steinberger whammy bar

Does this help?

That's where I thought it goes. There is a hole there that the whammy bar fits in, but it doesn't affect the sound at all.

edit: I'm looking at the musicyo.com homepage and it looks like I am putting it in the right spot, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything. How are the whammy bars on these guitars supposed to work?

check the inside of the guitar. thats usaly the problem. and are you using it right(don't take that offensively)

You should be able to push and or pull it not to hard or you'll break it to affect the sound.

I don't think that this guitar is supposed to have a whammy bar. Or there are pieces missing.

Am I supposed to rotate the bar? Because there isn't any tension.

Nope. You literally push it down towards the body.

Think of the guitar strapped on in playing position: you push the bar in towards your body. It will then return whence it came under mild spring pressure. On a Steinberger, you should be able to push it in as hard as you like and it should return perfectly in tune. Well, that's the theory anyway ;-)

and we all know how theorys turn out.Think of the guitar strapped on in playing position: you push the bar in towards your body. It will then return whence it came under mild spring pressure. On a Steinberger, you should be able to push it in as hard as you like and it should return perfectly in tune. Well, that's the theory anyway .

Check underneath the back of the bridge to make sure the trem-lock is not engaged. If it is, you won't be able to whammy!