Originally Posted by: SuperhumanI've always loved the whammy bar ever since I heard Slayer's 'Reign in Blood' and Nocturnus's 'The Key' - so I started with the floating bridge and have never looked back. Takes a little while to get used to and about twice as long to change a set of strings and tune up but the benefits far out weigh the difficulties IMO. I would never buy a guitar now with a fixed bridge but that's just me, I'm too used to having it there - probably use it every time I play lead now.

My favorite use of the whammy has to be anythng King Diamond/Mercyful Fate related. I do think it would be a good tool in my arsenal to have, yet I have no clue how to use a whammy bar honestly. I did end up buying an Ibanez GRG170DXBKN RG Series E guitar. It has two humbuckers and one single coil, and a trem system, but I heard the tremolo system is the only bad part and comes out of tune easily. I figure all I'd have to do for that is tighten the strings in the back.