Master The Art of Bending Notes

[mcca7400]

this guy is... THE MAN

[Nicu52]

any vibrato lessons?

[Mynamesbob8]

I usually don't use full step bends. All of my bends are half step. The reason being it always feels like my string is going to snap. Is that a fear I should just ditch because it's not going to happen? Or is that a realistic possibility?

[rand98]

@Mynamesbob8, hey, how's it going. Your strings, unless _incredibly_ old and brittle, will most definitely not break. On any common electric, you should be able to bend any string up a full step and a half with absolutely no fear. If you stretch strings properly after changing them, you'll be pulling up (away from the fretboard) more than that anyway :-). Go for it!

[boladepapelaluminio]

that is one gorgeous guitar

[pliskinn0089]

its nice to see a real BluesMan doing some blues lessons for a change.

[Whiskeyfirst]

Best online blues-guitar teacher around! Salute from Holland!

[joy8t]

Awesome thank you

[andrewt248]

I wanted to get good at bending, so I practiced for a month or two bending notes in scale passages while I was watching TV. Building serious calluses is a definite must! I also found that I had to set my guitar up a little different - raise the action a little bit to keep the string a was bending from fretting out as I bent across the neck radius.

[Huffer777]

Thats what i did when i first started playing bass without lesson, just watching tv and doing it slow and steady, calluses are your best...best...BEST friends

[babakazam2]

I can't even toun my gutar....plz help me tell me what to do

[LoneDerangerer]

sell it

[JMartyson]

if you can't tune your guitar, i think these videos are probably out of your league. Try starting with basic guitar videos. Check out Justin Sandercoe's videos, hes got videos for beginners. Its going to take a long time to be really good or even moderately good. Just practice and dont expect to be a rock star overnight.

[Pholtron]

The problem may be that the guitar is not set up to proper specs.

Some are so far out of wack, they can not be tuned

Take it into the guitar shop, have a Luthier do some magic on it.

[pliskinn0089]

get a teacher for a year or so then learn by yourself

[kleenmpp]

great help again.thank you mister.

[jdirolf]

sounds like hes too flat on the whole step bend.

i might be wrong

[guitarist614]

yea i heard it too jdirolf

[aurian4parker]

what is he playing on like 12's haha. why does it look like it's so hard for him to bend?

Good Lesson. :)

I can't wait to go to Berklee

[lincolnman1976]

very nice

[paulefty]

simple & effective