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Post by ajent__smith on May 23, 2006 20:11:13 GMT -5
i was watching some g3 vids on youtube and i found this: does anyone know how to blow a harmonic? i tryed it, and all i could do is add some sustain to the note. I guessed that he could have also hit the harmonic with a pull-off with his left hand, but it dosnt look like it to me. Thanks, -Ajent |
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Post by Ripper on May 23, 2006 22:18:04 GMT -5
Ajent Smith... I think Mr. Vai's gain is turned so high, and his signal is soooo juiced that any force, even as subtle as blowing across the strings will produce that type of squeel! Although all three of those guys ( Satriani, Malmsteen, Vai ) are talented beyond belief, when they stand there and tell you how great they are, and then while riffing take giant steps back to the 80's with all that whammy bar stuff... It doesnt do much for me. Id rather watch someone with tone and feeling.. ie SRV, Jeff Beck, Clapton. Just my opinion mon ami!....dont yell at me! lol  |
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Post by ajent__smith on May 23, 2006 22:59:12 GMT -5
Id rather watch someone with tone and feeling.. ie SRV, Jeff Beck, Clapton. Just my opinion mon ami!....dont yell at me! lol i agree to some degree, i would rather listen to Comfertably Numb then Eruption, but i still stand in awe to the technical rock gods, but i think its going a little far if you build up a calisk on your toung . |
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Post by Ripper on May 24, 2006 1:06:08 GMT -5
I just checked with my g/f .....my tongue is just fine! ;D
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Post by sumgai on May 28, 2006 21:32:49 GMT -5
deep,
Gee, that's strange.... that's not she told me!
;D
sumgai
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Post by Ripper on May 30, 2006 19:51:33 GMT -5
Sumgai you ol' smoothie!
I can lick my eyebrows clean....oooops ive said too much!
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Post by bam on Jun 13, 2006 1:47:11 GMT -5
FYI,
1. First, Mr. Vai uses the DiMarzio Evolution pickup, which is known well for producing a rather "clean "ish tone in high-gain environment.
2. Second, some of his guitar uses a sustainer system. (I forgot the brand, but I think it's named something like "the ghost sustainer system", and it looks like a blade pickup). One of his guitar that has that system is labeled "Ronx", and it's the one he used in "Whispering A Prayer".
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Post by dunkelfalke on Jun 13, 2006 6:04:05 GMT -5
i know for a fact that vai uses a fernandes sustainer.
BUT.
i have that g3 video where i could swear that he has a sustainiac in his guitar.
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Post by RandomHero on Jun 13, 2006 7:11:07 GMT -5
His infamous 3-neck has a fretless bottom neck with a sustainer in it.
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Post by bam on Jun 16, 2006 0:23:54 GMT -5
the problem is, i don't have that video and my connection is dialup  but I do a bit of googling, and, yes. Ronx's sustainer IS a sustainiac stealth variant. Thanks for correcting, dunk. (and now I can remember that the Ghost is a piezo pickup system designed by GraphTech.) |
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Post by 4real on Jul 26, 2006 19:01:10 GMT -5
hahaha...you got to watch these guys, they are very tricky...a lot of showmanship...
I read an interview with Vai about having lessons with Satriani in his early years. He was relating how Satch played something and with some weird move with his right hand he got the sudden pitch jump effect on the high e string...what was really happening was that he was simply pulling the string off the fretboard, hahaha. There is a bit of illusion there and you do have to watch what they are really up to...could well be something in the left hand creating the effect, or simply feedback!!
The sustainer will also create harmonics and be triggered by any movement of the string, even no movement at all...maybe he did just flick the switch...instant harmonics!!!
pete (Mr DIY Sustainer!)
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Post by vonFrenchie on Aug 11, 2006 23:52:36 GMT -5
I agree with deepblue. Vaughan over Vai any day. Compare Texas Flood to anything from Vai. You feel his sorrow. When you listen to Vai.... you have a headache. A mesmerizing guitar induced headache. But a headache none the less. All three (Vai, Satriani and Malsteen) are awesome. But passion over technique.
Oh and I tried blowing on strings... it does work, but its quarter of the volume of picking or less. It sounds different than picking too. Instead of the instant volume then sharp decline, it fades in then out. Thats if you dont have a sustainer (like me)
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Post by gfxbss on Dec 17, 2006 17:04:07 GMT -5
im ageeing w/ von and deepblue. you just cant beat the heart that vaughn, clapton and the like have. i know that i have a tab of surfing with the alien from a guitar one/world. the thing looks absolutely midblowing. satriani and the like are incredible for some occasional listening if you feel like slipping into an awe-struck state of guitar bliss. but you have to make sure you slip out of it just as quick. because as frenchie stated before, passion over technique.
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Post by vonFrenchie on Dec 20, 2006 21:59:09 GMT -5
Texas Flood isn't too hard of a song... but when it comes on I just stop what I'm doing and listen. Thats the power of SRV. Other guitarists can do that too such as BB King, Muddy Waters, Duane Allman, Robert Johnson etc.
Most of Vai's songs are very difficult but are nothing more than a display of skill. Its nothing I can get into really. Sure hes great. Im not trying to dis him but hes
To put this into perspective. Vai reminds me of hearing Jimmy Page's live Dazed and Confused solo for the third time. I just kind of tune it out because its good but nothing I can really grab a hold of.
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Post by gfxbss on Dec 23, 2006 21:52:01 GMT -5
im acctually reading a book right now about rock n rolls myths legends curses ect. what is scarry, is that muddy waters, duane allman robert johnson and page have all been mentioned so far, and im not even a third of the way done....
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