To this day, you're the only one that truly shares the crucial details and little secrets of guitar playing. You can't be thanked enough for your service
Wow, out of all the guitar lessons on bends with hundreds of thousands a views, go figure that the one with 5,000 views would be the only one to finally give some kind of instruction on how to mute extraneous string noise. This is an issue I've been working on religiously to fix with regards to my bends. I give you mad props for addressing probably the single most frustrating aspects of learning bends. The problem I'm having still is using my index to block out noise rather than as a buddy to increase the force of my bend makes my bends to pitch harder to perform. This is most likely due to hand intrinsic strength though. Just wanted to say I'm very thankful for this video and you've earned a new subscriber.
There is a fix in your videos for every major issue ive come across as an ultra noob beginner guitarist. 1000 thank yous to you supreme master Ben Eller!!!
Watching this in 2020 and comparing the video quality to what you do today, Ben. All the info is brilliant as usual, but the camera work, the sound bouncing off the ceiling, the back lighting and overall look - an entire UNIVERSE away from your current stuff. It’s fun to see how you’ve matured in your onscreen presentation since this one. Great bend lesson, regardless, dude! 🤘🏻
Thanks so much for your videos, Ben. I am always trying to find an in-depth lesson on something I am struggling with and I am always coming back to you. I am pretty sure you are the only one on here that tells the whole story on a technique. Keep up the good work, and you may finally rid the world of sloppy players like me.
Thank you for this, it’s always the small channels with minimal views that show you the real secrets. The problem where the top string accidentally vibrates after bending was my biggest issue, you have changed everything for me! Thank you!
Thank you so much for this free content,have been playing for 38 years just rhythm guitar and wanted to play lead you showed me what i was doing wrong god bless
I know this one is old but I've watched a lot of your vids now and you're really great at explaining and teaching guitar. Far better than my non-existent stepdad for sure.
"That's what I've been missing!" straight to the point! Btw I was replacing that trick with palm muting, that is also pretty easy in my opinion. Ben, it was another amazing lesson, I think you are just the best on youtube here. Moreover, it is actually equals to receiving the lessons from Whitechapel guitarist, that is simply mind-blowing. Really waiting for your vibrato lesson, I need huge improvements in it. Thank you for what you do!
Great information. Thanks for mentioning bending up or down and using the pointer finger to mute. Technique is the most important stuff to learn to avoid building bad habits. Thanks!
Thank you my man, you earned a subscriber, I've been practicing bending for 2 weeks and couldn't figure out how to not pluck the other strings while I was bending. You sir are a godsend right now hahaha, like you said no one talks about how to mute the strings, can't believe I didn't think about that. Thanks man, gonna practice the hell out of Comfortably Numb now
Absolutely Brilliant. The tips for muting unused strings is great but even better is the way to check your hitting the right note with Digital Tuner. The complete guide to Bending Techniques/
I always had a problem with the ringing G and B strings doing a bending on the high E, thank you so much for explaining this "trick", I'm gonna work on that!
Well done mate, so true.... I’ve seen heaps of stuff on string bending but never any comments or advice on muting the strings above. I think you just set my elephants free back to the wild where they belong. Good stuff. Thank you.
Wow who knew avoiding extraneous string noise was so easy. And laying your index finger across all 6 strings also let’s you do a “rake” effortlessly. And now I know what a rake is! (The number of classic solos that do it and until now I didn’t know how they were doing it... like Gilmour in Another Brick in the Wall for example) Thank you thank you thank you thank you!
