Comments on: Yeah, Tap That Axe!

By: heyjoe

heyjoe — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:58:20 +0000

nice, but i lost interest in each of them after about 30 seconds… where’s my adderral?

By: emon

emon — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:34:03 +0000

Maybe gonging the guy was part of their plan to create controversy. Who knows. Will email you re: interview.

By: Suldog

Suldog — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:40:42 +0000

Magnificent. The last fellow reminds me of seeing a performer on “The Gong Show” back in the 70′s who played guitar but had no hands. He used his hooks to pick and slide. I especially remember that because one of the total a-holes on the panel “gonged” him before he could finish. And he was actually pretty damned good; would have been decent playing even if he had hands. I couldn’t believe there was anyone so cruel (and tasteless) in the entire world.

By the way, probably going to be a while before I can finish that interview. I would really, truly love to give you some audio or video of me playing, but I have no amp at present. I have the access to a studio (although a voice recording studio – not quite the same) but just haven’t gotten the pep to hook it all up and make it work through the equipment here. I will, but I don’t know when. Or maybe I’ll actually break down and buy a damn amp and a cord and… Yup. Sometime.

By: emon

emon — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:49:53 +0000

It is disgraceful…Hedges should have been on the list. I’ glad you picked Aerial Boundaries.

Have you seen Steve Vai’s Visual Sound Theories DVD? The one he recorded with a Dutch orchestra? It is pure inspiration. And might I add – some nice tap work!

By: Christopher

Christopher — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:35:36 +0000

Great stuff, emon. No Michael Hedges? Disgraceful, I say!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8GZGhK-8m0

I dabble with taping stuff (in various forms) in my “spare time.” It’s a lot of fun, and a good tool for the bag. Playing with both hands on the guitar has definitely taken a step forward since EVH and the rest of the 80′s people–however, there’s some cool stuff from that era too. Jennifer Batten:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZBuzbe9xCo
Look past the 80′s cheesiness.

-CD

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By: emon

emon — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:07:41 +0000

Good tip, Dee! Reminds me of when Senor Jimmy Page played one ever so gently.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG-aoRWjLdE

I probably could do another post on playing the guitar the wrong way.

By: Dee

Dee — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:49:35 +0000

Amazing stuff. How about Jonsi from Sigur Ros? He doesn’t exactly tap the guitar, but he’s got his signature way of playing it with the cello bow.

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