Pinch Artificial Harmonics Lesson

This is a video I made because lots of people want to learn how to do these and most of the videos on You tube were showing what i believed to be a more difficult way of going about it. My camera sucks so the sound isn't so great, but trust me these are real squeals. any questions let me know. I have an Alexi Laiho 200 with a LH300 EMG (stock pickup)

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Music

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• harmonic
• pinch
• guitar
• squeal
• metal
• rock
• scream

[SimplyChr15]

I don't think I'm doing it right

the way I do pitch harmonics is that I touching the string

on the right side of my hand or the pad of my hand (between the pinky and the rist area)

my question is am I still doing a pitch harmonic? just another way of doing it haha

please answer back.......anyone

[AspiretoShred]

@SimplyChr15 Yeah, you're still doing them. However I think it's much easier to do them by using your thumb, which gives you an easy and quick way to do it after doing a downstroke. But the palm method might be more versatile, not sure.

[nitestick89]

nice vid. i've only got my steel string with me but when i get home i'll give this a crack on one of my real axes. i've been having trouble with pinch harmonics (i'm self taught and haven't been able to find a good instruction set for them). cheers

[AspiretoShred]

@nitestick89

Cool man, wish you luck

[poolzy69]

Is this a LTD or a ESP by any chance ???

[AspiretoShred]

yes, it's an ESP brand LTD alexi laiho 200, somewhat on the cheaper side but not a bad guitar.

[corndogifyable]

gawd damn you have bad taste in guitars.

[likilla7]

you r cute....

[thesingledream]

ugly guitar. and your tshirt is dirty :D

[shadyz2009]

That guitar is pretty ugly and big.

[crash12512]

Thx bro loved the vid i thought it was great it is hard for me because i have been trying and trying to get a really good ear splitting squeely sound. but i cant at the moment i just dont understand what to do with your thumb? any suggestions would be great thx again for the vid

[secamond]

lol



[NUKEViCTiM]

Thanx brah. I like this better.

[a7x3186]

the problem i'm having is that i am completely muting the string with my thumb. how hard you suppose to hit your thumb on the string?

[monkeyboy6676]

@SimplyChr15 I sumtimes do 'em with my ring or pinky finger of my pick hand, it depends which Node (point of string where it stops vibrating, and there's a few) you're going for. Good video by the way!.

[tripdaddythrust]

I don't know WHAT the hell I'm doin wrong...I've got an epiphone special II, a rogue rt100 (tele), and a bcrich warlock-kerry king style...thgose r the main 3 I use, being they're n the best shape of the 7 I have. I'm having MORE luck with YOUR pick method, that's how I usually old the pick so it just makes sence lol. But any suggestions at all? I'm not quite gettin the squeel.

[laner2281]

SimplyChr15:

If your getting the artificial/pinch harmonic sound, your doin it right! Dosnt matter if you use the tip of your nose as long as something interupts the natural vibration of the string.