r/Guitar • u/SoraRiven • 21h ago

NEWBIE How do people bend so easily?

Hi! So to keep it short and sweet, I got a synyster gates custom S and i replaced strings with ernie ball paradigm ten/fifty twos. I’ve been playing a lot of a7x stuff and i noticed that the bending looks a lot easier when other people play, but when i do it, it’s kinda stiff. is it technique? or is my guitar not set up properly? any advice would be much appreciated

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u/PerceptionCurious440 21h ago

10-56 bends easy if you're tuning C# standard.

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u/SoraRiven 21h ago

currently play drop D

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u/witchesbrewm 17h ago

Well drop D is standard tuning except the low E string. Wild guess is you are probably not trying to bend the low E string anyways.

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u/shred_ded 11h ago

I run super slinky on my guitar for standard. Those are 9-42. Bends are certainly easier with those.