The Doug Aldrich Guitar Method - Episode 4: Vibrato, String Bending and More!

I really enjoyed all of this! Vibrato is so important in any way.... It's ESSENTIAL for making your guitar SING. It gives notes character and personality. You can do a rip roaring guitar lead and if the last note doesn't have vibrato, then the whole thing is just "meh", but if you end the guitar solo with some sweet vibrato then the whole this is amazing. Bends need to be practiced over and over again......I've been playing guitar for 27 years, much of that blues guitar, and I'm still ALWAYS practicing bends (and vibrato on the bend). It's awesome that he talked about gimmicks, because every guitarist has them, and they WORK. If you don't have separate volume knobs for the pickups like on a Les Paul, something similar you can do is turn the tone knob all the way down the neck or middle pickup, play your note while on the bridge pickup, and rapidly flip the pickup switch. My favorite gimmick -- which works well because I use a copper or brass pick -- is to rapidly tap the edge of the pick against the string while bending a note high up on the fret board. You can do this with a nickel (that you keep in your pocket while on stage for just such a purpose). All these little (and big) things come together to create your personal sound and attitude.

I never get tired of watching this series of videos! I'm a great estimator of Doug and his playing! Thanks for posting! He also named John Sykes, another of my favorites, a great bending and vibrato master!

Michael Schenker has awesome vibrato

So much value in these lessons. How you manage to take all these people! Thank you guitar world!

Keep these coming...great content by a stellar dude !!

adore this guys style and sound. Hope his next video is about his guitar, pickups, amp and signal chain.

He named STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN. I’m sold. This man is a killer player and a HUGE inspiration!! It’s like he loves the INSTRUMENT. Not the genre.

cool and humble guy, killer playing for sure

Trying to emulate these other players is cool, but he doesn't sound like anyone except himself! Actually that's the true testament of an actual stand alone player. Bravo!

Killer tone.

Doug's vibrato and bending are both cool! The coolest guitar player playing Les Paul is the Doug Aldrich player.

this man is amazing. thanks friend,

Building my skills with Doug.

Unique distinctive widest vibrato : Schenker Moore and Sykes 🤘🤘

he is one of my favorite g players with Whitesnake and it's the spiritual John Syke' son who is my guitar hero too with Daryl Stuermer, Aubert, Bertignac, JJ Goldman, M Jones and more like Clapton and Santana and Bb King and Zurita and Gary Moore and Satriani

I love this guy. Doug yeah! !!!!!!

Nobody ever mentions slash's bending, it's just beautiful perfection! The man puts his heart and soul in, and it really comes out in his playing!

I like this man.

Love Doug

A shout out to Dave Meniketti! Thank you Doug!