The Famous David Gilmour BEND

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  • @PaulDavids
    @PaulDavids  6 років тому +1483

    Hi! The band aid thing at the beginning was just a joke. Playing these bends properly, with the right technique, shouldn't be painful. It's okay if it becomes painful for the fingertips, especially if you're new to this, but your finger itself should not feel pain of any kinds.
    In the end my finger did hurt a little, yes. Doing A LOT of 2/2.5 step bends whilst preparing for this video is not something you regularly do :)

    • @ThePsiGuard
      @ThePsiGuard 6 років тому +16

      I spent the whole video waiting for the bend that would cut your fingers but I got baited ahhhhhhhhhhhh

    • @NickDeArmon
      @NickDeArmon 6 років тому +25

      My fingers started hurting as soon as you said David Gilmour bends right at the top, so the band aid joke was perfectly timed. Hahaha. I was dying after the second one popped in!

    • @MartinPiron
      @MartinPiron 6 років тому +2

      Hilarious :'D

    • @rat4spd
      @rat4spd 6 років тому +10

      Nice how you went from one band aid to two during the lick.

    • @SATedeschi
      @SATedeschi 6 років тому +2

      LOL I was wondering what you did. Glad I looked down. Always a nice job!

  • @elonmush4793
    @elonmush4793 6 років тому +6465

    my fingertips are uncomfortably numb

    • @celicharvel
      @celicharvel 6 років тому +29

      Anonymous does that mean that even though your finger tips are numb they still hurt?

    • @soysoyjuli
      @soysoyjuli 6 років тому +95

      You fucking made my day, I feel you

    • @ehill1536
      @ehill1536 6 років тому +17

      Ha, good one!

    • @Jonwestcott
      @Jonwestcott 6 років тому +7

      😂

    • @pfzt
      @pfzt 6 років тому +17

      now, that is a good joke!

  • @adamofathens
    @adamofathens 5 років тому +2542

    "When I was a child I practiced bending... / My fingers swelled just like two balloons..."

  • @kanealson5200
    @kanealson5200 4 роки тому +987

    Learned a lot from this. My guitar makes pretty good firewood.

    • @Snoozzzzzze
      @Snoozzzzzze 4 роки тому +5

      😂

    • @stephenfiore9960
      @stephenfiore9960 4 роки тому +24

      ...Hey, is this Jimi Hendrix? He burned his guitars on stage also...

    • @stephenfiore9960
      @stephenfiore9960 4 роки тому +9

      *....Hey, is this Jimi Hendrix? He burned his guitars on stage also...*

    • @kanealson5200
      @kanealson5200 3 роки тому +1

      @@stephenfiore9960 ha ha

    • @tural7355
      @tural7355 3 роки тому

      😆

  • @benjaminaustnesnarum3900
    @benjaminaustnesnarum3900 5 років тому +224

    This is part of why I love Gilmour. He says a lot with few "words."

    • @spiderbabybill
      @spiderbabybill 3 роки тому +3

      @D Roberts
      "Breathe, breathe in the air
      Don't be afraid to care"
      He likes to let those solos breath like a fine wine.

    • @AFloodofSolaceJohnWhigham
      @AFloodofSolaceJohnWhigham 2 роки тому

      Yes!!! Indeed...

  • @Twin-cr7mo
    @Twin-cr7mo 6 років тому +1440

    His style was so slow and psychedelic that people who don't play guitar don't realize he was a string murderer. One of the most recognizable styles of all time.

    • @henrikcarlsen1881
      @henrikcarlsen1881 5 років тому +188

      He's not dead yet.

    • @louhudson1129
      @louhudson1129 5 років тому +69

      Doing these bends regularly will shorten the life of your G, B strings for sure but nailing the pitch is very satisfying.

    • @SAMen07
      @SAMen07 5 років тому +29

      He will live FOREVER, you know that!

    • @thisisnotherejohn1916
      @thisisnotherejohn1916 5 років тому +145

      Rather bend than fly around the fretboard like an idiot with no sense of feeling. He is the ultimate melodic guitarist. Legend.

    • @MrUtoobee
      @MrUtoobee 5 років тому +39

      @@thisisnotherejohn1916 The right amount of silence and pause will do justice even if you are flying.

  • @StenSturesKanal
    @StenSturesKanal 4 роки тому +770

    When I do a really big Gilmour bend I look away and close my eyes.

