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Lockdown Lick 376

Lockdown Lick

Lockdown Licks no.376 “Pinch Squeal Boogie” by Lockdown Licks. Played on a SC500 guitar on mid humbucker position. Into a NUX M8 amp set to ‘superlead’ with slight reverb.

If you’re

🎸 progressing with lead playing technique

🎸want to add some new technique to get the listener to pay full attention to your play?

🎸do something not all guitarists can play

Pinched harmonics which give you that knarly? squealing sound to add an edge especially to rock and blues, could be for you! 🎸πŸ’₯

Putting some well positioned pinch harmonics in can raise your game.

TIPS ON PINCHED HARMONICS

🎸Use a hard pick.

🎸Play some “conventional” notes as an intro to doing a pinched harmonic, don’t overuse it

🎸Strike by pushing the string down towards pick ups with pick tip

🎸allow string to “rebound” into the side of thumb above pick tip then move thumb away a little to allow harmonic to ring out

🎸Also try holding thumb & pick against string at same time,strike string with tip of pick & release (thumb-pick triangle method)

🎸sometimes adding vibrato will help with note sustaining.

Have fun with your new head turning playing technique! πŸ€— You may notice the riffs are loosely based on a certain classic rock guitarists style.πŸ€”