Killer Bends/Vibrato Whos your Favorite

[shreder75]

shit! forgot the maiden guys

FOR SHAME!!!!!! Adrian's vibrato is top fuckin' notch..not to mention he's just a great player in general...every lead he's ever done has fit perfectly and is tasty as fuck....not flashy, but great feel and note choice....love that dude..

everything you just said, 100% agreed! still my favourite player of all time

same here...of course I sound nothing like him, but that's not the point..lol

 

[ctoddrun]

Ty Tabor, for me.


Check out his solo in Pretend (Dogman).

That thing is greasy and

 

[Phrygian]

So many greats out there. My top 3 picks would be Jeff Beck, David Gilmour and Steve Morse.

 

[MisterBulbous]

Ty Tabor, for me.


Check out his solo in Pretend (Dogman).

That thing is greasy and

Yeah, Ty and that solo came to mind for me. It's been mentioned subtely in a few responses, but I really think EVH's vibrato was typically perfect and overlooked, especially in the early days. I recall him complaining about certain strings hanging up in the nut and he would have to pull his vibrato bar up in pitch to release the string (in the very early days of the floyd), and I think this helped his vibrato sound better. Songs like Little Dreamer had a great touch.

 

[Zachman]

Uli Roth
Billy Gibbons
Neal Schon
EVH
YJM
SRV
Michael Schenker
Frank Marino
Guthrie Govan
Robben Ford
Adrian Vandenberg
Steve Lukather
John Sykes
Mark Knopfler
Jeff Beck
Michael Landau
Scott Henderson

 

[stefvorcide]

Yngwie Malmsteem,
Marty Friedman
Dimebag
Trey Azagthoth
David gilmore
Hank Shermann/Michael Denner (old school mercyful fate \m/)
...
Francesco Fareri and the Nile guys

 

[Szar]

Mikael Akerfeldt, David Gilmour, Eric Clapton

 

[Mudder]

A guy who hasn't been mentioned, but I love his vibrato...

Ace Frehley

 

[rupe]

Lot's of great ones mentioned. I'll add Rory Gallagher, Jake E Lee, Leslie West, and Peter Frampton.

 

[Nolly]

Blues Saraceno, Yngwie Malmsteen, Andy Timmons, Allan Holdsworth, Dimebag Darrel Greg Howe, Jeff Loomis Michael Ammott, Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Mattias Eklundh and also the criminally unheard of Martin Goulding:

 

[White_Van]

Gilmour, Hendrix

 

[tnourse]

- George Lynch
- Dave Meniketti
- Warren Demartini
- Gary Moore

 

[Gainzilla]

- George Lynch
- Dave Meniketti
- Warren Demartini
- Gary Moore

Good Choices, How can you overlook guys like that? especially Meniketti and Moore!!!

 

[peaveyT60]

the best bends are Jerry Donahue. just incredible. for vibrato, i like BB King and (gulp) Zakk WYlde.

 

[Rampage]

I have always enjoyed Andy LaRoque's vibrato and bending on both the King Diamond and Death stuff.

Jerry Cantrell is up there in my book as well.

EDIT:

I forgot to add Zappa who is one of my favorites as well.

 

[Random Hero]

Blues Saraceno, Yngwie Malmsteen, Andy Timmons, Allan Holdsworth, Dimebag Darrel Greg Howe, Jeff Loomis Michael Ammott, Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Mattias Eklundh and also the criminally unheard of Martin Goulding:

Haha, Goulding

Nolly, I mentioned you to him last week and he was most complimentary. He mentioned you played his Safety Fire solo harder than him

 

[Nolly]

Blues Saraceno, Yngwie Malmsteen, Andy Timmons, Allan Holdsworth, Dimebag Darrel Greg Howe, Jeff Loomis Michael Ammott, Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Mattias Eklundh and also the criminally unheard of Martin Goulding:

Haha, Goulding

Nolly, I mentioned you to him last week and he was most complimentary. He mentioned you played his Safety Fire solo harder than him

Hah, that's awesome and humbling to hear. I hope you realise how lucky you are to have regular lessons with him!

 

[Neeklaus]

someone that hasn't been mentioned yet:
Michael Keene

his lead work on the new cd by The Faceless is just fucking fantastic.

 

[zz666]

Doug Aldrich, Gary Moore, John Sykes, John Norum, Michael Schenker.. All those guys have mindblowing vibrato and killer bends

that's who I would pick too

 

[gtr31]

Matthias Jabs ,Mark Kendall,Billy gibbons