Originally Posted by: KasperowI'll try and keep that in mind :) I've really got to get those bends right. I use bends quite a lot, so I'd better get them right so my future recordings sound better :)

As you've heard from my playing, I use bends a lot also. It's my David Gilmour influence. When he plays, the notes are in constant motion either with bends or vibrato. When I was learning the Comfortably Numb solos, I remember thinking "this would be a lot easier without all of these bends!". Now it's an integral part of my playing.

Oh, I forgot to mention - Krautrock is a genre, not a band. Bands like Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Kraftwerk, Ashra, Can, Amon Duul, etc. Not all of it is my cup of tea, but I'm a huge Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, and Ashra fan. Ashra is formed around a German guitarist Manuel Gottsching. He's fantastic. Albums to check out of his as "Blackouts" and "Correlations".