String Bending Guitar Lesson

Learn How to Bend a Guitar String: If you didn't know about this simple but effective trick - you should have some neat progress ahead of you!
Improving your bending technique is more effective and cheaper than buying new gear...so what are you waiting for?!

This lesson was inspired by a live video chat at GMC:
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=30578

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Education

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• bending
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• fingers
• tone
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[vomitbrown]

That strat is scalloped right? how's it?

[KristoferDahl]

@vomitbrown The scalloping turned playability up with 200% =)

[teddyzozaya]

What pickups are you using on your strat?

[KristoferDahl]

@teddyzozaya STock pickups and hotrails in neck position!

[oranjjjggg]

great lesson, quick question. i've been using three fingers on bends, will I still enough enough strength for bends with only two? Its definitely awesome that you get rid of extra string noise, just wondering if ill miss the extra strength, im new to lead playing

[KristoferDahl]

@oranjjjggg Two fingers should definitely give you enough strength! :)

[narutocoss]

my thumb and index finger can't reach eachother cuz my hand are too small... i'm only 12... and it doesn't really sound good for me...:(

[gatoxisape]

epic bending face

[danvelgtr]

Good lesson , no mention of string guages , but its a lot harder to ' wide ' bend when one uses heavier strings . I use Light Top / Heavy bottom 10 - 52 , great tone , more sustain , less likely to break but HARD work on bending etc. Still

[nwolkowicz652]

What if your fingers can't touch? I'm stuck with either no thumb strength or an open string

[halogods101]

the starting feels like meh ="/

[gamhacked]

How does this not KILL your fingers? My guitar strings must be made of razors or something

[221cherry]

But I'm terrible at bending with an acoustic guitar!! :/

[MilesE94]

This question has been driving me crazy for days, plz somebody... anybody... ur opinion is needed :/

[MilesE94]

So when you start moving down to lower frets, do you adhere the one finger per fret rule? Or is it better to place your fingers close together even if it means they end up in the same fret?

[Thedeadspace13]

Kinda reminds me of my bending!

[Thedeadspace13]

@narutocoss Dude i started playing when i was 11 and my hands were big enough!