Conference napalm::heavy_metal

    
    I always wanted to set up 5 marshall stacks, then with a wireless
    control and the guitar tuned to an open a minor chord, drop the
    guitar (chord ringing) from the top of the of the world trade center.
    

    OK, here's a pretty legitimate question:
    
    Is there room in today's HM for a guitarist to play slide?
    
    Can anyone think of a HM band that uses slide? (I know Blackmore
    does, and Page used to, but I'm talking about the newer HM that
    is out today.)
    
    Or is slide still considered mainly a blues instrument?
    
    cat
    

          
    Micky Moody used to play slide for Whitesnake.  He was pretty good
    and made effective use of it in a rock band (although Whitesnake
    had a blusey side to them).  
          
    Apparently Rudolf Shenker plays slide guitar on the "Savage Amusement"
    album but I fail to find anything that stands out and grabs me be the 
    b****.
         
    -Tony

    This is probably a pretty lame trick, but I like it...
    
    Didja ever listen to "Look What The Cat Dragged In" by Poison ?
    At the end of the first lead break, the dude grabs an open string
    and dive-bombs it.  When he "comes back up" with it, he taps a 5th
    fret harmonic...  Sounds nifty.  Easy, and hot_soundin'...
    
    jc

    
    Re: -2
    
    Mick Mars usdes slide a lot these days because he S**** and he
    can't play anything else!
    
    Re: -1 
    
    Kind a cheesy lick there JC. Here's one that sounds better. Dive
    bomb a G harmonic at the 12th fret, as you come up place your finger
    at the 5th fret and get the next octave G (you need not repick it,
    it should still ring with enough attack/gain). Then start to dive
    bomb the `new' G and place your finger just after the 1st fret and
    get the third octave G harmonic. It cool, like G harmonics flying
    everywhere!
    
    Buck

    That does sound pretty neeto... I'll horse around with it tonight.
    
    I know it's a cheesy lick, but I'm a cheesy guitarist...
    I'm self taught; never took a lesson.  I'm also one of those guize
    that plays box scales, and knows root and patterns, not notes...

    Keep right on showing me some new stuff though, I'll try anything
    once, and like Jerry sez, You blow it a few times, then you invent
    a new one !
    jc
    
    PS - Come on guize, put some stuff in here !
    
    

    
    
    Maybe if you blow it enough times, Jerry will say "Yo, Coop, you
    Blew it" ...and then you can be a Blew-Cheese guitarist!
    
    

    Agagagagagagagaga......
    
    Hmmmmm....
    jc
    

    RE: .8 YUCK!  That's really 'orrible!
    
    RE: Bucks tricks with the cascading dive-bombed harmonics
    
    Man, that sounds trick, can't wait to get home and try it!
    
            
    I imagine you all have done this one...
    
    Another related trick (admittedly cheezy) is to bend a note with
    the left hand, then tap in the octive harmonic with the right. 
    You get the original tone plus a harmonic that'll follow the bend
    as it's returned to pitch.  Sounds pretty cool.
    
    g (it aint easy being cheezy) h
                                   

    
        Anyone ever imitate helicopter blades spinning?
    
                                                       Shawn GTI
    

    Another trick...this one was from a mag. interview with Steve Vai,
    which he attributed to Joe Satriani.  Take the B string under your
    left hand fingernail and pull it off the neck and around the back.
    Makes a cool sound as it hits the sucessive frets.
    
    Seems like these are all tricks...Where are the LICKS?  I'd also
    like to tap out the knowledge of the Berklee grads!
    
    gh

    How about WHERE you play your guitar ?
    
    Do you do Jimi Hendrix stuff behind your head ?
    
    I kinda like playing my axe whilst pointing the neck towards the
    audience out in front of me... While it's slightly phallic in nature,
    it mends well with banging your head.  I like to put my foot up
    on the monitor too, and kinda play off to the side whilst bangin'...
    
    Seems like the boize in Cinderella like to throw their axes around
    their neck...  I don't trust my strap locks that much, and beleive
    me, don't try it without STRAP LOCKS !
     
    Any other ideas ?
    
    jc

    
    re. 2
     Last night while watching an Aerosmith video I noticed that Joe
    Perry (is that his name, I'm not sure) was using a slide while 
    doing Rag Doll.
    

    Well, I was posing for some promo-shotz and slung my Kramer behind
    my back, and the strap let go...  You know how Kramer has the pointy
    little head-stock ?  Well, mine is not glued in place.  Needless
    to say I was heart broken, and now, even with strap locks, I'm not
    sure my C/J will be slung any where... unless I'm holding it.
    
    jc
    

    
    Don't sob JC...a few Kramer friend alsddo snapped the headstock
    off their axes too. Kramer dicked em around getting a replacement
    neck so one ended up buying a Performance neck and one got a warmouth.
    
    some food for thought...
    
    Buck

    I have never heard of it, but maybe someone out there has.
    Has anyone ever seen anyone do tapping on a 12-sting? And if
    so, what does it sound like? The Byrds meets EVH?!?!?
    
    cat

    Re: spinning the guitar around you
    
    The new guitar player in our band was showing me how to do this the
    other night.  Then he tells me about the time he destroyed a BRAND NEW
    Kramer Baretta doing this.  The strap lock didn't and broke the neck in
    half!
    
    Mike

    -1
    
    Probably cuz the necks on Kramer Barettas are sh*t!
    
    I know half a dozen guys with Kramer Baretta necks snapped in two, and
    Kramer WON'T replace em!!!!!
    
    nice company, eh?

    -1,-2,
    
    I've only once ever and will never again own a Kramer!
    
                    
    Badly build and wishy washy compared to the LP!
    
    Bonzo (Not going to SLAG off Kramer just comment on there build
    quality)

    
      ... and get the Coral Mist color before Buckley does!
    
    
      ... then send him mail on how HOT it looks!!!!
    
    						
    						-B()()M-

    Boom, you're mean!  ;^)
    
    B.

    Yo Boom, I'm DYING!!!  TOO funny!
    
    gh (no modern Ibanez and no salmon colored guitars)

    
    Cool trick for acoustic stuff - fret open chords and use your right 
    hand to slap and pop octave harmonics in the same way a bass player
    would. Somewhat more percussive effect than what would be achieved on 
    a bass and looks cool if you get it going fast enough.
    
    More impressive than playing "Stairway to Heaven" at your local music
    store 8^)