Pull off

When I pull off 17p12 it's not making the 12 sound!!!!
How can I pull off and have a good sound?

what do you mean by "it does not make the 12 sound"??

When I pick 17 I hear it and when I pull it off to 12 there's nothing...no sound...like I'm doinw something wrong.

well.. i guess you are doing something wrong *LOL* - does your legato play work on other strings/frets? or is it only that specific pulloff? does the 12th fret sound at all - i mean when you normally pick it? if not, then there might be a problem with the frets or the fretboard... but i guess you simply mute the string unintentionally when you pull off. imagine a pulloff as if you where plucking the string with the finger that you pull off - as if you where plucking the string with your right hand. incase you fret the 12th fret correctly and you do not mute the string, it should sound right.

did i make myself clear? i guess no *LOL*

... and there we see the problem of it all - to answre your question it is essential to actually SEE what you do - thats why i always recommend getting a teacher.

i had the same problem..from what i read ur probly doin the pull off wrong..whne u pull off,just dont lift ur finger actually pull down on the string sorta to get the string to ring so ull beable to hear the 12..go to cyberfret.com,click on techniqes on the left side then hammer on/pulloff maybe that site will be able to answer your problem

Thanks dude! I'll try that! you rock.

I guess you just need to pull off harder and hold that 12th fret more securely. Do more exercises and build your hand strength.

Out of curiousity, when you came up with your screen name, did you write the word "metallic" wrong on purpose, or do you simply not know how to spell the word?

~Incidents

hey come on incident..didnt we bash him enough in the other post for spelling..

Hey dudes...The only guys who make fun of those kinda stuff are nerds or jerks...and believe me if you where trying to make fun of me when you infront of me you'll regret it dudes...I can't make fun of you here...here I'm helpless...this forum is for guitars not spelling problems DUDE. you know dudes? I thank all of the guys who helped me and answered me at all of my topics, and I'll you too if you want, I'm with contect with beginner on ICQ now and he's cool, not like the nerd dudes here who have problams with my spelling...

[Edited by Metalic Dude on 08-06-2003 at 08:02 PM]

ok..as nice as im gonna be quite with the dudes ****..you just dont know how annying it is to see 4 or 5 dudes in one paragraph..and about bein nerds/jerks cuz they correct spelling, you just mess up on some of the easiest words..for exaple problams, come one we all screw up with spelling but not on words like that but then again not all of us are the greatest spellers(me) and about jokin on you but we would regret it infront of you..who cares if ur big and strong or watever you say..look at bruce, he was some little asian that could woop any bodies ass..this as plain as im gonna say it

Err guys quit the fights, were here to discuss guitars stuff , not to fight because of spelling problems..

incidents started it....lol you haver a point but i dont know how many diff ways you can explain a pull off

If you want to develop your pull offs you'll need to develop lots of finger strength. One neat exercise involves hammer ons.. Go from the lowest string to the highest string. Just hammer on 1,2,3,4 keeping each finger in place. You'll find yourself loosing volume as your pitch increases, especially if you try this on acoustic, this allows you to gauge your progress. This kind of exercise is very tedious and is best done whilst watching tv or something unless you have a high boredom threshold like I do!
Here's another good finger strength exercise for you:

http://www.guitartricks.com/2000/trick.php?trick_id=6670

Another point, make sure the finger you're pulling off onto is close to the fret but not damping it.

I'm so bored of all this mettalic bashing that I'm posting a new thread, here's the link:

http://www.guitartricks.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=7229