Flipstick Tremolo Arm by Phil X
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- Опубліковано 17 гру 2022
- Phil X introduces his invention, the Flipstick Tremolo Arm, and offers a song to illustrate its use, which Phil calls "Flippin' Out" ( • phil x "flippin' out" ... ). If you're paying attention, you will recognize a lick in Flippin' Out that Phil later used in the Triumph album Edge of Excess. Thanks to Phil for providing me the VHS copy from which this comes.
If the music by itself is not amazing enough, check out the video "Phil X - Flippin Out Guitar Lesson," which can be found here: • Phil X - Flippin Out G... - Спорт
This is better than any Spinal Tap moment!
Definitely gos to 11 !!
Nailed it
Life is more absurd than parody.
Im saying for a couple mins I didn't know if it was fake
I had no idea traditional whammy bars were causing that many problems in the world.
It was a terrible uprising against the TWB. The hip shot drop tuna, palm hanldle B bender, G bender....G and B bender for God's sake and now the flipstick. Pure insanity
World hunger, global warming, lost car keys. All due to traditional whammy bars.
Most are able to cope. Some can't.
They don't
I like how they do a whole jam track at the end and he doesn't even use it!!! LMAO!!!!
I was a stage manager for SXSW for many years and Phil and the Drills played my stage in 2014 and he was an absolute gentleman. Kenny Arnoff (also a total pro in every way!) was sitting in on drums which was a big treat as well. I rented them my drum kit for thier set and in the craziness Phil forgot to pay me the $75 rental fee. In the weeks following the show Phil wrote to tell me that had just landed the Bon Jovi gig and his first show with them was in Austin. He called me when he got in town, I met him and his guitar tech downtown before the show where he paid me and shook my hand. I was so impressed by his honorable action I spent every penny of that money buying us all a few rounds of drinks and he sat in with a local band and played in front of 10 people it was amazing. Phil is a true pro and man of his word and I will never forget it!
That must be the Canadian in him. He seems like an awesome guy...and such a unique player. Would love to catch a Drills show. Arnoff is also a MONSTER.
@@wizaxedPhil and The Drills with Kenny Arnoff was a killer set they blew the roof off that little patio stage!
@@wizaxed cringe
Who the hell is Phil
@@BeyondTigerMilk oh cool! I like to say “cringe” randomly and devoid of any meaning too. I also say things like, “awkward!” And “soooo…that just happened!” Thats cool we are so cool.
this was, and still is, the best SNL "guitar problems" skit ever!
I like the Polyphia riffs he's pulling off 30 years before Polyphia.
Lmao but he'd be just another "boomer" to that wanker with the bad haircut
bro you posted cringe
Yeah at about 1/3 tempo.
@@mezzafinook polyphia plays cringe
it's the Sham Wow of vib arms
Never seen him so calm n quiet.
he was a kid back then......way back.....🤣
Phil forgot to mention you can cast your guitar into Lake Ontario and catch oversized Big Mouth Bass with the Flipstick attached. I had one made for that exact reason... the red & white of the Frankenstrat attracts bass like crazy. The whammy bar was just too unpredictable.
Makes perfect sense... Big Mouth Bass you say? Good to know!
Dude I'm cryin!!!!!!
You'd more likely catch hepatitis and a shopping cart in that lake in the 80s.
Obviously the Flipstick didn't go over too big. In my 55 years of being a musician I have never even seen one, installed or not. Must have been a passing phase and it passed quickly.
It's a joke
@@einarabelc5 really? Not so sure about that 😅😂😂
Is it just me or is that guitar happy to see Phil lol
😂
@@michaelpalermo354 😂😂😂
Phil is on another level.
3:46 now I know where polyphia got there sound from
Ditto he was there years ago ! ( Probably some others as well but errierly similar! )
I played on the same early/mid 80’s Canadian club circuit as Phil and this was the thing he was known for for years. Apart from, obviously, his insane talent. In fact, a memory about this thing just occurred to me-I remember thinking that the ‘flip stick’ was a permanently installed item due to it being rigid (it looked permanent), and I wondered how he got it into a closed guitar case! 😂 In my defence, I’m a drummer and I was also a teenager at the time 😂
Hi Archie!!!!
You know me-sound guy .....
@@bonescheffel7795 hey brother!
