Left hand Quote by Dimebag Darrell

Lay down the song you strum, And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum.

— Bob Dylan

When I first started experimenting with harmonics, I'd sometimes hook up two distortion boxes just to get my strings 'frying,' which helped bring out…

— Dimebag Darrell

The easiest place to get a natural harmonic on any string is at the 12th fret. All you do is lightly rest one of…

— Dimebag Darrell

Jeff Beck is compelled by his inner artistic drive to keep evolving the instrument. He'll use the whammy bar with the volume knob and…

— Steve Vai

I don't want to blow my own trumpet but the aim of the game is to hit and not get hit and that is…

— Anthony Yarde

I'm triggering acoustic instruments. I'm literally beating, smacking, hitting, blowing, doing physical things. It's an incredibly exciting way to make music.

— Pat Metheny

You have to be really good to get away with smashing a guitar.

— Lyle Lovett

I started doing all kinds of weird stuff on the guitar, which became part of my playing. I started doing harmonics and tapping on…

— Eddie Van Halen

I can't play guitar, but I can sure make it howl.

— John Lennon

I string sounds together. But to string them I have to remember a bunch of old ones I heard somewhere and then juggle them…

— Frank Loesser

I like to make my guitar sound mean.

— Mark Tremonti

Throw a rock into a pack of dogs, the one that yelps the loudest is usually the one that got hit.

— Louis L'Amour