This is Why You Suck at Guitar: Your Vibrato on Bends SUCKS!
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This is why you suck at guitar 29: Your Vibrato on Bends SUCKS!!!
Is bad bending vibrato ruining your life? Are you suffering from a severe lack of chicks and money? You've come to the right place! Your good buddy Uncle Ben Eller is back with a brand new TIWYSAG so get you shaking the ropes better than the Ultimate Warrior!!!
This has been one of my most-requested videos because so many players struggle with it, and it's one of the most important aspects of your playing, no matter what style of music you're playing!!! Beginner or pro, you NEED these tips for MORE BETTER BENDS!
I'm gonna show you the secrets of the technique (Kirk, watch close), give you the best ways to practice it, and then give you tips on how to perfect it. You're gonna be the next Francis Bubbletrousers!!!
Playing my BEAUTIFUL 1997 Ibanez JemFP-77 that my wife just got me as an early birthday present, and I am IN LOVE! This guitar rules. Got that running into the Axe FX 3, and I'm using gluten-free horse hair extensions. Pony! - Hudba
Thanks for learning why your vibrato on bends USED TO suck! Come hang with me on my Patreon page and get access to SO MUCH bonus stuff!
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Dude. Your wife is an absolute legend! Not only is that guitar on my bucket list, but I can’t think of a better birthday gift for my uncle! Happy Birthday!
@beneller I saw the Patreon post that you were looking for a Jem. Then your wife goes and buys you the legendary late 90's floral design? No words there. I remember 30 years ago lusting after that beauty. Wait, that was Aunt Julie. Wait, wrong again, it was both.
"shaking the ropes like the Ultimate Warrior in Summer Slam '92" made my weekend.
I was literally just watching clips of ultimate warrior before coming here😂
Same here. Came for the vibrato tips, stayed for the WWF throwbacks.
Where else can you learn guitar while watching stand up comedy? Thanks, Uncle Ben!
Ditto
Uncle Bend Eller
That Floral Ibanez Jem looks NICE.
I like things that are nice!
@@BenEller so does my step mom.......which is why i am not allowed in the main living area anymore.... wink wink
You know you've been around CZcams for a while when Uncle Ben starts to actually look the age of an uncle
By far the best guitaring channel on the internets. Been playing for 35 years, and I still find your content to be fresh and fun.
This is a perfectly executed Ben Eller video performance
Hahaha thank you
First off your guitar playing is phenomenal but your sense of humor is even better, I laugh so damn hard watching your vids man. Pure comedy and solid guitar playing advice in the same video....GOLD
The comedy is his evil plot to trick us into learning the basics that we overlooked when we were just starting out. We're too busy laughing to notice we're learning stuff.
Vibrato bends are this nation’s backbone
I’m old enough to remember your aunt Julie! Even she wouldn’t have me because my vibrato sucked then and it sucks now.
I bought the same guitar in 1990 and sold it in 1994, regret it til today…😢 a real beaut ❤
It was a necessary lesson. I've been playing guitar for more than 30 years and I've always had my doubts about the recipe or recipes for good vibrato. Thank you for this lesson.
Glad it was helpful!
LOL Shaking the ropes like ultimate warrior at summer slam 92
That was a good one 😆
I really need this now. Thx Ben
12:25 thank you, that little detail is very helpful.
thanks for the video aunt julie
Finally a video where I'm actually half decent at what you're showing (for once), which is why I've shifted my focus to wanting to know more about Aunt Julie. Stories? Videos? Websites? Address? But don't be mistaken, your vibrato is very good! I don't want you to think that I didn't care....
Uncle Ben where were you in 1992 when I first began to suck at guitar?Now I suck less Thanks to you
thank u uncle ben i still have difficulty with pre bend vibrato from time to time
I barely practiced any lead guitar techniques. Only recently I became interested. Thx for this tutorial! I did it all wrong (bending the string higher) and it always sounded like sheet.
Many of my favourite players are the only player in their respective bands. Lead and rhythm become the same thing when you start to look at the instrument holistically. A big revelation to me recently was Eddie Van Halens massive sound chords are literally just basic triads on the D,G and B strings. Basically, take all the other strings away from your simple cowboy chords. I try to approach things in such a way that lead and rhythm are not separate things, I think it's a limiting way of thinking about it.
That being said rhythm should be the foundation. If you can play all the right chords and arpeggios and have groove, that's most of what you need. But knowing lead guitar techniques allows you to add interesting things to your rhythm playing.
Good as always. I was kind of hoping you would get into the double stop bends with vibrato. Extra fun with a floating trem.
Great and so important lesson. The kings of bending/vibrato deserves to be mentioned: Wolf Hoffmann and John Sykes.
flat, vibrato-less weak bends are a risk to national security
Congrats on the awesome new axe and for having an awesome wife to buy it for you. An early Happy Birthday as well 🎁🎂🎉🎈
Great video and great timing for me personally as I'm starting to get more comfortable with bends and vibrato in isolation. Now I can turbocharge my playing with both at once without scaring the neighbourhood cats away 🤘🤘
Excellent. I been waiting for you to do a video on this for a long time now. Thank you so much Ben!!!!!