Are you related to frank
@@GOOCHIElicker no but I’ve hear of him.
@@glengamble526 haha!
The 80s were a crazy time for electric guitar. Every guitar magazine (do the kids today know what magazines were?) Were full of "groundbreaking innovations" and solutions to things that were not really problems. The only thing that survived were Floyd Rose locking vibrato bridges and stratocasters with humbuckers. Maybe flatter radius fretboards...
There are still magazines, and yes kids know what magazines are. And if not that is on the adults for not taking them to book stores like Barnes & Nobles where they sell them.
Esp would like a word 🤣
I don’t have it for the shred but recently did a flat radius on my strat because I like the lower tighter action.
I've probably seen the Flippin' Out video a million times. But man, the full Flipstick video? This is some rare stuff!
Thanks man!
Sorry it took me so long to post it. I originally did the digital conversion of the "Flippin' Out" section for Phil after he gave me this tape, but it didn't occur to me until just a few days ago to post the whole thing.
AWESOME and great quality!!! Thank you for sharing!
This is hilarious!! love Phil X! He should do more skits like this!
This isn't a UA-cam skit. This is an actual commercial filmed to put in guitar player videos and stuff like that. This is what tv looked like before UA-cam.
Check out his Fretted Americana reviews!
@@auntjenifer7774 Lol, no it's not. This was made as a joke.
To solve Phil X's concern, I set up my Floyds (With the original screw-in bar) so that the bar gets caught pointing away from the strings outside the rear end.
So I always know where the bar is.
I can maneuver it while it's hanging over there or just give it a little push so it flips around back over the strings.
You get so familiar with it, you don't even need to look.
As soon as I'm done, I just give it a little tug and it goes lock itself up in the resting position.
Works amazing for me that way.
I'm sure Phil would dig it too...
And it looks better than the Flipstix, which is so odd looking.
This set-up only works with original FRs, not with the adjustment tightening screw system.
The piece at the end is so good! Love the music. Nice, very clean playing too.
I was just about to comment about that piece at the end, haha. Looked at my phone and saw your comment.
Sounds very Dregs-ish. /me = big fan of Steve Morse's work.
Old and great video with the late Randy Coven on bass, RIP
The 80s had the weirdest, craziest inventions that were supposed to to revolutionize guitar playing. Not too many made it past their first ad in Guitar Player.
But the nuttiest thing I ever saw were the drum sets where the shells were molded, stretched, and curved outward. Fn drummers....
Phil, as a guitarist and from anyone who talks about him as a person, has never fully gotten his just due. One turn of the A&R rep and he would’ve been a household name like some of the other not-as-talented players of his younger days.
Ok, wow.. this guy has always been an original!
Pretty awesome!
Omg who is this calm and relaxed dude lol great video Phil is awesome
Not to mention the saweeet knee kicks, fucking killer
I remember going to Phil's parents restaurant he used to hold Jam nights there and he would just flip that bar like crazy
This, the hipshot b bender and a regular b bender all on one guitar. Gold
Wow I’ve never seen this before! Thanks for sharing
Well that just revolutionized the market, didn't it! Lol I just love Phil!!!
Seen a few of Phil's videos. He's hilarious and very likable.
I love the goofy 80's editing in this 😂
Randy Coven Sammy says ouch! is an album Phil X was partially responsible for , great moment in 80s guitar
I was about to say that Phil and the flipstick were a standout on that great album.
@@osiruskat Phil wrote it but AL Pitrelli played on it, not sure about the logistics of why? on that one
I LOVE THIS
I totally remember Phil X,he reminded me of Ray Gomez meets EVH,hope hes living well and happy
That trem bar is a monstrosity. And thus Phil got banned from playing Strat/Superstrat guitars. So this answers the question why Phil now plays Gibson SG style guitars?
yep......the danger of him poking his eye out was just too great....
LMAO, oh shit, that's so funny and yet so true.
Claro!!! Pues….. OBVIÓ
I like older Phil X better than younger Phil X. 😂 The video, however, is out-freaking-standing! 🤣
I've got two words for you..."Wilkinson Convertible."
When you're not using it, the bar is completely out of the way of your knobs and switches, *and* it's locked into stoptail mode. When you want it, just swing it forward and it *instantly* converts to a floater. The second you let it go again, it *automatically* swings back out of the way and locks the bridge into stoptail mode again.