No one mentioned the damn pointer finger mute thingy!!!! I’ve been trying to figure why I keep getting sounds from the top string getting caught or pinching it with my nail. Best teacher ever
wow thouse muted parts are the real key for the sucsess , i really aprisate all thouse , for all kinds of teqnuice and what not , really great! makes me sounds better Cheers! and practise the right way (but then again i got alot of work to "re train myself" beacuse i have trained wrong since -92 :S but better later then ever! Thanks alot Ben Eller , you have great videos overall and great sence of humor 2 everything is aprisiated! Cheers! /RJ.
the fuck man, why aren't your videos with the most views always. i agree with other viewers - you are somehow youtube underrated. anyways, it sucks for the others. you are a great teachers. when someone, like you, explains things easily and comprehensively, it means that this one understands in detail the nature of the problem.
Brilliant, hopefully my bends are going to suck a bit less after some practice. I have never heard a proper explanation of how to do the rake\bend thing before either.
was actually just here for 10:20. thanks so much! but what about if the index finger is doing other things in a bend? like an octave bend? how would i control the strings if the index isnt available?
Hi Ben, thanks a lot for this lesson, very helpful :) However, I find that when I try muting my G string with my index finger, I don't have enough strength in my other fingers to push the string up this its full pitch. Do you have any tips on how to correct this? It may be the position my fingers are in, but I think they're okay. Thankyou in advance x
Thanks Ben, one of the issues I have is when bringing the strings back down. I notice it makes a feeble sound and like its starting to mute real bad after the bend. I think its just not getting the correct pressure on the string against the fret to maintain the notes but I am unsure how to improve this, since I cannot seem to physically get the purchase on the string enough to prevent it. I will keep practicing but its been a nightmare. Great vid by the way.
You must have a thousand videos and I’ve just been hitting whatever strikes me but is there (as an intermediate guitarist) a place you might call a starting point and where to go from there? I’m digging all your stuff and your playing and delivery are so easy to relate to that I’d like to extract knowledge in a fashion that works best for me. Thanks for your fantastic lessons!
🚩lol.. Love "The Buddies". Also great idea to use a Tuner! Like the way you teach, good voice. Nice guitar by the way. Oh yeah, Virbratos, could use help.
Hi Ben, I love your videos. I've been trying to do the double stop bends like you showed. I've been trying to play the Pistols and they use a lot for solos. SInce your index finger holds the two thin strings and you do the bend with your 2 middle fingers, how do you mute the string above. I tried using my pinky but couldn't get it to work and I tried to palm mute but it was kind of hard. What do you do? Thanks, Kevin
🚩 Thanks nice explanation. . I know you did this year's ago, wish you could solve my problem. I'm doing just like you recommend but it still sounds nasty. Likes cat in heat(if u ever heard that sound, u know!) Plus my strings feel so stiff, like it's impossible to move it up high enough. Wish you had a answer!
Hi Ben! Can you give a little reference about pre bend? It's just the same as the release part of a "bend and release" or it has other complexitys? Thanks a lot.
Great video Ben. Just curious. My bending sounds good through my amp but when I record a track using my audio interface and DAW, it doesn’t sound as good. Sort of sounds weak. Any tips?
As a Bass Player, I learn things from your guitar videos. And bending is not as common on Bass as it is on Guitar. And that's because the strings are thicker on Bass than Guitar. But like you said, if you apply the buddy system with multiple fingers, you will have a better time practicing. It may still take a bit more effort than on guitar. But you can still get there. I had guitar players show me how they do bends and so I just started practicing and over time, now I bend loads on Bass. I also add vibrato as well. Even though Bass is a rhythm foundational instrument where you hold down the botum end and lock in with the drummer. But it is nice when you can do a bass fill that you can also incorporate some bends and vibrato if you wanted to.
Been playing for 20+ years but unfortunately been with my middle finger using pointer finger for backup. Trying to incorporate using my ring finger but its been incredibly hard to do after all this time.
Can anyone help? At 11min. Ben does a great job explaining muting the bend. However that is not always possible as a song eg. like crossroad blues needs the pointer finger to be fretting other notes. I have trouble in the heat of battle often catching the string above overriding my ring/ middle finger combo making a horrible sound. Kind of similar to the dying elephant sound shown earlier. So I know if I catch it with the tip/pad of my middle finger first during the bend this prevents it. Would rising the action help? Any helpful suggestions.
