Having just reached the age of 70, I qualify as a boomer. Whenever I bend, something hurts that didn't used to.

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

I love this comment 🙏🙏🙏

@jltrem

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGuitarShow When you get where I am, you'll love BenGay.

@Teachering

2 жыл бұрын

LOL I know what you mean. I'm 68.

@dimbulb5549

2 жыл бұрын

dude, that's like telling us "it hurts when I pee"

@jltrem

2 жыл бұрын

@@dimbulb5549 That’s probably next.

With a millennial bend you’re renting the house that you do it in

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

true lol!

@martinaddison4880

Жыл бұрын

Genius!

@vogelvogeltje

Жыл бұрын

With a boomer bend you do it in the house that cost $98,000 when you first got the mortgage.

I’m a Millennial that does nothing but boomer bends because it’s the music I like…

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

God bless you 🙏

@onlyfromadistance7326

2 жыл бұрын

Smart move...

@knockoutguitarist087

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGuitarShow god bless you and long live @The Guitar Show your an amazing player and your content is amazing. Please keep it up

@DDWyss

2 жыл бұрын

I'm neither a boomer nor a millennial, but I feel the same way.

Makes perfect sense because you can't bend strings on the ukuleles most Millennials learned to play on.

@TheGuitarShow

8 ай бұрын

yep! ha

@LudgerBeats

21 күн бұрын

Im Gen Z and I feel very called out… lmao

I've been doing slide bends long ago and didn't know they are now "Millennial" bends. Mostly on acoustic guitar and 12 string in particular which is difficult to bend so I would slide with a slight bend to mimic a full bend.

@gibs8412

2 жыл бұрын

I've played for over 40 years, and don't see anything new, just glad young people still are interested in playing

The only person I ever see doing that sliding thing very much is Chris Buck.

@vayabroder729

2 жыл бұрын

And Helen Ibe and sometimes Michael Lemmo on Norm’s Rare Guitars’ Guitar of the Day. And yes, the first I heard doing them years ago was Derek Trucks but it seemed so fresh and different then; sort of like hearing Stevie Ray Vaughan for the first time!! And that’s saying a lot!! 🤣😂

@dejavoodoo7204

2 жыл бұрын

agreed,...i believe ramon just let the cat out of the bag on the Buck bend:)

@lueysixty-six7300

2 жыл бұрын

Yes good call 100-percent you're totally right he does that really well to o

@elipse4594

23 күн бұрын

Jack Gardiner

Where is my Gen-X bend?

@dizzyD1199

27 күн бұрын

They forgot. like your generation.

Excellent video! I”m generation X and I do both. I wish I could do the millennial bends more often thought.

@TheGuitarShow

Жыл бұрын

I'm also generation X - the best generation lol

@someguy2744

Жыл бұрын

Assuming that this became a bit of a thing in the guitar world with Tim Henson kind of bringing the concept to the public's eye - he himself admits that had he not learned Jimi Hendrix and Black Sabbath songs (i.e. songs with boomer bends) that he would probably not have the foundation to transition and play death metal. (Source: his interview on Rick Beato)

@sum1337

7 ай бұрын

the X bend like our gen famously named ; the forgotten bend

Great examples of the difference between the two. Millennial bends always strike me as a sort of "playing slide without a slide" style.

Millennial here. I bend it, but I never add the extra half step. I like to preload the bend, then strike the note and release, for the down-bend effect. 7-1 is a good bend but the best bend is between 2 and 3 in the major, and 4 and 5 in the minor. It's the same bend, same flat 5/minor 3rd. That's the best one. Have at it!

