3 or 2 fingers?

[devolve_creator]

when i bend a string i usually do it with my 2nd and 3rd fingers and use the first to lay accross the the lower string, muting them from ringing out, however i sometimes have problems exacuting clean vibrato on a bent note, should i start bending with 3 fingers like most people and use my picking hand as a mute or is it just a matter of finger strength? does anyone else bend with 2 fingers? using the index to mute the other strings? any help would be apriciated, cheers

[oRg]

I usually use 3 fingers. I have greater control over the tone when I play it this way.

w00t, this is my 1000th post on these forums and just in time as well. It has been two years since I've been posting on ibm.

[Zatz]

oRg, congrats! ;) Keep posting!

[joeyd929]

when i bend a string i usually do it with my 2nd and 3rd fingers and use the first to lay accross the the lower string, muting them from ringing out, however i sometimes have problems exacuting clean vibrato on a bent note, should i start bending with 3 fingers like most people and use my picking hand as a mute or is it just a matter of finger strength? does anyone else bend with 2 fingers? using the index to mute the other strings? any help would be apriciated, cheers

Gerry Garcia bent strings with all 4 fingers, so does STeve Lukather and Steve Morse. Whatever works....The only one rule is that there are no rules...