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Question: How do you make this sound on the guitar!?
at 0:35-0:36 in this vid: http://youtube!.com/watch!?v=PqTy2-a8pUo i heard its called a pinch harmonic!? whats that!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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a pinch harmonic is a type of harmonic that makes the guitar have a squealing sound when under distortion or overdrive!. For this they're also (though not commonly) refferred to as squealies!.

Can't load your youtube video, but if its a squealing sound, then it's a pinch harmonic!.

On youtube there's dozens of videos that show you how to do pinch harmonics!.

In a short paragraph: You pinch harmonic by having the fat of your thumb lightly touch the string after you pick it!. The easiest way to accomplish this is to use a digging motion!. Pinch harmonics don't work anywhere on the string, and the sound differs from different parts on different strings, positions relative to the pickupsWww@QuestionHome@Com