Guitar Lesson: Jeff Beck Style Bends

[iEat10babies]

BEND IT LIKE BECK BABY

[CosmicXRay]

thank you Jody

good of you to pass along a little Beckism

[rvbarnesboy]

thank you again.

[jsilence418]

Great sound it sounds like Jeff! good job!

[BlueRoseRocketBand2]

*****!

[AngrySemite]

Nice tip. Thanks man.

[julsjm911]

nice lick, great lesson, and i love your phrasing when you solo :D

[hylas99]

Nice lick!

[Telecaster132]

Thanks for the great lesson Jody.

[snspusher]

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[XavierSky]

I do this already its essential to my playing

[nichobo]

@XavierSky

intresting

[jsilence418]

@XavierSky And we are all sooooo grateful to you!!

[billberends]

Yep, Beck lifted this from Mahavishnu era McLaughlin. In fact, he lifted his band too lol... Jan Hammer, Michael Walden. Beck's new album Emotion & Commotion bears more than a passing resemblance to Mahavishu's Apocalypse as well. Don't get me wrong, I love Jeff Beck! But he, like so many others, was very influenced by Mahavishnu and said as much in interviews at the time.

[2mnyshp]

he would make a fine sopranos mobster!

[psychkoala]

@2mnyshp

Remind me not to piss him off.

[Rikk303]

Have a feeling the only guy that could teach you to play like Jeff is Jeff, and he'd have to sprinkle you with magic powder after the lesson! He's something else

[el11zeppelin]

My tele will look like yours one day...I named her Ashley...52' American Deluxe reissue...made of ash wood...Ashley

[sheikyerbouti1983]

Jeff doesn't use a pic for starters. Sounds nothing like Jeff Beck, sorry man

[santacruezz]

@sheikyerbouti1983 This sounds like early Jeff Beck, where he used a pick.

[foathkent]

wonder if tis is a factory beat up tele or just some sexy wear.

[cmgill2]

Real nice Jodey! that's one sweet sounding tele!

[eeek30]

Very nice to know that I do these 'Beck Bends' frequently already! Cool lesson.

[Hugh9]

Good lesson, well taught. Thnx

[sergeyurbanboy]

Cool, cool =) very nice style of phrasing!!!

[9reasy5am]

that probably is more jeff beck like, but it sounds like bonamassa to me.

[jistonebroken]

Great lesson - watch that you, beginners!:) I can only add that Jeff Beck plays mainly with fingers...

[Mrbreeze85]

I appreciate your clear ,humble manner of teaching! Thanks.

[vladcd02]

actually jeff does these things with his tremolo. he picks the note first then he picks it again pushing the trem down

[CptMystery]

@vladcd02 Not when he was playing that Tellie back in the early 80s...

[vladcd02]

That's how i've seen him play live. and i saw michael casswell do this trick with the trem

[GoodGawd]

This is awesome man!

[xTiLkx]

Very clear lesson.

[ErosPoop]

No Jody Worrell, Thank YOU!

:)

[Modes9]

They don't sound like blues bends...they sound more like a sitar. For that matter, tenor sax players like Brecker do some of that stuff. I have to check into this...

[moonchair761]

Jeff picked up on a lot of Roy Buchanan licks early on. Thanks, a JB fan.

[gabzum]

realy tanks!!!!!!!

[baylewis]

blast from the east???

[hakkerxxx]

well done.

[cgravier]

cool...Jeff Beck is the man! He was doing this stuff way back in The Yardbirds.

[orlandofriend]

thanks.

[chefbabyryan]

i think he sells knives on QVC late night hahah

[goldenchopsticks]

Does anyone else think that this sounds very John McLaughlin-ish?

[OneBigRetard]

Maybe the fact that he picks so much. But frankly... no. Mclaughlin tends not to hammer or pull and he really tends to bend outside of runs.

[DAIBIJINCATCHER50]

awesome!!!! just the moves i love!!!jody worrell teaches really good!

[Chromatype]

you talk good two!

[RNRDOLL]

dont forget that mixolydian modality...very jeff beck sound.

