Hands up if you thought EVH invented tapping...

[leftybassman392]

As it turns out there's a Wikipedia article that seems to cover the topic pretty well:

[url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapping"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapping[/url]

While I'm here, I thought I'd post up something by one of my favourite players:

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK91tuIQTVE"][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK91tuIQTVE[/media][/url]

Edited December 14, 2016 by leftybassman392

[mentalextra]

[quote name='Barking Spiders' timestamp='1481538250' post='3192967']
Certainly did know it wasn't EVH but I curse whoever did . Unfortunately tapping and sweep picking have led to the rise of soul less, mechanical fretw***ers across the globe.
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Is this what you mean?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3CPoYGyQ7w

[Funky Dunky]

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1481539926' post='3192986']


Ah yes. That would be this man then...

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7T9fuf1bLE"][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7T9fuf1bLE[/media][/url]

If I'm honest I'm not really a Gambale fan myself (although I don't have an issue with sweeping as such). As always though, it's not the technique so much as the way it's used.
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Frank Gambale's sweeping technique has the least wasted motion I've seen. He really took that technique and made it clean (wee sweeping pun for y'all there).

I saw Frank play at a music show once. I got in for nothing, but he had toupee.

[Funky Dunky]

As for EVH....can't really abide the man's lead playing, but I think as a rock rhythm guitar player he is pretty amazing. His rhythm parts are always really colourful, and superbly executed.

[Funky Dunky]

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1481703603' post='3194343']
As it turns out there's a Wikipedia article that seems to cover the topic pretty well:

[url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapping"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapping[/url]

While I'm here, I thought I'd post up something by one of my favourite players:

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK91tuIQTVE"][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK91tuIQTVE[/media][/url]
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Lucky enough to have seen Guthrie play on numerous occasions, and have met him several times, too.

Peerless? Maybe, actually....