Any guitarists read this?

[Killswitch]

Might I be the first to say "WTF?!?!?!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZpD0btOZx8&mode=related&search=

 

[Lick]

lol very clever - think theres another guitarist who does that sort of thing with a specially built twin guitar - the two necks form a V from the waist and the player just finger taps both necks at the same time.

yeah - check this sad shit out

http://www.deanguitars.com/angelo/

technical proficiency is worthless if the song is shit tbh

the mario tune was better

 

[Ati]

forgive me if im wrong, but is that just like playing that piano?

 

[Lick]

yeah its like playing the piano except when you lift you finger off the string it will sound the note of the string again but unfretted ( or open ) unless u mute it - so it can be quite a bit harder to control than simply pressing a note like on a piano .

 

[kirennia]

And of course a pianos notes aren't 1cm wide and about half a cm long where pressing one wrong would make an awful noise

For some duel necked guitar even better then that, check out this :
http://www.deanguitars.com/angelo/mab_videos/
If that doesn't link correctly then search for the duel necked guitar.


For a single 12 string guitarist though, check out john butler :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d5qDPRYUgc

For a single guy playing a harp guitar called michael hedges:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTC7kPZZmuM&mode=related&search=

Eric Mongrain playing an acoustic with a very unique tapping style. Just try to keep up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4zfDmb1IGs&mode=related&search=



Enjoy the different styles Personally I think the john butler one is my favourite, maybe a poll would be in order

 

[Chronictank]

Eric Mongrain playing an acoustic with a very unique tapping style. Just try to keep up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4zfDmb1IGs&mode=related&search=

i tought this one was awesome

 

[Chronictank]

another good one
Don Ross
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkidVP0AcQ8&mode=related&search=

 

[Svartmetall]

Check out Adam Fulara

Bach

Maple Leaf Rag

Autumn Leaves

 

[Svartmetall]

....aaand back on the Super Mario theme, here's Jean Baudin playing it on a fucking huge 11-string bass.

That's no bass....that's a space station.

 

[Svartmetall]

The incredible Michael Hedges.

Aerial Boundaries, his signature piece.

 

[kirennia]

The incredible Michael Hedges.

Already posted

Is a shame he passed away

 

[Svartmetall]

The Chapman Stick has been around for about 30 years, still a fairly rare sighting, but is the first instrument designed purely to be played by using both hands tapping. There some incredible Stick players out there...here's a few snippets...

Irene Orleansky

Pascal Glanville

Worth hunting around...tried a Stick once in Martin Petersen's bass workshop in London; it felt very weird, but interesting. They come in bass and treble versions, from 10 to (I think) 14 strings, and are generally fairly mad.

 

[chretien]

The Chapman Stick has been around for about 30 years, still a fairly rare sighting, but is the first instrument designed purely to be played by using both hands tapping. There some incredible Stick players out there...here's a few snippets...

Irene Orleansky

Pascal Glanville

Worth hunting around...tried a Stick once in Martin Petersen's bass workshop in London; it felt very weird, but interesting. They come in bass and treble versions, from 10 to (I think) 14 strings, and are generally fairly mad.

There are also Warr Guitars which are very similar. Essentially mountain dulcimers with guitar tunings and frets as far as I can see.

 

[Sharma]

There are also Warr Guitars which are very similar. Essentially mountain dulcimers with guitar tunings and frets as far as I can see.

The thing I find strange about them is the fact that the frets seem to steep across.

I'd love to be able to play a warr guitar though, just for the crack.

 

[Lamp]

Check out Adam Fulara

Bach

Maple Leaf Rag

Autumn Leaves

Adam Fulara rocks ! Great guy

 

[Svartmetall]

The thing I find strange about them is the fact that the frets seem to steep across.

The frets are 'fanned' like that because the scale length for the bottom string is longer than that for the top string, to allow for getting lower notes while still maintaining proper string tension - so the strings aren't so loose they just flap about or go sharp when you tap the string.

A face-on picture makes it more obvious:

...holy shit! Look at these things I found while searching for the above pic:

...I dunno what they are, but I wants one

 

[Sharma]

One for Gamah this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du7wyDtrp4Y&mode=related&search=

 

[Lamp]

Looks like some Klingon weapon

 

[Svartmetall]

 

[Chronictank]

isnt this all a little overkill

 

[Svartmetall]

isnt this all a little overkill

I think it's just enough kill

 

[Lamp]

This is my favourite fulara: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTD2mwwlPqc

 

[chretien]

10 cool points out of ten for the guitarthingy

minus several billion cool points for the unfortunate choice of hat.

 

[Svartmetall]

OK, maybe some of these are overkill

 

[Sharma]

I wanna know what the hell it is, wanna hear what it's like.

/Edit:

There is no point in that last guitar Svart.

 

[Svartmetall]

This is my favourite fulara: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTD2mwwlPqc

You can see how hard it is from the faces he's pulling...though admittedly, Fulara is a bit of a gurner at the best of times...

Bach's BWV 847 has long been one of my favourite early music pieces, and having seen Fulara's performance of it, I'm half-tempted to transcribe that version and try and learn it.

 

[Svartmetall]

I wanna know what the hell it is, wanna hear what it's like.

/Edit:

There is no point in that last guitar Svart.

Yes, there is - all the harp bits are tuned to sympathetically resonate with what's being played - sitars and Hardanger fiddles have used that idea for centuries. Plus you can pluck the open strings, as in the Michael Hedges vids above.

 

[Lamp]

Steve Turner

This guy's interesting: http://www.steveturner.com.au/music.html

Check out Absolut Duality

 

[Svartmetall]

This guy's interesting: http://www.steveturner.com.au/music.html

Check out Absolut Duality

Hmm..he's obviously a competent player, although to be honest I'm not hearing anything especially...er...special there.

 

[Golena]

There is no point in that last guitar Svart.

There may be no point in it, but I still want one of them!!