bends pushing up

[BloodXero]

whenever i do a bend on the top three strings i have no problem but on the thinner three i can never bend those. on the the thick three i put my thumb so its just touching the finger board and pull down with my middle and ring finger usually. but on the thin one's since i cant pull down i have to push up which is very tough for me since the strings come off the fretboard and get caught under my finger nails and make it sting. also when im pushing up i have absolutely no power.

[smfulla]

so the question is????
I'm guessing it's how you're supposed to bend pushing up? Well there is no trick to it. You've just gotta practice the technique like everything else. Just when you're practicing, try not to let it go under your finger nail. Coz that is not supposed to happen. I think a way to stop that is to have the string further from the tip. And when bending, try not to make your finger parallel to the finger board, coz the string is more likely to roll up into/under the fingernail

[fizz]

youll find that its easier bending towards your thumb than it is to bend the string away from it. Im sure i got that from somewhere on this site, im not too sure, but ive found that it works for me :)

[gck]

The bending motion does not come from pushing the finger up but from keeping the finger stiff and pushing with the whole wrist. Also, you will want to support the bending finger by placing another finger right behind it on the fret.

For example, when you are bending with your ring finger, place the middle finger right behind it on the same fret and push the strings up with your wrist.

Some people just bend by pushing a single finger upwards, so they neither support it with another, nor do they bend from their wrist: this is cool with 008 strings, but on 010 or heavier, they won't get more than a semitone bend out of it with that technique, not even to mention an acoustic with a least 012s on it!!!

And there's nothing worse than having a bad intonation in your bends...