The Final Word On Tapping

[Whizzercone]

I suck at it. I can make the uninformed think I am good, but no guitar player would fall for that shit.

 

[Vinsanitizer]

Ace did it first. He was the genius behind Ed.



And ...

 

[Lo-Tek]

I never bothered to try learning. Not my style. I briefly dabbled in behind the head playing. lol

 

[Whizzercone]

Ace did it first. He was the genius behind Ed.



And ...

The real Ace will never, ever be as good as the one in my head.

 

[Vinsanitizer]

The real Ace will never, ever be as good as the one in my head.

Thank you.

 

[nortiks]

I suck at it. I can make the uninformed think I am good, but no guitar player would fall for that shit.

You are waaaay ahead of me. Even the musically illiterate won't fall for mine.

 

[Whizzercone]

You are waaaay ahead of me. Even the musically illiterate won't fall for mine.

FWIW
I just found out that I am better at it than the guy EVH stole it from....

 

[RLW59]

How about the first word on tapping?

(Film from early 1930's, tapping starts about 50 seconds in)


Roy Smeck, the "Wizard of the Strings". Huge star on guitar, uke, and banjo from the late 1920's to the late '40s. (But still guesting on TV variety shows into the late '60s.)

Mid 1930's, Gibson's "Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe" was their second Artist Signature model (Nick Lucas had the first sig model).

Edward was most likely telling the truth when he said he never heard of Roy. But as a child he could have seen Roy on TV and the idea of tapping was planted in his subconscious.
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Jeff Beck tapped way back with the Yardbirds. Usually just a note or two, never complex runs.

And Roy probably wasn't the first. People have been doing flashy things forever. It's just a logical extrapolation of hammer-ons.

Of course, Edward certainly took it to a new level.

 

[Deftone]

I can make the uninformed think I am good, but no guitar player would fall for that shit.

You just described my guitar playing perfectly. Thank you.

 

[Vinsanitizer]

I never bothered to try learning. Not my style. I briefly dabbled in behind the head playing. lol

Right. Which begs your answer to the question we all want to know:

 

[StrummerJoe]

Ace did it first. He was the genius behind Ed.



And ...

Here is my mentor, and very muched missed friend Dave Bunker Sr. back in 1960. He invented his own tapping instrument, which was only the second instrument granted a patent in the US in 1958.



Here's some later stuff.





And here is the guy who inspired hin - Jimmy Webster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyFEJ4xSBEk


The point isn't who invented tapping... The point is there weren't a lot of folks doing it before EVH. Paganini was tapping on his violin back in the late 18th and early 19th century.

Paganini was supposed to have been possessed by the devil for his technique way before anyone heard of Robert Johnson.


I see it as a tool....but what the hell - I don't mind giving Ace, AKA Vinsanitizer, AKA Scott Baio in drag the credit.

KISS ARMY BITCHES!!!!

 

[Vinsanitizer]

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I see it as a tool....but what the hell - I don't mind giving Ace, AKA Vinsanitizer, AKA Scott Baio in drag the credit.

KISS ARMY BITCHES!!!!

Thanks bro. After my recent breakup with what's her name (it starts with an 'L'), I could use the encouragement.

 

[Frodebro]

 

[Dave_11]

 

[Matthews Guitars]

Aside from the fact that EVERYBODY to take guitar lessons in the 80s or 90s probably was taught to play at least PART of Eruption by his guitar teacher, me included, I never much cared to learn any more than that.

The only guy I ever heard other than EVH who really made MUSIC to my ears with tapping techniques was Michael Hedges.

 

[Dogs of Doom]

Aside from the fact that EVERYBODY to take guitar lessons in the 80s or 90s probably was taught to play at least PART of Eruption by his guitar teacher, me included, I never much cared to learn any more than that.

The only guy I ever heard other than EVH who really made MUSIC to my ears with tapping techniques was Michael Hedges.

a lot of these guys who use it in a folk sense, were probably inspired by Phil Keaggy...

 

[Leonard Neemoil]

I'm very fortunate. Ever since my first try, I was always great at tapping
































































... tapping that ass!!!

 

[Lo-Tek]

Here is my mentor, and very muched missed friend Dave Bunker Sr. back in 1960. He invented his own tapping instrument, which was only the second instrument granted a patent in the US in 1958.



Here's some later stuff.





And here is the guy who inspired hin - Jimmy Webster.




The point isn't who invented tapping... The point is there weren't a lot of folks doing it before EVH. Paganini was tapping on his violin back in the late 18th and early 19th century.

Paganini was supposed to have been possessed by the devil for his technique way before anyone heard of Robert Johnson.


I see it as a tool....but what the hell - I don't mind giving Ace, AKA Vinsanitizer, AKA Scott Baio in drag the credit.

KISS ARMY BITCHES!!!!

Interesting. Makes me wonder if Chapman knew about that guy.

 

[Dogs of Doom]

Interesting. Makes me wonder if Chapman knew about that guy.

when I watched the video, my 1st thought was Satriani seems to have cop'd his (Bunker's) tapping style.

 

[StrummerJoe]

Interesting. Makes me wonder if Chapman knew about that guy.

Yes he did. Dave Bunker Sr. had to testify in a lawsuit after Mr. Chapman tried to patent the technique of tapping. Dave essentially proved that tapping existed before Chapman made his stick.