One technique will be banished from guitar history which is it?

ICBM

stratman3142 said:

Indiscriminate vibrato. An astute term I first read in an interview with Alan Murphy many many years ago who was a master of controlled expressive pitch bend. I really dislike the kind of pitch wobbling that bears little relationship to musical context.

Thankfully indiscriminate vibrato isn't heard so much these days, so hopefully it will be largely banished to the past.

‘Great vibrato’ used to be held as the mark of a good guitarist in the days when blues-rock-derived styles were king, to the exclusion of just about anything else - for many it became purely a mechanical, rote technique that had no musical value.

That’s why I like John Frusciante’s playing so much - he rarely uses any at all.

fields5069 said:

Kent747 said:

Pinch harmonics. 

Can we keep Roy Buchanan?

No.

But pinch harmonics are fine in the right context .

One not mentioned yet - ‘flicking’ the whammy bar on a Floyd Rose.

HAL9000

Using that plastic tube in the mouth thingy that blends guitar with your voice. Just the most rubbish effect ever.

marooned

Crap nervous sounding vibrato while moving the neck, usually goes with extreme gurning face. 

Schnozz

Definitely slapping/tapping bass and hitting the acoustic too.

soma1975

Whatever Ariel Posen's wet fish guitar barista music technically perfect but bland and forgettable technique is called. 

fields5069

ICBM said:

One not mentioned yet - ‘flicking’ the whammy bar on a Floyd Rose.

I do that for giggles, but on a Gotoh 510. It's still on a Charvel though.

Jalapeno

Modes

Fez

dindude said:

Bending strings down instead of up, really fucking annoys me for some reason 

Hey I do that, hopefully not too much though.
I think I would say divebombs from the list, it was cool in the 80s but beyond passé now.

pintspiller

Anything I can't do.

stonevibe

Acoustic guitar percussive tapping on the top whilst playing some boring cover of a hip pop tune in your custom open tuning.

Fiftyshadesofjay

Thumping/Tapping/Flicking the acoustic. Bonus banishment points if it’s face up on a table.

monquixote

Jalapeno said:

Modes

If you are including Ionian and Aeolian that's going to be quite tricky.

Are we going to all switch to the whole tone scale?

fretmeister

monquixote said:

Having a bit in your song where you chug on open E so you can point at the crowd with your left hand.

Fuck you!



 

thecolourbox

Litterick said:

Sitting.

Is that Jacob Rees-Mogg?!

lasermonkey

I was thinking about a guitar playing thing that irks me the other day, which is plucking the strings REALLY HARD all the time. I just hate that sound, that awful quack. All attack, no tone to speak of and nowhere to go but quieter. It sounds equally bad on electric and acoustic. Boink! Boink!

By all means, use it as an effect if you must (no, don't!) but not all the time, please.

There. I said it.

fandango

thecolourbox said:

Litterick said:

Sitting.

Is that Jacob Rees-Mogg?!

Not sure, but they guy with the floppy hair In the centre is definitely Jesse Eisenberg.

lysander

ICBM said:

One not mentioned yet - ‘flicking’ the whammy bar on a Floyd Rose.

For flutter effect ? I actually like that in moderation, it's just another articulation as far as I'm concerned.
Personally the only one I don't like is dive bombs, it's just not very musical and a bit pointless

FarleyUK

HAL9000 said:

Using that plastic tube in the mouth thingy that blends guitar with your voice. Just the most rubbish effect ever.

Peter Frampton wants a word.

Lewy

If you could just ban the hammering-on and pulling-off that the instagram neo-soul kids do that makes every phrase sound like one of those wannabes singing the american national anthem, that'd be great.

PolarityMan

You guys are awesome at multiple choice btw!