  • @TheBaconWizard
    @TheBaconWizard 4 роки тому +286

    "We are going one step further, a 2 1/2 tone bend......"
    FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

  • @MrSmoothasf
    @MrSmoothasf 2 роки тому +56

    30 years of playing guitar and for some absolutely crazy reason I've only just started learning gilmour songs. It feels like day 1 hour zero. He's a guitar master

  • @anuragsingh6255
    @anuragsingh6255 5 років тому +203

    I learnt a new word..
    "Gilmourish"

    • @randymarsh5088
      @randymarsh5088 4 роки тому +13

      Anurag Singh it’s a great website too if you’re looking to learn some more of David’s style and gear

    • @joshgunn1973
      @joshgunn1973 4 роки тому +2

      it sounds tolkien-esque

    • @VisualSOLUTIONSMedia
      @VisualSOLUTIONSMedia 3 роки тому +2

      Gilmourdian?

    • @wh7227
      @wh7227 3 роки тому

      This cheese is so gilmorish. Must be a cheese string.
      Ill see myself out.

  • @simondavid2519
    @simondavid2519 3 роки тому +95

    The four notes (isn’t that weird that you probably know which ones I’m talking about?) in Shine on you crazy diamond is probably one of the most beautiful and powerful licks ever

  • @Iheartdgd
    @Iheartdgd 5 років тому +206

    The Hotel California solo is pretty good bend-practice as well

    • @sabretooth1347
      @sabretooth1347 4 роки тому +12

      totally agree.. I have been a bass player all my life. I am 50 now. just purchased an electric guitar to try and learn solos just for the heck of it. started off by learning HC.loved every minute of it and nailed it to the note with all the bends pull offs and slides.

    • @bassesatta9235
      @bassesatta9235 3 роки тому +2

      Bon Rodrigues the secret to walshes part is being patient with releasing the bends. ive often seen people just rush it

    • @Iheartdgd
      @Iheartdgd 3 роки тому +3

      basses atta I totally agree. There a lot of little nuances and dynamics in both solos, but Walsh’s bends especially, sometimes he’ll even mute the string in the middle of a bend or lots of pre-bends, I always wondered why it didn’t sound as good when I played, but I finally sat down with it to learn all the little stuff and it makes all the difference. That is one groovin solo section..

    • @philfyphil
      @philfyphil 3 роки тому +3

      Yes, and one of the greatest constructed guitar solos of all time.

    • @arionstarks4640
      @arionstarks4640 2 роки тому

      @@bassesatta9235 Thank you for this tip, I’m going to try it out later today

  • @YaoMing441
    @YaoMing441 4 роки тому +65

    I think the bending on "Dogs" licks and solos are from another planet, peak David Gilmour

    • @poyakhajei2585
      @poyakhajei2585 3 роки тому +1

      especially the "you've got to be crazy Wembley" and "dogs Oakland"

    • @lucasimmons075
      @lucasimmons075 3 роки тому +2

      The 1.5 step bend on the 17th fret of the high e during one of the solos still boggles my mind

    • @father1st894
      @father1st894 2 роки тому +1

      "DOGS" is a masterpice!!!!
      Gilmour does indeed go to another level in that solo..

  • @kamealex
    @kamealex 6 років тому +954

    Thousands of strings broken after this video.

    • @rafaelorsi4423
      @rafaelorsi4423 5 років тому +17

      You're using the wrong strings boy.

    • @pranavputhoor7394
      @pranavputhoor7394 5 років тому +46

      Thousands of guitar out of tune

    • @TheKonga88
      @TheKonga88 5 років тому +11

      And thousands of babies conceived because people just gave up and had a good fuck instead. 🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🙋🙋🙌🐸🐸👪

    • @shanaqbaimuru
      @shanaqbaimuru 5 років тому +2

      @@rafaelorsi4423 what strings should I use?

    • @chrismichelsmusic
      @chrismichelsmusic 5 років тому +1

      @@shanaqbaimuru use the gauge you like!

  • @jontypiper9881
    @jontypiper9881 5 років тому +489

    Hate it when people say "Gilmour's great" but then feel the need to add "but not very flashy" as though that takes away something from him. To me David is the most tasteful player ever, take his solo on Another Brick in the Wall, to me his choice of notes is flawless, it's personally my favourite solo by any guitarist ever. Good video 👍

    • @nickgreen4731
      @nickgreen4731 4 роки тому +46

      Since I started to play, my admiration for Gilmour (always high) is now stratospheric. I've realised it's actually so much easier to play fast than it is to play... like that. I don't even *attempt* Gilmour licks. I can't afford the strings, for one thing.

