EMBELLISHED BENDS

You can hear Luke’s signature move in the Rosanna solo at 3:17 and 3:23. Try it yourself: bend the 12th fret of the G string up two frets’ worth, using your third finger with support from your first and second fingers. While the string is still bent, add your fourth finger on to fret 13 (which will sound like 15 because of the bend) and repick. To finish like Luke, then repeat the original bend.

Steve says: “I do that with my pinky. I just heard it – ‘I need a note! Okay, there it is.’ You can’t start over-thinking this stuff too much, because you become self-conscious when you do it. If I start thinking about it too much I’ll fuck it up! It was just one take, double-tracked. We were jamming, grooving like we always used to. You just improvise.”