The Wonderful World Of Whammy & Pitch Shifting [A Very Basic Intro]

The world’s favourite pitch shifter gets Dan and Mick’d. Oh dear…

Welcome to the show! Get ready for 45 minutes of Dan being genuinely enthusiastic and me wanting the end to come with vengeance and burning hellfire.
The mental states of two middle-aged men notwithstanding, The Digitech Whammy is without question among the all-time classic guitar pedals, put to immense effect via artists as diverse as Tom Morello, John Scofield and Jack White. Its genre-defining pitch shifting initially delivered a glitchy, badly-tracking mess and while the ensuing years have brought a quantum leap in processing power, it is that idiosyncratically unnatural sound of the Whammy that has won it such a vast legion of devoted users.
With that in mind, we we start with a basic introduction to the Whammy before discussing some other ways to introduce real-time pitch shifting to your tones.

Enjoy the show…

Pedals & stuff in today’s episode
• The Gigrig Three2One
https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one

• TC Electronic Polytune 3 Noir
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• ZVEX Box Of Rock
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• Digitech Whammy Ricochet
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Australia: http://bit.ly/3n4skpl
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQ4Ne3

• GameChanger Audio Bigsby
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Australia: http://bit.ly/40jOCS7
USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/3eA0Od

• Digitech Whammy
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• Eventide H9
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• Strymon Timeline
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• Mission Engineering TGR-1 Expression Pedal
https://shop.thegigrig.com/tgr-1-expr...

• The Gigrig QMX6
https://www.thegigrig.com/quartermaster

The Gigrig Humdinger
https://www.thegigrig.com/humdinger

Interesting bits & go-to sections
0:00 Intro playing
0:57 What are we doing today?
2:20 Whammy then and now
4:10 Pitchshifting basics
7:38 Today’s amps
8:22 What does the Whammy do?
12:35 Mick tries Whammy
15:05 Minor & Major 3rd bends
17:18 Detune effect
21:12 Whammy Ricochet
24:13 Gamechanger Bigsby
34:22 Eventide H9
38:03 A normal delay pedal
40:50 All on? But of course…
43:35 Closing thoughts

Guitars in this video
• 1965 Fender Telecaster - Dan’s video here:    • Pimp Your Vintage Guitar? [Dan’s ‘65 ...  
• Gretsch G5422TG Electromatic - Mick’s video here:    • That Pedal Show – Our Guitars & Gear:...  

Amps in this episode
• Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb Reissue with Jensen C12-K speaker
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USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/21k077

• PRS HDRX 20 with Burt Custom 1x12 Celestion Alnico Cream
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