    • @jontypiper9881
      @jontypiper9881 4 роки тому +18

      @@nickgreen4731 absolutely. I mean I love a bit of shred but find after a few tracks I need something with more substance 👍

    • @pentachronic
      @pentachronic 4 роки тому +19

      I think the fact that he plays with perfection says everything about his playing. Anyone can trill but to bend and trill and be consistent is on another level.

    • @jontypiper9881
      @jontypiper9881 4 роки тому

      @@pentachronic Definitely

    • @IPOMonster
      @IPOMonster 4 роки тому +10

      I spent hundreds of hours learning how to play that solo. I can honestly play it over and over and never play anything else...

  • @guyfaux1494
    @guyfaux1494 3 роки тому +33

    What I sense is why people appreciate Gilmor's "Sound" is because it emulates right to the soul of our heart yearning for an inexpressible feeling of want for understanding our personal experience of the essence of life. "That sound" is an unfulfillable hunger reaching to attain that which we can not describe.

  • @joncoish
    @joncoish 4 роки тому +37

    David Gilmour is one of my favorite guitarists of all time, his sound is so clean.

  • @erinscott6518
    @erinscott6518 6 років тому +72

    "On the Turning Away" has one of my favorite solos ever.

  • @sandibeganovic3668
    @sandibeganovic3668 6 років тому +264

    That Another Brick in the Wall bend broke my B string many, many times...

    • @JackstandJohnny
      @JackstandJohnny 6 років тому +5

      Dedzal What guitar do you play? If youre breaking strings it might be a prpblem with your nut.

    • @HeliBenj
      @HeliBenj 6 років тому +6

      JackstandJohnny or bridge. Never broke a single b string in years of playing this solo, from the 9s I was using at the beginning to the 11s I'm using now

    • @akiouchiyama
      @akiouchiyama 5 років тому

      i break my strings when they are old. But if they are not to old, it's normal.

    • @Seethenhagen
      @Seethenhagen 5 років тому +6

      Try thinner strings. It may be counter-intuitive, but because they need less tension to reach the same tone, they'll both be easier to bend and less likely to be pushed past the breaking tension.

    • @satchfan2010
      @satchfan2010 5 років тому +1

      8's work well for me.

  • @gabrielezeta7571
    @gabrielezeta7571 4 роки тому +51

    Playing anything Gilmour on 10s is how you turn your calluses to concrete

    • @yarlodek5842
      @yarlodek5842 2 роки тому +8

      Actually, it shreds my calluses apart. Nasty stuff.

  • @josephdavid84
    @josephdavid84 3 роки тому +18

    I remember when I first heard that first note in Shine on you crazy diamond and as a guitarist I was just amazed at how much care he put into a single note. It's awesome.

  • @InGlacialWays
    @InGlacialWays 6 років тому +28

    If you find you’re breaking strings or hearing “tings” on bends, adding lubrication to the strings’ contact points to the guitar will solve this. (Bridge saddles, nut and string trees)

    • @jsullivan2112
      @jsullivan2112 2 роки тому +1

      Also playing in a room that's nice and warm and comfortable (between 75 and 78 degrees). Probably the biggest challenge to playing guitar that most people overlook is the room is too cold, and hence so are the strings.

  • @Rodrigo-ej5wb
    @Rodrigo-ej5wb 3 роки тому +7

    Gilmour's so genius in the control of the bends like the legendary EDV with the Taping.

  • @mrj8188
    @mrj8188 4 роки тому +44

    Man, I've been playing guitar for 20 years. I consider myself to be pretty good. Not great by any means. But I just wanted to say that I've learned so much from you over the last few months (that's when I decided to actually learn theory and started looking online) I had already been doing most of this, just not knowing exactly what I was doing. It opened a whole new world actually knowing what I'm doing now. Anyway, thanks for all you do. I can't get enough.

    • @russcoleman2338
      @russcoleman2338 2 роки тому +1

      Learn some blues bends too. Gilmour hits the actual notes...blues/jazz players don't....

    • @TheRayfield77
      @TheRayfield77 2 роки тому

      Isn't youtube great in that regard? Imagine if we had this when we first started out.

