Tips wanted: Lynch/DeMartini glissando vibrato

[Sirion]

Has anybody here mastered this technique? Any advice? My mind always boggles when looking at how seamlessly the two, and Lynch in particular, manages to incorporate this technique. I've tried, but never gotten it to sound anywhere near as good, both when it comes to the technique itself and actually using it in context: using it at a place of melodic rest doesn't come natural to me, unlike normal vibrato. But it would have been awesome to be able to develop both the technique and the ear to use it flawlessly and seamlessly.

Examples:

Skip to right after 3:58 for an example


Skip to right after 13:32

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Tips wanted: Lynch/DeMartini glissando vibrato

Look up Jay Parmar on YouTube; he's a good/old friend of mine and a total Lynchaholic.

 

[Kamanda~SD]

Re: Tips wanted: Lynch/DeMartini glissando vibrato

Also keep in mind this (especially when lynch does it) isn't just a random slide between two notes but actually follows a rhythm, in this case 16th notes. This makes it sound more like a vibrato and less wanky

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Tips wanted: Lynch/DeMartini glissando vibrato

... and I am assuming you know the history of that technique and how it was coincidentally conceived. If not, look it up; interesting bit of guitar history there.

 

[DankStar]

Re: Tips wanted: Lynch/DeMartini glissando vibrato

at 2:34

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v06KvAaiu1o

there's another video where he calls it the "jack off" technique but can't find it right now. It's some old VHS looking thing from star licks or something. I guess he started doing it to mimic a whammy bar before he knew it was a whammy bar.

I never really got it down, it doesn't feel natural to me. I guess I do other tricks though that are more natural to me. No sense fighting it I say.

I do need to incorporate my bar more though, to give more flavor. I tend not to use it at all, but most of my favorite players bust it out all the time.