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string bending on acoustic guitar
    #21846815 - 06/23/15 05:17 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

I'm learning which notes can be bent for a bluesy sound but it seems like all the players that are in these tutorials use electric and the bends look incredibly larger than what I can bend. 

Am I just new and not bending enough or is acoustic not meant for bending like an electric?


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Re: string bending on acoustic guitar [Re: cez]
    #21846837 - 06/23/15 05:22 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

I bend strings on my acoustic all the time. It's not hard once you have callouses and are used to playing. I'd give it a couple weeks. Playing acoustic guitar is a BITCH though before your callouses develop; it was for me anyway, my fingers were shredded all the time :lol:


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Re: string bending on acoustic guitar [Re: cez]
    #21847108 - 06/23/15 06:36 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

bending on electric is a lot easier but i prefer acoustic all i can say is when you bend try to use your second or third finger for the bend and try not to worry about breaking the string, give it a nice sweeping motion to get the full bend, I also downtuned my acoustic for looser strings an that helps a lot with bending as well, all though i play a funky tuning where you can lay a finger down and play a chord.


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Re: string bending on acoustic guitar [Re: lovesquare]
    #21847168 - 06/23/15 06:51 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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i play a funky tuning where you can lay a finger down and play a chord.




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Re: string bending on acoustic guitar [Re: r00tuuu123]
    #21847302 - 06/23/15 07:22 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Get the lightest gauge strings possible.  Something with an unwound 3d string.  If it's still too hard and it's an option, then down tuning.  And use bending technique where your other fingers help.


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Re: string bending on acoustic guitar [Re: Hippocampus]
    #21847939 - 06/23/15 09:36 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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I use a lot of Ernie Ball strings, they have a range of strings from "super slinky" too "regular slinky" to not slinky at all.

The super/ extra slinky strings are very bendable for acoustic strings, their super slink electric strings... Super fucking bendable.

I use the titanium coated super slinky on my electric generally and they can last for months even with intense bending and daily use.

For acoustic I reccomend something like this for easy bends:


They have a wide range of strings though for basically any use you would need. Their strings start at 5-7$ a pack but the fancy ones can be 10$+


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Re: string bending on acoustic guitar [Re: cez]
    #21847964 - 06/23/15 09:42 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Remember, you can pull strings too, push up and pull down.. it goes both ways just like your pic hits..


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Re: string bending on acoustic guitar [Re: Amanita86]
    #21848186 - 06/23/15 10:32 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Make sure you bend it far enough op! Don't half ass it


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Re: string bending on acoustic guitar [Re: Amanita86]
    #21848534 - 06/24/15 12:05 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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Remember, you can pull strings too, push up and pull down.. it goes both ways just like your pic hits..




True, the general rule is to bend the strings away from the edge of the fretboard they are closest to, for the obvious reason that bending the other way can make the string go off the fretboard.  It may not seem like a big deal with smaller bends on an acoustic, but if you ever get an electric and get all crazy bending 1+1/2, or 2 steps, or even 2+1/2 steps you'll see why even on the middle strings. 

SRV used some pretty heavy strings and he does insane bends.  The faces he made are not just showmanship!  But even those strings are light compared to steel string acoustics.



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Re: string bending on acoustic guitar [Re: cez]
    #21851831 - 06/24/15 06:20 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Many years ago, I had an old Fender acoustic, I slapped Ernie Ball super slinky's (electric was all they had at that decade), lost a little volume but that fucker was a blues player, bends just like an electric.


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Re: string bending on acoustic guitar [Re: RobZombie68]
    #21852313 - 06/24/15 08:16 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

:lol:

I have a cheap Ibanez acoustic with Ernie balls on em, definitely very bluesy/ Americana sounding.


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Re: string bending on acoustic guitar [Re: musiclover420]
    #21852396 - 06/24/15 08:30 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Best bender I ever saw was Roy Buchanan.  He'd put the bottom string all the way up and it made sense.


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Re: string bending on acoustic guitar [Re: zappaisgod]
    #21852622 - 06/24/15 09:10 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

David Gilmour would have to be my favorite, such smooth soulful bends :heart:


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Re: string bending on acoustic guitar [Re: musiclover420]
    #21852957 - 06/24/15 10:44 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

DR strings all the way.:vibin:


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Re: string bending on acoustic guitar [Re: poofterFroth]
    #21853045 - 06/24/15 11:08 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Just bend it bro. I do that shit on a 60's yamaha.


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Re: string bending on acoustic guitar [Re: lovesquare]
    #21853212 - 06/24/15 11:43 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)
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i can plug a rocksmith cable into my guitar and make cool sounds

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