# Best use of guitar tremolo and artificial harmonics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 16, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-use-of-guitar-tremolo-and-artificial-harmonics/637846 "2012-10-16T03:52:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-use-of-guitar-tremolo-and-artificial-harmonics/637846/21 "2012-10-17T18:30:43Z")
OK, now I gotta watch Chet when I get home from work. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-use-of-guitar-tremolo-and-artificial-harmonics/637846/22 "2012-10-17T18:45:38Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Chet is pretty much the man. He referred to himself and anyone he deemed worthy as a “Certified Guitar Player” As far as I know, there are only five CGPs: John Knowles, Tommy Emmanuel, Chet Atkins, Steve Wariner, and Jerry Reed. Now that Chet is gone, I wonder if there will ever be any more. Was that an honor only Chet could bestow? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-use-of-guitar-tremolo-and-artificial-harmonics/637846/23 "2012-10-17T18:51:49Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > OK, now I gotta watch Chet when I get home from work. FGiE - Chet is no shredder but as an exemplar of perfect, clean technique, he has no peer. His use of octave-plucked harmonics at the beginning of the piece - Lenny Breau was a master, too - is just amazing. [Here’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni8KBhnebwE)Atkins and Jerry Reed (a Certified Guitar Player, for sure) hamming it up on Jerry’s Breakdown - so good I wanna smack 'em 😉 ETA: \*\*Labdad \*\*- you know your guitar and blues; I wish you hung out in these threads more often! It was a fun honorific bestowed by Mr. Atkins - it was never anything official. There are stories in guitar-geek interviews of him annointing folks like Mark Knopfler (whom he respected and recorded albums with), Les Paul, Steve Lukather, and others - but I am not sure and have no cites. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-use-of-guitar-tremolo-and-artificial-harmonics/637846/24 "2012-10-17T19:18:07Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > ETA: \*\*Labdad \*\*- you know your guitar and blues; I wish you hung out in these threads more often! Thank you! I read most of these threads and contribute when I think I have something to offer. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-use-of-guitar-tremolo-and-artificial-harmonics/637846/25 "2012-10-17T21:57:25Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > FGiE - Chet is no shredder but as an exemplar of perfect, clean technique, he has no peer. His use of octave-plucked harmonics at the beginning of the piece - Lenny Breau was a master, too - is just amazing. > > [Here’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni8KBhnebwE)Atkins and Jerry Reed (a Certified Guitar Player, for sure) hamming it up on Jerry’s Breakdown - so good I wanna smack 'em 😉 > > ETA: \*\*Labdad \*\*- you know your guitar and blues; I wish you hung out in these threads more often! It was a fun honorific bestowed by Mr. Atkins - it was never anything official. There are stories in guitar-geek interviews of him annointing folks like Mark Knopfler (whom he respected and recorded albums with), Les Paul, Steve Lukather, and others - but I am not sure and have no cites. Not a shredder, you say? Did you catch what Chet did at about 1:14-1:16 in the video you posted? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-use-of-guitar-tremolo-and-artificial-harmonics/637846/26 "2012-10-17T23:43:18Z")
Dude, he can sweep pick like nobody’s business. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-use-of-guitar-tremolo-and-artificial-harmonics/637846/27 "2012-10-18T13:36:07Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Dude, he can sweep pick like nobody’s business. 😉 Evidently…he can. That was always one “trick” I wanted to learn but never could pull off properly. At least not cleanly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-use-of-guitar-tremolo-and-artificial-harmonics/637846.md?page=1)