  • @edwardz.rosenthal9946
    @edwardz.rosenthal9946 6 років тому +207

    I really enjoy your analysis of Gilmore's technique, especially because of your admirable diction and vocabulary. It's great to hear someone speak who KNOWS how to speak. I hope to find more of your vids. Thanx!

  • @pink-qx9ye
    @pink-qx9ye 6 років тому +69

    when he said “2 whole step” bend I was amazed. I didn’t know someone could go that far. But when he mentioned the “5 half step bend” I nearly lost it. Gilmour is a true legend

  • @les4767
    @les4767 5 років тому +11

    For my money, David Gilmour played some of the best crafted solos ever recorded. His guitar was such a clean wailing sound that had so much soul in the delivery. The solos were melodic and built up from simple to more complex. They had swells and cool down moments. The solos were just as expressive as the singing.

    • @Matt_10203
      @Matt_10203 5 місяців тому

      You get players like Malmsteen that can shred like 10 notes a second, yet Gilmour who, by his own admission, is a slow player has written solos far more emotive and iconic. Speed matters not if the emotion and space between notes isn’t factored in.

  • @bendanonfawkes4189
    @bendanonfawkes4189 4 роки тому +42

    10:37 guitar didnt seem happy

  • @matebary
    @matebary 6 років тому +189

    7:56 tu di du weee yuuu

    • @psteeg3551
      @psteeg3551 5 років тому +4

      instant gilmour, everyone can hear that

    • @louisebrugman5209
      @louisebrugman5209 5 років тому +4

      probably the only discussion in the entire universe that would
      actually make sense ;)

    • @jtaustinmusic
      @jtaustinmusic 4 роки тому +1

      It took me exactly 7:56 to scroll down to see this comment. Weirdly enough

    • @Trattis
      @Trattis 4 роки тому

      My favourite part of the video

  • @dustinlewis5354
    @dustinlewis5354 6 років тому +18

    Shit, I LOVE David Gilmour!!!! Get chills every time I hear his guitar work, even all these years later.

  • @SteverRob
    @SteverRob 4 роки тому +13

    Gilmour is THE example of superseding tons of flashy notes with one, gigantic soulful bend/note(s)/vibrato.

  • @redrockcrf4663
    @redrockcrf4663 3 роки тому +15

    What gets me with these bigger bends is in some older songs he seems to start the notes pre-bent, but in tune, which is hard to nail

    • @jsullivan2112
      @jsullivan2112 2 роки тому +2

      Yes! He absolutely does, he's a master at it. Shine On You Crazy Diamond is full of those pre-bend releases.

  • @GuitarReviver
    @GuitarReviver 6 років тому +5

    I’ve been hoping for a Gilmour video from you for a long time and it certainly did not disappoint! Thanks Paul!

  • @Mephisto7529
    @Mephisto7529 6 років тому +250

    I am completely happy when I can play a David Gilmour riff, COMPLETELY HAPPY! Great video!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @x1PMac1x
      @x1PMac1x 6 років тому +18

      Are you comfortably content?

    • @Devin-zn8ic
      @Devin-zn8ic 6 років тому +1

      as someone who used to think that theyd be happy when they could play a certain song i assure you that quest never ends

    • @DrogoBaggins987
      @DrogoBaggins987 6 років тому +8

      Started playing for the first time in my life last August. Can't play well at all. But now I find that I can't go without playing. I get edgy if I don't have my guitar. Something about just picking out even a simple tune that evens me out and drives away frustration. Is that happiness? Don't know. But my guitar is the best thing in my life right now.

  • @derekchapman3387
    @derekchapman3387 4 роки тому +1

    Love this guy. Such high quality and useful vids. Great explanations.

  • @LAghemo
    @LAghemo 4 роки тому +22

    I just found that video, 2 years after you loaded it, but I thought I might still give a small contribution.
    One of Gilmour's secrets for his well known bending, in my humble opinion, is also in the strings he use.
    He has a personal gauge (made by GHS, but it can be done with every brand buying single strings) that is based on 010, but with smaller B and G strings (012 and 016) to allow a more confortable bending, and scaled up to 048 to give to the strat a bit more low end. I tried once and adopted since then, for me they are a very clever set on a strat.
    I hope this info can be useful, keep on doing your videos, they're always very interesting and, in this rough world, eventually "elegant".

