slash guitar trick

[nanker_phelge]

has anyone here seen that penn and teller clip of slash wailing, then he does the rat in the hat trick onstage, the magic trick?

then he takes his second solo?

well, he does this trick when he's fretting the fretboard then reaches up to the tuning peg area of the headstock and does this crazy 'wah wah wah wah' jimmy page like thing woth his right hand. it looks like he messes with the strings, but i'm not sure.

i would love to know how he does it, hopefully you guys can help

np

[kevin]

couldn't he just be turning the tuning pegs? That sounds like it could be it..

[santana]

If I understand correctly, what he's doing is pulling on the top of the headstock. What that does, is it bends the neck slightly and in turn, stretches the strings, much like a whammy bar does.

[quadlaser]

heh, that's what i do to play the beginning of iron man

[The Volitan]

Just apply pressure to the string between the nut and the tuning peg?

[damian 1200]

Just apply pressure to the string between the nut and the tuning peg?

Yeah.

Thats a great technique it does the exact same thing as a whammy bar almost but without detuning the guitar.

[Chrisi Rokks]

Nah, i know what it is. I've seen Jimmy Page do it. Right, you know the top of the guitar where the strings go over the nut? Well, on the otherside of the nut, if you pluck a string and then bend the strings down they'll tighten slightly and make that noise that Slash does. If you tap or hammer on etc and do it, You'll get that Slash Technique

[Revolver]

yeah I've seen it, that trick was not very good.... you could see the guy when he put the rat in the hat

by they way hat and rat rimes (just kidding, I know it ain't funny)

[Arnarsson]

has anyone here seen that penn and teller clip of slash wailing, then he does the rat in the hat trick onstage, the magic trick?

then he takes his second solo?

well, he does this trick when he's fretting the fretboard then reaches up to the tuning peg area of the headstock and does this crazy 'wah wah wah wah' jimmy page like thing woth his right hand. it looks like he messes with the strings, but i'm not sure.

i would love to know how he does it, hopefully you guys can help

np

I laughed hahahahahahaha! well.. I'm childish.... You would know what I mean if you were Icelandic

OMG

[twistedthoughts]

I haven't watched it in a while but I have Led Zepp's self titled DVD (not 'The Song Remains The Same') and I'm pretty sure I say Jimmy Page simply detuning his guitar.

Can't remember what song it was but he just fretted a note then proceeded to detune that string then retune it. I remember this distictly because I thought it was pretty cool that he could detune his guitar then get it back tot he right pitch mid-song.

And that headstock bending trick isn't very good for your guitar! Slash does it dirung Civil War but you have to remember that he (and Jimmy Page) gets given FREE Custom Gibson Les Pauls...FREE! He can bend the crap out of them all he wants and at the end of the night, his guitar tech will getit back in pristine condition.

So unless you're getting freebie Gibson Les Pauls and you have a guitar tech, use that trick sparringly. Note: I said sparringly because sometimes if I feel like it, I still do it.

[Me Scandar]

Page's Heartbreaker Solo

[grhgorhs]

Page's Heartbreaker Solo

yeap that is.

[AxlisOld]

I do neck bends all the time on my hardtail or tune-o-matic guitars, and have yet to mess any of them up. The worst you could do (aside from being a jackass and snapping your neck) is need a truss rod adjustment shortly thereafter, which are not hard to learn how to do.

[johnezz]

It's a bit different, but Hendrix would trill then dive on the whammy bar, he does it in Machine Gun a bit, soudns really cool.

But since Gibson are homosexual they dont have a good ol' whammy bar

[damian 1200]

It's a bit different, but Hendrix would trill then dive on the whammy bar, he does it in Machine Gun a bit, soudns really cool.

But since Gibson are homosexual they dont have a good ol' whammy bar

Epiphone les paul goth models have whammy bars.

So how come gibson dont

This applying pressure to the string between the nut and the tuning peg isnt healthy for your guitar,with the amount of pressure you put on there it pulls on the bridge and that isnt a good thing.

Ive been told vibratos are much better.

Vibrato.

And who says n00bs dont know shit .

[santana]

It's a bit different, but Hendrix would trill then dive on the whammy bar, he does it in Machine Gun a bit, soudns really cool.

