Question for fellow Rebel Yell users

[Muso]

I'm finding it a bit of a pain in the ass getting a loud pinched harmonic, my friend who was a previous owner of a rebel yell found the same time. I'm pretty sure my technique is good, maybe I'm just not using enough gain.

[cnotold]

woohoo! from what i've seen, you just need more gain man... quite hard to get harmonics with crunch setting and thats even with miracle man  :P

[Shash]

I'm finding it a bit of a pain in the ass getting a loud pinched harmonic, my friend who was a previous owner of a rebel yell found the same time. I'm pretty sure my technique is good, maybe I'm just not using enough gain.

Can't say I've had this problem... fiddle about with the settings +1

[TwilightOdyssey]

It is not the pickup!

I can get decent pinch harmonics on a clean amp setting. Getting them to sustain is a different issue, you need a lot of front end gain if you want them to do that.

[fps_dean]

I beg to differ with everyone.  I find that they pinch well if I hit the pinch well.  Gain can help shape the tone but wont make pinching easier.

What helps though is turning mids and highs up, at least as high as you can so it still sounds good, and at least don't cut them... you don't need go overkill here either.... what I mean is that if you aren't sure if you like your tone better with the mids and treble both at 5 or at 7, use the higher one.

You don't need a lot of gain to get sustain either... you need volume.

ANother thing that helps -- practice pinch harmonics without an amp.  When you hit one right, you will know.  Then do that plugged in.  I still miss them a lot...

[WITH FULL DISTORTION]

FPS dean said it all
but i want to complete the sentences here by adding that using more distortion really helps in the Pinch Harmonics EQUATION.
i can get pinch harmonics even in the High E string with no distortion.
even in my nylon(when i used nylon,now itīs only steel strings )stringed Acoustic.
Q:)
$%&#ing Hails.
JP

[jacksonphreak]

I've just plugged in my Jackson Custom Shop Strat for the first time fitted with a Rebel Yell and it screams like a banshee!!! Just as Tim promised me it would. In my experience, a lot has to do with not only technique but also the Guitar itself. I had to set up a '67 Strat a few months ago which just sounded dead. I just couldn't get anything out of it whatsoever. On the other end of the scale, my Charvel 25th Anniversary is by far, the easiest guitar to get pinched harmonics from. It is fitted with a Duncan '78 which is not particularly powerful but, I just think that it's to do with how well the guitar resonates.
So, back to the Rebel Yell......it gets my thumbs up!!

Cheers
Steve

[Philly Q]

Sorry to add to the tide of disagreement, Muso, but I've been mucking around with my RY this evening and I get pinch harmonics all over the shop.

Is it the Zakk thing you're going for?  I still can't nail that properly, but then I never could - I use the technique more on the treble strings, Billy Gibbons stylee.  And for some reason it works better, for me, with upstrokes rather than downstrokes.

[fps_dean]

FPS dean said it all
but i want to complete the sentences here by adding that using more distortion really helps in the Pinch Harmonics EQUATION.
i can get pinch harmonics even in the High E string with no distortion.
even in my nylon(when i used nylon,now itīs only steel strings )stringed Acoustic.
Q:)
#$%!& Hails.
JP

Distortion helps shape the tone, but it wont make hitting a pinch harmonic any easier...

The other thing I should note is that the Rebel Yells don't do the Zakk style pinch harmonics really.... with enough tone tweaking you can come close, but typically you expect it to sound more like it does in Steve Stevens demo.

[hunter]

Is it the Zakk thing you're going for?

You need really thick strings for those, a bit like pinch harmonics on a distorted bass guitar's higher strings...