How does Steve Vai mkes that "cat purring" effect ???
I always wanted to know.
How does Steve Vai mkes that "cat purring" effect
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...i found the secret!!precario wrote:How does Steve Vai mkes that "cat purring" effect ???
I always wanted to know.

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haven't heard the WS tune, but i'll mention all the cat-sounding tricks i know of...
as already mentioned...
fluttering the whammy (AKA gargling)
Lizard Down the Throat (as in Call It Sleep and Satch's Ice 9 - slide a note up or down a string and simultaneously bend in the opposite direction w/whammy bar, attempting to keep approximately the same pitch.)
and one more... got this out of a book, i think it was a trick of Adrian Belew's...
you'll need a volume pedal for this, and probably a bit of distortion or overdrive too.
1. select your neck pickup.
2. volume pedal at "0" to begin with.
3. tap HARD on the 3rd string just beyond the end of the fretboard with RH finger.
4. (don't waste any time between step 3 and this
) slide toward the bridge and simultaneously swell in with the volume pedal.
5. put the volume pedal back to "0" before you release the string so as to avoid any unwanted "pop" or other string noise.
hope that's a good enough explanation.
as already mentioned...
fluttering the whammy (AKA gargling)
Lizard Down the Throat (as in Call It Sleep and Satch's Ice 9 - slide a note up or down a string and simultaneously bend in the opposite direction w/whammy bar, attempting to keep approximately the same pitch.)
and one more... got this out of a book, i think it was a trick of Adrian Belew's...
you'll need a volume pedal for this, and probably a bit of distortion or overdrive too.
1. select your neck pickup.
2. volume pedal at "0" to begin with.
3. tap HARD on the 3rd string just beyond the end of the fretboard with RH finger.
4. (don't waste any time between step 3 and this

5. put the volume pedal back to "0" before you release the string so as to avoid any unwanted "pop" or other string noise.
hope that's a good enough explanation.