What is rught when you bend strings,1.the string being bended head under the upper strings,2.let the upper strings come under ur fingertip joining the string to be bended?I currently use no.2 but mutes it with my index but i saw guys using 1 but my hands are ssweaty so I always end up in no.2 thanks!
Right?! I figured out the bend mute watching a Steve Vai interview; I thought "Why is he holding his hand like that?....Ohhhhhhh!" Thanks for confirming that NOBODY tells you this. Have you done the bend vibrato video yet? You should also go over fretting another string at the top of the bend; I feel like I'm definitely missing something there. Thanks again for all the videos, man!
Thanks Ben, I've always struggled with bending and usually ignored the important advice I've gotten, just wondered if the string above is supposed to come away from the board as you bend up and go under it, or if you're supposed to bend those strings up with the string your bending?
your fingers should never go under the strings higher up (physically) to the one you are bending up.. if that's happening either your technique is not yet polished or your guitar action (string height from the board) is too high... Hope this helps!
Your lessons are awesome. Every You Suck at guitar lessons talks about... me. I like how you explain little IMPORTANT stuff others don't, like index muting in this lesson. Another fun way to practice bends is Rocksmith 2014. it has a decent guitarcade game just for bends, called Temple Of Bends. For Android devices, Pitch Lab Pro is THE best tuner. I realize that you are probably sponsored, but I was wondering if you could do a guitar comparison video. Not one where you tell us why any specific brand is better than another, but more one that explains the differences between guitar types, brands, configurations, price points. you know, something that could educate newbs in making an educated purchase decision. If you do, it's be nice if you could try the Godin guitars. (They are made not far from my place ;) Thanks for making this videos. Every lesson you have published has some useful infor FOR ME. Dan
Great video, man. Though I just recently ran into a small dilemma. I typically bend upward with the face of my nails against the above string(s) (and push them out of the way and slightly off the fretboard). Which works fine--seemingly avoiding "plucking" the above string all together. But when it comes to whole step bends on the high e it's tricky because my fingers kind of just dive under all the above strings. I tried changing to using more of the pads of my fingers but it feels horrible (like the strings almost go under my nails feeling) and doesn't get it done either. Any suggestions anyone?
Watch the newest video I put up, it's all about muting and cleaning up your playing. Left hand muting like I outline in the new video can be used while just the middle and ring fingers bend. Cheers.
yo ben! a lot of other lessons on here talk about bending with your whole hand and not your fingers, like kinda keeping your fingers stiff on the string and using your hand to push up. I cant really tell if this is what you do, but it works really well for me. what say you of this technique?
Thanks for the clear explanation for bending... Finally I get that clear bend sound without messing other strings. I would love any theory close up with your series Why you suck at guitar especially rhythm I really get problems keeping rhythm some times I get slower or faster or strumming patterns . etc thanks for helping me to suck less at guitar lol finally my family doesnt bother when I play with my amp on (they always make me use headphones) haha Maybe Im improving lol Keep the good work with the lessons!!!
haha thanks so much, glad to hear your playing is improving!!! get that metronome out and practice religiously with it, that will help your timing immensely!
Hey Ben! a question: one of my students has a problem I was hoping you will refer to here - when he bends he gets the string going UNDER the string above, and I honestly admit I fail at making him avoid/solve this. Any suggestions? I'm sure you're familiar with this scenario..
Why the hell aren't you at least AS popular as Steve Stine?? Like he is great at explaining as well but in your videos I found at least a million things that people miss to mention (especially muting and other little technique stuff)... like you are the king of niche explanation... cross out king, god...
