Would anyone be able to describe how to play this?
These are 16th notes at 74bpm, so there is no time for separate E string bend and B string pre-bend. I think this must be done in a single motion somehow. I tried: 1) play bend E → 2) continue in the same motions until B is pre-bent (ghost bend) to a full tone → 3) play B.
I couldn’t do this, the main problem is that E then needs to go way further in a distance and with string resistance at F17 it looks impossible.
I just want to understand if this is the correct technique to continue with or if there is something further? Do people somehow manage to drop (muted) E after playing the tone and continue with only B pre-bend?
What does it sound like on the origenal recording?
I would prebend the B string with the e and play it while releasing the bend. But not know how it sounds I’d just be quessing. I play mostly by ear and don’t put much stock in tabs. When all else fails use your ears.
Sorry I wasn’t clear,
and looking at this, it oculd be 2 things.
If I read this in a literal fashion it would be:
You bend 2 strings at once but first you only pick the e string and then you only pick the B string (that is already bend) to release the bend.
but
it could be, for notation purposes, you’d be playing both strings on the second pick? Not sure how you note a double string bend in guitar pro otherwise. Perhaps you can but the author “kinda did it this way”. Your ear can be the judge of that, since in my head it sounds reasonable to pick both bent strings there in a solo?
Reviving this old thread rather than hijacking the more recent bending thread any more than I have done already
Been playing with this again this morning but using two fingers rather than one and it’s significantly easier that way, particularly when using this technique on a fast repeating lick.
So bending two adjacent strings with two different fingers, but playing one only on the way up and one only on the way down. I’d been doing this with just one finger up to now and it was difficult to keep the accuracy and pitch correct.
…also having visions of the whole internet going “well, yeah, obviously”
If the second string (G in your case) needs to be a full pre-bent note, your approach makes sense. In my example above the tab was wrong. The second pre-bent note is not a full bend, but half(ish). Basically, it is a quick lick, you register properly the first bend and then release of the second one. Rick helped me with his advise to listen to the lick, instead of trying in separation to do what tab says. So, I play this with ring finger rolling from E to B in my case - but muting needs to be effective to work.
I tried your approach and it is quite doable with two fingers on B12 and G12. However, it is very uncomfortable with two fingers on E17 and B17 due to narrow frets.
Yeah - I’ve very much with Rick on this one, I don’t have tab, just transcribing from the recording. I’ve got a semitone bend up and a semitone pre-bend to be released so two fingers works great - also I’m on the 12th fret, so a bit more room as you say (even on a LP )
Is that the right bit? I’m guessing that Boris is talking about the lick at about 5:02 in the Spotify version. That’s definitely 17th fret territory. To my ears the E string goes up a full tone, taking the B string with it (using a fat fingertip ) but I don’t think the B has to go up an exact full tone. If the pre-bend and release takes it to anywhere between 1/2 and a full tone it seems to sound OK.
I was helpfully talking about an entirely different lick, albeit using the same technique
I’m working on a lick in CCRs version of Heard it through the Grapevine (which is awesome btw).
Thank you Paul, I will try that as well.