@TheGuitarShow

9 күн бұрын

Good man

As a millennial I can certify that boomer bends are superior

Been doing both since I started playing 14 years ago at the age of 11 😳 interesting to learn there's a whole division on it

The second slide thing sorta Sounds like quickly arpeggiating and embellishing the D shape of any chord in a (what Guthrie trapp calls Major 7) kind of way, like a mix of arpeggio and scale sorta.. whatever it is, I love it. It’s very pleasant to the 👂

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks William - Ill do a little lesson on it soon - some things I've learnt

A very clarifying video. Thank you! In all art forms there are periods which denounce or depart from the orthodoxies of the period before. Someone develops a technique which becomes popular, then perhaps over-used and then resisted. A new technique emerges which then goes through the same process. Nearly always the ‘origin’ of something means the last well-known or influential person who did it. (Several people have pointed out that Jeff Beck’s playing contains several different forms of bending but usually in a context that’s hard to imitate). Once a term like BB gets popularised it generates its own heat as we all try to find a perspective on it that feels right. Those who think that expression, rather than virtuosity, is paramount will I think tend to use whatever they find most expressive. It’s notable that in other arts when a thing is done so much that you’re distractingly aware of it, it gets called mannerism and some will try to avoid it. This could apply to both forms of bending (or any other aspect of guitar technique) couldn’t it?

Not big on stereotypes, this really made me scratch my head. And say WTF!

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, I agree!

Jeff Beck was doing millennial bends centuries ago!

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Very true

Now I can tell people I learned to millenial bend from greg howe like 15 years ago

Great great episode bro and amazing how sounds techniques evolved both delivers and soulful

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Pleasure bro

If you watch Polyphia's Chimera guitar play through, you'll notice Tim Henson doesn't bend upwards, doesn't push the string towards the top of the neck. He pulls downwards, toward the bottom of the neck. I'd assumed the Boomer Bend was upwards and the Millennial Bend was downwards.

@TheGuitarShow

Жыл бұрын

Good point I forget to address that point, although some boomers such as SRV would bend the g string down

@lucasmonteiro600

Жыл бұрын

Scoot does bend it upwards most of the song ( correct me if i am wrong)

This was quite interesting. Thanks for sharing this. Cheers! ✌️

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Pleasure Dwayne

A mate of mine went abalone diving at Boomer Bay and he got the bends.

@SheepWaveMeByeBye

11 күн бұрын

There's a band name in there somewhere

For reference check out Albert King and SRV in session or Albert King Don't lie to me. Long live the Southpaw's ! Oh and thanks for sharing. Is that an Ormbsby your sporting? I would put Chris Buck in the Millennial camp, Millennial Bends par exellence.

Is this really the moment Radiohead were prophesying explained? “My Baby’s got the bends”

@TheGuitarShow

6 ай бұрын

Exactly!

One type made billions of people listen and enjoy, the other type is heard by almost no one but are VERY important to a very small sect of terminally online nerds

@TheGuitarShow

9 күн бұрын

Amen

Is it April 1st ? 😅 Great delivery Ramon, I couldn't have kept a straight face making this video 🤭

It’s interesting how we fall into these things, I’m older genz so closer to millennials, and I definitely have more of that style to my bends without even realizing it.

@TheGuitarShow

5 ай бұрын

Sounds cool bro

Gosh I don't know the term. D trucks? Man I don't know him

good stuff Goose. I'll work on it today.

@TheGuitarShow

Жыл бұрын

Wicked Ernie

Lot of fun little demo I just stumbled into You've got great control in your fingers mate good on you That guitar lookssick on You, too What even is it...?? A custom build .. or something European or something...?

Thanks bud, enjoyed your hypothesis, to me bends are an emotional extension of a note, double stop etx. as conveyed by the benders body language, I'll close now as I haven't a clue what I'm on about. 😂😂👍🥃Respect to you mate

I don't mock anyone. I grew up in a time when almost every guitarist, myself included, sounded different. Nobody is taking ANYTHING a step further. What's happening iss that we're getting guitarists who ALL SOUND EXACTLY ALIKE, but that is bad. There were guitarists in the past who that played even before I was born who could put anyone to shame so I'm not getting the whole boomer/millennial thing! The goal of music is to sound uniquely different!

@TheGuitarShow

8 ай бұрын

Amen

I like those millennial bends! I never thought of doing it that way as I'm gen X and learnt bends the boomer way. Time for me to practice.

