On Sep 13, 2005, at 9:35 PM, Sandy Hackney wrote: > I was able to hear it, but I hate "to be an idiot", but how did he > do it? Were both necks just responding to his finger pressure or > was he plucking with left on one neck and fingering the same > strings on the other? I listened only once and maybe if I looked > more I would figure it out...Thank you. > Sandy
That is known as tapping technique and has become very popular in the last 25 years in the guitar world. Among electric guitarists Eddie Van Halen and numerous others have been visible proponents. Oh, let's not forget Stanley Jorden on the jazz front. I'm not too sure about acoustic guitarists, but I believe Windham Hill artist Michel Hedges was a pioneer in this kind of playing. Basically, there is no pluck involved in the initial attack. It's like a hammer-on but without previously sounding a note. After that, there may well be pulls and hammer-ons. My guess is that the guitar is set up especially for this technique with very low action, maybe different than usual stringing, and I don't know what else. Probably a lot of compression is used to even out the sound. Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