  • @rawrimaoctopus5715
    @rawrimaoctopus5715 6 років тому +28

    I love how much control you have Paul you make it look effortless*-*

  • @yourdaddy3167
    @yourdaddy3167 6 років тому +1432

    Why am I watching this? I don't know even know how to play guitar

    • @andreaspanas4132
      @andreaspanas4132 5 років тому +70

      But after watching this video you want to learn

    • @yourdaddy3167
      @yourdaddy3167 5 років тому +16

      Andreas Panas I definitely want to but I suck at it. Tried a few times and it was a disaster every time.

    • @andreaspanas4132
      @andreaspanas4132 5 років тому +53

      Keep trying it will worth the effort

    • @Dooality
      @Dooality 5 років тому +54

      Mr. HackZ the best guitar player in the world sucked when they first tried it. But they practiced and got better. That’s how it works.

    • @pstrokeslibsarctic
      @pstrokeslibsarctic 5 років тому +3

      I have been play chords for 5+ years I started to learn riff and scale and solo at the sixth year and i still suck

  • @leonardoedlervonw6013
    @leonardoedlervonw6013 4 роки тому

    You are such a great mentor! Your videos keep showing me why I'm practicing!

  • @LanglaisGuillaume
    @LanglaisGuillaume Рік тому

    Sound of backings are incredible. Thx for lesson

  • @CheeseBae
    @CheeseBae 6 років тому +44

    Gilmour used to do this thing in some of his live shows that I always thought was interesting. I think he was bending a string, and then doing a hammer on up the string with his pinky while the string was still bent. I could never recreate the sound, but he does it during the live version of On the Turning Away.

    • @dennisneo1608
      @dennisneo1608 6 років тому +5

      I think you're referring to when he bends the string, then hits the note with his picking fingertip, to get the high note. He bends the A (10th fret) to B (12th fret) on the B string, then hits the G at the 15th fret, on the little E string with his picking finger. It's almost like he's tapping the G.

  • @petrofski88
    @petrofski88 5 років тому +33

    Gilmour style bends are some of the most amazing sounds I've ever heard :) so simple. so beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

  • @maxellison55
    @maxellison55 5 років тому

    Love your tutorials! One of the best online guitar channels on UA-cam by far.

  • @ChefClary60
    @ChefClary60 4 роки тому

    Watched a ton of your videos. What i really appreciate about your skill set is that you play EVERYTHING! I’ve learned a ton of acoustic ballads from your channel and now this. So cool. Thanks and Happy New Years from flyover country 🇺🇸!

  • @antonnym214
    @antonnym214 5 років тому +8

    In a word, i would say bending adds a "haunting" sound to the piece. outstanding video!

  • @MrPhr0sty
    @MrPhr0sty 4 роки тому +14

    The band-aids in the opening sequence cracked me up. How can there be 477 thumbs down on this video? I dont understand people.

  • @PhilipJFry-pk4cz
    @PhilipJFry-pk4cz 4 роки тому +1

    I've been playing for 15 years, and I still find your videos interesting, you're very, very good, thank you for your passion, man.

  • @RockWeller
    @RockWeller 4 роки тому +1

    Wow Paul! You really focus on the details of guitar playing! This is great! It'll help with so many guitarists out there!

  • @gumpy4960
    @gumpy4960 6 років тому +16

    One of my favourite guitar players, not the fastest player but he has a unique sound, lovely tone and phrasing

  • @ThorneyedWT
    @ThorneyedWT 5 років тому +150

    It hurt much more when I tried it on hardtail LP Standard, but when I got Stratocaster 5-semitone bends became much easier. Of course it will take several months to make them accurate and clear, but well... Now I see why David plays mostly Strats.

    • @dr.lyleevans6915
      @dr.lyleevans6915 3 роки тому +35

      Gilmour’s crazy bends on “Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2” were done with an LP Jr. Dude is just crazy talented.

    • @chrisjames1924
      @chrisjames1924 3 роки тому +35

      Technically it should be easier on a Les Paul though, right? Shorter scale length is easier to play

    • @MajRatbag
      @MajRatbag 3 роки тому +27

      it is harder on any guitar with a trem bridge. when you bend a string the bridge lifts and you have to bend even harder to get the note you want. It is also easier on a Les Paul which has a shorter scale length and therefore the strings are under less tension making bends easier. Strat has slightly longer strings which need to be under more tension to achieve the same pitch. Put light guage strings on a les paul and 3 full tone bends are easily achievable.