Hey partner. Nice video but I have to diverge - Jeff Beck and others were doing combinations of bend / hammer-on /slide years before the millennials came along. Also any Indian raga player, including crossover guy Harry Manx (excellent). Even i have been doing them for 25 years 😬. Maybe there are just more people doing them now, or more KZread videos on how to do them?

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Well said my friend!

God Bless!

@TheGuitarShow

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ken to you too!

great explanation !

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Jesus goose man dude , where does that leave us 70s kids of the sunshine 😂😂😂✌️peace goose

Spot-On!

Lol, I don’t get this boomer bend thing. I definitely do the slide bend thing more often than not… not even sure why because i never practiced it tbh, it just sorta happened. But i do those boomer bends sometimes too because, oh I dunno? It’s a sound that the guitar makes?! Plus I play blues occasionally? I mean, Tim Henson said that and he doesn’t play blues at all so why would he bend like that? I find to be completely a stylistic thing and usually a genre defines a style. Boomers love blues though lol. Who cares, it all sounds cool.

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Great comment, thanks Erik

This is brilliant, Ramon! I had noticed about the millennial bends but didn’t know how to call them. 😂🤣

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

It's good to finally give them a name ...lol

do some gen z bends

@TheGuitarShow

Жыл бұрын

Will do soon!

@PacificNatureTV

15 күн бұрын

the gen-z bend is using a vibrato pedal for wiggly mac demoarco "bends" or a trem arm for the shoegaze-a-like sound

I play alot of rock on acoustic guitar, and ive been using finger slides in that fashion for years, but i bend alot too.....when i first heard the expression boomer bends awhile ago ,ill admit i chuckled..... I must say tho , i was a little offended too...i think i heard the periphery guitarist say it. Not a big fan lol.

Speaking as a 57 year old non boomer I like both

Astue as always Ramon

I'm 18 but I do boomer bends don't know how to do it any other way but it comes from me making a bow and using that as an instrument prior to getting a good guitar

@TheGuitarShow

Жыл бұрын

nice one bro!

I was convinced that the "bends" mentioned was a set up for a joke ? Apologies if I have triggered anyone ?

I have played and heard what you call millenial bends 40 years ago. You know, when we were all experimenting and not trying to sell t-shirts ;-)

Omg how tasteful playing

@TheGuitarShow

8 ай бұрын

Thank you

That’s a great guitar. What make is it?

@TheGuitarShow

Жыл бұрын

Thanks its a Chapter guitar

Rock on

Blue and Evil has that octave mill bend you mention.

Look, this whole discussion is completely bonkers. It started with a joke by a Tim Henson in an interview by Rick Beato. It was all tongue in cheek, and now suddenly people are making it into a huge issue. There is no such things as a boomer or a millennial bend. This is just another stupid way to create pointless division between different generations of guitar players. Sometimes I really hate the guitar community.

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant comment - thanks!

@probusexcogitatoris736

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGuitarShow You are most welcome! Keep up the good work :)

I was doing this before this was even a term ...wtf?!?!?

@TheGuitarShow

Жыл бұрын

Cool bro

I like the title "Boomer Bends..." How about Clsssic Rocker Bends, Rock N Roll Pioneer players bends etc....

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Next video Jose lol

In Queen's "The Hero", the millennial bend can be heard in around 2:12.

@orbpulsargd2608

Жыл бұрын

One of the early examples ofc.

Millenial bends can reach the floor and pickup stuff without lower back pain. Boomer bends on the other hand...

...and when SRV did his Albert King thing, did he break a string during every single show? 😵‍💫

Me, at 16 using boomer bends only now hearing the term and thinking it’s absolutely stupid to associate good sounds with old people

Bends is bends... if it sounds great awesome, if it's crap do it all the more with a bit of wah and delay.

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

good point

Oh shit … I’ve never realised but I’m such a millennial bender! I didn’t even realised the degree I’ve been influenced lol. I blame Chris Buck!

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

lol

Millenial bends sound like Mateus Asato's Glisando techniques.

Chris Buck is amazing for the millienial bends, although I'm not gonna call it that by name again lol.

