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The "non-Floyd tricks" thread reminded me of this one. I pulled this on a friend several years ago and he went nuts trying to figure it out until I finally let him off the hook. I said to him, "did you know that there's a way you can bend a note and make it go DOWN in pitch instead of UP? He said, "no way." Then I showed him. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
Here's the trick, but it ONLY works on a floating trem:
Fret the 3rd string at the 4th fret. Next, actually pick the 2nd string open, which is the same note. Now bend the 3rd string. This will pull the bridge and make the actual audible note (open 2nd string) drop in pitch. Just be careful that your target doesn't see that you're actually picking the 2nd string, not the 3rd string note you've actually fretted.
[img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Here's the trick, but it ONLY works on a floating trem:
Fret the 3rd string at the 4th fret. Next, actually pick the 2nd string open, which is the same note. Now bend the 3rd string. This will pull the bridge and make the actual audible note (open 2nd string) drop in pitch. Just be careful that your target doesn't see that you're actually picking the 2nd string, not the 3rd string note you've actually fretted.
[img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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