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Les Pauls are not made with a whammy bar in mind. They do not have the right bridge. You would need to modify the bridge and drill holes in the back of your LP to get a decent whammy bar fitted.

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1) its spelt whammy bar x

2)A whammy bar, tremolo arm/bar, or vibrato arm/bar is a component of a guitar, used to add vibrato to the sound by changing the tension of the strings, typically at the bridge or tailpiece. The whammy bar enables the player to quickly vary the tension and sometimes the length of the strings temporarily, changing the pitch to create a vibrato, portamento or pitch bend effect.

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yes Bronze series and all the other kinds that don't theres two ways.

first is buying one you mount on such as Bigsby or Kahler

second if you have lots of money or are good with tools is to get one installed such as a Floyd rose kind.

than a quick whammy bar lesson if you're new to it

bigsby can't go down, its used by such artists as Angus Young on some of his Gibson SG's. Others like it are on Fender guitars which are "limited" to only down.

Kahler like Kerry King and Judas Priest , they go up and down the plus side is they mount on top of the guitar so little to no work is needed.

Floyd rose are the best people will argue, they go up and down but have better tuning stabillity. To install one you need to remove wood from the guitar and so on, its an expensive process.

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firstly if your guitar doesnt have a whammy bar(aka a tremolo system) already installed then getting one in there may be a bit tough for certain Guitars. if you own a les paul for example then you could, in fact install a Bigsby tremolo system but it would require permanant modifications that should be considered before they are done(i.e. drilling quarter inch holes on the front). however if you have a guitar with a standard tremolo system already installed( like a fender stratocaster style) the n it might be possible to install a wilkinson* tremolo system. hope this helps. and remember that a tremolo system is also part of your bridge so you must measure properly or get a professional too do it.-Kyse

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The "whammy" is a short bar attached to the tremolo unit generally installed behind or on the bridge. It is used to pitch the notes up or down, but it is normally used for vibrato / tremolo.

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