The ULTIMATE Whammy Bar | Virtual Jeff PRO Digital Whammy Bar

[@allendean9807]

I know what Morello is getting for Christmas…..

[@jeffarab4947]

Hahahahahaha

[@mikepoirier2492]

And Satch...

[@pripyat.sadboi8092]

Herman Li

[@MaximoAmaya]

Jack White and Matt Bellamy

[@johnhareiel5118]

I thought this was Morello

[@douga8296]

Any equipment demo where "Sleepwalk" is played...automatically awesome.

[@Tommaso_II]

Is sleepwalk the song at the beginning? If it is, who is it by because I love it.

[@douga8296]

@@Tommaso_II Sleepwalk is the tune around 7:30. It's by Santo and Johnny.

[@johnhareiel5118]

Watch Labamba. It's all through that movie

[@Tommaso_II]

@@douga8296 eh to be honest it's boring compared to the first lick.

[@alexandert696]

Imagine if guitars came stock equipped with this effect in the future!

[@greysuit17]

Eh

[@bPcrazydave]

I tried to imagine, I’m just not seeing it. Seems to me it would be much simpler and cheaper to just get a guitar with a trem, and plug straight into your amp.

[@judgegroovyman]

I bet some will someday.

[@georgemeller4074]

If not for the clunky external connections, I'd imagine that it would be pretty awesome. But, I guess that's the actual appeal of wireless tech. I can't help but feel like the Fishman Triple Play is too strong of a competitor to this, though.

[@ShawnJonesHellion]

​@@bPcrazydave terms suck an pop an detune strings

[@RobertFisher1969]

Very cool. I wish they sold just the bar as a regular expression device. Not only so that I could just plug it into my smaller footprint EHX Pitchfork, but it could be fun to be able to control all kinds of different parameters with a bar.

[@pd4165]

An extra 1/4 jack on the back of the floor unit (+ a bit of software) would do it! There's upside in this! (I've thought of quite a few potential developments in about two minutes - I'm not giving them away for free!)

[@RobertFisher1969]

@@pd4165 That’d be better than not having it, but I really want the option to not have an extra box on the floor. Maybe that’s no possible, but it seems doable.

[@peterwalker7862]

@@RobertFisher1969 Hi Robert, sorry about the box on the floor... but there's a serious DSP and a lot of circuitry required to get low-latency pitch-shift with >100dB dynamic range. The good news: There's a MIDI output on the back of the VJP controller. This outputs 14bit high resolution pitch data that can drive most MIDI-capable effects units - not just for pitch but also for filters, delays etc. Cheers..... Peter

[@RobertFisher1969]

@@peterwalker7862 Of course I understand the floor unit is needed for the pitch shifting. No complaints about that. (And it does seem very good at that, too.) So, you’re saying the controller’s MIDI output can be used without the floor unit? That is good news! If it also had a control voltage out that could be used directly with pedals that don’t support MIDI but have an expression jack, that would be even better, though.

[@gregclagett4312]

There’s still about 50 sounds & adjustments that a Floyd Rose can do that NONE of the digital trems can’t. But I dig the lack of tuning issues especially when using a Strat. And using one on a Les Paul is fun. I’m a studio lead guitarist and I often tour with with 1/3rd of the bands I play for in the studio. I’ve been blessed to have been able to make a living playing professionally for 35 years since I was 17. I have a Jeff Pro and an older Roland digital tremolo, but neither is studio friendly. I have used the JP live on my Les Paul for two songs when I first demoed the one sent to me. My main guitar is an Ibanez Premium w/a Floyd Rose and I use a ESP LTD with a Les Paul type Bridge. My two digital trems stay at home in my home studio gathering dust.

[@gregclagett4312]

Your demonstration was great. And you were spot on pointing out that if you’re used to a floating trem system, it does take some getting used to the “feel” of the Jeff Pro especially when you’re used to the tension of a Rose to judge or feel how many steps you’re looking to achieve, or to know exactly how to hit the bar to get that “growl”. After knowing how to adjust the floating trems to suit me and using them for much of my professional career, I don’t think I’ll ever change to a digital tremolo system. But I really enjoyed your demo video and I love your Jake ‘E’ Lee Charvel. I had one that the headstock broke pulling off the low E & A machineheads. Never could get it fixed, and even after putting a new neck on it, it was never the same.

