Lesson: Harmonic Tap Bends

This is a long awaited clip that many of You have requested - so I decided to do it properly, like a real lesson. Sorry if it gets long-winded, but I wanted to thoroughly explain the technique.

Feel free to post video responses of Yourselves performing the trick! I'd love to hear them :)

Sorry for the shameless album plug, but that's how important it is that You buy it!

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• Lesson
• Andi
• Kravljaca
• Silent
• Call
• shred
• metal
• guitar
• harmonic
• tapping
• bend
• instructional
• video

[shredmania369]

Sweet lesson (and band logo ) u guys have any album out or anything? id love to hear some of ur stuff

[GryphonGuitar]

Absolutely, it's called "Creations From A Chosen Path" by the band Silent Call, You can pick up a copy in lots of places online.

[dml144]

thanks man. How do you manage to keep the sound clear with some much gain? I try to push the gain high but then every little movement comes through and muffles the notes. what are you playing through? I've borrowed a Mesa trip rec but it is way too loud to push it properly.

[GryphonGuitar]

Hi!

It's really tricky, You have to set up the bend right - the strings won't oscillate by themselves so the guitar will try to stay quiet, but You have to be really careful with both Your hands not to set off a string into motion. This can get challenging with the G string bend, since You're dangerously close to the D string. It's just a matter of practice. And different playing styles. What's easy for You might be hard for me since we just move our hands differently.

[dml144]

I've got pretty chunky fingers, great for rock climbing but not so good from trying to shred on my Ib..

My problem (apart from the monkey fingers) is that to get that high gain crunch I get noise from the other strings, just the slightest touch sounds almost as loud as the string I'm picking. I'll turn the guitar vol down but push the amp harder, but then harmonics don't come through. So I turn up the guitar vol to get the harmonics but then the sound is muddy. It could just be that I'm shite!

[GryphonGuitar]

Probably not the last reason anyway :)

I'd say the solution is in Your muting hand, lay it across the strings and try to keep it there, and mute the strings You're not playing. Of course, I have fleshy palms so it's easy...

[yousuperpussy]

seems like a really cool guy

[silentlassassin]

Awesome lesson. Very informative and easy to understand. Also, very nice guy!

[RumikXxeno]

Mabn you're really awesome .... can you please do a lesson of your patterns whitch you are playing in a beginning of this video? .... It's amazing --- sorry about bad enchlish ...

[goku14139268520]

Excellent lesson. Very clear and concise...

[redballs345]

really awesome lesson man. you seem really humble and not an asshole. for that i thank you

[fly1rack]

Very nice Andy great lesson refreshing!!!

Regards from Mexico

[mrguse00]

the new ZAKK WYLDE : p

[mydarklife666]

thanks alots

[Djope91]

Great lesson and thank you for it.

[UNKNOWN51360]

Excellent lesson!!!!

So helpful...

[novemberrain1994]

@GryphonGuitar Hey, I was wondering if you could like bend the 10th fret so it becomes a (12) then lightly tap the 17th fret because it sounds similar to what you are doing? Would this be the same sort of technique you are using?

[thealexpaoful]

What distortion and delay pedals do you use?

And what amp do you use on this vid?