Pinky Usage...

[MaloS]

slide with a cast...hey now...
if someone is one of those people who uses those slide tubes (whatever they are called, capos i think), they need a cast instead :0

[Rog]

> so how many people do tone and half bends using their pinky?

I wasn't sure which fingers I use for what, so I checked out last night - I use my pinky about 80% of the time for bends and my third finger for the rest - I never bend with my middle finger and of course, since I can't use my index finger - never bend with that either.

[MaloS]

i bend with every single one but ring finger (did some experimenting this morning). Otherwise pinky is just as active and my middle finger (index is the most active)

[Gelato]

I wasn't sure which fingers I use for what, so I checked out last night - I use my pinky about 80% of the time for bends and my third finger for the rest - I never bend with my middle finger and of course, since I can't use my index finger - never bend with that either.

I had a bit of a check last night, and I'm about 80% ring finger, and the rest spread out amongst the other 3. My ring finger bends are helped out by the 1st and 2nd helping out as well.

[goldtop0]

I use my ring finger assisted by the middle one for most bends and vibrato say 80% of the time, the rest is the index.

[goldtop0]

Hey mate, I've got that Bluesbreakers Bootleg with EC thats doing the rounds - have you got it? Do you want it? Sounds like hes using his pinky on it, but can't be certain

Oi BG are you pullin my leg or what. One should never make lite of the EC/Bluesbreakers thing.
So what's it abart?
You will be able to get the gist of what he's doing when you get the DVD

[Bg]

here are the details :

Band Name: John Mayall's Bluesbreakers featuring Eric Clapton
Venue: Various
City/State/Country: */*/England
Date: 1965-1966
Source: Various
Lineage: 1st generation CD-R copy > EAC > WAV > SHN
Taped by: Various
Transferred by: 3BR Records
Bootleg Title: Bluesbreaking!
Bootleg Cat#: 3BR 129
File Size: 407MB

Track List:
01) Crawling Up a Hill
02) Crocodile Walk
03) Bye Bye Bird
04) I'm Your Witchdoctor
05) Telephone Blues
06) On Top of the World
07) Maudie
08) It Hurts to Be in Love
09) Have You Ever Loved a Woman
10) Bye Bye Bird
11) Hoochie Coochie Man
12) Stormy Monday
13) Lonely Years
14) Bernard Jenkins
15) On Top of the World
16) Key to Love
17) Hideaway (previously unreleased)
18) Little Girl (previously unreleased)
19) Tears in My Eyes (previously unreleased)
20) Parchman Farm (previously unreleased)


You want?

[goldtop0]

Yes definitely, and I've got The Best of John Mayalls Bluesbreakers which is a compilation of all the previously recorded stuff, includes a lot of your bootleg titles plus
Mr James
Heartache
Blues City Shakedown
Miss James
Suspicions
and loads of other tracks, so we could do a swap if you like?

[Bg]

yep sounds good, I'll run a copy off for you over the next few days and give you a shout when its done.

[Tsuken]

btw BG I had another go at un-reinforced pinky bends. On the 3rd string I can bend a major 3rd

Just had to chuck that in

[Bg]

cool mate, as long as you can bang a nice wide vibrato on it while you're up there....

[Tsuken]

Shit no! What am I, Superman? Kind of hurts after three or four of them too.

[Bg]

kind of defeats the objective then

[Tsuken]

you mean there's a sensible point to un-reinforced bends with your pinky? I can't think of a single situation (other than losing your other 3 fingers) where you'd do that. A big wad of fingers'll do me

[MaloS]

but do u need to do the vibrato by bending the string?
its alot easier to roll ur finger side to side, and the vibrato comes out alot faster. It does not have as great of the tone change, but feels very refined