With the exception of harmonics and palm mutes, these other techniques can be achieved with a concentrated effort to maintain good fretting technique.

Galbán's distinctive electric guitar sound makes liberal use of reverb, tremolo, diminished arpeggio runs and palm mutes.

Harmonics, palm mutes, hammer-ons (in which the fretting hand strikes the string onto the fretboard), pull-offs, and pick slides are not easily picked up by guitar-synthesizers, usually due to sloppy fretting hand technique.