Guest FarnsBarns Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I was jamming with a friend the other day and he pointed out that sometimes I bend downwards. I wasn't aware but it seems that if my next note is on a string above my bend, I bend downwards (I.e if I'm bending on the G string but going to the B string next I Ben downwards. This makes sense but I didn't know I was doing it. This post is fraught with innuendo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Both ways, it helps with strengthen the fingers better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I bend up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 This post is fraught with innuendo! LOL I just bend up on GBE and down on EAD with few exceptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shnate McDuanus Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I don't bend notes because I think it sounds stupid. Kidding. I bend either way, but I usually do what you do, Farns--I bend in the direction of the next note I plan on playing, or I play in the direction of the bend I just did. It depends on the situation, but I guess I usually bend up, towards the bass strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Both, depending on what is most convenient for what's coming next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FarnsBarns Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 or I play in the direction of the bend I just did. It depends on the situation Nail on the head. I said to my friend at the time that the weird thing was that most of time, when I do that bend, I don't know where I'm going but you just made me realise that the bend was the reason I went where I did. Now the whole thread is precariously teetering on the edge of the cliff of innuendo. God, I'm childish. Do most guitarists bend both ways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat-o-steve Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Generally, the strings E, a, d I bend down, and g, b, e I bend up. :D An old book I learned from many many years ago stated that this was the "proper" technique. It makes good sense. Really though, as long as you are comfortable and hitting all the right notes, what difference does it make? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I am doing it unconsciously sometimes. Just more practice will make it better. lem stool Is that spam...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FarnsBarns Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Is that spam...? I wondered. It seems to be the Sig, It's in every post he/she has done, all the posts seem pointless, I'll report it in case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Well, if bending the skinny E string, you pretty much have to bend up or pull the string off the neck. With a few exceptions, the only time I ever bend down on any strings is for vibrato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbabig Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Depends which string it is and how far I'm bending it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 LOL I just bend up on GBE and down on EAD with few exceptions. Exactly like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Up mostly. Unless I'm bending down, of course.... /chuckle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I bend down to tie my shoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riptide Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I bend down unless I'm playing somethings relatively hard on a string lower than the one I'm bending... i.e. when I'm bending my G while playing other stuff on my B and E I bend up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 To hit a certain note I always bend up. To get a fuller vibrato on a note I usually go down. I don't know why that works for me but that's what I do and I'm sticking to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 No rhyme or reason, but usually up. A lot of the bends I do are on the higher two strings, and I don't want to pull them off the board So I guess you can say, I got both ways. But not really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WahKeen Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I don't think it's anybody's business which way I bend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Interesting thread, let me throw a wrench into the works. One of the fascinations I had in a previous life as a blues guitarist was trying to figure out how my "idols" got the sounds they did, and why all of a sudden in 1981 SRV was hot ****. As I was working in Texas and listening to SRV's first album (Texas Flood) I could pick out on each song who he was trying to emulate. The predominant guitarist was (of course) Albert King. Albert King played left-handed and upside down, everything he played was backwards and upside down (same as Otis Rush). I played in a band IN THE MID-70'S with a left-handed upside down guitarist, and for some reason it's a style and sound that us "regular" players will NEVER duplicate (except Stevie). So for all you players that want to do "backwards" bending and think it's so cool and original, take a listen to Albert King, Otis Rush, and a few others. It really sounds cool, but I can't replicate it from the right-side, BUT STEVIE COULD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpanda Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I bend up but for low E I bend down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I bend up but for low E I bend down. Duh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpanda Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Duh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WahKeen Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I bend the neck som' fierce! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LP_Studio_FTW Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I do the same thing as rocketman.. when I need to hit a certain note I bend 'em up(unless it's a low E and sometimes A) but for vibrato I bend mostly down(unless it's high E) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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