[red89strat]

...thanks for tip. Beck is ever-evolving...love that slide guitar he does too. But it's over the pickups...amazing. Is that on "Angel Footsteps"? I forget, but it's mesmerizing. Last time I saw Beck was at the Greek Theater in Hollywood. He was pissed at a fucking up Marshall...he almost stuck his strat into the stack. Amazing show...Imfamous temper...maybe he's got some Irish in em'. Cheers.

[philster65]

I really dig the way this guy's tone is valve amp with only a bit of reverb on an old tele. Not all super saturated with 'Eric Johnson' delay on everything played on a a shred guitar with 9 to 42 strings with action so low that its all about speed and fancyness. Rock on Big Guy!!!!

[altadena57]

I totally agree with you about Jody's playing. Anyone know what amp he's using ??

[chrook]

Cool tip. I put it to immediate use!

[Kevin17761984]

I stole this technique without realizing it was Jeff beck. I was trying to imitate my guitar teacher with his whammy bar. It makes sense cause he was a huge Jeff Beck fan.

[jfrockon]

Very cool...there are some of these things I have done for some time, but you gave me other options.. Thanks!

[effzee]

hey, cool stuff right here, thanx man! =)

[FetusElitusInc]

I've been wondering for a long time how Beck gets some of his sounds. Thanks!

[Guevaristas]

here's one Gallagher does:

using first and third fingers: bend a note, then, near the end of the bend, take you third finger (the one bending the string) off- then plonk it down on the next string over

[krang07]

thats a great lesson.

[cmgill2]

you play wonderfuly brother, the old axe sounds just right, I love the way you are passing on your hard earned skill, god bless you man, keep on doing what your doing, lots of players will benifit from your wisdom,,,

[Fuckation]

Signature

:)

[C00Lcat69]

are you using more than one finger for your bends?

[stevieVantanna]

I do this but i bend with my first finger, because when i had tendinitis it was hard/painful to bend with my third and pinky, so i built up a lot up strength in my first finger.

[taariqtaariq]

some of those licks do sound BECK like.i.e Blue wind etc. :-)

[tttt252]

class stuff

[bvb09fan4ever]

that is awesome . thanks for ul 5*

[rawr1111111]

im really pissed off, i have some .09's and i still cant bend it a whole step without breaking it (the high E string) ARG!! any ideas why? >:(

[Matt123ttam]

yea. you can get strings with .10

[rawr1111111]

wouldnt that make it even harder to bend more, since its a bit thicker..

[Matt123ttam]

not ifyou get the right ones. i had ernie ball slinky .09 and my high E string broke alot too so i switched to the slinkey .10. they're very easy to bend with

[rawr1111111]

i...see, i dont quite understand how that would bend easier but ill get new strings

thanks for the help i guess

[Matt123ttam]

i didnt either but they bend fine

[musicccoe]

Your bridge may need adjusted or the saddles may need replaced, i dont know what guitar you have but on alot of the cheaper models the saddles wear and become sharp and will cut strings

[fender776]

change brands and go to 10's

[larry3393]

its definitely the bridge's problem. I had the same prob. U just need to adjust it when putting on strings. after u adjust, make sure ur octaves are still in tune.

[rawr1111111]

..uh?

:(

[rawr1111111]

k, if the strings have too much tension..would i lower it or make it higher

[larry3393]

well, i put on a new set of strings once and i actually changed the bridge so that it was too low. When that happened, i had to keep turning my peg a lot in order to get in tune. ANd my strings were really tight but still too low and it nearly snapped. So i moved the bridge up and it took less winding to get in tune. i dunno about urs, but if u r not needed to keep winding the strings a lot, then its prob the bridge is too. if u hav to wind a lot, then bridge too low.

[qeuqheeg222]

the tele..love it...cuts thru everything..

[bigrussthefuss]

amen!! that tele, sounds great, i wonder what year his is?

the neck definetly looks like its been played before!

[ZeNoodle]

I can't get my strings to bend as far as yours. I know it's probably my lack of expertise; but are your strings ,like, tuned down to render them looser?