But since Gibson are homosexual they dont have a good ol' whammy bar

Epiphone les paul goth models have whammy bars.

So how come gibson dont

This applying pressure to the string between the nut and the tuning peg isnt healthy for your guitar,with the amount of pressure you put on there it pulls on the bridge and that isnt a good thing.

Ive been told vibratos are much better.

Vibrato.

And who says n00bs dont know shit .

That's a good article, but that guy is over-complicating it a bit.

[Chrisi Rokks]

It's a bit different, but Hendrix would trill then dive on the whammy bar, he does it in Machine Gun a bit, soudns really cool.

But since Gibson are homosexual they dont have a good ol' whammy bar

Johnny boy, Johnny boy, Gibsons rock and you know it

[johnezz]

It's a bit different, but Hendrix would trill then dive on the whammy bar, he does it in Machine Gun a bit, soudns really cool.

But since Gibson are homosexual they dont have a good ol' whammy bar

Johnny boy, Johnny boy, Gibsons rock and you know it

Heheh yes i secretly love them

[The Volitan]

It's a bit different, but Hendrix would trill then dive on the whammy bar, he does it in Machine Gun a bit, soudns really cool.

But since Gibson are homosexual they dont have a good ol' whammy bar

you are aware jimi played a Gibson Flying V with a vibrato towards the end of his career?

Also, Gibson's Custom Shop is making a Hendrix Signature V now. it looks pretty sweet.

[johnezz]

It's a bit different, but Hendrix would trill then dive on the whammy bar, he does it in Machine Gun a bit, soudns really cool.

But since Gibson are homosexual they dont have a good ol' whammy bar

you are aware jimi played a Gibson Flying V with a vibrato towards the end of his career?

Also, Gibson's Custom Shop is making a Hendrix Signature V now. it looks pretty sweet.

Yep a bigsby vibrato, and if im not mistaken he used that Flying V to record All Along the Watchtower.

Bigsby's are great vibrato's but changing the spring is really hard.

[The Volitan]

It's a bit different, but Hendrix would trill then dive on the whammy bar, he does it in Machine Gun a bit, soudns really cool.

But since Gibson are homosexual they dont have a good ol' whammy bar

you are aware jimi played a Gibson Flying V with a vibrato towards the end of his career?

Also, Gibson's Custom Shop is making a Hendrix Signature V now. it looks pretty sweet.

Yep a bigsby vibrato, and if im not mistaken he used that Flying V to record All Along the Watchtower.

Bigsby's are great vibrato's but changing the spring is really hard.

It wasn't a bigsby, it was a "Maestro." It's pretty much like whats on the Angus signature. God a bigsby would look awful on a V

[johnezz]

It's a bit different, but Hendrix would trill then dive on the whammy bar, he does it in Machine Gun a bit, soudns really cool.

But since Gibson are homosexual they dont have a good ol' whammy bar

you are aware jimi played a Gibson Flying V with a vibrato towards the end of his career?

Also, Gibson's Custom Shop is making a Hendrix Signature V now. it looks pretty sweet.

Yep a bigsby vibrato, and if im not mistaken he used that Flying V to record All Along the Watchtower.

Bigsby's are great vibrato's but changing the spring is really hard.

It wasn't a bigsby, it was a "Maestro." It's pretty much like whats on the Angus signature. God a bigsby would look awful on a V

Oops, sorry. But i have seen V's with Bigsby's on them.

I stand corrected:

They reason why he used a Flying V is obvious, because he could reach up the fretboard higher.

Edited January 27, 2006 by johnezz

[The Volitan]

They reason why he used a Flying V is obvious, because he could reach up the fretboard higher.

Yep. Same with the strat I suppose. Of course Jimi could've used an SG also. How badass would that be!!!

[santana]

They reason why he used a Flying V is obvious, because he could reach up the fretboard higher.

Yep. Same with the strat I suppose. Of course Jimi could've used an SG also. How badass would that be!!!

It would be badass like this:

[johnezz]

They reason why he used a Flying V is obvious, because he could reach up the fretboard higher.

Yep. Same with the strat I suppose. Of course Jimi could've used an SG also. How badass would that be!!!

It would be badass like this:

Dude, Jimi would be baddass even if he played Bagpipes.