[@johnmallios551]

@@gregclagett4312you may not answer this but it’s ok. I’m a Floyd rose guy and I’m thinking about modifying a bunch of my guitars with Floyd roses (a Flying V that’s string through, a fender Strat that has a rail tail in it now, and an esp eclipse with a stop tail piece.) Do you think I should just modify those bridges with Floyd roses or just get one of these that I could literally just attach any time?

[@KenDWebber]

They're studio friendly in my studio?! I love the Jeff Pro so much better that I am getting rid of all my Floyd Rose guitars (with the exception of the Schecter I have that also has a Sustainiac pickup). I do a lot more than what the Floyd can do with my Jeff.

[@ZackSeifMusic]

This definitely seems like a step in the right direction for pitch manipulation guitar effects! Sounds pretty solid.

[@googaboogaloo]

I love that Jake e Lee signature charvel. My parts guitar is based off of it but I only have a neck and bridge pickup and I have my bridge humbucker wired with split coil.

[@TWTexasA1]

It really doesn’t matter what device he’s demonstrating I just watch RJ’s video to see him play..he can play so many styles and there all incredible…👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@nj1255]

This would be perfect for multi-scale instruments and also to combine with a Evertune bridge!

[@Gellert]

Evertune sells Fender Teles and hardtail Strats on their site. I was thinking the same thing.

[@ShadowLancer128]

@@Gellert I can't believe I'm finding out about this thing a year later this is f**king AWESOME!!!!!

[@christophersuzara4483]

This is the most revolutionary in vibrato tech since EVH’s And Steinberger’s! Wow!!!

[@BrettKingman]

That was a brilliant demo, R.J. I know there's a lot to cover and convey with this one because I have one here too. You did it so well and so musically. Cheers.

[@RJRonquillo]

Thanks Brett!

[@madguitrst]

Thanks for this - you've done by FAR the best demo I've seen. Others simply tried to compare the Virtual Jeff to a regular whammy bar, while you not only did that, but MUCH more importantly the creative ways it can be used, which really makes it something inspirational Thanks again...liked and subscribed!

[@TristanL585]

It cost $500 though

[@Wilco1972]

The number of times in this video where RJ did extreme bends and I just felt that a string was gonna snap... lol

[@christianboddum8783]

Keeping the original setup and tone of the guitar intact, no intonation and tuning issues, no heavy mechanical stress equals less wear out, are very strong points. The power chord, meh for live use. very interesting product for sure!!

[@DavidOnTheRoadGuitars]

I love how he explains everything that all the other demo people don't cover. Amazing videos

[@DavidOnTheRoadGuitars]

I'm here two years later and finally bought one, excited to see how it works. Still, this is one of the most informative videos I've seen on the product.

[@gearmaestro]

I really like the B-bender type of effect that you did at 10:40. That has a lot of possibilities, but I would probably buy this unit just for the virtual capo feature. Especially for the reason that you can capo down. No regular capo can do that.

[@LiebsterFeind]

Brilliant idea! I love my whammy guitar but dread the tuning issues and changing. One correctinon at 1:40. I looked closely at the picture and that man does indeed have a head, unlike Ichabod Crane.

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Frikkin rad!!! I just want to live inside these bends 10:39

[@Mr.Goldbar]

will definitely buy it for my hardtail guitars

[@KenDWebber]

The Ampero switch I ordered came in today and I can't wait to play around with it using the Virtual Jeff Pro. This is THE BEST pedal ever!

[@russellzauner]

*chuckles in Peavey AT-200* *laughs in Anteres DSP* But this solution is elegant and stylish - pretty cool. Good job on the builders. Also, I already placed an order for the MRG Studio baritone that you demo'd the other day and I cannot wait for it to get here. That thing is burly af and I can already feel it in my ears. It's literally the first new guitar I've ever bought. I have a *lot* of instruments but I, again literally, never buy new if I can give an old hero a home... it was *your* demo that finally had me cave in and get something not only new but crafted in a factory I have never touched *any* instrument from. You run great demos. Thanks for producing and publishing useful content for enthusiastic humans.

[@guyfeldman4404]

Probably the best demo of this unit I've seen....I can def see myself using it for Virtual capo and subtle old-school vibrato. Probably going to be hard to get hold of and cost an arm and a leg here in South Africa...

[@BuddyBlues]

11:41 sounded glorious! Excellent demo as always dude

[@KevinFontana]

Was is weird having the pitch change without the corresponding change in string tension? Or hearing the string noise being a different pitch? Did it take much adjustment to get used to the 'feel' of it? Looks like it could really open up some interesting sounds and licks. Pedal steel replacement ;-)

[@RJRonquillo]

The feel took a little getting used to, and each interval setting is going to "feel" different.

