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Post by Double Yoi on Dec 6, 2013 10:19:42 GMT -5
I was watching TV, acoustic guitar in hand as I am sure as all have. I did a pull off on the high E string 12th fret and immediately muted it. The guitar continued to ring. I did it again to ensure I hadn't touched any other strings but the high E. Again and again the overtone rang out. It was the E natural harmonic on the A string 7th fret. Does anyone have a explanation for this or have an example of recorded music where this may have been employed?
I've been playing along time and never noticed this. Just wondering I guess.
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Post by ux4484 on Dec 6, 2013 10:32:52 GMT -5
I suspect it's unique to the guitar. My Maderia (Guild) has a couple sympathetic vibrations like that.
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Post by newey on Dec 6, 2013 10:46:30 GMT -5
I might- this is testing my memory. And I'm at work and can't access YouTube or other sites to check it out. But I'm thinking you will find that harmonic used by Jeff Beck when he was with the Yardbirds in "Jeff's Boogie".
For those of our members too young to recall Beck's days with the Yardbirds, "Jeff's Boogie" was one of those tunes that you simply HAD to learn on the guitar back when. It's not that difficult technically compared to a lot of Beck's stuff, but it moves pretty quickly.
There's one part of his vamping where he just plays harmonics- at least if my memory isn't failing me!
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Post by Double Yoi on Dec 6, 2013 11:19:40 GMT -5
Newey,
I listened to the original and watched a version of Jeff and SRV from 84. In the video, JB actually picks the Harmonic run.
UX,
If you have similar "ghost" or "sympathetic" notes that ring on your guitar then I guess its not the anomaly I thought it was.
Thank you both for the feedback.
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Post by ux4484 on Dec 6, 2013 15:52:48 GMT -5
Rush and Yes have also done full on harmonic solo's.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2013 2:24:29 GMT -5
Did the same test yesterday with my Yamaha acoustic, and the harmonic i got was that of the low E string 7th fret, so it was an E actually, instead of A. Muting the lower strings prevented the effect, but i didn't investigate further.
I doubt the harmonics you hear in songs have anything to do with this particular phenomenon. This is impractical. People you knew their stuff with harmonics like Diamond Darrell of Pantera or Eddie Van Halen, never used anything like this.
Nice catch btw DoubleYoi.
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