Added bonus #1; If you snap a string, the other strings will stay in tune, allowing you to finish the song.
Added bonus #2; Virtually no "string dive" (on strings 1-5) when doing big bends, double-stops, etc. You might get a tiny little bit of dive on the 6th string, but that's because it's at the opposite end of the bridge from where the lock bar is.😉
Some people claim that the Wilkinson VS 100-C convertible is "fiddly," or that you have to do a full set-up every 15 minutes, but that has definitely *not* been my experience over the past 25 years. I've played gigs during all the extremes of Canadian weather, and never needed to adjust anything on my Wilky. Just give it enough time to acclimate to the venue, and let 'er rip!
Original Wilkinson VS 100-C convertibles are pretty scarce ever since Gibson sued Wilkinson, claiming they violated the Steinberger JamTrem patent (they didn't, actually, but "the judge agreed with Gib$on for $ome unknown rea$on") *but* there's a kit available now that can quickly turn any Gotoh VS 100-G or Jackson VS 100-N to a Wilkinson Convertible.
Added bonus #3; Once your intonation is done, the string saddles lock firmly down, thus preventing them from creeping out of true.😉
You'll thank me later.😉
Plus, they send you a set of Wilkinson steak knives absolutley free, just pay a separate fee plus shipping, handling and administration fees...
@@cryptoking7093 That's a different company entirely, but hey, nice try!🤣
@@That70sGuitarist lol 🤣✌
@@cryptoking7093 those "handling" fees were always steep
@@Dwightpower88 yep🤣🤘
You'll put your eye out with that thing!
It SCREAMS 80's!!! 😀
Boy... that thing really caught on, all the kids are using it.!? First time seeing this. Jeff Beck loved his.🤣 LoL🤣
I like what he did with the jack plate.
Man he is such a killer player, but i cant believe he actually tried to sell this LOL
I just got the idea for a whammy bar that's controlled with a foot pedal.
Tiny hydraulic pistons could tension either side of the fulcrum allowing tension to be dropped or raised for any length of time while there's freedom for the picking hand.
Drop tunings could be switched instantly and returned to normal pitch accurately.
It could be controlled by a wireless signal and look like a wah pedal.
Sadly there's nothing so cool as the visuals of the whammy bar and the feel of physically having control hand to string.
The audience can relate to reaching down the throat of the beast and yanking it's vocal chords.
No music theory required.
Can’t decide wether this video is insane because of this obtuse device or the fact it had instructions on how to install it.
I've been playing since 81. I've never once seen or heard of the flip stick... It looks weird because it sticks out but clearly it's the perfect bar. I wonder how it did in sales. Also, Phil is a great salesman...I could see him on a late night sales channel.
Right, I was a very active player in the 80's and 90's learning in the the 70's. I was never really into wammy bars though but a lot of other guitarists that I knew were. I have never seen the commercial nor heard of this until now. Then again I may have forgotten. Those were pretty crazy hazy days if you know what i mean.
Lol
If you've never seen or heard of it.. The sales probably didn't do well lol
Yeah, I pored over every single 80's and early 90's Guitar World and Guitar Player in my dad's collection and I swear I never saw it advertised. I'm personally not a big whammy player (I usually block it up in the back when my guitar has one), but it does look like the superior choice.
I believe there was luthier in southern ont that helped create this with custom guitars..That may have made guitars for Phil.
The guitar store i worked at in Pembroke Ont. had a few. I could be wrong.
Either way Phil x is great player. Wish him continued success. And some day to jam with him
was he always a monster?
funny now he doesn't use them but still gets the sound of a whammy bar
This is GOLD. This is a SNL skit
Interesting device but I can see why it never caught on.
It worked so well, he NEVER uses it anymore. LOL
Now we´re talking late 80´s or the early 90´s.. this is cool :D
I always thought those bars were just kick-stands for your guitar I didn't know you could play with them
Phil's weight is never fully on his feet for the entire video. So laid back.
They're kickstands off old Huffy bicycles.
"How many times has this happened to you???"
does anyone know what brand the white and black guitar with gold hardware is in this video?
What if I want to hug a bassist while this is attached? You ever think of that Phil? Huh? No you only think of yourself.
