10 Classic Rock Bending Licks

[@Jasonfurrofficial]

Nice Dave! Great lesson! Not only are you teaching licks, but also the proper techniques to allow your watchers to step outside the lick to apply to their own styles! Some of my favorite bendy solos would be 'Firehouse' by KISS (early Ace) Renegade by Styx (Tommy Shaw). Other cool bendy stuff would be Vivian Campbell bending double stops or triads. Love you videos, bro!

[@LeeMcDaidDonegal]

6:16 ♫ Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone... ♪

[@garyeggleton1142]

you are a great teacher, I await all your lessons

[@greg77hot]

Thanks Dave ... LOVE THE BENDS !!!

[@paulwebendorfer5627]

Love the bends in Rosanna... Lukather is the man. Great stuff, David!

[@Dan-zq5wt]

I just listened to Hold the Line while driving and it’s deceptively simple. What a groove! And Luke’s playing is so melodic, tasty and subtle. He’s so great

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

Great tone and playing also on 'Lovers in the Night' !

[@mikeivey8471]

Getting string bending down correctly makes your lead playing sound so much better !!! Thank you for this video !!!

[@brandonjackson5865]

It’s what gives you swagger

[@suzannecoholic1467]

thanks Dave! do one of these on vibrato styles of players too (if you haven't already)

[@Greg-om2hb]

The first part of that Clapton lick is just like the melody of, “Blue moon, you saw me standing alone…”

[@Davimre]

Always thought this when I learned this solo as a teenager

[@coolmacatrain9434]

Clapton did it as a bet/Joke with Baker & Bruce while they were recording it in the studio

[@markbrown7103]

I’ve been a finger style guitaris for almost 50 years now. I’ve always played instrumental pieces. I do Beatle songs, like a June long, winding road here comes the Sun more of a mellow or rock sound. But I took a dive and a stairway to heaven and learn how to play the lead solo and that song, and there are a significant amount of bands in it also doing hotel California by the eagles instrumentally the solo has a lot of bins in it all the years of playing I’m starting to finally get into this . I just need to get a little bit better at it so I’m watching your video and I’m already beginning to learn a lot. I read music. I don’t play it by ear at all. I was encouraged to do that by two professional musicians, and I did what they told me. and now I’m getting more into rock just doing it in a Fingerstyle manner. Thanks for the video. I’ll be watching more of you appreciate it.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😁🎸🎼🎶🎵☮️❤️

[@scottkidwellmusic9175]

Thank you, David Lots of good examples of bending licks, this is a good start.

[@Jasonfurrofficial]

You know the video is good when I'm making a face when you're playing!😂😂😂

[@MarkEdward-bl6cr]

All valid info when I think of bends I think of King Edward and his MONSTER bends 🤘👍

[@psotos]

Make some more videos on this! It was great!!

[@tallpaul1020]

Great lesson Dave. Love working on bends and ear training. Keep up the great work 🎸

[@derekclacton]

Ten great examples … another player I’d mention is Gary Moore - he was an absolute master at bending.

[@TheSpydersBand]

Someone once told me when I was learning to play that I played like Gary Moore. Not that I was as good, or ever would be, just that my bending and vibrato were like him. I’d never heard of him at the time, so I got the Still Got The Blues album and Gary immediately became, and continues to be, my favorite player.

[@derekclacton]

@@TheSpydersBand Gary was an incredible player - I was lucky enough to meet him and he was a really nice guy too.

[@TheSpydersBand]

@@derekclacton I never had the opportunity to see him live, which I regret. Same for SRV. In fact, I had a chance to see Hendrix and Joplin at a concert and didn’t take advantage of it because I had never heard of them at the time and tickets were an outrageous $7 U.S. Oh yeah, some guy named Carlos Santana was on the same bill.

[@derekclacton]

@@TheSpydersBand A shame but at least there’s a wealth of recorded material to enjoy.

[@TreatzTMA]

Totally beat me to it!! 😂

[@Hyster27]

Great video as ever Dave, laughed when I noticed the album cover changing on the wall in the background.

[@breathtimebreath4934]

Just brilliant David B!!!🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️!!! Thank you!!!! 🤘🤘🤘🙌🙌🙌🤙🤙🤙🎸🎸🎸👏👏👏

[@cedarbay3994]

Frets are very important for bending. I went big stainless steel on a Strat recently and it makes all the difference.

[@yogiblair22]

Awesome video thanks. I had fun for a while getting into three and four string bends. Attempts at imitating the pedal steel riffs gets crazy

[@hakankillberg6043]

Thanks David for this awesome video 👏🎸

[@MercutioUK2006]

Essential stuff David :) (And your tone sounds killer here!)

