Kick ass techniques


Dimebag_Dave
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Dimebag_Dave
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03/14/2003 2:20 pm
I'm looking for the coolest tricks, harmonics, stuff that sounds REALLY different, here's one of the most kick-ass things I've found so far:

http://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artists/1996/9603.dimebag.html

This is the kind of stuff i'm on the hunt for, you listen to pantera, you'll know what I mean. Funnily enough, the other really cool thing comes from Bon Jovi's "live from London" video, the solo Richie does for "you give love a bad name", that's just a harmonic trick on the g-string 5th fret but what he does with the bar makes it sound cool, just go nuts with it- impossible to explain, if you can get hold of it I recommend it!

Anyway, if you've found any stupidly cool tricks I wanna know 'em!


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Dejan Sajinovic
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03/14/2003 10:38 pm
And whilde visiting that page check out other players as well. There are lots of Petruccis, Malmsteens, Vais, Satch, Wyldes...you name it, lessons. Nice site.
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u10ajf
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03/14/2003 11:31 pm
You guys might know these but I'm sure not everyone will know all of these so here they are. Have fun!

A REALLY frightening scream variation:

Play two pinch harmonics (easiest on an upstroke; this makes it easier not to mute the first note allowing them to sound simultaneously) and bend one of them up to the higher note and back down. Try fretting a D at the 3rd fret on the B string and playing harmonics on this and the open string. Bend the note up to an E and back down. You get this really eerie ringing sound as the waves go out of phase and come back in.

Behind the nut bends.

On a non-locking nutted guitar you can bend a note by pushing down behind the nut. This can be combined with harmonics to make a sound like the trick above.

Tiger Purr

A floydd rose can make a nice buzzing kind of "Tiger Purr" sound, all you do is pull the whammy bar up and drop it back down fast. It buzzes its way back to equillibrium. Pettrucci's a big fan of this one.

Violining (AKA Volume swells)

Pluck a string with the volume down and, curling your little finger round the volume pot, gradually swell the volume. This cuts off the "attack" of the note which is characterised by high harmonics. This way you get a smooth kind of sound. Sounds great with delay. Combine this with Auto wah and you get a combined Wah and volume swell effect.

Harmonic Triad

You can get a major triad from natural harmonics really easily: play 5th fret, then 4th, then 3rd.

Wobbly sound.

Flick between your pickups rapidly, you get this kind of weird dis-continuous wah type sound. I've only heard one other guitarist do it: Mike Mcready (Pearl Jam) on the song "garden", it sounds great. You can optimise the effect by making your neck pickup really bassy and your bridge pickup very trebly.

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BarHook
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BarHook
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03/16/2003 4:42 pm
so its screams you want is it well i got the craziest by far; found it myslef.
what you gota do is make a natural harmonic on the 15 or 17th fret on the G, B, AND E string; ya wana sorta barre those three strings but v lightly to get the harmonic; so you hit all the string and scoop the whammy down with the harmonic playing so its like a scream dive; go try it out; laters all
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03/24/2003 4:31 am
For the insanely insane stuff...
http://www.chopsfromhell.com

Hope you got extra picks handy,because trying these will kill em quick
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Azrael
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Azrael
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03/24/2003 9:52 am
i´m in the process of involving my left hand thumb to the fretboard ,because with that you can play wider stretches plus you an do some right hand tappnig (also with the thumb). its friggin difficult, but i feel that it will get me somewhere.

(i got that from Bob Culbertson who does that on the Stick - its amazing!)

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