King-Diamond

Here we have an example in the style of Andy LaRocque, with some distinctive whammy bar gargles and some characteristic fast scalar phrasing. For the gargles, you will need the bar set stiff pointing towards the horn of the guitar. After the bar has been flicked, the pick will very quickly come into play for the first note on the B string, so practice the co ordination between the bar and the pick. This idea concludes with a 2 tone bend and very fast wide vibrato before shredding out with fast alternate picking.

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