[@steveb4400]

Excellent bending and great tone. Very inspiring. Subscribing!

[@markbrady7532]

Great lesson and stories David. An accomplished guitarist berating you always helps you get better 🙂 Thank you!

[@oreally8605]

Oh if I could find a Telecaster just that color. Pick-ups Pick guard everything. Your playing inspires us!

[@j.d.thompson3505]

Polishing your frets makes a world of difference.

[@robertferrell2679]

Cool licks great tips! 👍🎸🎼🇺🇸

[@dtwenty5114]

I listened to a tune today on SXM and Ronnie Montrose was the session guitarist...the outro was amazing he did a unison double stop "ascending" sounded like it was sent from the heavens.."can't remember the tune damn"...maybe the SXM log will still have it!

[@midiman5045]

Great stuff Dave.

[@gregcastagneri25]

Great video! Love the string bends. Make more like this

[@if6turnedouttobe9]

Right on David... Another great lesson...I thought for sure u would do some Mick Ralph's/ Bad Company licks like Rock Steady...and some Skynyrd licks...

[@joenosser]

Thanks Brother Dave!

[@patrickkish6662]

Just watched the video. And, yeah. You still kick ass, David😉

[@belotface]

Well done!

[@kyochi111]

Great video

[@johnpandolfino8663]

Duane Allman and Dickie Betts where always bending strings during their leads ....check out live at the Fillmore East album.....great lesson

[@SemourDuncan]

One bending Lick I am looking on for a Long Time is Doug Aldrichs Intro Solo Lick on Forevermore.

[@ghfdt368]

Awesome lesson Dave! It would be really cool if you went over some string skipping licks sometime too if you haven't covered them specifically already. they are definately a challenge and can sound really unique and cool!

[@davidflint12]

Gibson Les Paul fretless wonder made for jazz players. Hard to bend strings with tiny tiny frets. First I did when I bought one was to install jumbo frets.

[@KajHeGeHaggman]

Loved this, so much I can apply directly to my playing - thank you!

[@briansbrain426]

Man, I've been trying to do some old Warren Haynes w/ Allmans stuff and my fingers are KILLING ME!! Damn, string bending is eating up my already tough callus's.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

That just means they need to be tougher, and this is going to do it, too. Keep up the good work. Soon you will have pebbles for fingertips. I used to have them, but don't play anywhere near that much anymore. Makes playing in general much easier, and makes a big difference in tone too. It's a major part of how the sound is in our hands.

[@Iskaral_Pust]

WHat's your signal chain for this? Great tone!

[@vaccarioou22]

Great fun - please do some more ! :-)

[@sixslinger9951]

I remember learning Luke's Rosana solo back from his Hot Lick Videos. Love is phrasing , note choice, bends. Killer! Great lesson.

[@TreatzTMA]

Great lesson!! It’s funny in this age of infinite shred instructional videos, few talk about bends. Anyways a couple more classic Pagey examples are Black Dog (4:00-4:12) and Stairway (6:27-6:31). Thanks again. Looking forward to next video already 😃

[@jpcantrell1]

Great examples...When i saw the title my mind went immediately to Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight" LOL

[@dougstubbs4351]

Good lesson here you should definitely do more like these. Top ten tap, top ten slide etc. You know what I'm getting at. You could definitely do another bend video. Like you were saying Beck would be great zak Wylde another, buddy guy etc. Well gotta run, thanks again for the time and knowledge, peace 🕊️🙏

[@dbrown6451]

You could be Matthias Jabs stunt double. Great vid!

[@Krullmatic]

I'm guilty of stealing that Luthaker lick. It's so choice!

[@jasonhochman3750]

Nice lesson, string bending seems to have really peaked in the 1960s and 1970s when the British Invasion bands were trying to imitate the blues players. When I first started playing guitar, everyone would learn the "Iron Man" main theme riff, but later, I started to look at Tony Iommi's solo, and he had some whole step and minor third bends that were really expressive. Also, the solo for Steely Dan's "Reelin' in the Years" had some great bends, and the outro to Eagles "Hotel California."

[@conanbarbarian3797]

always practice the basics,,,great lesson and relearn

[@rayjayvids]

❤ Hey man you walk the talk here. Other examples of ‘something like that’ would be great 👍 Thank you.

[@nightly522]

This is a great video. Thank you for posting. I feel a lot of players these days have forgotten to incorporate soulful bending in their playing.

[@heybubba]

🤘🏻❤️👍🏻 Awesome video Thanks brutha!!