Thanks,

Rank Amatuer

[Skinsfan4life94]

probably just a thinner gauge string

[marshall1959now]

great info, immediately useful and understandable, way to play and teach

[kingny17]

that's a sweet bend. has a bit of potential for a middle eastern/indian sound too.

[chicagoslew]

Cool,but Beck has a bit more up his sleeve :) Nobody sounds like him,except himself. ~D~

[ledbootz]

Jody - you rock dude ... awesome chops!

[johndenner]

Rock On!!!

[tjnewmoon]

Oh my god would it be nice to have a real tele or broadcaster

[doufeel]

That's an awesome tele.

[lexo30]

Who cares how exactly Beck does it? If it enables you to get the same effect, what does it matter whether he does it with the whammy bar or his fingers or a courgette or anything else? This is a good bit of video because the guy knows what he's talking about, can play, can explain what he's doing and can sound Beck-ish if he wants to.  End of story.

[123jozef]

excellent tutorial! I always wondered how he did those pull-offs..

[valawip]

Actually, he's capturing the Beck sound but he's not using the Beck technique to get those sounds.

If you watch the videos here, Beck gets those sounds by a totally original technique using the action of the Strat tremelo arm. Beck does NOT get most of those sounds through bends.

I didn't know that, either, until I saw the stuff here on YouTube.

[jayz6288]

I wish I could play like Jody!

[Darthloadie]

That is a great lesson man! thanks for posting this. Ill be using that lick for the rest of my life

[sheikyerbouti1983]

beck doesn't use a pick, pointless tuition

[BrianJLeong]

He used a pick for a good portion of his career actually.

[flukather]

This lesson is about the fretting hand, and different ways to bend. If he uses a pick, who cares? It has nothing do to with what the left hand does, and that's the entire lesson.

[absentamillion]

Jeff Beck doesn't even use his hands. He is guitar's Chuck Norris.

[ABSBCU]

true - but sometimes he does

[aballballball]

thanks, bub.

[br1bri]

wut song wuz that from?

[ajhnubia]

jeff beck pre dates Roy buchanan by several decades and only youses a telecaster rarely

This guy is very good but doesn't have jeff's finesse

[121fish]

You should get your facts straight before you shoot your mouth off you dildo. Roy Buchanan was 5 yrs older than Beck and was playing with recording acts since the 50's - Robbie Robertson took over his spot in Ronnie Hawkins band which eventually became The Band. Beck has mentioned in interviews that Buchanan was a big influence on him and even dedicated "Cause We've Ended as Lovers" on Blow by Blow to him. Beck played a telecaster almost exclusively with the Yardbirds and on most of Truth.

[ajhnubia]

Well you may be correct in some ways though the yardbirds were a long time ago and Jeff beck is famouse for his use of the stratocater and whamy bar/bridge that he has used for most of his working life. As for Roy Buchanan I was a fan many years ago and was not aware of anything other than his solo work. Here in the UK Beck is better known than Buchanan.

Was it neccesary to be so offensive?

[121fish]

Buchanan started putting out solo albums in '71.The point is Beck was aware of him even if you weren't, and could certainly steal licks/techniques regardless of the guitar he used or what year it was. So the next time you feel a need to "correct" someone(chiennoir54) with your vast wealth of knowledge (or critique the clearly talented guitarist in the video)maybe you should actually know something about the topic your preaching about.

[121fish]

ps Beck often uses a telecaster to this day and played Les Paul's primarily after the Yardbirds up until and including parts of Blow by Blow('75)

[SkidRoses98]

Nobody will.

[DangerousBastard]

That were cool!

[chiennoir54]

Beck really picked this stuff up from Roy Buchanan, I think. Those sizzling, bent Tele tones.

[stubhead]

The weird thing is, Beck learned this from John McLaughlin - he didn't start doing it till shortly after the first few Mahavishnu albums came out.

[hafstrat]

Excellent tips!! Excellent!!.  Thank you

[powerkor]

wonderful !! I can use this right away too.

[bluesdog53]

Very Nice. Thanks !!!

[BillNeilan]

Great lesson!