Looking for STRAIGHT whammy bar~~

[zozoe]

Hi all~~ does anyone make a totally straight bar whammy, without the bend that keeps it out if hands reach?
Thanks

 

[Chris Pile]

Re: Looking for STRAIGHT whammy bar~~

Can't think of one. You could have one bent to your specs....

 

[RorySquier]

Re: Looking for STRAIGHT whammy bar~~

This reminds me of Uli Jon Roth's whammy bar...it is straight as straight can be!

;>)/

 

[kramersteen]

Re: Looking for STRAIGHT whammy bar~~

I think there's a hank Marvin tgem bar thats straight.

 

[kramersteen]

Re: Looking for STRAIGHT whammy bar~~

https://www.easy-mute.co.uk/

 

[Aceman]

Re: Looking for STRAIGHT whammy bar~~

This sounds like a job for a shop vise.

 

[LLL]

Re: Looking for STRAIGHT whammy bar~~

This reminds me of Uli Jon Roth's whammy bar...it is straight as straight can be!

;>)/

Uli haz cheezeburger.

 

[StoRMiE]

Re: Looking for STRAIGHT whammy bar~~

"The flipstick"

 

[zozoe]

Re: Looking for STRAIGHT whammy bar~~

Hey all~~ it's hard to imagine, but I'm striking out at finding a Straight whammy bar, let alone one straight & in black. I don't have tools to attempt what others have suggested....thread & bend!! My daughter's hands are small & the bend in contemporary bars is out of her reach. With a vise, how hard is it to really bend one of these suckers? Luckily, I won't let my perfectionist Virgo ways get in the way, so 'as straight as possible' will have to do.
Thnx
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[Hsb]

Re: Looking for STRAIGHT whammy bar~~

Would the either of the bottom two work for you

https://www.ebay.com/itm/CARBON-FIBER-Guitar-whammy-bar-Tremolo-arm-straight-for-floyd-rose/273893719866?hash=item3fc5567f3a:g:kZQAAOSwHMJYGVQv

 

[PS412]

Re: Looking for STRAIGHT whammy bar~~

I don't know what metal is used in the making of whammy bars, but I wager most of them are crap.
If you bend it in a vise you are going to lose paint for sure and possibly snap it. If you bend it, go nice and slow, you don't want to accelerate the metal to fast. Let it rest a little between tightening and lay some heat to it.

 

[GuitarStv]

Re: Looking for STRAIGHT whammy bar~~

What kind of whammy? Push in or screw in? It should be possible to fabricate one that exactly matches what you're looking for either way, but you'll have to go about it differently.