[@Uncle_Gray]

Nice stuff Thanks man

[@TooDarkforSunday]

Awesome! String bending is where our individual personalities shine... One name, ANGUS!... As guitar players, you cannot hear an ACDC solo and not know it's Angus Young...

[@orlandoguitarist]

Great video! Here's a list: Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good ZZ Top - I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 Toto - Rosanna Van Halen - Panama My honorable mentions are: Aerosmith - Walk This Way (closing solo) AC/DC - Back In Black (or Highway To Hell) Alice In Chains - Rotten Apple Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla Boston - Hitch A Ride Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put A Spell On You The Doors - When The Music's Over Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover Foghat - I Just Want To Make Love To You Free - Fire And Water Heart - Magic Man Jeff Beck - Cause We've Ended As Lovers Joe Satriani - Cryin' King's X - Over My Head Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell Molly Hatchet - Gator Country Montrose - Rock Candy The Outlaws - Green Grass And High Tides Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoads - Tonight Pat Benatar/Neil Giraldo - Heartbreaker Pat Travers - Runnin' From The Future Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do Queen - Death On Two Legs Rush - La Villa Strangiato Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood

[@glaucosouza1971]

Hey Dave, I do understand why you didnt put a single lick from the master of the V, mr Michael Schenker. He deserves a whole lotta episode .

[@davidmcauliffe8692]

Angus Young

[@congerz83]

No SRV? That guy was the bending king!

[@someoldguy6716]

And he played 12's or higher.

[@MarkEdward-bl6cr]

Yes with those wickedly thick strings as well !!

[@ZgemboBeterovic]

well, to be honest, video has "rock" in the title :)

[@congerz83]

@@ZgemboBeterovic fair enough.

[@LiteralApe]

Would you ever take a look at the rock band, Ween? Sick guitar on them there songs.

[@Longhorn.Rock_Roll61]

In my humble opinion bending is something you can tell the feeling in your fingers the half bends all of it. The tone is in your soul. Vibrate and pinch harmonics also

[@tomatengarage5608]

...next Lick is from the MIGHTY STEVE LUKATHER..... A-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y right! I love Luke. But funny enough, as challenging as his Solo's are, I am much more obsessed by his rhythm works. But for everyone who's interested in a very well crafted Solo from Luke here is a hint: go to Randy Goodrum´s KZbin-Channel and listen to his Song "I took a chance". I love when a high caliber player, like Lukather, is allowed to unleash his firepower...And by the way, there's a lot of bending to examine...really good bending, damned I wish I can do that - but I afraid that after all these years I am still sounding like -...me. Fine Video here, David. It was a lot of fun watching you, hearing what you play and listen to your explanations. Thumbs up!

[@teeveee841]

Have you thought about doing live version tutorial of Jimmy Page for Heartbreakee ?

[@rm_0605]

What are you playing thru? That box in the lower right corner?

[@astropop3870]

Davey’s got the bends, oh no

[@thefalcon9536]

Would have been cool to have a Gary Moore lick in there too 🎸😎

[@craigwolf4908]

nice

[@chrischarles1468]

10 Classic Rock Bending Licks … Vol.1?😊

[@kyochi111]

Don’t forget Steve Morse

[@thefalcon9536]

Dave, it looks like you're going to have to do 10 more great guitar licks from other guys like Gary Moore ,, SRV. Ronnie Montrose. Pat Travers, Johnny Winters and alike 👍🤞

[@lesshotton1826]

Please read more 'Guitar Player' this is a very good presentation

[@RolandRolfsson]

cool lick's and video. sub inc.

[@robbyhlove9695]

Where's Black Magic Woman? Southern Man?

[@larrythomas7512]

Maybe you could have put Albert,👑💭2 Bad ..and you stopped writing out the Example,s

[@brandonjackson5865]

Modern rock and metal players don’t bend enough in my opinion they can play all the notes at a billion miles an hour but stop and put some stank on it every once and a while. You can tell all these old players by their bending and vibrato alone and I just don’t hear it in modern pitch corrected stuff

[@edwardarata6995]

80% white guitarists I find that most interesting

[@PlayWithYourThumb]

Came for the "boomer bends" jokes, but was disappointed.

[@luapsel77]

WAY TOO MUCH Talking, and NO TABS!... The LICKS are good but nobody's going to learn them by you TALKING!..

[@knightfall9394]

Learn how to use KZbin and you can fast forward through the talking, you also have ears (im assuming) and a video right in front of you that you can rewind so why would you need tabs

[@stanky9875]

No Hotel California??? C'mon. 😢