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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:25 pm
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I've been trying to get a harmonic by using the pick and my thumb, and i've only been able to do it once. sort of. are there any tips that you can give me to help with this, and would a humbucker affect anything? thanks in advance!


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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:37 pm
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Well this is a difficult thing to master. Its called a pinch harmonic and it took me several months to master. All I can really suggest is really force your picking, make your picking really hard and try different angles of your pick and holding it slightly different ways (don't hold it too much different or else it will be harder to do other things). Setting my amp to distortion or overdrive always helped me, because the power I think.

As for the humbucker, Yes I believe it will help, they give you more power and it does make it easier to do (I used to have a guitar with single coils and couldn't get it, then tried it with one with dual humbuckers and I got it like nothing).

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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:55 pm
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wow! thanks a lot! you were a big help.


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j_rockr91 wrote:
wow! thanks a lot! you were a big help.

no problem, let me know when you get it...

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Gain helps.

Watching videos helps. Youtube has plenty of guides. Makes a big different to reading how it should be done.


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make sure you have lots of gain and a good pick angle


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Also, try picking in different places on each string. Finding those "sweet spots" will make it a lot easier. For example, on my humbucker-ed guitar, one is right above the neck pickup, another is smack in the middle of the two, and one is just in front of the bridge pickup, ect. Play around with that.


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From Billy Gibbons himself:
“If you’re not using a quarter or a peso, use a regulation triangular pick. The small edge, which is designated as the picking side, should be turned away from the instrument. So you are actually picking with the fatter side, the shoulder. It gives you a wider grip and offers that meat connection. When the pick slides off, the edge of the thumb can graze that twine and make it whine.”

From IG Log "Picking on specific harmonics may be tricky at first, but they get easier to locate after a while. Maybe start by picking over octave harmonics – 12 frets away from the note you’re holding and bending with your left hand. Also, if you have one, try playing through a chorus pedal, to enhance the higher end."


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From Billy Gibbons himself:
“If you’re not using a quarter or a peso, use a regulation triangular pick. The small edge, which is designated as the picking side, should be turned away from the instrument. So you are actually picking with the fatter side, the shoulder. It gives you a wider grip and offers that meat connection. When the pick slides off, the edge of the thumb can graze that twine and make it whine.”

From IG Log "Picking on specific harmonics may be tricky at first, but they get easier to locate after a while. Maybe start by picking over octave harmonics – 12 frets away from the note you’re holding and bending with your left hand. Also, if you have one, try playing through a chorus pedal, to enhance the higher end."




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Here is a lesson from a very good guitar mag

http://digital.premierguitar.com/premierguitar/200712/?folio=88&u1=blowin&fm=2


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Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:19 am
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i play the harmonized part in a couple songs. is that the same thing?


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Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:39 am
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StRaT_MaN wrote:
i play the harmonized part in a couple songs. is that the same thing?


Harmonics not harmonies! lol ;)


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Dunlop-Nylon-Jazz-III-Pick

These are smaller picks. Takes a little while to get used to, now I can't use a regular size pick. These make pinch harmonics a squeal. The secret is "small" pick. Use very little pick and then scrape or rub your thumb against the string. Took me a good two weeks to master it. Youtube as mentioned above is the best.


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