I love the sound of this fourth lick – which I think really captures the style and feel of a lot of B.B. King’s playing.
Here we also pick the pace up a little bit and play a faster phrase with less space.
The tab for this short idea is as follows:
Here is the isolated guitar part of what I am playing:
When practicing this through, continue to focus on your picking hand, and use it to mute the bends after they have reached their intended pitch. This will sound a lot punchier and more effective than allowing any of those bends to return back to their starting point.
It is also a brilliant way of improving your ability to cut your bends off at the top, which will allow you to create more variety and get more mileage from your bending.