To this day, you're the only one that truly shares the crucial details and little secrets of guitar playing. You can't be thanked enough for your service
This guy has 1000s of secret he knows, he's not revealing
Wow, out of all the guitar lessons on bends with hundreds of thousands a views, go figure that the one with 5,000 views would be the only one to finally give some kind of instruction on how to mute extraneous string noise. This is an issue I've been working on religiously to fix with regards to my bends. I give you mad props for addressing probably the single most frustrating aspects of learning bends. The problem I'm having still is using my index to block out noise rather than as a buddy to increase the force of my bend makes my bends to pitch harder to perform. This is most likely due to hand intrinsic strength though. Just wanted to say I'm very thankful for this video and you've earned a new subscriber.
Uncle Ben is the best guitar teacher ever :D
hey mates!! are you guitar gods now after almost a decade? i hope so :)
There is a fix in your videos for every major issue ive come across as an ultra noob beginner guitarist. 1000 thank yous to you supreme master Ben Eller!!!
Watching this in 2020 and comparing the video quality to what you do today, Ben. All the info is brilliant as usual, but the camera work, the sound bouncing off the ceiling, the back lighting and overall look - an entire UNIVERSE away from your current stuff. It’s fun to see how you’ve matured in your onscreen presentation since this one. Great bend lesson, regardless, dude! 🤘🏻
My fav RUclips teacher hands down
Thanks so much for your videos, Ben. I am always trying to find an in-depth lesson on something I am struggling with and I am always coming back to you. I am pretty sure you are the only one on here that tells the whole story on a technique. Keep up the good work, and you may finally rid the world of sloppy players like me.
Thank's so much Ben ...you helped me solve plucking that other string when releasing the full bend
thank you for the advice. This is exactly what I needed in order to make sure my bends are clean and efficient.
Outstanding lesson! Really appreciated! 🙏
Thank you!
Thank you for this, it’s always the small channels with minimal views that show you the real secrets. The problem where the top string accidentally vibrates after bending was my biggest issue, you have changed everything for me!
Thank you!
Bro you had to learn the hard way as a kid too. Magazines an VHS. Feel ya.
I love that this decades old RUclips video is helping me. Kickass.
Great lessons, man. Some of those tips, as you said, are never told. Thanks
As usual with Uncle Ben, this video had insights that I didn't get anywhere else. Thank you very much!
Thank you so much for this free content,have been playing for 38 years just rhythm guitar and wanted to play lead you showed me what i was doing wrong god bless
Thanks for referring me to this video. That index-finger muting tip is gold!
excellent! glad that is helping!
Keep up the good work. I learned alot from you than any other guitar instructors here.
I know this one is old but I've watched a lot of your vids now and you're really great at explaining and teaching guitar. Far better than my non-existent stepdad for sure.
"That's what I've been missing!" straight to the point! Btw I was replacing that trick with palm muting, that is also pretty easy in my opinion.
Ben, it was another amazing lesson, I think you are just the best on youtube here. Moreover, it is actually equals to receiving the lessons from Whitechapel guitarist, that is simply mind-blowing. Really waiting for your vibrato lesson, I need huge improvements in it. Thank you for what you do!
dude thank you so much! So glad you are getting something good out of my videos. Comments like yours make me keep doing videos
Thanks Uncle Ben, what about muting when the bend is going down? I mean when you pull the string
I agree, never saw anyone tell how to get rid of string "CLANG"! You rule dude. Very caring, and personable, (patient) as well!
thanks man! I've been playing guitar so wrong these 3 years rock on dude!!!!!!!!!!!
that's what I've been missing for making my bends quiet! Thank you for the index finger tip!!!
great tip. I just started guitar and practicing bending. thank you.
Best beginner bending lesson on RUclips. Thanks, young Uncle Ben.
excellent lesson.....learned a lot from this.
Great information. Thanks for mentioning bending up or down and using the pointer finger to mute. Technique is the most important stuff to learn to avoid building bad habits. Thanks!
