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Behind the Nut Playing
Published on 05/30/2010 by Dewayne | 959 views.
This is where you'll want to place your finger.
While watching the "Where the Light Is" John Mayer concert, I noticed something interesting that he was doing with his guitar. Mixed in among his usual playing was, he was playing above the nut on the guitar. This is actually a fairly easy trick and I’m rating this as ‘beginner’ level.
So, let’s do this. Of course, you can’t do this trick if you have a locking nut like on a Jackson, but if you have a Strat or another open-nut electric guitar - then you can do this, and it makes the entire string vibrate (while played open).
Very near to the nut simply press down on the string and release. I’m including a crudely edited photo showing you where to this (approximately). This requires quite some finger strength and a bit of resistance in the pads of your fingers to do.
Give it a try, tell me how it worked out for you. I would love to hear your experience.
Doesn't Jimmy Page use that technique in Dazed and Confused? He pushes down on it and it makes like a vibrato effect but has a slightly different tone. Cool shit.