Virtual Jim Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 So for the past three months I've been sitting on this song for my band. It's very new-wavish and shoegazey, and I had trouble thinking of something that didn't sound like a sappy U2 lead line. Then at work it dawned on me: TAP! No, seriously. It works. I'm doing an appregio-like pattern thing-a-ma-gig. If you just rolled your eyes, I understand, but it's fun to pretend I'm a keyboard for four minutes. Anyway... This got me thinking about guitarists that tap that don't shred. GP covered Regi Wooten a year or so ago (HEY EDITOR: We need more of that!), and the guy in Minus the Bear does it. Can anyone think of any other? Preferably in the realm of rock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin-erator Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Billy Gibbons taps in his solo on "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers". Stanley Jordan and Tuck Andres have made jazz careers out of styles based completely on tapping on the board with both hands. I'm too tired to think anymore - g'night! vc Vinny Cervoni vcbluzman@hotmail.com www.bluzberrypi.com www.42ndstband.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruupi Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I saw Pepe Romero tap for a bit just recently. My soundclick site: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=397188 My YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/gruupi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramer Ferrington III. Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I thought tapping was originally a classical guitar technique? Band MySpace My snazzy t-shirt empire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trucks Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Justin King, Hes pretty awsome, there are tons of vid clips of him on the net. Soundclick Myspace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramer Ferrington III. Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 There's also THIS guy, whom Guitar Geezer brought up in an oldish thread. http://www.snabbstart.com/film/skicklig-gitarrist.aspx Band MySpace My snazzy t-shirt empire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbach1 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Originally posted by Kramer Ferrington III.: I thought tapping was originally a classical guitar technique? I understood that to be the case also. bbach Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braxat Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Don Rosss !! ( Afraid To Dance ) .... its done in both though, more in classical than electric because electric uses it mostly for solos I Am But A Solution In Search Of A Problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadStrum Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Justin King, you gotta check him out. Pier. * Godin Freeway Classic * Seagull M6 * Timothy S10J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A String Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Check out "The Price I Pay" by "The Desert Rose Band". I'm not a big country fan, but that guitar playing kicks a$$! Craig Stringnetwork on Facebook String Network Forum My Music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy P Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Doesn't Kaki King tap on acoustic no less? www.birdblues.com My Stuff On Sound Click Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 And Kaki was inspired in large part by Michael Hedges, who was doing a more consonant version of what she does before she was born. And he probably learned it from someone else as well. I don't know if Pierre Bensusan is known for tapping, but he was a big influence on Michael. Stanley Jordan's tapping is wonderful, moreso (IMO) on arrangements of other people's music. His own music (and I'm speaking based on a small sampling of his early work, so someone correct me if this has changed in 20 years. ) was very repetitive in form whereas is covers sounded like two disparate elements together. (Such as two entirely different musicians playing complimentary parts.) Stanley's version of Thad Jones' A Child Is Born is nothing short of amazing. Pure emotion. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarzan Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 have you guys checked out Preston Reed? http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtual Jim Posted March 1, 2006 Author Share Posted March 1, 2006 Checked out Justin King... THANK YOU This is pretty awesome stuff. Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funk Jazz Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 michael hedges - way before justin, kaki, juber, reed, blah blah blah. check out aerial boundaries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Originally posted by Funk Jazz: michael hedges - way before justin, kaki, juber, reed, blah blah blah. check out aerial boundaries Reed! Jimmy Reed, only tapped beer bottles on the table, JK'ing http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Originally posted by Funk Jazz: michael hedges - way before justin, kaki, juber, reed, blah blah blah. check out aerial boundaries Before Juber?? I don't know about that. Laurence was playing with Wings in the early 1970's. I'm not familiar with him tapping, but I certainly wouldn't guess when he began using the technique onstage or on record. It could very well have been before Aerial Boundaries in 1986 or even Michael's first records a few years earlier. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Band Substance Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Emmett Chapman on the 'Stick' Harvey Mandel I've always suffered from the delussion that I was somehow different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funk Jazz Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 juber's first solo guitar releases were in the 90's, post-hedges by close to a decade (hedges first solo release was '81). his discography is here: http://laurencejuber.com/music/music.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Originally posted by Funk Jazz: juber's first solo guitar releases were in the 90's, post-hedges by close to a decade (hedges first solo release was '81). his discography is here: http://laurencejuber.com/music/music.html But again, he's been around with Macca and others and recording since the 1970's and began his solo career at about the same time Hedges came out. (1981) He may be on record tapping with any number of artists he played guitar for in the 1970's. I don't know. (BTW - Just pulled out Gyptology again. Love that album, Funk. ) It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funk Jazz Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 my point is: in the acoustic guitar world, hedges is largely recognized as a pioneer in terms of taking a known device and turning it into a compositional tool. i'm not trying to take away from anyone elses contributions - but i remember when hedges came out and turned the guitar world on its head because of his sheer imagination.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caprae Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Tapping? Like this? http://adam.fulara.com/e.php?g=music Raise your children and spoil your grandchildren. Spoil your children and raise your grandchildren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danzilla Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Steve Hackett; he was tapping in Genesis at least as far back as "Dance With the Moonlit Knight" from SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND; and earlier than that, possibly on "Return of the Giant Hogweed" from NURSERYCRYMES. Throws it in throughout his solo career. "Am I enough of a freak to be worth paying to see?"- Separated Out (Marillion) NEW band Old band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarisawayoflife21 Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 I've heard Vernon Reid tapping in songs that hes not really shredding in. www.myspace.com/robyourselfblind check us out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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