Thank you my man, you earned a subscriber, I've been practicing bending for 2 weeks and couldn't figure out how to not pluck the other strings while I was bending. You sir are a godsend right now hahaha, like you said no one talks about how to mute the strings, can't believe I didn't think about that. Thanks man, gonna practice the hell out of Comfortably Numb now
Ben always has the best lessons!
The muting, what I was missing and having trouble with. Thanks for the help in 2020!
Absolutely Brilliant. The tips for muting unused strings is great but even better is the way to check your hitting the right note with Digital Tuner. The complete guide to Bending Techniques/
I always had a problem with the ringing G and B strings doing a bending on the high E, thank you so much for explaining this "trick", I'm gonna work on that!
Thank you Bend Eller!
10:56 muting
Muting with the index... Solid advice bro. The bend nightmare is over👍
Good job 👏 👍 👌 🙌 😄 😀
Lot of beginners my self included don't realize they are doing it wrong.
thanks for this life saving lesson.
Awesome video and excellent teacher.
thanks Shane :)
Well done mate, so true.... I’ve seen heaps of stuff on string bending but never any comments or advice on muting the strings above. I think you just set my elephants free back to the wild where they belong. Good stuff. Thank you.
Wow who knew avoiding extraneous string noise was so easy. And laying your index finger across all 6 strings also let’s you do a
“rake” effortlessly. And now I know what a rake is! (The number of classic solos that do it and until now I didn’t know how they were doing it... like Gilmour in Another Brick in the Wall for example) Thank you thank you thank you thank you!
Thanks Ben!
Ben, Thank you Thank you Thank you! That G ringing out while trying to learn the solos for Hotel Cali n Stairway was driving me crazy!
U should be learning bass (green day reference)
No one mentioned the damn pointer finger mute thingy!!!! I’ve been trying to figure why I keep getting sounds from the top string getting caught or pinching it with my nail. Best teacher ever
Great instruction!
wow thouse muted parts are the real key for the sucsess , i really aprisate all thouse , for all kinds of teqnuice and what not , really great! makes me sounds better Cheers! and practise the right way (but then again i got alot of work to "re train myself" beacuse i have trained wrong since -92 :S but better later then ever! Thanks alot Ben Eller , you have great videos overall and great sence of humor 2 everything is aprisiated! Cheers! /RJ.
the fuck man, why aren't your videos with the most views always. i agree with other viewers - you are somehow youtube underrated. anyways, it sucks for the others. you are a great teachers. when someone, like you, explains things easily and comprehensively, it means that this one understands in detail the nature of the problem.
Excelente!!!👌👌👌
Brilliant, hopefully my bends are going to suck a bit less after some practice.
I have never heard a proper explanation of how to do the rake\bend thing before either.
this is priceless thx!
was actually just here for 10:20. thanks so much! but what about if the index finger is doing other things in a bend? like an octave bend? how would i control the strings if the index isnt available?
Ben nice lesson, what tips would you have to do bends on power and inverted chords so that they don't sound like crap?
Hi Ben, thanks a lot for this lesson, very helpful :) However, I find that when I try muting my G string with my index finger, I don't have enough strength in my other fingers to push the string up this its full pitch. Do you have any tips on how to correct this? It may be the position my fingers are in, but I think they're okay. Thankyou in advance x
thanks for the muting tip man, helped me so much. the only problem about this practicing bend ruining my fingers.. love your videos
Keep it up, the pain will start to go away eventually. Either that or you learn to ignore it.
Thanks Ben, one of the issues I have is when bringing the strings back down. I notice it makes a feeble sound and like its starting to mute real bad after the bend. I think its just not getting the correct pressure on the string against the fret to maintain the notes but I am unsure how to improve this, since I cannot seem to physically get the purchase on the string enough to prevent it. I will keep practicing but its been a nightmare. Great vid by the way.
You must have a thousand videos and I’ve just been hitting whatever strikes me but is there (as an intermediate guitarist) a place you might call a starting point and where to go from there? I’m digging all your stuff and your playing and delivery are so easy to relate to that I’d like to extract knowledge in a fashion that works best for me.
