Aight.

Vibrato is according to me and most other guitarists one of the very most important techniques and something all guitarists should learn and develop a strong one. Problem is mine sucks balls. Before I start doing like iono, just vibrating all day long to develop a strong one I want to be sure im doing a correct one. I'm therefore asking any of you guys to make a youtube movie or so showing a close-up on a vibrato, from different angles and stuff, just to let me know exactly how theyre done. Ive been told you get stronger ones when using 2 fingers so would be great if you did so too to not confuse me. im used to the ones that go up and down not along with the string (classic ones or whatever you call them, acoustic things u know).

appreciate any attempt of teaching me

ok

so there are different techniques to achieve vibrato

you can use 1 finger to fret a note and then move it from side to side which will slightly alter the pitch of the note.

you can use the same technique with an interval , triad or whole chord.

or you can turn up the fuzz box , let go of the back of the neck of the guitar by releasing your thumb , and shake the hell out of the fretted note.

im not going to make a video , you need to train your ears to hear these things , and learn not to use your eyes when listening to music.

Or you could buy a Magnatone amplifier, the first amps to come with true Vibrato unlike Fender's, which was actually tremolo. Thank you, good night.

we're talking acoustic

Dammit.

So you advise me to "let go of the back of the neck of the guitar by releasing your thumb , and shake the hell out of the fretted note." No offense but I don't feel very enlightened.

And I obviously mean electric guitar :p:

Vibrato would be a change in pitch, so any way you can fluctuate the pitch of a note is Vibrato. It gets confused with tremolo occasionally which is volume fluctuation. I'm also assuming you know that, or if not, that's all it is.

As far as how to pull off vibrato without it being built into an amplifier as an effect, I really will be no help, as I don't find myself needing it too often, but it is possible to do by just bending a note back and forth quickly and repeatedly, or just using the whammy bar (which is as close as I ever get to using it), should your guitar have one. There's really no trick to learning it, just practicing the hell out of it until you can do it easily.

aight

i think whats confusing me is that u cant see what it looks like when you play, so it feels as if youre doing it all wrong compared to all those videos youve seen. i think ima try play in front of a mirror or something and try to figure it out.

and this is the sort of vibrato i mean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_hRoB-1BgQ

you shouldnt look , just listen . its as simple as moving the note in and out of tune , at whatever speed you choose for the desired effect.

letting go of the back of the neck and shaking the hell out of it is an extreme , but very effective.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrato

Right and in that type of vibrato, he's not even going that crazy with it. Just bend the notes at a bit more of a rapid pace, and you've got it. Very simplistic.