Hope you enjoyed it!
Ok, exactly what I needed! Lets go new video!!!
One technique that helped me with this and vibratos in general is to to take my index and put it across the strings at an angle. It puts my wrist in the right position to do the swing movement.
Thanks I was doing the shaking method, now practicing doing the right way. Great video
Dude thank you so much for this.
Something about this explanation made it click for me after years of being touch and go with this.
Thanks Uncle Ben.
😂flaps engorged 😂
He may have finally outdone himself in the 'did he just say that?!?' stakes. And from a man who once declared himself to be my biological stepdad, that's not an easy bar to clear....
On the bright side, the woke and offended are too busy being woke and offended to play guitar, so he's probably safe.
All of your videos are mega inspiring! Thanks man!
Glad you like them!
Seriously, good topic Uncle Ben!
What helps with this is a guitar with a hardtail bridge and a shorter scale. A vibrato system usually counteracts the string tension with springs. When you bend, you put more tension on the string which leads to the springs expanding, what you have to counteract by bending more etc. So the bend is usually wider on a guitar with a vibrato system for the same desired pitch. And a shorter scale equals less string tension in general, what makes bends easier. And now you know why Zakk Wylde plays Les Paul. :D
So much of this seems so obvious but most of us needed this spelled out for us. Thanks Uncle Ben!
You introduced me to the concept of mosquito vibrato and that has forever changed my vibrato. Thank you sir!
Step dad please make a video on how to achieve pinky finger supremacy please 😭
😂🎉
Have you tried this one??? czcams.com/video/zaa-xw1uPmc/video.htmlsi=a0WSwLAdQor5554f
@@BenEller thanks dad, imma get to stirring the sauce now
@lincolncarvalho6937 one of the ones that always killed me was the old Yngwie pattern "pinky-index-pinky-middle-pinky-index" as well as doing trills. Like doing an unnecessary amount of trills. Try going for 2 at first but work up to 5 trills and being able to move through a scale. Your pinky will be sloppy at first but you will build up to some ridiculous strength and eventually some good control
Lighter strings my dude.
So helpful and funny, thank you so much for sharing these tips. Never had bending make so much sense before. Much appreciated!!
Happy to help!
5 years I have been trying. Started as an old man and I am almost to the point of quitting. Thanks Ben and BTW, as a terrible player I can assure you, half step bends are harder
60 years (this December), I’ve been “trying”. Just my opinion, but I believe the moment I’m satisfied with any aspect of my playing will be the moment I stop progressing. Take whatever meaning that may have to you.
@@jamesthe-doctor8981 60 years playing or alive?
Ah yes... good ole' wrist vibrato. Definitely THE technique that will define every guitarist's overall sound (imo). Also, definitely one of the hardest to nail consistently. 😵
Still refining it even after watching Uncle Ben's original TIWYSAG seven years later, but I've gotten better since then. 👌🏼👌🏼
Some great tips Ben, thank you, I think this really covered it perfectly. Personally I learned the Yngwie wide sweeping vibrato, something I learned from EVH as well, your wife got you a beautiful present there that's a beautiful guitar, and your Aunty sounds like she needs my number.
Good video Uncle Bren! Don't be a dingus!
---Dr. Steve Brule
Great lesson Uncle Bend!
Love Kirk but his vibrato sux! Not only is it always the same but it’s the nervous man’s vibrato! Arghh!
Thank You @Beneller.
Great topic and show.
I been playing guitar for 42 years and teaching for over 20 years.
I tell my students all the time work on your vibrato and tone,not your gear.There is more important to have a Great vibrato then play fast.Listen to Gary Moore and John Sykes vibrato.Thanx again
Ben
That was great information! So obvious but I never thought of it and can admit that I’m guilty of the wrong way!
Thanks uncle Ben!
I need to work on my vibrato. Thanks uncle Ben! 👍
Nice tips unk 🎸
Nice gift! I love those floral Jems. But, good luck not wanting to swap out that bridge pickup lol
Man I love the PAF Pro!!
You're rolling me, Ben! 😂 love your lessons & humor.
Thanks! 😃
Love the dead pan humor. Congrats on the new whip, you got a keeper
Great lesson and my favourite Ibanez guitar ever !!!
I can't remember someone bringing up vibrato on bends. Also I never hadn't any questions about it. I thought it's matter of practicing. Meanwhile, most of the time I avoided the vibrato on a bend because it sucks when I try. But this is a great lesson and I hope I can implement what is told here! Thanx!
Thank you uncle Ben for the amazing lesson. Whenever I bend and try to vibrate, the last note dies off within a second as it doesn't have sustain. It shows that I need to upgrade my gadgets 😊.
That was excellent.
Thanks Uncle Ben !
I love how this video goes back to the theme of the OG videos of this channel also thank for feeding on my insecurities yes I do suck.
