Zakk... harmonic "Squeal"...also on the the new Killswitch song..?

[dg]

i use my pinky, and when I did it for Chuck (Bloodsplatter) and GTRbuyer (tracy) when we all hooked up in Boston, they were cracking up from the sound i could get from squealing with the back of my pinky. It's the shit when it comes to screaming harmonics.

I'll be damned! I was just farting around & tried dragging my pinky around behind my thumb & index finger & that's pretty sweet. Totally different sound if you roll over & use the nail, too. More metallic sounding. Thanks, Tommy!

[skorb]

it's his picking thumb. Choke up on the pick and dig in a little as you hit the string, so that the side of your thumb strikes the string at the same time as the pick.

that's it.

it's quite easy once ya get the hang of it.

[atomic charvel guy]

I'll be damned! I was just farting around & tried dragging my pinky around behind my thumb & index finger & that's pretty sweet. Totally different sound if you roll over & use the nail, too. More metallic sounding. Thanks, Tommy!

Anytime my good man. It's a tits sounding squeal when you hit it just right and shake the hell out of it. Keep practicing it that way and it'll be second nature soon.

[Robert Burns]

As will Grasshopper Burns, when he discovers exactly how to do split harmonic sqeals, he won't be able to stop doing them, even when he knows he shouldn't be.

*********Yep, as with effects...if it sounds good..then of course
"More" must be better? I overdue everything!

[jcm800x]

Too truley get that sound you also have to shake the shit out of it!

[Wayniac]

Anytime my good man. It's a tits sounding squeal when you hit it just right and shake the hell out of it. Keep practicing it that way and it'll be second nature soon.

I too use my pinky.. kind of where the nail and outside "meat" of the pinky are...
I notice when doing it that way, if you cheat your picking hand up toards the neck a bit, you can get some MONSTER squeals...

[Mike]

If you need anymore insight, here's an instructional vid. It's the guys from SF. There's a section that Jon shows how to do 'em.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIzkUicwWto

[Vass]

I usually get a better one up near the neck pick up.

And I squeal way too much. Hell, I even use em on chords on a couple strings to add something to the rhythm.

Going to try the pinky thing, although I play with my right hand open, fingers out. Not sure why, or if I should or shouldn't. I think I did it because I saw Randy do it in some video. Now that I think about it, it is probably what lets me lay my whole thumb out for multi-string quacks.

Hmm more things to try when I get home. Thanks!

Vass