enough to fool the ear in to thinking it's heard a bigger bend than it did.

ICBM

TINMAN82 said:

Don’t mind the larger unit- my main query is whether the pedal can emulate a locking tremolo well enough to blag a few EVH and Satriani classics

Just about, in a band context where all you really want is an obvious pitch dive.

viz

You can but it works even better if you put a spring in it so you can stamp on it and let go, just like a whammy bar

JMP220478

look at the boss ps6  - can do a number of pitch bend emulations up n down  - satch n vai n eddie ish ... 

plus it does a lot more for less footprint ...

TINMAN82

JMP220478 said:

look at the boss ps6  - can do a number of pitch bend emulations up n down  - satch n vai n eddie ish ... 

plus it does a lot more for less footprint ...

Good call, thanks. Have one of these incoming and will report back. I reckon even if it doesn’t emulate a whammy bar well enough (hoping an expression pedal hooked up to it might help) the harmonies will be cool for Queen and Thin Lizzy covers.