Thanks for your fantastic lessons!
11:00 Thank you. 👍
🚩lol.. Love "The Buddies". Also great idea to use a Tuner! Like the way you teach, good voice. Nice guitar by the way. Oh yeah, Virbratos, could use help.
goos lesson thank you
Hi Ben, I love your videos. I've been trying to do the double stop bends like you showed. I've been trying to play the Pistols and they use a lot for solos. SInce your index finger holds the two thin strings and you do the bend with your 2 middle fingers, how do you mute the string above. I tried using my pinky but couldn't get it to work and I tried to palm mute but it was kind of hard. What do you do? Thanks, Kevin
🚩 Thanks nice explanation. . I know you did this year's ago, wish you could solve my problem. I'm doing just like you recommend but it still sounds nasty. Likes cat in heat(if u ever heard that sound, u know!) Plus my strings feel so stiff, like it's impossible to move it up high enough. Wish you had a answer!
Hi Ben! Can you give a little reference about pre bend? It's just the same as the release part of a "bend and release" or it has other complexitys? Thanks a lot.
How hard do you push down when bending and is it down or across or both at the same time????
Thank you for gearing your lessons to the super noobs master Uncle Ben..we are your minions 400K+ strong
Great video Ben. Just curious. My bending sounds good through my amp but when I record a track using my audio interface and DAW, it doesn’t sound as good. Sort of sounds weak. Any tips?
As a Bass Player, I learn things from your guitar videos. And bending is not as common on Bass as it is on Guitar. And that's because the strings are thicker on Bass than Guitar. But like you said, if you apply the buddy system with multiple fingers, you will have a better time practicing. It may still take a bit more effort than on guitar. But you can still get there. I had guitar players show me how they do bends and so I just started practicing and over time, now I bend loads on Bass. I also add vibrato as well. Even though Bass is a rhythm foundational instrument where you hold down the botum end and lock in with the drummer. But it is nice when you can do a bass fill that you can also incorporate some bends and vibrato if you wanted to.
Thanks i been bending wrong!
Been playing for 20+ years but unfortunately been with my middle finger using pointer finger for backup. Trying to incorporate using my ring finger but its been incredibly hard to do after all this time.
what about when your plucking the string
Literally searched "your bends suck" hoping Uncle Ben must have a video about it and here I am
Can anyone help? At 11min. Ben does a great job explaining muting the bend. However that is not always possible as a song eg. like crossroad blues needs the pointer finger to be fretting other notes. I have trouble in the heat of battle often catching the string above overriding my ring/ middle finger combo making a horrible sound. Kind of similar to the dying elephant sound shown earlier. So I know if I catch it with the tip/pad of my middle finger first during the bend this prevents it. Would rising the action help? Any helpful suggestions.
What is rught when you bend strings,1.the string being bended head under the upper strings,2.let the upper strings come under ur fingertip joining the string to be bended?I currently use no.2 but mutes it with my index but i saw guys using 1 but my hands are ssweaty so I always end up in no.2 thanks!
Right?! I figured out the bend mute watching a Steve Vai interview; I thought "Why is he holding his hand like that?....Ohhhhhhh!" Thanks for confirming that NOBODY tells you this. Have you done the bend vibrato video yet? You should also go over fretting another string at the top of the bend; I feel like I'm definitely missing something there. Thanks again for all the videos, man!
CutePinkFuzzyThings cheers, thank you!!! Yeah man, shit is tough and nobody is helping guitarists out with it!
I fkn love you
You are frickin amazing
You solved all the miseries of mu life😘😙😗
Thanks Ben, I've always struggled with bending and usually ignored the important advice I've gotten, just wondered if the string above is supposed to come away from the board as you bend up and go under it, or if you're supposed to bend those strings up with the string your bending?
your fingers should never go under the strings higher up (physically) to the one you are bending up.. if that's happening either your technique is not yet polished or your guitar action (string height from the board) is too high... Hope this helps!