[@Raydoesitintime]

Just have both😉

[@aaronthompson1280]

Very cool but think I'd rather have it in an expression pedal than trem arm although I get the limitations of that. Having to mount and only being able to use it on one guitar would be a deal breaker for me.

[@funfreq9282]

Or make it so you can use either one for those of us that have a good expression pedal already! It's hard to tell what type of cable is being used on the bar attachment. If it's a mini TRS then it will be real easy to just use an 1/8th to 1/4 adaptor.

[@RJRonquillo]

Something I failed to mention is that the controller slides into a plastic bracket which is mounted via double sided tape. The unit came with 2 brackets so I can use the controller with 2 guitars. I'm assuming there's a way to order more brackets so you could probably use it on all your guitars.

[@funfreq9282]

@@RJRonquillo What about the cable that plugs into the controller, what type of connector is used?

[@RJRonquillo]

@@funfreq9282 It's like an 1/8in headphone jack, but I'm not sure if it's something different internally.

[@frankb5728]

@@funfreq9282 It's probably the same wiring as an expression pedal, a potentiometer, in a different form factor. I'm surprised I've never seen this around, I've seen wearable rings that work as expression pedals but never an actual whammy bar.

[@stevelucero9047]

If this thing had settings that could isolate the effect to individual strings... like a B-Bender it would be amazing....

[@fomofx]

Thanks RJ! We’re so excited to see VJ PRO in action on your channel. 🔥

[@davebishopcomedy]

Great innovation

[@bassboy8910]

great video, great player and I learned a lot from this demo. For comments that said it lacked doing certain things- I can only remind players that no pedal or product does EVERYTHING. But this one is amazing!

[@jreagle58]

I dunno if it's a game changer but it's sure as heck an amazing piece of gear. In addition to the trem features, a gigging musician doesn't have to tote baritones or other guitars tuned down or have to fiddle with tuning down (or up) in the middle of a set. Now here's another idea, for slide guitarists You can change your open tuning with ease.

[@pnut3844able]

True true

[@chrisfrostmusic3423]

REALLY decent demo. I started watching this asking myself if I need one, now I want one

[@cancelbubble6535]

Brilliant piece of gear and demo. Only concern I would have would be mounting it on a nitro finish.

[@DamienDalton]

Man you could have so much fun with this. Very innovative!

[@eloann]

Interesting concept, plus that sound better than most pitch shift effects I've head.

[@RobTackettCovers]

I made a comment a while back in regard to guitar modelers like the Variax as well as Roland guitar modeling tech, and said these guitars should all be hardtail guitars with a virtual whammy on them that works just like a Floyd or a good whammy....glad to see someone had the same or similar thoughts and had the technical knowledge to make it happen!

[@billknudson7895]

Excellent demo! You had me at “Sleepwalk”, but the bass line from Stevie Wonder’s “I Wish” sealed the deal. Just ordered mine.

[@blam3329]

I just ordered mine today. It would be really cool if there was a discrete "lock" switch on the guitar-side unit that allowed it to be used like a Steinberger without needing to stomp a floor box.

[@denselman]

Genius idea

[@hrosemd]

Couple it with a guitar with an Evertune. That would be a cool idea.

[@honkytonkinson9787]

That’s really cool. Can you isolate strings with it, like drop D only, or make your guitar sort of a B bender? Can it be an octave pedal?

[@markkeneson6806]

Yes, or mimic pedal steel effects, where multiple strings are changing in pitch simultaneously, but not necessarily in the same direction or to the same number of steps.

[@honkytonkinson9787]

@@markkeneson6806 that’s really a cool effect!

[@markkeneson6806]

@@honkytonkinson9787 I should not have said yes in my above post, as I see now that it appears that I was answering your question. I meant Yes, I want to know if it can do that too. Sorry for the confusion.

[@honkytonkinson9787]

@@markkeneson6806 ah, well maybe someone else will fill us in. I’ve been wanting to get a digitech whammy again, but this might be better if it’s about the same price. (I had an original wh-1 in the 90s and sold it because I couldn’t figure out how to use it)

[@markkeneson6806]

@@honkytonkinson9787 I think it might require a hexaphonic pickup(either the Roland style or piezoelectric saddles) to be able to affect Individual strings differently like we would like.

