Members Selsaral Posted January 20, 2010 Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 When you bend a string a whole step, you do get your finger underneath the adjacent string or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted January 20, 2010 Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 Not under. I push whatever string is in the way too. So if I am bending the G string, the D string gets bent too. I don't like going under the strings because that limits my ability to do vibratos and stuff at the top of the bend. For the same reason I don't let the adjacent strings slide under my fretting fingers either. So the adjacent strings just sort of ride out the bend on my finger tip, but higher up on my finger than the string I'm bending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted January 20, 2010 Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 Whatever works -- I'm a fan of the celebrated Albert King-style two-string bend, though ... and the Chuck Berryesque bent double-stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Selsaral Posted January 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 Not under. I push whatever string is in the way too. So if I am bending the G string, the D string gets bent too. I don't like going under the strings because that limits my ability to do vibratos and stuff at the top of the bend. For the same reason I don't let the adjacent strings slide under my fretting fingers either. So the adjacent strings just sort of ride out the bend on my finger tip, but higher up on my finger than the string I'm bending. Ah OK, I think that's what I do too. That's probably what I meant by 'getting your finger under the adjacent string'. When the adjacent string slides under my finger, it all goes to hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frets99 Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Not under. I push whatever string is in the way too. So if I am bending the G string, the D string gets bent too. Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Selsaral Posted January 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 Whatever works -- I'm a fan of the celebrated Albert King-style two-string bend, though Ah is that basically what mrbrown is describing? ... and the Chuck Berryesque bent double-stop. Could you please describe this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted January 20, 2010 Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 Ah OK, I think that's what I do too. That's probably what I meant by 'getting your finger under the adjacent string'. When the adjacent string slides under my finger, it all goes to hell. I know what you mean. It's seems to 'put the breaks on' my bend when that happens. I find it happens when my action is too low. When I'm setting up my guitars I set the action just high enough where I can get under all the strings while bending. Nothing slides under my bending finger, and nothing over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Selsaral Posted January 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 I know what you mean. I find that happens when my action is too low. When I'm setting up my guitars I set the action just high enough where I can get under all the strings while bending. Nothing slides under my bending finger, and nothing over. OK, this makes me feel better. Low action destroys my bending technique. I actually prefer medium-high action. I've been wondering all along if I have been building up horribly bad technique, but this gives me a bit more confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dougie.Douglas Posted January 20, 2010 Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 Whatever works -- I'm a fan of the celebrated Albert King-style two-string bend, though ... and the Chuck Berryesque bent double-stop.I am working on my two-string bends as we speak They sound gooood! Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted January 20, 2010 Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 OK, this makes me feel better. Low action destroys my bending technique. I actually prefer medium-high action. I've been wondering all along if I have been building up horribly bad technique, but this gives me a bit more confidence. No, it sounds like you are doing just fine. For the record, I usually have my action at about 4 or 5 64ths at the 12th fret, or about 2mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Selsaral Posted January 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 Also, I'd like to ask an associated question. I use my palm to mute the sound of the adjacent string being released. How do the rest of you handle this? Mute it with your fretting fingers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted January 20, 2010 Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 Also, I'd like to ask an associated question. I use my palm to mute the sound of the adjacent string being released. How do the rest of you handle this? Mute it with your fretting fingers? Oh boy, I do whatever's easier at the time depending on what came before and what comes after the bend. I have to confess I don't really think about it anymore. It just sort of happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prages Posted January 20, 2010 Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 I don't really know how I do any of it. I've been doing it for so long that it just happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Selsaral Posted January 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 Oh boy, I do whatever's easier at the time depending on what came before and what comes after the bend. I have to confess I don't really think about it anymore. It just sort of happens. I hear ya on this. There's a few bends I can mute with my fretting hand, but most I have to use my palm for. I feel a bit lucky in that my palm-muting technique advanced right along with my bending technique so the two things came together simultaneously. I wonder about people who don't rest their palm on the strings tho, and I know a ton of people do a full-floating hand technique or do the pinky-on-pickguard thing. I am helping some newbies get started and I want to make sure I am not suggesting bad techniques for them. For myself I am 10 years into my technique and I don't see myself re-designing it. Thanks a ton for the advice btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Selsaral Posted January 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 I don't really know how I do any of it. I've been doing it for so long that it just happens. Oh, you're one of those bastards who make it look so easy that the rest of us run out to buy guitars and then have a massive existential crisis when we finally discover how hard it actually is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prages Posted January 20, 2010 Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 Oh, you're one of those bastards who make it look so easy that the rest of us run out to buy guitars and then have a massive existential crisis when we finally discover how hard it actually is? That's not what I meant to sound like at all.It's just that I basically went through the learning struggles with this so long ago that I don't really pay attention to the exact technique I'm using anymore. I'm thinking that I probably just bend whatever is in my way like the other guys are talking about, and as for muting, I don't really know how I do it. I'll have to pay attention the next time I play the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueHeaven Posted January 20, 2010 Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 Never go underneath, it will end up being painful when the string inevitably flings up your nail and hits your cuticle. If doing a large bend just bend the other string with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Selsaral Posted January 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 20, 2010 That's not what I meant to sound like at all. It's just that I basically went through the learning struggles with this so long ago that I don't really pay attention to the exact technique I'm using anymore. I'm thinking that I probably just bend whatever is in my way like the other guys are talking about, and as for muting, I don't really know how I do it. I'll have to pay attention the next time I play the guitar. Ah I was just joking man, wasn't trying to make you sound like an SOB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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