Guitar String Bending Problems (Are These Wrecking Your Solos?)

String bending problem 1: Poor Bending Hand Position
For good string bending technique place your thumb over the top of the neck . This gives you more control and stops you losing the string as you bend it. You also want to back up the bending finger with any available fingers for awesome string bending technique.

String bending problem 2: String Bends Not Ringing Clearly
A common string bending problem this one! Make sure to pin the string firmly into the guitar neck. Press it into the neck even as you bend. This will help you get big and clear bending sounds into your solos and licks.

String bending problem 3: Practice bending With Different Fingers
Instead of only bending strings with your 3rd finger, simply practice some of your favourite string bends and licks using your other fingers.

String bending problem 4: Fixing Out Of Tune String Bends
Use this simple exercise to quickly fix out of tune string bends in your playing. This simple bending exercise will help get your string bends in tune and sounding awesome and it can make a big difference to your string bending even after just a few minutes practice.

String bending problem 5: Muting String Bends and Fixing Noisy Bends
How can you get rid of string noise when you bend strings? Watch this part of the lesson to discover how to use string muting and damping technique to control your string bends.

So take action and fix your guitar string bending problems now with these tips. Use ’em and you’ll soon be rewarded with the sound of big, juicy, fat sounding string bends!