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Title: don't like seeing this
Post by: gwEm on August 01, 2009, 06:48:43 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXprhM5qfT0

those neck bends at the end  :x

Title: Re: don't like seeing this
Post by: Copperhead on August 01, 2009, 07:07:45 PM

Hahahhahahaha - They're all gonna rot and burn one day anyway...
I broke a bass, an acoustic and an RG like this, when I was much younger....

Title: Re: don't like seeing this
Post by: AndyR on August 01, 2009, 07:39:10 PM

:lol:

I used to do that years ago (neck bending) at the end of gigs - all the guitars survived, even pushing the headstock into the stage and leaning on it in a provocative manner so that it screamed and moaned in an oo-er-missus kinda way... It was always strats though - not sure I'd do it with a glued neck :lol:

Title: Re: don't like seeing this
Post by: Will on August 01, 2009, 08:13:10 PM

and he still does a Herman Ri whammy face :lol:

Title: Re: don't like seeing this
Post by: Philly Q on August 01, 2009, 10:07:03 PM

I'm a big Frank Hannon/Tesla fan.... but I find neck bends slightly distressing to watch - especially on a V or SG!  :x

Title: Re: don't like seeing this
Post by: Muttley on August 01, 2009, 11:04:52 PM

Heh, I've done those in the past.  Stole the idea from Jake E Lee IIRC.  :)

Title: Re: don't like seeing this
Post by: tomjackson on August 01, 2009, 11:46:11 PM

Nah, it's fine - wood bends, just think of a bow and arrow, the wooden bow bends...

Here's me doing it (gently) :D

Title: Re: don't like seeing this
Post by: Ratrod on August 02, 2009, 10:22:36 AM

Quote from: Philly Q on August 01, 2009, 10:07:03 PM

I'm a big Frank Hannon/Tesla fan.... but I find neck bends slightly distressing to watch - especially on a V or SG!  :x

+1 on that.

I only do that stuff with a tele.

Title: Re: don't like seeing this
Post by: hunter on August 02, 2009, 10:43:07 AM

Well, as long as he doesn't go for full dive bombs à la EVH ...  :lol:

Title: Re: don't like seeing this
Post by: ToneMonkey on August 03, 2009, 01:16:56 PM

Quote from: tomjackson on August 01, 2009, 11:46:11 PM

Nah, it's fine - wood bends,

Although glue doesn't  PDT_008

Title: Re: don't like seeing this
Post by: Mr.Coneman on August 05, 2009, 01:45:05 AM

As long as you're being careful then it should be okay...I've been doing the neck bends for about three years, but I've found a few other ways too.

I only literally push the guitar and neck when I want a little sort of...shimmer to go through the note, never a crazy half step/full step thing like he did at the end there. For those sorts of things I'd use my strumming hand to bend the string above the fret I'm sustaining, ala Randy Rhoads. Or I push the string behind the nut, ala Tony Iommi. Or I push the string down at the bridge/stop bar ala John Sykes.