Where does that loud D-note in Stinkfist come from?

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I'm gonna timestamp three times it happens and it's repeated on the last clip, you'll know the note I'm talking about. It's that D-note, same note as an open D string and almost sounds like it's being pulled a little sharp. He doesn't pick anything and his left hand doesn't look like its doing it either. WTF?





 
12th fret natural harmonic on the low D string, he’s just tapping it after it’s already resonating. I bet that fucker feeds back right away, too. Dude knows his sweet spots. In the last one it just sounds like the higher D string starts feeding back an octave higher. Hahahaha he’s either really good with muting open strings or he’s really fortunate that all the sweet spots on that guitar are D notes.
 
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jaycal6 said:
seems like he’s just fretting the 12th fret without picking it
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Not on the last clip. And he repeats that note in that clip and it just doesn't look like he's even doing anything.
 
SpiderWars said:
Not on the last clip. And he repeats that note in that clip and it just doesn't look like he's even doing anything.
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It’s like a ghost pull-off, watch the 2nd time around he does it, you can see a finger move on his fretting hand. I’d imagine it’s easier with higher action than I have on this, but if you quickly pull off without having to push down on the string too much it’ll sound like it’s getting picked from no where.

 
It looks to me like he's hitting a big open D chord with his right hand, then muting the two lowest notes with his left hand after a moment, leaving the high D to sustain on its own.

It "feels" like a new note, but it's just a leftover from the initial D chord strike. The muting of the lowest two strings eliminates the interaction of the chord notes and makes the leftover note stand out and sound different.

Like this:

 
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RevDrucifer said:
It’s like a ghost pull-off, watch the 2nd time around he does it, you can see a finger move on his fretting hand. I’d imagine it’s easier with higher action than I have on this, but if you quickly pull off without having to push down on the string too much it’ll sound like it’s getting picked from no where.

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That's what I've been doing and it works but now the post above has me wondering about that. Usually the simplest explanation is the right one so just muting the top two strings would be super easy.
 
RevDrucifer said:
It’s like a ghost pull-off, watch the 2nd time around he does it, you can see a finger move on his fretting hand. I’d imagine it’s easier with higher action than I have on this, but if you quickly pull off without having to push down on the string too much it’ll sound like it’s getting picked from no where.

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That’s it right there
 
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