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--- In , dave wronski <stickmandw@y...>
wrote:
As far as bends with
> flats, start your bend one half step up if you a whole
> step effect!
> -dave
sloppy, slightly off-pitch uncontroled half step bending actually is
a major part of the sixties sound, if you dig pebbles and back from
the grave sort of music.
I used to play in a 60's garage band and my soloing became a lot more
authentic when i changed to a heavier (i.e. too heavy) gauge. The
idea occured to me after I saw Lou Reed do some really fast metal
like soloing on an Ibanez speed machine (he was actually pretty
decent at it too) and then switching to a heavy strung guitar for
typical VU sound. (i.e. sloppy etc)
Nowadays 011's are a good compromise for me, but then again, I have
small hands and would probably loose a thumbwrestling match from a he-
man action figure.
wannes
It was part of the "sound" because no one could bend properly a full
half step on strings that heavy.
We "create" with the materials at hand.
Les
On Monday, September 6, 2004, at 03:00 AM, mono_tones_1 wrote:
> --- In , dave wronski <stickmandw@y...>
> wrote:
> As far as bends with
>> flats, start your bend one half step up if you a whole
>> step effect!
>> -dave
>
>
> sloppy, slightly off-pitch uncontroled half step bending actually is
> a major part of the sixties sound, if you dig pebbles and back from
> the grave sort of music.
>
> I used to play in a 60's garage band and my soloing became a lot more
> authentic when i changed to a heavier (i.e. too heavy) gauge. The
> idea occured to me after I saw Lou Reed do some really fast metal
> like soloing on an Ibanez speed machine (he was actually pretty
> decent at it too) and then switching to a heavy strung guitar for
> typical VU sound. (i.e. sloppy etc)
>
> Nowadays 011's are a good compromise for me, but then again, I have
> small hands and would probably loose a thumbwrestling match from a he-
> man action figure.
>
> wannes
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