Speaking of Satriani

[Chris]

YouTube - Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien

How to kick ass.

[7 Strings of Hate]

its the leather pants that does it for me

[jaxadam]

Boy, he sure does suck at playing guitar like some of those youtube comments said on the Coldplay video.

[Chris]

You have to love youtube for it's endless supply of absolute fucking morons.

Anyway, I've no idea how the hell he manages to do all that whammy work and never, ever end up with any ghost notes. If I did half of that stuff, you'd hear every other string at the same time.

[jaxadam]

One guitar I'd love to get my hands on is a JS series.

[7 Strings of Hate]

Originally Posted by Chris

Anyway, I've no idea how the hell he manages to do all that whammy work and never, ever end up with any ghost notes. If I did half of that stuff, you'd hear every other string at the same time.

thats excatly what i thought, its hard as hell to get it that clean

[Vince]

Originally Posted by Chris

You have to love youtube for it's endless supply of absolute fucking morons.

Anyway, I've no idea how the hell he manages to do all that whammy work and never, ever end up with any ghost notes. If I did half of that stuff, you'd hear every other string at the same time.

I've never gotten the hang of that divebomb squeal he does. I just can't find the harmonic he's hitting. I don't think it exists. I think he's just one step beyond mankind and can make a harmonic wherever the fuck he wants to because he's him.

[Drew]

Originally Posted by Chris

You have to love youtube for it's endless supply of absolute fucking morons.

There MUST be some way to harnass that vast untapped power...

I figure it must be years of repetition, coupled with a solid amount of gain. I can do it 75% of the time when I'm not playing anything else, but when I'm playing a lick and then try to go into a harmonic scream like that, I can never seem to pull it off.

I guess it's a good thing, I figure I'm enough of a Satriani fanboi as it is without copping one of his signature moves.

[darren]

This is my favourite Satriani track:

YouTube - Joe Satriani - Flying In A Blue...

And regarding his harmonic squeals, it seems to me that it's a lot like Dimebag's squeals, only done at the opposite end of the string. Joe does it with a pinch harmonic, and Dime did it by tapping the harmonic with his fretting hand.

[DelfinoPie]

^ I love that DVD (Live in San Francisco), it's flawless