Love Phil X
But this is pure comedy
He uses knee to work on it, nice. Suppose he can creat a friendly shape. Anyway, this band is awesome.
Phil X, because writing your last name can be so HARD. The Flipstick, because aren't you tired of your whammy bar being where you can reach it? Seriously, he is a great player, imho.
this video must be 30 years old but somehow you can still smell his hair product
I've never seen this young Phil X. Incredible riffage. And is that flipstick for real?
There's only one guitarist that comes across as wackier than Phil X and that's Bumblefoot. Love both of them.
Great playing at the end however the "flip stick" idea seems so over the top that for a while I thought Phil was pulling off some Babylon Bee type humour ahead of its time. Hilarious yet he sure made use of it !!! That said the same things can be done with a traditional bar. Cheers all
Cool!
Whammy bars are archaic, just like using your hands to hold the toilet paper. This is as useful as the comfort wipe!
Well, at least we know it was such a great design that he still uses it on all of his guitars! .... Right?
Awesome. That's the guitar equivalent of a suicide shifter🤘
Wow . How young does Phil look here. What a weird whammy bar. And that 80/90s hair man. Very Mr Big
Not just look. He even sounds younger. Phil is amazing.
If this was the late 80s/ early 90s, he'd only be in his early to mid 20s here. The no beard is throwing me off as well
Brought to 🫵🏻 Cinco! Thanks Cinco! GREAT JOB 👍🏻
A so ingenious solution that causes many more problems than the ones it solves( like the 99.9% of " new Aftermarket Guitar parts")
Should be called the PHILLIPSTICK AFTER PHIL.
A young Richard Ramirez, before the carnage.
AKA the kickstand.
Out of the way until you try to go through a doorway
The traditional whammy bar gets knocked out of the way by your right or left hand. So get the flip stick and the whammy will knock your hand out of the way.
This is a fantastic artifact! Phil should get his original copy transferred with a Domesday capture and vhs-decode software. Would get a bit cleaner picture out of the master.
The upgrade to the flip stick is a CB antenna. Why should the player have all the fun? Now friends and audience alike can yank on that thang! From a distance!
I like when people create things.
Does it work? For some.
Then let's make it. Another person might build up on that idea and so on. Good for you sir, I aprove of your modification. 🤘😎
''Yes, folks it also serves as a coat rack''- PhilX
slapping your troubles away with a slap-chop
He's a straight shooter, first ballot hall o gamer
I think this might be one of the most ridiculous idea I've ever seen 😂 much respect for Phil tho
Or the 802 charvelles that have the push in bar the can be flipped up side down and put back in , it’s basically the same thing . Mines been this way since I was 17 I’m 35 only bar I ever liked. I didn’t know there was a product like this though.
another great solution is to stick on a left hand trem and play right handed like SRV. then the tremolo arm is always hanging straight down over the saddles within easy reach
I am interested, but do you think it would be well out of the way of the right hand motion, whether you are picking or using your controls?
How long has this guy been in his 20s?
This will surely be the future rage!
I miss how innocent and goofy things used to be
those licks at the end are Polyphia, before Polyphia
Jeff Beck R.I.P. never had any problems with the whammy bar.
Some kid is missing his bicycle kickstand. Also any player considering this should be very self-confident and immune to mass laughter.
I remember that. Did Phil ever work for Hafler? I was at a hafler booth at NAMM and the dude had that.
I remember Phil had one of these in a Frozen Ghost video.
One of those things you’d see in the back of guitar player
First time for 2 things for me....The FlipStick...and a Marshall cab stack sideways. That's enough for the day...
The cabinet has to be flipped for the Flipstick to function properly😂
In all seriousness, I've done that with my slanted Mesa cabs to the far left and far right of the gig area when using my rig in a specific stereo setup just for slightly better sound direction for the band and the way we all had our gear setup. But it doesn't make too much of a difference really. I'm sure he just did it to stand out more although I do see lots of people that still do that with slanted cabs. Even had quite a few friends have their amp heads on their side but usually it had to do with spacial issues and/or they didn't want to put a different amp head on top of another for the risk of them getting knocked over easier.
sometimes you just need to accept you have to work with what ya got
I'm more shocked he has more than one pickup
I miss the rolled t shirts tucked into the jeans all topped off with white tennis shoes with the over sized tongues
This commercial came on between the smurfs and night rider on 17 USA