    • @dr.lyleevans6915
      @dr.lyleevans6915 3 роки тому +8

      @@MajRatbag Even though the bridge lifts, the string tension required doesn’t change, just the distance (which does make it slightly harder, just not concerning physical force). As far as I can figure, the amount of force required to bend a particular string up a particular amount would be the same on any guitar, assuming equal scale lengths.
      LP’s have shorter scale lengths than Strats, so they should technically be a little bit easier to bend notes on than Strats, but there may be other factors at play that I haven’t considered

    • @c.f.pedraza4057
      @c.f.pedraza4057 3 роки тому +5

      @@MajRatbag I've always felt bending with a trem was easier. Cuz when the bridge lifts as you bend, tension on the other strings loosens and the distance of the bend gets longer. It was always harder for me on a LP, with 11's.

  • @Rodrigoviverosa
    @Rodrigoviverosa 3 роки тому

    best lesson I've seen in a while, thank you!

  • @johnroberts838
    @johnroberts838 4 роки тому

    Excellent Video, Brilliant Playing 👍👍👍. Thank you.
    Take care.
    Melbourne, Australia.

  • @SuperYt65
    @SuperYt65 4 роки тому +11

    This was like watching a documentary - i feel so intrigued about the electric guitar now awesome vid

  • @buggyfanatic6918
    @buggyfanatic6918 4 роки тому +11

    the sound of his fixed bridge saying "I can't take this anymore, I give up" is the best. Springs screaming for help.

  • @ollyb7371
    @ollyb7371 3 роки тому

    Truly awesome... thank you for doing this 👍🏻

  • @premshah73
    @premshah73 Рік тому

    Wow. Really good instructional video. Soloing like this is the reason started learning. Gilmour tone and style is my no1 goal.

  • @Quicksilver_Cookie
    @Quicksilver_Cookie 4 роки тому +3

    That intro to shine on is so recognizable that you can play those few notes without the rest of the track, with different tone, and you'd still instantly know what is it. It's crazy.

  • @Bamagolfandguitar
    @Bamagolfandguitar 4 роки тому +37

    I know this an old video but just wanted to say that I’m amazed at how you never seem to run out of great ideas for each new video. Hope 2020 is your best year ever 🤘🏼

    • @DariushGuitar
      @DariushGuitar 4 роки тому +12

      John O'Mary 2020 not goin so well is it?

    • @fraterfraxinus6293
      @fraterfraxinus6293 3 роки тому

      Half way through September. Here's to hoping 2021 is the best year ever.

    • @Lodosj
      @Lodosj 3 роки тому +1

      @@fraterfraxinus6293 nah not gonna happen ;)

  • @crlguitar1
    @crlguitar1 3 роки тому +1

    Always a wonderful demonstration, Paul....

  • @11286jonnyb
    @11286jonnyb 3 роки тому

    You have a very good voice at explaining things . Thankyou

  • @DeKeup
    @DeKeup 3 роки тому +10

    Fantastic musician who played one of the best solo’s of all time (Comfortably Numb, second solo). His bending is phenomenal. Just improvised to a backing track of this song. I cannot stand in his shadow but it’s very much fun to do. Greetings from Holland

  • @declanmcdonnell6965
    @declanmcdonnell6965 5 років тому +50

    Been playing along with your video for a while now and I'm already onto my third G-string of the day! She said it makes me look more feminine though, which is always good.

    • @mackhomie6
      @mackhomie6 4 роки тому +6

      I take it you're someone's dad.

    • @l.pietrobon3925
      @l.pietrobon3925 2 роки тому +1

      @@mackhomie6 I mean, have your ever met someone called Declan who was under 45

    • @mackhomie6
      @mackhomie6 2 роки тому

      @@l.pietrobon3925 I didn't even realize Declan was an actual name

  • @alanlees2787
    @alanlees2787 4 роки тому

    Very informative and entertaining thanks Paul.

  • @gavinsanford3576
    @gavinsanford3576 5 років тому +1

    Its the tone that he gets from his effects, and knowing exactly how tightly to bend the string that makes his playing so good if you ask me. Its so delicate, but so sharp sounding at the same time.

  • @knettered
    @knettered 6 років тому +7

    Yes! My favourite youtube tutor covering my favourite guitar player! Love it. Goed bezig gast!

