SRV

How do you do that thing he does like at 0:40 in this vid?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s9M-52fRGU&feature=related

Thanks

okay that was a fail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s9M-52fRGU&feature=related

just click on the link

What? Bite a guitar?

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thank you!

but how?

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Its not really that hard. I don't have my guitar with me, so I'm not sure what note he is sliding down from....but he is quickly sliding down from a note right at :40. The next lick is a typical SRV lick (sounds like a simple pentatonic lick to my ears).

I'll get my guitar out and figure it out tomorrow if nobody else does so before me.

Overall, great song, but pretty typical SRV stuff.

Its not really that hard. I don't have my guitar with me, so I'm not sure what note he is sliding down from....but he is quickly sliding down from a note right at :40. The next lick is a typical SRV lick (sounds like a simple pentatonic lick to my ears).

I'll get my guitar out and figure it out tomorrow if nobody else does so before me.

Overall, great song, but pretty typical SRV stuff.

ya he does it a lot i just tried to find an example. so you just slide down the neck really fast?

If it's the descending noise you are talking about, all you do is fret the e and the b strings at about the 12 fret or higher and pick them sharply while at sliding your hand back towards the nut. Release your fretting hand at some point. It's basically a quick flick towards the nut with your fretting hand using the highest strings. You might even need to mute a bit with your left hand so the notes don't ring out too much.

Just try the above until it sounds right.

I haven't got my guitar handy to tell you exactly where to do the above but it doesn't take long to work out what fret to start off from - just use your ears for that bit.

thanks

I do this (not as much anymore ) but still do it without thinking..You can use your index finger or your middle finger start basically anywhere on the neck close to the twelfth fret would work, and whether you strike the g string and the b string or (thats the one I like the best) B and the E it all works slide down the neck making sure to fret hard enough to get the sliding noise all the way down the neck.. You can also start around the twelfth fret and stop say at the fifth fret and do a vibrato double stop, he does that alot to..Just as a side note I do this with my index finger..

By the way if you are trying to learn SRV stuff take your time..focus on that big vibrato and understand he was a master of timing the licks properly made it seem like he was playing alot of notes when he really wasn't..He was a swingmaster so timing those licks properly within the shuffle for instance is a big deal if you want to play like him..One other thing pay attention to the chords he is using while he is playing the solos..I have studied him very hard for alot of years and feel like I can really capture the feel he had..It feels great to swing the blues in that way..I have since however moved on to different things but still really enjoy playing stevie and stevie type stuff..Even had the unique pleasure of chit chatting with Jimmie Vauhgn last year when he was playing a bar gig in Austin..

By the way if you are trying to learn SRV stuff take your time..focus on that big vibrato and understand he was a master of timing the licks properly made it seem like he was playing alot of notes when he really wasn't..He was a swingmaster so timing those licks properly within the shuffle for instance is a big deal if you want to play like him..One other thing pay attention to the chords he is using while he is playing the solos..I have studied him very hard for alot of years and feel like I can really capture the feel he had..It feels great to swing the blues in that way..I have since however moved on to different things but still really enjoy playing stevie and stevie type stuff..Even had the unique pleasure of chit chatting with Jimmie Vauhgn last year when he was playing a bar gig in Austin..

Thanks. And you talked with Jimmie Vaughan? That's awesome!

If you are tuned down 1/2 step, it is like key of C and the slide at :40 is started at the 20th fret, E and B strings, just after the G9 (V chord.) In standard tuning, key of B, slide from the 19th fret.

I do it by placing my index/middle/ring fingers together to make sort of a "finger slide". Wierd, I know, but it works great for me. I have a hard time doing it with just one finger. I actually don't even think about it anymore, it just kind of happens once in a while. It sounds better for me with some gain (like with an overdrive pedal, or an amp pushed hard so you get some compression).

JMHO.