@CorbCorbin

2 жыл бұрын

He is very Slash influenced, yet he’s gotten better and better over the years, and he hybrid picking, going between fingers to pick, with the slides into bends, really becoming his signature thing. He very much plays what this video describes as boomer bends, and more. I think those labels were a little funny, for about a month, but it’s a pretty absurd way to think about music.

Gen X here to point out that one of those techniques does indeed "bend" the string, while the other is a simple slide. One can be done fast or slow, the other can only be done fast. One can hit tones between pitches and one can only hit one of the 12 pitches prescribed in western music. You can't put salt on everything, sometimes you need pepper, or both. Season to taste. Either way, boomer to Z, every generation has and does use both. Play on.

I have never heard a "Millennial Bend" played by anyone other than Guthrie Govan ... and he's Gen X

No Gen X bends huh? Not surprising as we're the forgotten generation and we prefer it that way.

@TheGuitarShow

Жыл бұрын

Im gen x - and I agree!

"boomer" 1946 - 1964 (for reasons) Hendrix b. 1942 Clapton b. 1945 Conclusion: They're "silent gen benders"

Nice guitar, by the way.

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks it's a Chapter guitar

@Teachering

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGuitarShow This is the first that I have heard of Chapter guitars. I went to the website and was a wee bit confused. A site not easy to navigate right away. It is a bit late in the day and, so, I'll do some research tomorrow. Chapter builds a quality guitar. I observed a Chapter Telecaster style guitar and it was nice and sounded even better. Thank you for the information.

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

@@Teachering pleasure bro if you need further info let me know

Boomers drove the Semi to everything great ( i know, kranky). First concert, LZ for Houses, '73,,,,,lessee, not yet 16 yet. 65 now. Saw a bunch more and gigged some. Sorta get the concept but expect some 'feed back'. I can't play like i used to. Never liked 'labels'.

Give me boomer bends any time. Millenial bends just make me want to reach for ritalin.

meanwhile gen-Z's dont bend at all, they be slidin all over the neck

@TheGuitarShow

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

Why is there a generational divide over a guitar technique?

@TheGuitarShow

19 күн бұрын

Tarrega played with his finger tips - then Segovia re-wrote the book telling everyone to play with their nails. Its nothing new.

It's boomer bends vs. emo shreds. I'll take Zeppelin any day thanx.

@TheGuitarShow

7 ай бұрын

Amen

@SlyHikari03

6 ай бұрын

I like both.

That gender fluid Tom-whatever wished he had half the talent Gilmour has

1:35 Ya...whatever.

As a 19 year old guitar player. Boomer bends are better

@TheGuitarShow

Жыл бұрын

Respect bro

I love when millennials are referred as "young". We're almost 40, but thanks! Now I wonder: what's a GenZ bend?

@monsterram6617

18 күн бұрын

Almost 40? The "millennial" generation is from 1981-1996. Y'all hit that mark three years ago.

Thank you for getting to the point with this video.

@TheGuitarShow

Жыл бұрын

Pleasure

This is a trick question, there are no millenial bends, they use the whammy

Boomer bends are just bends to me.

So what if your a millennial (not by choice, born in 83) who prefers boomer bends?

Is this a JOKE🤷‍♂️ Is there such a thing…? 🤔

Hi

God help us when the Zoomers start bending. You'll need to make another video...

@TheGuitarShow

19 күн бұрын

I promise to do that boss

@monsterram6617

18 күн бұрын

Considering that "Zoomers" were born from 1997-2012, it's already happened and you didn't need god's help. Congratulations, you survived.

@TheGuitarShow

18 күн бұрын

@@monsterram6617 Amen bro

Smh, just bend it.

The biggest difference between boomer style playing and millennial playing is that the millennials skipped those pesky guitar lessons. Also, most boomers began with a cheap “starter guitar” and a crappy solid state amp, and millennials began with an expensive relic’d guitar and a professional tube amplifier. Millennials know how to start from the top

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

great point you made here!

triggered boomers in comments

Tim Henson 'bend over' one too many times i guess. And I really really hate that millennials 'slide/bend/whatever' and the faces they make when doing it, looking into the camera with a smug face like 'see what I just did there?'.