Glide guitar is a technique for playing electric guitar in which the player holds the vibrato bar and manipulates it while strumming, resulting in a wavering pitch. It was developed with and is usually associated with a Fender Jazzmaster or Jaguar-style vibrato system. It was popularized by Irish musician Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine on the band's releases You Made Me Realise (1988) and Isn't Anything (1988). Shields often combined this technique with a reverse reverb effect from a Yamaha SPX90 unit or Alesis Midiverb II, and would also utilize nonstandard tuning systems.
Shields explained that he "virtually invent my own way of playing. It didn't come about in any conscious way. ... It felt playful, but on a much stronger level." The technique was later referenced in the title of the group's EP Glider (1990).
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References
- ^ DeRogatis, Jim (2003). Turn on Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 488. ISBN 978-0-634-05548-5.
- Fisher, Joseph (12 October 2011). ""Something in the Way": 'Loveless' and the Un-Invention of Cock Rock". Popmatters. Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- Bannister, Matthew (2013). White Boys, White Noise: Masculinities and 1980s Indie Guitar Rock. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-4094-9374-7.
- Brook, Chris; Buckley, Peter (2003). "My Bloody Valentine". The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. p. 709. ISBN 978-1-85828-457-6.
External links
- "Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine - Part 1: Obsession | Jazzmaster 60th Anniversary | Fender" on YouTube
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