Haha keeping it REAL
Wow I remember those Jems hung on the rack in a couple shops in the 90s, very cool - checking in with a 93 rg470 here ...I'm not even messing with that Motley-Julie factoid.
When you mentioned vibrato, I was looking for the old school moms favorite motion jokes haha
Great lesson as always man, but that guitar though 😍😍
Use the weight of your guitar neck to give your vibrato a gravity boost. Loosen your grip on the back of the neck so it can “fall” towards the ground while you grip the bend with adequately callused fingertips.
Beautiful guitar you have there! 🙂
Hey, thanks!
Uncle Ben speaks 100% truth
Poor Aunt Julie got a roasting on this video, but loved the exercise. Lots of excellent take away tips!
Love the Jem!
Thanks bro
Dude, this is by far the hardest technique I've encountered
I need this one
Already watched this but wanted to wish you happy birthday!
HOT DAMN THAT JEM IS A GEM
I'm fixed. Thanks.🥰
There were a good few belly laughs from this one 😂 great work as always brother 🙌🏽
Please do a video on how to do tremolo picking! That’s a beautiful Ibanez btw
Great suggestion!
You had me at Ying Yang Milkshake !😂😂😂😂😂😂
Now that's a nice guitar!
I've been trying to learn vibrato with the thumb over and from the forearm for a couple of years now.
I want to sound like the first note of the solos from You Shook Me All Night Long or Stairway to Heaven - whole step bend on the G string.
I watched some videos (some Clapton interview clip, Pebber Brown, Justin's guitar channel, yours).
I understand that it comes from the forearm, and I've seen people do it, but I'm just slightly better than I used to be at it.
Before that, I was rocking my hand back and forth along the direction of the string, violin style. I saw you do that in an earlier video you made about different kinds of vibrato. It's still what comes most naturally to me. My watch shakes like a tambourine when I do it though.
I actually remember Summer Slam '92. I was 15 years old and thought Ultimate Warrior was the coolest ever! :D
Not was……..still is!
I was struggling with some bending accuracy on the song Cry For You last night. If one could only choose one Vai Sig. the Floral is the way to go.
The man
Actually my vibrato is pretty sound, it's everything else i completely suck ....at....and on top of that, i'm old which is my only consolation knowing i'll probably die of grief considering i've been playing forever......crushing horrible depression....oh well, great video...!!!
Thank you, Uncle Ben-ds…
i've said this before, best teacher on YT. and hes freakin hilarious
Why do I watch these videos while at work when I have no guitar handy? Aunt Julie is going to be mad at me
I love it when amateur bands have weak vibrato-less bends and bend the notes 1/4 step flat
You're pretty fun Uncle Ben
Wtf I’ve been playing guitar for 20 years and nobody ever taught me this. My vibrato on bends just got instantly easier and sound 10x better. Fuckin uncle Ben, thank you brother
The intro to this video hurt my feelings, too close to home 😭😭😭
For whatever reason, my nemesis has always been the unison bends in the intro to Run to the Hills
I would say you could use the same process when you're doing a vibrato on an unbent note. Basically go from the note being in tune to under or flat, and then back to being in tune again. You don't need to go above the pitch of this note. At least that's how I do it on my saxophone.
Nice Vaitar!
Uncle Ben, you are my hero…
"There are no right answers". Finally the pressure's off!
That is a gorgeous Ibanez 👌
SWEET AXE!!!
I cant stand people who's super spastic vibrato is like my epileptic step Dad when he's taking(or shaking) a piss.
Seriously, great video for the bending vibrato technique. I'm glad I've been doing everything correct, but being left handed I've never had a problem with control or fretting. I always have to work on my picking technique and speed. Thanks again Uncle Ben, even though I'm old enough to be your Uncle.. lol
That Ibanez is fking awesome
"Kirk"🤣🤣🤣
Great lesson, Ben. I always found this one of the most difficult things to teach because I think doing it correctly requires using your ear more than anything.
If you haven't listened to him, check out Philip Sayce - he's like Hendrix on steroids, and has one of the nastiest vibratos you'll ever hear.
Been learning Peace of mind by Boston solo and i mostly just did bends without vibrato but pretty sure there is some vibrato with the bends so very useful lesson! Any Mastodon lessons anytime soon? Are you cooking something?
I will if you want!!!!
@@BenEller well would be great! I already commented a couple times asking about some Mastodon solo lesson. I think Brents unique style of riffing can be difficult to replicate ot tab correctly! I think it would be an interesting idea for a video :)
Think you're missing a pickup there Uncle Ben 😂
Uncle Ben is making us better players by using comedy as a vehicle to trick us into learning simple stuff that we should have learnt way back but were too focused on more flashy stuff.
If you don’t want the band to shake you down, shake the bend in tune. Well you might still get a shake down, but your vibrato will be good 😂
Also this one has some of the funniest material and delivery yet 😂🔥
Yngwie’s vibrato is subtle in a ‘more is more’ kind of way 🤫