Dive bombs with a Les Paul...

porkchop87 · 08-31-2009, 08:53 PM

Are there videos out there? I can't find any on Youtube... anybody know how to do dive bombs on Les Pauls?

***b-squared*** · 08-31-2009, 08:54 PM

porkchop87 · 08-31-2009, 09:39 PM

I was going to put without a floyd rose... but I thought nobody would say it... I was wrong

***b-squared*** · 08-31-2009, 09:46 PM

Can you give an example of a song that has an LP 'dive bombing?'

Shithead · 08-31-2009, 09:48 PM

You could always grab the body with the palm of your right hand and push the neck away from you with the left hand...and release just before the neck snaps off....

J-Man123 · 08-31-2009, 09:56 PM

J-Man123

porkchop87 · 09-01-2009, 01:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shithead

You could always grab the body with the palm of your right hand and push the neck away from you with the left hand...and release just before the neck snaps off....

That is what I am talking about... I want to see a demonstration of it or a tutorial on how to do it without the neck snapping off...

Quote:

Originally Posted by b-squared

Can you give an example of a song that has an LP 'dive bombing?'

...Rhoads did it all the time...

I guess a lot of you guys haven't heard about it or knew it was possible?

oilpit · 09-01-2009, 01:56 AM

Civil War, I know I'll get shot for writing about Slash, but he did it quite a bit, and you can see a good example in any live version of that tune...

porkchop87 · 09-01-2009, 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oilpit

Civil War, I know I'll get shot for writing about Slash, but he did it quite a bit, and you can see a good example in any live version of that tune...

Hey, good idea. Thanks!

jodymauk · 09-01-2009, 02:02 AM

Just drop it with the tuning key,Then bring it back up to tune....

stevedave · 09-01-2009, 02:03 AM

I think most are hip to what you have to do to get the sound, it's just a matter of not wanting to press your luck.

InfiniteeZ · 09-01-2009, 02:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jodymauk

Just drop it with the tuning key,Then bring it back up to tune....

Jody wins

Gsanso97 · 09-05-2009, 05:25 PM

Or you could find a digitech whammy pedal for cheap (i got mine for $80) and use the "dive bomb" option and, yeah dive bomb!

TeleDog · 09-06-2009, 05:54 PM

I've done it, a few times, but as I get older I get more and more concerned about the relationship between dive bombing pleasure and neck replacement costs...

Wanna have all that? Get yourself a LP Axess!

ledlover01 · 09-06-2009, 06:03 PM

Just install a floyd rose or a bigsby.

-=[Shifty]=- · 09-06-2009, 06:17 PM

Sorry guys, but that little neck bending that Randy and others did/do isn't exactly a dive bomb, is it?

Rikochet · 09-06-2009, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ledlover01

Just install a floyd rose or a bigsby.

you do know what a bigsby is, right?

TeleDog · 09-08-2009, 01:11 PM

Saw the pics of the reissue with the Bigsby? It looks sooooo good!

damndirtyape71 · 09-10-2009, 02:55 PM

I bend the string over the nut... Only have about a whole step, but it still has some effect...

lp_junkie · 09-10-2009, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ledlover01

Just install a floyd rose or a bigsby.

Bigsby doesn't allow dive bombs or pull ups, it is for simple vibrato.

Installing a Floyd on a LP is major surgery and if not done correctly you have just ruined the guitar.

OP- if you are looking for those type of tricks really the LP Axcess or one of the shredder guitars is what you should have.

River · 09-10-2009, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shithead

You could always grab the body with the palm of your right hand and push the neck away from you with the left hand...and release just before the neck snaps off....

I do that quite a bit, actually. Doesn't drop the pitch very far, unless you actually snap the neck.

AXE · 09-10-2009, 04:44 PM

My bud!

YouTube - Frank Hannon's poor mans whammy bar

lp_junkie · 09-10-2009, 06:07 PM

Axe- Frank can afford to replace or repair his gear............

I love Tesla.

Loserface300 · 09-10-2009, 06:10 PM

if ya want a wah batr on a stoptail LP, get a kahler....

Rikochet · 09-10-2009, 06:17 PM

kahler's still require routing.

Loserface300 · 09-10-2009, 06:35 PM

LESS ROUTING........ and its reverable....... (scept on flamtops....)

AXE · 09-10-2009, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rikochet

kahler's still require routing.

Nope.

Kahler 2200 series mount to the studs.

decoy205 · 09-10-2009, 09:07 PM

Here ya go:

YouTube - 1958 Gibson Les Paul TV Junior SOLD 00959

xsouldriverx · 09-10-2009, 10:03 PM

i say using the digitech pedal is your best (safe) bet

diceman · 09-10-2009, 10:13 PM

Epiphone has made some Floyd Rose LPs. A true divebomb isn't going to happen without it, and cranking on your neck to that extent is a bad idea.

Otherwise, there are many decent and inexpensive Floyd models out there - Ibanez in particular.

This neck through RG (left) cost me $300 - mint.

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