Topic: double stops
Does any one know how to do those cool double stop bends like chuck berry?
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Re: double stops
What song by Chuck Berry are you refering to that has these double stops,ive played all of chuck berrys songs can you be a little more specific? 
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Re: double stops
like roll over bethoven and carol and the like. it sounds like he does bends in his double stops. i might be hearing it wrong.
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Re: double stops
You can bend strings with one finger or two depending on the guage of the strings or the strength of your fingers
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A common bluesy bend goes like this:
Envision the basic pentatonic scale for a given key.
So, for Amin/A7 - E string 5th and 8th, A string 5th and 7th, D 5th & 7th, G 5th & 7th, B 5th and 8th, E 5th & 8th.
Notice the shape of the second notes on the bottom 3 strings. 7, 8, 8.
Try holding down all three and after hitting all three with the pick, hold the bottom 2 string down without bending while quickly bending the G string up a half step or, even a whole step as the notes sustain.
Alternately, do the same move on the B and G only while muting the skinny E string. You should get a nice train meets steel guitar effect that Chuck (and many others) used to good effect.
Normally, when I think of double stops, I think of the move where you skip a string and play, say, the E and G or the B and D strings only and slide them together, like the intro to Soul Man.