  • @vyombharadvaj
    @vyombharadvaj 4 роки тому +11

    Been playing guitar for 10 years now and listening Floyd for 11, never knew this secret of bending. Thanks Paul, you’re always enlightening.

  • @derekstocker6661
    @derekstocker6661 4 роки тому +1

    Fabulous tutorial!
    Excellent teaching, from one excellent performing musician by an excellent teaching musician, thanks so much for this, great sounds and very well explained.

  • @user-zh6hm4yf5o
    @user-zh6hm4yf5o 4 роки тому

    Love your work - entertainment & education at its best! Thanks very much!

  • @bijankhadembashi1016
    @bijankhadembashi1016 4 роки тому +4

    i could listen to those 3 tone floyd bends all day

  • @queputaleche
    @queputaleche 6 років тому +326

    I'm a simple man, I see David Gilmour, I give a thumb up

  • @callejarvholm
    @callejarvholm 3 місяці тому

    David Gilmour and Brian May are my two favorite benders in the industry. Just the right vibrato speed and depth. So good!

  • @brentonkelly3780
    @brentonkelly3780 3 роки тому

    Brilliant lesson Paul. Thanks

  • @GroovesAndLands
    @GroovesAndLands 6 років тому +145

    To all y'all complaining about bending pain: focus on your acoustic for a year or so and see what happens! You'll be a bending boss!

    • @ThinWhiteAxe
      @ThinWhiteAxe 6 років тому +17

      GroovesAndLands I learnt bends on an acoustic and periodically return to it when I feel my fingers getting wussy. Good practise.

    • @mountainman4410
      @mountainman4410 5 років тому +13

      Truth! When I first started, my guitar instructor told me to put away or sell my electric guitar and go buy a good quality acoustic. He swore to me that it would make my fingers stronger. He was absolutely right! When I pick up am electric now, I feel like I could break the strings right off the thing!

    • @BlueGrenadeTom
      @BlueGrenadeTom 5 років тому +10

      Now when I pick up an electric I have to concentrate really hard or else I’m accidentally bending all the notes when I’m playing chords.

    • @pir869
      @pir869 5 років тому

      i moan to myself about not using my axe and looper,ok the looper i should but the acoustic turns little piggies into wolves

    • @nick260682
      @nick260682 5 років тому +4

      Due to my electric being broken and my normal acoustic missing a string and me being to fucking lazy to sort them, I’ve been playing Floyd and SRV and Slash on my classical.
      I’m a massive bender now. 💪🏼

  • @larryb3946
    @larryb3946 4 роки тому +3

    Thank you, great tutorial. My all-time favorite lead of Gilmour is Time. Iconic lead! Allot of people miss the starting gun :)

  • @MyHegarty
    @MyHegarty 3 роки тому

    great lesson with some badass playing for kicks. Shine on brother and thanks for posting!

  • @williamchiusano3185
    @williamchiusano3185 5 років тому

    Good Instructions Paul ...Detailed enough and not over Talked and Layman's Terms ..
    Keep it up 👍

  • @whipivy
    @whipivy Рік тому +4

    Only time I had bloody fingers was when I started learning SRV and insisted on using his setup and strings as I was told. Brutal.

  • @C85588
    @C85588 4 роки тому +14

    5:05 "It's lovely."

  • @souvikdawn4927
    @souvikdawn4927 3 роки тому

    Thanks a lot Paul for this wonderful and priceless bending demonstration...🤘🙏😎

  • @leo3521
    @leo3521 3 роки тому

    You absolutely nailed it!

  • @vb2388
    @vb2388 6 років тому +149

    David Gilmour is 💖

  • @skippyjames5596
    @skippyjames5596 6 років тому +7

    Hye Paul, i like the sound of your strat !! Great

  • @thesecretspaceship
    @thesecretspaceship 3 роки тому

    Thanks Paul. Great lesson.

  • @mallorylangford7699
    @mallorylangford7699 5 років тому

    Very nice! That Strat is on point . Thanks for the video!

  • @kylestewart4444
    @kylestewart4444 4 роки тому +8

    Out of all the great guitar gods - Hendrix, SRV, Clapton, you name it - nobody used bends as satisfyingly and as musically as David Gilmour. He really set the bar for bending strings.
    I would say that really nailing bends is one of the things that almost every guitarist should be practicing way more than they actually are. It’s such a massively impactful sound when it’s executed well and it can turn a bland lick into something amazing.

