String Bending Techniques Used By Blues Guitar Greats

[lin531488]

Very informative. Wish to see more like this.

[angrypecker]

if your just starting to play the guitar....keep an eye on this guys! he'll put u miles ahead.....thanks berk

[talonsraised]

Great teaching about the wrist bending, i struggled with bending stings and that has helped my a lot, thankyou!

[myguitarjustshat]

cheers man great vid :)

[ianmlees]

I really like the lesson he does on minor blues progression like BB King. Sounds great and he really tries to help not just wow you with his virtuosity like so many others. He is a great teacher and a really nice bloke.

[sweetchildonline]

jesus nobody should bend with their baby finger!

[icespeckledhen]

thanks good lesson

[rizzlepmizzle]

Excellent explanation and demonstration of the technique - thanks much for the lesson.

[overdose311090]

i wish u were my father..:)

[jimzzy49]

Amazing!! how you said that the 'Guitar" replicates the Human Voice!!!

[kpatte1957]

You have excellent instructional videos

[picknngrinn]

I really appreciate you using your pinky especially bending with f3 & f4. After 35 years of fingerpickin' (very involved pinky) I'm trying to get into soloing and am reassured to see that I'm not breaking new ground by persisting in the use of all the digits I've been given. Thanks for your clear meaningful instruction.

[imjohnandyouare]

Subbed and liked great lesson

[dilionnis]

he was my guitar coach @ the heineken jazz fest, amazing player

[DeepPurpleAreKings]

Gee. He's showing relatively simple things but in such a likable way :) It must be very cool to have him as your teacher.

[aritram1]

fanrtastic !

[xxRandomnameguyxx]

I dont get fourth finger bends. Are you saying to support your pinky with your ring finger in the previous fret? or use all your fingers? or...

[blacklightvortex]

This guy is a master at teaching.

[Boredology]

thanks man, i feel the difference

[TrueBeliever10]

when i first tried this i had real old strings..... so they broke =[

[danielflasher95]

thanks for the tips man!

[DarthKazi]

Mike seems like such a patient and nice guy. I wish I had a teacher like him, when I was taking lessons years ago. I might have stuck with it.

I guess that's what you get with a Berklee education.

Thanks for the tips, Mike!! Great vid.

[jimmyp07]

very good ! excellent tips :)

[osubeavs2112]

what amp is that? it looks like a hot rod deville but i'm not sure.

[eeveefan14]

Lol, you make it look so easy XD I've been playing for 2 months, so I don't think I'm ready yet. I managed to make it sound a bit different, but I also played the other string by accident :P Plus I'm on acoustic so it'll probably take me years

[sportsportsport]

Having good bending technique and adding vibrato to a bend in pitch is extremely hard!...And to the guy who said it doesn't take years.....it seriously does. You might get fairly good, but to be spot on and have a good bend/vibrato it does takes years.

[whynottalklikeapirat]

the thing is not taking years doing THE SAME THING in the hope that somehow it suddenly magically sounds better through repetition. Real change comes when MAKE A CHANGE and let go of the old crutches. If you seriously analyse what you do and make proper adjustments the basic mechanics of bends and vibratos should be within grasp in less than a year. But i agree that making it all varied, personal, precise and maintaining good tone is a matter to meditate on for years on end

[Mrsully51693]

you have an amazing guitar! if i had to take a guess id say 1962

[trhnpc]

nice lesson.

It's true that is takes a lot of time to learn it. I've been playing for a year now and I am still not satisfied with my bending techniques.

[napone0]

Excellent video. I've been playing guitar for about 15 years, and I never felt like I was using the correct technique when it came to bending and vibrato (tired fingers, pain in hand, etc...). I watched your video, and within 15 minutes I had built my speed back up to where it was before, but this time with the proper technique. No more tired fingers AND better sound! Thanks!

[ickywacka]

takes a long time. Not years. depends on the person who's learning it.

[sexhippie]

this guy rocks!!! haha and it takes a few years to get it real nice and tasty :D

[twcclassics]

I agree! I love his tips. Wish there were more.

[vzuani]

when he mention that will take years kind of, kills the hope to learn it in short period of time, I would say practice until you get it tight and right!!

[kennosen1]

That helps alot.

[DjBleedsColors]

all great rockers have guitar face

=D

[vtshredz91]

guitar face?!?! lolzzz...

[huyiy]

thats a lovely guitar...

