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pleb  ·  3172 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: So I just discovered guitarist Stanly Jordan and I can't pick my jaw up off of the floor

It seems a lot of guitarists have started four finger tapping like this. The first artist I ever saw do it was buckethead.

It blew me away then and as a casual guitarist it blows me away these days too. I know what they're doing but I don't have the dexterity to pull off dual hand 4 finger tapping.





Dendrophobe  ·  3172 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Have you heard of the Chapman Stick? It's an electric guitar-ish instrument designed specifically for tapping.

pleb  ·  3172 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Never heard of it. Got a link?

briandmyers  ·  3171 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Dendrophobe  ·  3171 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's a very neat concept. I wouldn't mind learning to play it, but they're shockingly expensive, and obscure enough that I doubt there are many resources for learning. They're very cool, though.

EDIT: Here's another good one:

user-inactivated  ·  3172 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That was impressive to witness, but it didn't actually sound good.

The Stanly Jordan video though? I'd be half willing to listen to that.

pleb  ·  3172 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Heh it was a bit of music nerdiness. Buckethead really likes to play with dissonance and it's an acquired taste when it comes to listening. You'd probably appreciate some of his more melodic stuff or some of his softer stuff.

aeromill  ·  3172 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Look up Jordan by Buckethead