Well thanks, really!!!

At first I did some of the standard dive bombs & got that out of my system!!!! Lol

Then I thought about guys like Brad Gillis & Vito Bratta......I think the fact that it stays in-tune no matter what you throw at it really helps too. Mine is set floating & I can pull it sharp too!

Resting my hand on it doesn't effect my rhythm playing or make it go sharp either.

I feel it really adds a lot more choices & sounds to my style too. A full new song is also in the works here to. I want to see what I can do next in the context of melodic song next.

I think anything that you can use for inspiration is a good thing!

Peace! X

Here is a cool floating whammy trick that Oz was doing back in the early 80's he was the first I ever heard do it. basically pushing down and letting it go to get the effect. starts @ 1:48

that whammy trick was first done by Brad Gillis as far as i know.

i saw him do that trick back in 1982 when he played with Ozzy.

here he is showing some of his whammy tricks (including that one at :43).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVr19RHA_e8

I think they call that trick the 'flutter.'

I don't know what specifically allows a tremolo system to do that, but not all of them are set up to allow it.

I have an Ibanez that does it really well; I just don't play it much. And surprisingly my Strat which doesn't even have a locking nut will also.

I'm like singtall in that I dismantled the tremolos from my guitars decades ago since I felt it had been overdone, and can be an easy crutch. However, I've heard things too that have me rethinking that.

My favorite example of musical tremolo playing is Alan Murphy's solo in Silent Running by Mike + the Mechanics.

i used to have my jackson set up with 2 springs in a v. fluttered like a mofo when i wanted it too.