The Whammy pedal is a digital effects pedal designed for guitar and manufactured by DigiTech. The Whammy was the first widely known effects pedal that could do foot controlled pitch shifting effects. The pedal emulates sounds that a guitarist normally makes using the vibrato (AKA whammy) bar on the guitar, but with a greatly enhanced pitch range and without tuning hassles associated with traditional vibrato bars. The pedal has minor issues in certain situations that produce audible digital artifacts in the audio signal. Notable users include David Gilmour, Jonny Greenwood, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Joe Perry, Dimebag Darrell, Tom Morello, The Edge, Jack White and Matt Bellamy.
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