How did you develop your vibrato?? What's your favorte?

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dstroud":2m7zmvlx said:
So what do you guys do to develop your vibrato? I'm kinda working on that right now and looking for different suggestions. One thing I haven't done is practice with recordings and learn a solo note for note and try to do the vibrato verbatim - seems like I should have been doing that :doh: :) . I guess like most I tend to like Yngwie, Sykes and Schenker vibrato - any suggestions on development are appreciated, TIA!
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Yngwie J. Malmsteen has the worst vibrato - around. Unless he's drenched in overdrive and or distortion he's a joke in the vibrato theatre. Is he a great player in his niche (plays the same thing and just renames everything), yes, is he someone that stands out as a master of vibrato - not even close. Have you ever heard YJM play clean while attempting any sort of vibrato of significance - NO!

You want first class vibrato check out one of the greatest at this technique and his technique – Robin Trower is unbeatable. On the other side of the spectrum, check out Michael Angelo – either No Boundaries or Prey on Prey for some insane very controlled vibrato.
 
I feel vibrato and bending is the most inportent part of lead playing. How wide and fast is a matter of taste. Try to make it go faster or slower as it sings out. Try to make it keep getting wider or the other direction thinner. Bending then vibrato sound different than the hard one to do - start the vibrato and bend at the same time. This is very hard to do at first but is killer sounding when done right. I spent months learning how to control this. Do not forget double stops or bend/vibrato well holding a other note. There are many great players with killer vibrato. Try making it sound like other things like horns or some of the great singers. You know many players by there vibrato when you hear it. Vibrato is your voice.
 
Listen to Malmsteen, Sykes, Gary Moore, Gilmore, and as much as I hate to agree with carlygtr56, Robin Trower. Also listen to classical violinists and opera singers for some great examples of how vibrato should sound.
 
I have 4 different vibratos, one w/ each finger. Deep rythmic vibrato gets played with my ring finger, erratic quick vibrato with my middle. subtle vibrato with my pinky, and wide shakey, almost no regard to pitch vibrato with my index.

So if you're learning vibrato remeber you have 4 fingers and each finger is going to be different.. along with you hand position.

that said.. mine still sucks :(
 
Schenker is really the man for me when it comes to vibrato, although Yngwie, Lynch, DeMartini, VH, Holdsworth, Roth all have great vibrato as well.

An often overlooked element of it (besides speed) is pitch control. As great a vibrato as a Clapton, Gilmour, Beck or Trower might have, to my ears they all have some issues with pitch control which to me just blows it in a way. Not to say I don't appreciate their contributions but if we're talking purely vibrato, pitch control is key IMO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6XcYa24PKQ&fmt=18
 
Rufus Leaking":37uoa3nk said:
Schenker is really the man for me when it comes to vibrato, although Yngwie, Lynch, DeMartini, VH, Holdsworth, Roth all have great vibrato as well.

An often overlooked element of it (besides speed) is pitch control. As great a vibrato as a Clapton, Gilmour, Beck or Trower might have, to my ears they all have some issues with pitch control which to me just blows it in a way. Not to say I don't appreciate their contributions but if we're talking purely vibrato, pitch control is key IMO.
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+1 :yes:
 
I really just tend to go off the flow and feeling of a song. Keeping my vibrato more wide and slow than fast. I mean Obviously if I am doing outrageous pinch harmonics my vibrato technique goes out the window and I just try to fucking kill it and wiggle the shit out of it haha. But when it comes to phrasing and such I tend to like the slower/wider stuff. I generally, like for metal atleast since thats mostly what I play, I like the Amott brothers, Dimebag, EVH, and the guys from Opeth. As for outside of metal, I dig George Benson, but hes like my all time fav guitar player besides EVH. I also can't ever seem to ever get enough from Satriani's playing.
 
I don't know fi anyone will agree with me, but I always thought Marty Friedman had a sweet vibrato, or more sweet vibratos. He had multiple vibratos depending on what he was going for.
 
I learned alot of mine from listening to Ace Frehley on Kiss Alive.....Schenker, Angus Young too. Uli Roth and Marty Friedman are really good at it but quite different. I realized very early on that vibrato was really important to sound polished and worked on it alot. I think the big thing for me is to know when to use it and when not too.....alot of times I like to bend to the note and let it hang for a bit....then add some vibrato gradually.....I cant listen to singers that use vibrato on their voices ALL the time :gethim:
 
Greazygeo":9t6v2rk1 said:
I learned alot of mine from listening to Ace Frehley on Kiss Alive.....Schenker, Angus Young too. Uli Roth and Marty Friedman are really good at it but quite different. I realized very early on that vibrato was really important to sound polished and worked on it alot. I think the big thing for me is to know when to use it and when not too.....alot of times I like to bend to the note and let it hang for a bit....then add some vibrato gradually.....I cant listen to singers that use vibrato on their voices ALL the time :gethim:
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Uli's is my Favorite. even the bar stuff :rock:
 
My vibrato was very Kirk Hamster like for a while, so I decided to take a new approach. I've basically simplified it to be more classical violin (aka Demartini) like. Now it fairly subtle and sounds much better to my ears.

Kudos to Ivan for suggesting that approach to me :2thumbsup:
 
70strathead":ar6gohon said:
Uli's is my Favorite. even the bar stuff :rock:
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You know it!! The Vivaldi stuff has some great vibrato in it.
 
Rufus Leaking":2gld3cgr said:
Schenker is really the man for me when it comes to vibrato,...
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I half-way agree with you on this, but Michael Schenker was a BIG time influence on me back in the early UFO days.

Schenker was a very huge influence on me just like Trower was. This is one of my favorites => http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aatjerFCRP8
 
Michael Schenker. his vibrato combined with his pick attack are secong to none in my book. With Michael, tone IS in the fingers.


other notables. Gary moore, Malmsteen, Lynch.


overrated vibrato Sykes. too wide especially when it doesn't fit and lacking feeling.

Sykes rips but he doesn't have much feel IMO. Although i know he is highly regaded by players who I respect, I still I think he is WAY overrated in general and is not in the same league as Schenker.
 
King Crimson":31i00w3u said:
Jdub":31i00w3u said:
Michael Schenker. his vibrato combined with his pick attack are secong to none in my book. With Michael, tone IS in the fingers.
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The Bomb! = > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBsdYcZDglE&feature=related => http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xax-2Ytr9Z0&feature=related = > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN0jPS6ertI&feature=related => http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5IWgTSjF48&feature=related

The days of real ["musical metal"]...
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love it! that cat on your avatar can shake the strings nicely too!
 
I personally can barely stand Malmsteen's vibrato, it's just so over the top and exaggerated on every single note. Same goes for Zakk Wylde too to me. However, I love Andy Timmons vibrato so I would say listen to him. Or then someone like Trower as previously mentioned. Also try other vibrato styles, like the old blues take the thumb off of the neck style a la Clapton.
 
Random Hero":39mzvmwb said:
I personally can barely stand Malmsteen's vibrato, it's just so over the top and exaggerated on every single note. Same goes for Zakk Wylde too to me.
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But Yngwie changes his vibrato style from narrow to wide and from slow to fast, innit?
 
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