[@f.d.english5080]

I made a simple one of these with a pot and spring and bar. I stuck it where a whammy bar would be. It works wah wah tone effects. Fun to

[@Legionary512]

Thanks for using good adjectives and describing the physical layout. I'm blind so this helps a ton. Earned my sub :)

[@MajRatbag]

I would like to see the guitar signal go into the whammy bar unit and from there out to the stomp box so there is only one cable from the guitar. The wireless setup kind of accomplishes that but will require endless batteries or recharging. Sounds great though.

[@EDEN-LIMINAL]

Sleepwalk for the win. Sounds awesome, great presentation.

[@AzSamad]

Wow, I haven’t had a strong desire for a piece of gear for such a long time and this appears. Crazy sounds!

[@KlasicRock]

🤯🤯🤯🤯 awesome playing @ the intro whammy wow

[@ResponseAudio]

That's amazing! Great demonstration of how it works! THANKS! And, I even giggled a little at "headless guitar guru, Ned Steinberger".

[@277southtombob]

This would be great on a stop or string through that you just didn’t want to modify. It seems like the tracking on these type of effects have really improved. I’ve had different foot operated ones over the years and it used to be pretty bad and would jump.

[@micah_noel]

I think the capo feature is something I could find useful. I would want to try it on one of my custom fiddles but I’m afraid that the acoustic sound, while not nearly as loud as a standard acoustic violin, would be too loud to be able to use it without having in-ear monitors cranked up loud. Even an electric guitar puts out enough volume to require louder monitoring than I would normally use to be able to hear the processed pitch shifting over the sound of the strings.

[@AlexVonCrank]

And that, KZbinrs, is how a demo is done!!

[@edwardjons8684]

this thing is a gamechanger… very impressed. they are gonna sell a tonne of these. I’m in. Hope they djip to thr uk.

[@michaeladamcaira9174]

Thats an outstanding piece of equipment R.J thanks

[@Terry3Gs]

Awesome demo & interesting product !!

[@steve_one]

Could I just take the floor unit to use at gigs without the tremolo unit? (ie) just to use to detune my guitar with the virtual capo? I suppose I'm really asking if the unit V-capo works without the tremolo unit being plugged in. If so this would help my vocals to sing songs that are too high for my range without having to learn songs in different keys. Meanwhile, I appreciate your reply. Many Thanks 🙂

[@jjemsnd7]

Thanks for that, definitely one of those in my future. I really like the dual mode example that was a really cool sound. Not a big whammy bar user I just use it to shimmer some cords It looks like it'll do that too. Again thanks great demo

[@jorgetenamusic]

Oh man love it! Great demo R.J.

[@MrNihilist74]

Awesome idea. I would like the same idea for a wah-wah effect too. Use the digital tremolo bar to control a wah-wah effect. 499$ I would just buy another guitar with Floyd rose for less than that.

[@jarexxsuvexx8212]

Since none of the major musical product merchant here in the USA carry this product i am incline to believe the product may have some major flaws that they feel it's not worth the risk stocking. additionally i tried to access the manufacturers website and safari browser wouldn't grant access due to too many redirects(this is usually indicative of a website load with all kind of privacy related tracking and data collecting tools).

[@riccardofioretti9743]

That's some cool & suppa fun stuff for sure. Enjoy R.J. 🤟🏻

[@o.w.dobbins6927]

Great demo!! Very intuitive on your part….. got to get one of these!

[@JoeR203]

So it's like a pitch wheel on a keyboard/synth. Now I won't have to buy a Les Paul with a tremolo. 😀 Steve Vai would probably add this to his arsenal of effects.

[@johnhareiel5118]

Great, more albums full of cat dying noises.

[@gngrblls2thwall]

Honestly, the main appeal to me is that you can use it in the middle of a song and your guitar won’t be out of tune for the remainder of the song.

[@brad-guitar-miller813]

very cool effect. I can see lots of 5150 in the future!

[@ajdumapias8319]

Imagine this with a sustainiac pick up haha that is something i really want to try someday

[@csgband]

Excellent video, I’m sold. I just ordered one. Thanks

[@Darjia]

Very cool thanks for the demo!!!

[@Nieves1313]

Holy hell!!! Awesome!!!

[@picksalot1]

Cool. I'd like to hear some Jeff Beck inspired playing to see how well it does.

