bobby hits a harmonic after every verse and bends it with tremolo, anybody know what frets and strings its on?
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i probably do but you need to narrow it down, ive been working stella out for so long on bobs and jerrys parts
Comes a time, when the blind man takes your hand and says "dont you see?"
Just a guess since this is all so vague. From the Wake of the Flood LP, after the verse "It all rolls into one," Jer or Bob play an arpeggio from the Emaj7 chord:
e|11
B|12
G|13
D|14
A|x
E|x
It is very resonant there since it is right at the 12th fret. The arpeggio is from the high e string to the D string.
Since it is so nice and resonant there, it is not too much of a stretch to think that one of them would employ it routinely on tour.
e|11
B|12
G|13
D|14
A|x
E|x
It is very resonant there since it is right at the 12th fret. The arpeggio is from the high e string to the D string.
Since it is so nice and resonant there, it is not too much of a stretch to think that one of them would employ it routinely on tour.
I think he's referring to the last line of each half of each verse, that ends w/ an B7 chord. He's holding the whammy bar down, to loosen up the strings, hitting the high E & B strings on the 7th fret (harmonic - together - at the same time), then slowly lifting the whammy bar (tremolo arm for you purists) until it's back to normal, thus "bending up" to the B harmonic without the "Eb (or D#)" note.
Is THAT what yer talkin' about?
"There's just the pavement left....and broken dreams (bend up harmonic, followed by Jerry's bend from Bb to B note)....Stella Blue"
Is THAT what yer talkin' about?
"There's just the pavement left....and broken dreams (bend up harmonic, followed by Jerry's bend from Bb to B note)....Stella Blue"
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Interesting pappy...
Never thought about this much but for that song I arpegiate E, em7, as4, a then hold the pick and use fingers for the remaining chords and on the c7 and b7 grab all 3 simultaneously. Never thought much about it since that was kinda just what my ears heard...
Never thought about this much but for that song I arpegiate E, em7, as4, a then hold the pick and use fingers for the remaining chords and on the c7 and b7 grab all 3 simultaneously. Never thought much about it since that was kinda just what my ears heard...
A purist would call it a vibrato arm. **ducking and running...**pappypgh wrote:the whammy bar (tremolo arm for you purists)
"There, in huge black letters, was 'The Grateful Dead'. It just... cancelled my mind out."-Garcia
tigerstrat wrote:A purist would call it a vibrato arm. **ducking and running...**pappypgh wrote:the whammy bar (tremolo arm for you purists)
I'LL GET YOU, TS - IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!!!
LMAO!!!!peteb wrote:I always thought it would be funny if actual slices of cheese would drop out of Bobbys guitar when he used that Whammy thang.
But, in all fairness - he used it with pretty good taste, IMO.
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"Once in awhile, you can get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right." - R. Hunter
"If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously." - Jerry Garcia
"Once in awhile, you can get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right." - R. Hunter
"If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously." - Jerry Garcia
I'm with ya on the arpeggios, SS....and even the C7....but hit that harmonic together like I described and, if you have a tremolo arm - EXCUSE ME - VIBRATO armstrumminsix wrote:Interesting pappy...
Never thought about this much but for that song I arpegiate E, em7, as4, a then hold the pick and use fingers for the remaining chords and on the c7 and b7 grab all 3 simultaneously. Never thought much about it since that was kinda just what my ears heard...
- hold it down, then bring it back to normal position after the pluck....sickleberry. 
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"Once in awhile, you can get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right." - R. Hunter
"If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously." - Jerry Garcia
"Once in awhile, you can get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right." - R. Hunter
"If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously." - Jerry Garcia
I really like Bob's whammying on GSET, Sugar Mag, Bucket...Pete B. wrote:I always thought it would be funny if actual slices of cheese would drop out of Bobbys guitar when he used that Whammy thang.
"There, in huge black letters, was 'The Grateful Dead'. It just... cancelled my mind out."-Garcia
WORD. Also props on I Need A Miracle, Truckin', The Other One, Black Peter and Victim or the Crime, just to name a few more.tigerstrat wrote:I really like Bob's whammying on GSET, Sugar Mag, Bucket...Pete B. wrote:I always thought it would be funny if actual slices of cheese would drop out of Bobbys guitar when he used that Whammy thang.
www.theCAUSEjams.com
"Once in awhile, you can get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right." - R. Hunter
"If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously." - Jerry Garcia
"Once in awhile, you can get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right." - R. Hunter
"If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously." - Jerry Garcia
and out of his mouth, nose, eye sockets...Pete B. wrote:I'm thinking maybe like when he uses the whammy bar, it's hooked up to like a playdough unit filled with spray can cheese that comes out of his guitar pickups like spagetti!... no?
"There, in huge black letters, was 'The Grateful Dead'. It just... cancelled my mind out."-Garcia
just out of his earstigerstrat wrote:and out of his mouth, nose, eye sockets...Pete B. wrote:I'm thinking maybe like when he uses the whammy bar, it's hooked up to like a playdough unit filled with spray can cheese that comes out of his guitar pickups like spagetti!... no?
I always thought it would be funny if actual slices of cheese would drop out of Bobbys guitar when he used that Whammy thang.
LOL! Thanks for cracking me up today! I wasn't feeling well and this put a smile on my face!I'm thinking maybe like when he uses the whammy bar, it's hooked up to like a playdough unit filled with spray can cheese that comes out of his guitar pickups like spagetti!... no?
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