...by any other name is just a tremelo.
 

Pink??

I used to think Floyd Rose tremolo systems were awesome until I actually owned one.

Beepster
I used to think Floyd Rose tremolo systems were awesome until I actually owned one.

Bigsby up?

Naw. I stuck with straight up Tunomatic bridges and just bent the neck to dive bomb for years. Made all my buddies cringe. Never snapped a  neck though.
 
Now I seem to be able to wield a regular Strat style tremolo without throwing things out of tune. Don't know how. Just kind of happened.

Delerious Tremolos?

Beepster
I used to think Floyd Rose tremolo systems were awesome until I actually owned one.

Agreed...Double locking tremelos suck. I'll stick to my tunomatic on my SG. My other guitar has a Wilkinson on it, but I don't even put the bar on it when I play it.

I don't know why, but I never really got into a tremolo. My Strats always had them, but I would eventually take them off because they always seemed to get in my way. I learned to do more vibrato with my hands. None of my current geets have a tremolo on them. I guess I need to get a guitar with one again, one of these days. That and I still plan to play slide some day.

On the flip side, I love playing with the trem (though I don't have one on my current guitar).  Oh well!

I also have a Floyd Rose and love to do dive bombs (just got it adjusted), but it still does get out of tune and is annoying.
Satriani just makes it look easy.......