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Originally Posted by BlueSkyJaunte View Post
My fingers just won't do it. Hell, I can't do vibrato much at all...I end up always doing it "violin" style or using my Bigsby.
Violin style is great for nylon string acoustics, but not so much on electric. Or at least I can't think of any electric players using that. I just love the thick sound of heavy gauge strings. They challenge you to try harder to bend, wiggle, etc. I do a lot of my vibrato with my index finger, usually bending down (toward the ground). I have never used my whammy bar for that stuff. I'm VH disciple, so I use it for sounds effects like the dive bomb or horsey-sounding pick harmonics screams. I don't even use it that much, but like having a Floyd Rose system to keep things in tune.

Not to hijack, but I really would love to post some soundclips if someone can recommend me an idiot-proof and cheap recording setup.
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