[TheJestersDance]

This is a great video...I was watching this just out of curiosity and he explains bending the same way I do (which was a relief to me!) but I learned a few more angles. Thanks a lot!

[coclans]

Thank you :)

[darwinator12932112]

nice strat

[nike2309]

how come im not getting the C#/Db note when i do the halfstep bend from C on G string of my acoustic, which he just shown on the vid (first exercise). help/advice please

[Handonam]

well, you're using an acoustic. it's a lot tougher to bend on that than an electric

[jackkemel]

acoustic string are always a little thicker than electics, but you could put a little thinner strings on you guitar. Thinner strings are always a little looser if they're in the same tuning making them more easy to bend

[Dabomb782]

you also can't bend very well on the G if it's a wound string

[russmiller01]

This guy is just sooo expressive, and heartfelt, what a great teacher.

[kleenmpp]

Thanks again,Mister Michael Williams.I am learning.

[GingaJoe666]

Great video. Ive only been playing for about 5 years so i'm only a pretty young (17) blues player. Ive never had any real, paid lessons before, but its videos like these that have really helped me to improve over the years. Now I got a nice string bend technique and also using some of those simple, sweet sounding licks I saw in there. Keep it up.

_GJ_

[Fender0052]

I started playing 30 years ago. Then most everything you learned was just by trial and error. Kids today are fortunate to have so much available to them in the way of instruction and much of that if free. You are giving new players years of effort in these videos and doing so in such an easy and laid back method. Thanks for what you do.

[thefamilynerd09]

@Fender0052 the only thing is that this generation wont have a real musical ear. and if they do get it they wont know how to use it as well.

[mehulpanditful]

@Fender0052 Hi sir...i do agree with you...!

But i will also say that you gained many things that way...!

Even i started learning guitar using my ears.....i think whatever amount of development i have in my ears is because of that..!

Now when things are easily available, i have become lazy..!

Regards

[DZDeadly]

Thank you so much..ur videos helped me so much more than any other crappy video on u tube..they never said nething about usin ur wrist..thanks again

[dillyo40]

Thats as real as it gets man. He taught a couple of my classes and that guitar was the focal point of the room.

[SonnyREast]

I love that custom shop 60 relic!Unless its real,then I love it even more.

[ycdai11]

Is it convinient to approach the adjustble rod? Do you have to remove the strings or pickguard to do this?

[guitarmann199]

no its real i took some classes with him and he told me about that guitar

[jipes]

Great lesson very helpful for beginners to check the accuracy of their bends ! I just advice several young players to check your vidéo because it's really helpful to start in the right tracks Thanks !

[deadreckoning06]

I use 10 - 60.....lol....

[yoyodunno]

Great lesson, i've been trying to get my bends better cause sometimes they sound a little bit weak probably from not always getting the right pitch.

[dirtydeeds73]

ok thanks ive been bending strings for almost a year now but i always get the noise from the other strings when i only want to bend one. that was a big help to stop the noise. thanks :)

[ooosmannn]

13s :S

[Cukimonstroncrak]

is he finger picking those notes?

[VintageReverb]

Nice strat;D

[Zackkbum]

I use 13s on my strat. It's fun.

[lolwaffl]

holy crap, do you tune Eb?

[fatrick234]

im going to berklee for a guitar music session in august,cant wait.wicked vid,post more!

[shavingryansprivate]

beautiful guitar!

[AM5CRAY]

I usually use 10's or 11's

[aaronmoyejr]

great lesson....

[MusicGuru12]

Great Lesson! Thanks for the help =)

[airman01991]

i like using .009s they are really easy for people that aren't heavy handed. that's super lights if your using elixers

[imsoglad1]

i use 12's i wouldn't 5mins with 9's

[killersoundz]

man good video. i've been a "shredder" for 3 years now. thanks to your video i realize you can bend up a whole step! DOH

[guitarfan00000000]

this is kinda funny...its like for classical players who have never played blues. lol

[asolognier]

It seems like it is for beginners.

[robotsrocks2]

nice

[ubootverleih]

very helpful and great lessons !

[vldas]

nice video:) helpful

[ibanez148]

nice info

i like to use 9-42 (i think) strings

[paingainmayn]

Thanks for that.

[thisxhelloxmom]

thanx post more

[Sachemann]

das bist gut! danke.. mein lant ... ehmm.. gut, jaaa.

verboten unt guitarskills achtung nicht mein skillz.

[sinka15]

thanks!

[odblooded1]

This is great info , Thank you !

[coperblu]

good one. thanx.