kelly campbell Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 When pushing on top of guitar and neck in opposite directions to kinda give the whammy bar effect of electrics. What is this called and does it hurt your guitars neck joint??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Famed guitar player and noise-maker deluxe Adrian Belew calls this 'neck bending'. If you do it a LOT, you won't be doing your neck and neck-joint any favors. Jeff Beck does it every now and then, but only on rare occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 It's called "abusing your guitar". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 It's a show-boat kind of stunt. Not a valid or recommended technique. I have done it onstage exactly once. We finished a particularly good song, and were winding down toward the grand finale (with the drummer thrippity-thrunking it down to the finish, the bass player winding down to the last note, and me schwanging that last chord out to it's last feedback harmonic) and, right before the last coordinated *ta-dant*, I gave the neck a little bend with that howling sustain going. It was actually pretty cool, but (ultimately) kind of stupid. Did I mention that we had been drinking? :mellow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I sure wouldn't do it. Even if it has no negative effect on the guitar, I'd still not do it. Besides, my style of music is far more mundane than that....lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 I sure wouldn't do it. Even if it has no negative effect on the guitar, I'd still not do it. Besides, my style of music is far more mundane than that....lol... Yep kinda what I am thinking, just don't know how it could be a good for a guitar, but wanted to hear from people who know far more than I do on the subject. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Yes, a fantastic trick to show your friend when they bring their new Gibson over to show you - "Here - watch this!!!" sort of trick..... Or at the GC! BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I remember seeing Dave Alvin doing that with his Strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Just squeezing the strings above the nut has same stupid effect. Make sure and check your tuning before the next song starts though It's all a little Steve vai isn't it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 What is this called I call it "a great way to F... up your heal joint" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozz Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I'd love to see the look on my luthier's face if I asked him about this method. He is a very cautious man that recommends changing strings one at a time after a setup. I can only imagine his horror if I told him I was using the neck as a whammy bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 It's called "pushing your luck." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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