[@estabanb55]

Who ever made this is awesome, now your strings won't go out of tune 😊

[@designzem]

Would love to hear you play some EVH songs to hear what it sounds like with dive bombs. Actually it would be cool to hear you demo it playing Summer Nights like Eddie did with the Steinberger trans trim.

[@jackkramer1553]

What is the song at 7:30 it's from the doowop era but I forgot the name...

[@jakemixd]

Great video as always RJ. How’s the latency compare to digitech’s Drop?

[@RJRonquillo]

Just as good, if not better.

[@noluckclub]

i just got an ad for this...and over the last year I've picked up a Steinberger, a Schecter Diamond Damien-7 with Floyd Rose, and a Gretsch Streamliner for a Bigsby...didn't realize this was a thing lol. I have seen that Bigsby pedal though...anyone know how that is? But most importantly, is there tab or a tutorial on that Sleepwalk cover? That was wonderful

[@ze-ce.cra_]

Like keyboard pitch bend wheel only in shape of a whammy bar, also sounds like the program being used is digitech whammy

[@javiceres]

Really solid. Very well thought out and executed. 👌🏼😎

[@johnw5734]

I like it. Half my guitars are wammyless and this gives my an option.

[@jeffarab4947]

This is pretty sic I like it too

[@simonpsychosis2812]

Oh, don't mind me- that's just the sound of my JAW HITTING THE FLOOR. Wow.

[@ScottyBrockway]

Lovin the Jake E Lee!

[@jfo3000]

Jake is badass! As is his guitar!

[@kevinmcguinness1113]

Nice demo, thanks. Cool device. Very similar functionality to a Digitech Whammy DT plus a bit more. Polyphonic tracking sounds very good. Would love to see it small enough to squeeze into a routed cavity on a guitar 😁. $500 is pricey (plus shipping, plus 20% import duty into the UK), but I would consider putting it on my next project guitar, which could potentially allow me to lose the ~$300 cost of a high-end trem system. Do you know does FOMO have a reseller in the UK ?

[@SSSnake420]

8:55 This sounds like a song off of Breakfast In America by Supertramp

[@jamesmurry5910]

Cool Shirt!!

[@jamproject9]

Killer demo

[@GhettoFrosty]

This is the most significant guitar accessory since the Floyd Rose, wait till Steve Vai gets one lol

[@leightnite3056]

Pretty slick!

[@williamholcomb8645]

sleepwalk sounded awesome with this 8:02

[@chrisnairn3658]

AWSOME! Thanks for the video.

[@billknudson7895]

R.J., what effects and amp are you playing through? Great tone.

[@BenCoombs]

This is a very cool piece of gear!!

[@hanskung3278]

So is there any tension on the bar? Resistance when pushing down or up?

[@RobertDorschel]

Your vid here sold me on this pedal.

[@cachavez7]

For $500 I would rather just buy a new guitar with a whammy.

[@FriesinNF]

Buy it, make a no. 1 hit and you earn 500 per hour! 😜🤡

[@johnhareiel5118]

Now you know they only give hits to the Justin Biebers and Billie Ellish' these days

[@doogdoogdoogdoogdoogdoog]

Good luck bending up an octave 👍

[@cachavez7]

David Gilmour and many other guitarists did just fine without the need to. @@doogdoogdoogdoogdoogdoog

[@doogdoogdoogdoogdoogdoog]

@@cachavez7 lol what even is this argument?

[@licks4daysgslinger545]

This device is hard to get but a very useful tool in the toolbox. Cool.

[@thespectralights2072]

So do you have to remain seated for the performance so you don’t break that little cable plugged in?

[@maxmustardman298]

Wish they still make the transtrem. One cool piece of gear.

[@sonijam]

Love it. I'd like one of these set up in a more permanent way so I could just plug in my guitar without the extra cable, if that would even be possible.

[@MercutioUK2006]

That is amazing. Never knew I needed one until now o.0

[@Greenmachine305]

That thing is sick. Might be just the ticket to give my old SG new life.

[@francescacarcassi116]

It would be perfect if you could apply it to single stringsnso you can mimic drop d etc

[@klaussturh3445]

ja, because of David Torn I got me one of those Steinberger ZT-3 Guitars. Well, David did apologize, for that video he had not properly calibrated the TransTrem - but one can do so! Advantage of the TransTrem is, you won't get irritated when playing at low volume, without headphones.

[@createlovehappy]

Cool Stevie wonder lick

[@johnlewis8527]

Absolutely cool