What technique do u call to make a very high pitch screaming sound on electric guitar?

Answer 1

"bending harmonics" it is hard and takes a lot of practice. You fret like normal because it's not a regular harmonic, but with your strummin/picking hand you pick the string and then follow through with your thumb very lightly so it just touches the string. like I said it takes lots of practice to be able to do it every time. you also need a lot of gain/drive to do it so just turn it up on your amp, you don't need to buy any pedals or anything.

Answer 2

In the old days, we called it " pick squeaking " . Earlier classics are Z.Z. Top's " LaGrange". Later, when effects improved and harmonics could be controlled better, the squeaking can take on a desperate human quality. It's so cool. David Gilmore of Pink Floyd does this beautifully, especially, live. The trick is to catch the fat part of the thumb slightly while picking the strings. Time it just right and you can deaden the note and only hear a very loud harmonic. When you add extreme distortion and a little chorus, why not some echo, it really screams!!! It take a lot of practice to do this.

Answer 3

I think you are referring to a Robbie Robbertson technique (before Van Halen). He does that a lot. You sort of clip the string until it goes up an octave on you. Bend the note at the same time.

But you also get a great screaming sound using a wah wah pedal. Bend the note and do a slow wah.

Maybe you are referring to a wammy bar?
There are also pedals that very the frequency of the note,

Answer 4

Most rock guitarists use effects pedal, Tube Sreamer, and so on. When I started to play in the 1060's distortion wasn't used much, just real guitar playing. Then along came 'Fuzz Boxes', Marshal Super Fuzz etc. If you couldn't afford one the trick was to turn your guitar right down and your amp as high as it would go. As you increase the guitar volume via the control the distortion kicked in. Try it.

Answer 5

the closest you will get is to get an octave pedal. It wont sound precisely like a bass, yet like i stated, approximately as close as you will get with an electric powered guitar.

Answer 6

Dive bomb used by Eddie Van Halen Paul Gilbert and everyone else.

Answer 7

i call that the karate kid /steve vai cuttin heads wit da defil from the crossroads technique!

Answer 8

i think youre talking about an overtone.