Thanks for the video. I still have problem when I have to bend using the index-finger, when there is no support finger, Any good tip for that?
yeah that's just plain tough! see if you can't get a little additional power from twisting the wrist a little.
So do I still use three fingers if I'm pulling down?
Your lessons are awesome. Every You Suck at guitar lessons talks about... me. I like how you explain little IMPORTANT stuff others don't, like index muting in this lesson.
Another fun way to practice bends is Rocksmith 2014. it has a decent guitarcade game just for bends, called Temple Of Bends.
For Android devices, Pitch Lab Pro is THE best tuner.
I realize that you are probably sponsored, but I was wondering if you could do a guitar comparison video. Not one where you tell us why any specific brand is better than another, but more one that explains the differences between guitar types, brands, configurations, price points. you know, something that could educate newbs in making an educated purchase decision. If you do, it's be nice if you could try the Godin guitars. (They are made not far from my place ;)
Thanks for making this videos. Every lesson you have published has some useful infor FOR ME.
Dan
First ever video on muting string above bend!!!
This is a great lesson - you should put this in your This is Why You Suck at Guitar playlist
Should i use a tuner ,or my ears?
Can you make some lessons on some metal style soloing techniques I.E. Tapping?
absolutely dude! Coming soon :)
Great video, man. Though I just recently ran into a small dilemma. I typically bend upward with the face of my nails against the above string(s) (and push them out of the way and slightly off the fretboard). Which works fine--seemingly avoiding "plucking" the above string all together. But when it comes to whole step bends on the high e it's tricky because my fingers kind of just dive under all the above strings. I tried changing to using more of the pads of my fingers but it feels horrible (like the strings almost go under my nails feeling) and doesn't get it done either. Any suggestions anyone?
Watch the newest video I put up, it's all about muting and cleaning up your playing. Left hand muting like I outline in the new video can be used while just the middle and ring fingers bend. Cheers.
yo ben! a lot of other lessons on here talk about bending with your whole hand and not your fingers, like kinda keeping your fingers stiff on the string and using your hand to push up. I cant really tell if this is what you do, but it works really well for me. what say you of this technique?
Yup, totally agree. Wrist power!!!!
Thanks for the clear explanation for bending... Finally I get that clear bend sound without messing other strings. I would love any theory close up with your series Why you suck at guitar especially rhythm I really get problems keeping rhythm some times I get slower or faster or strumming patterns . etc thanks for helping me to suck less at guitar lol finally my family doesnt bother when I play with my amp on (they always make me use headphones) haha Maybe Im improving lol Keep the good work with the lessons!!!
haha thanks so much, glad to hear your playing is improving!!! get that metronome out and practice religiously with it, that will help your timing immensely!
Hey Ben! a question: one of my students has a problem I was hoping you will refer to here - when he bends he gets the string going UNDER the string above, and I honestly admit I fail at making him avoid/solve this. Any suggestions? I'm sure you're familiar with this scenario..
aaaaaah yeah i know what you're talking about! does his guitar have pretty high action??? That's usually one of the biggest reasons that happens.
For all android users, DaTuner is an EXCELLENT free tuner, super easy to use.
good to know, thank you!
Is this possible on acoustic ??
Yeah just harder
dude..pls help me!!..im tryin my level best...workin my ass off....i just cant do it ....it frickin sucks
10:14
Poking the G.
Giggity
How can I skype you?
oh god 480p uncle ben
Why the hell aren't you at least AS popular as Steve Stine?? Like he is great at explaining as well but in your videos I found at least a million things that people miss to mention (especially muting and other little technique stuff)... like you are the king of niche explanation... cross out king, god...
Marry Me! ...omg...thank U so much 🙏 Glad I found U....
anyone else here ? 2022