Originally Posted by: ChristopherSchlegel

Originally Posted by: tgchan

You can't* really bend high E string 8th fret= C to in-pocket/perfect D (a whole step).

*okay you technically can switching fingers or if you have enourmous ability to do it but if you've tried it you proably know what I am talking about/

So you mean you can't with your pinky like Anders does? For that bend in that position I typically use my ring finger.

Can any of us, Chris?

Given that I don't particularly have long fingers or hands of any exceeding stregth, I do bend with my pinky more than I realize I do. I often see other players going up a half step (ie - 1,3,4, then bend high E pentatonic-type thing) to bend the '4' with the ring finger. Since I was mostly self-taught originally, I just thought that when you bent a string on the '4' note, it was with the pinky. So I did. Now it's just the way I do it. It's fair to say that I do that George Lynch-style where I bend with a tight cluster of my middle/ring/pinky.