Let's Talk About Squeals ("Pinch" Harmonics)

[Eagle]

I’m having a tough time wrapping my head around this.

Your third finger touches the string as you pick . Once you are used to it you get a very strong harmonic.

 

[TSJMajesty]

WOW!! Recently I've been getting the odd PH with my knuckles (ala @DrewJD82), but I just got one of the highest ones ever, with my PINKY KNUCKLE! AND, I was playing way up btw the 15th & 23rd frets. Effing sick!

Btw the high gain compression of the Fractal Mark amp models, and these Majesty PU's, the harmonics (real, and note content) are so amazing to me!

 

[DrewJD82]

WOW!! Recently I've been getting the odd PH with my knuckles (ala @DrewJD82), but I just got one of the highest ones ever, with my PINKY KNUCKLE! AND, I was playing way up btw the 15th & 23rd frets. Effing sick!

Btw the high gain compression of the Fractal Mark amp models, and these Majesty PU's, the harmonics (real, and note content) are so amazing to me!

Yeah man, those higher note harmonics are so much easier to snag with the knuckle!!

 

[Ed DeGenaro]

I learned this before anyone was around to show me the technique. I don’t use the side of my thumb for the harmonics but the front of my third finger . I since learned the way everyone else does it but I still use my way.

While we’re sharing. It bugged me that it was a downstroke only thing so I started to use the face of the index nail for upstrokes.

 

[TSJMajesty]

Yeah man, those higher note harmonics are so much easier to snag with the knuckle!!

They're all so bunched together!

 

[metropolis_4]

Is it just me, or do these seem easier to do with tube amps and analog gear?

I was playing through Just Like Paradise with a GE-7 boosting an ODR-1 into my /13 and both pinch harmonics and natural harmonics seemed to just fly out so effortlessly compared to playing the same thing through my Fractal.

Maybe it’s because of the interaction between the guitar and the speaker in the room vs direct through IEM?