  • @matthewmenendez6981
    @matthewmenendez6981 5 років тому +3

    When I first started playing and taking lessons, I was already a Pink Floyd fan. Then my guitar teacher pointed out just how precise and clean his playing is and I had a whole new appreciation for him. Learning his songs was really fun.

  • @gordonray3091
    @gordonray3091 4 роки тому

    Thank you Paul David. Great video.

  • @costaliberta5969
    @costaliberta5969 4 роки тому +2

    that shine on intro solo makes me think of somebody talking while crying, weeping or sthg. idk, i just get that feeling every time.

  • @bleikrsound6127
    @bleikrsound6127 6 років тому +146

    About four years ago, David told me he uses GHS Boomers 8.5 - long time endorser of GHS, he said these strings bend with minimal effort on his arthritic fingers.

    • @blakenelson585
      @blakenelson585 4 роки тому +43

      Ok boomer.

    • @RoyalProtector894
      @RoyalProtector894 4 роки тому +6

      @@blakenelson585 bruh 🤣

    • @da324
      @da324 4 роки тому +2

      @@blakenelson585 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

    • @jorgehuezo4306
      @jorgehuezo4306 4 роки тому +1

      what did he use back when he recorded in the 70s?

    • @JerseyMiller
      @JerseyMiller 4 роки тому +8

      @@jorgehuezo4306 doesn't matter. "Life is what it is, not what it was." Conner Oberst

  • @Tzadeck
    @Tzadeck 6 років тому +24

    Gilmour's such a boss.

  • @donaldblankenship5163
    @donaldblankenship5163 5 років тому

    You are an excellent teacher and awesome guitar player!

  • @Gunners_Mate_Guns
    @Gunners_Mate_Guns 4 роки тому +2

    There are so many magical moments that have emerged from Dave's guitar, but to me the one that still brings a tear to my eye is that opening guitar solo for "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" you started with.
    It's so incredibly emotional, especially when you know the full story of the man about whom the entire song was written.

  • @txmoney
    @txmoney 5 років тому +4

    Gilmour is not just a legend, he’s a rock god.
    He is among the pantheon of guitarists that can make a grown man cry.

  • @transfixleo
    @transfixleo 4 роки тому +4

    True story: I'm just getting into bending strings at the age of 61. Why? Well I was self taught starting at age 13. At @age 21 I started taking lessons from a well known jazz guitarist. To get things started I had him play a basic am7/d9 progression while I soloed over it. As soon as I bent a string on my Les Paul, he stopped and started laughing and said "I knew you were going to do that!". Heavy sigh... I went from thinking he would be impressed to, well, humble. In reality, he probably in that lesson proved I wouldn't cut it professionally. You have to have thick skin, especially on gigs where people are ignoring you while they're just trying to get laid on a Friday night while you're playing your ass off. I did realize while I would say I could play well, I also knew there was a huge step to great. It's one thing to be able to copy someone like David Gilmour for example, it's another thing to BE a player of that caliber. I've also come to realize that you don't necessarily have to be able to keep up with a SRV (great if you can!), but there are a lot of guitarists who sound great without displaying virtuosity every time they pick up a guitar. The right notes, chords or progressions or as my guitar teacher would say when he heard something he liked, "choice".

  • @tylerarrigoni7700
    @tylerarrigoni7700 2 роки тому

    Love this channel. I wish I could still play.

  • @iDONTdoFacebook
    @iDONTdoFacebook Рік тому

    This is AWESOME!
    You, sir, are an EXCELLENT explainer of the art - a teacher extraordinaire! I would even venture to say that you are as masterful an instructor as Gilmour is a guitarist!

  • @betterthanaverage_8507
    @betterthanaverage_8507 6 років тому +9

    "Sounds pretty friggin awesome", should be all it says in your 'About' section.

  • @bryanmacam6127
    @bryanmacam6127 6 років тому +3

    Insane bends. I think I'll need a bodybuilder's fingertips for this.

  • @jeremiahboor
    @jeremiahboor 3 роки тому +2

    Watching such a great guitar player like Paul struggle with this gave me a whole new respect for Gilmour.

  • @bobchristopher7383
    @bobchristopher7383 3 роки тому

    Outstanding... Cheers Bob