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Title: Many think EVH invented tapping...
Post by: Gym Rat on November 01, 2023, 07:07:38 AM
Nope..

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Title: Re: Many think EVH invented tapping...
Post by: Thin Lizzy on November 01, 2023, 07:44:48 AM
At the 25 min mark. He says he never claimed to invent tapping.


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Title: Re: Many think EVH invented tapping...
Post by: Gym Rat on November 01, 2023, 07:54:48 AM
At the 25 min mark. He says he never claimed to invent tapping.



Yeah, I never heard him claim it, just some insane fans... saw some older black and white footage from others doing it as well, I think Roy Clarke (minor), etc.
Title: Re: Many think EVH invented tapping...
Post by: TheShape. on November 01, 2023, 08:54:38 AM
Steve Hackett popularized it, he’s still the king.
Title: Re: Many think EVH invented tapping...
Post by: Rambone on November 01, 2023, 08:58:36 AM
Evander Holyfield never claimed to invent tapping, but he sure did perfect it.
Title: Re: Many think EVH invented tapping...
Post by: IroNat on November 01, 2023, 09:00:21 AM
I heard tapping goes way back to classical music hundreds of years ago.   
Title: Re: Many think EVH invented tapping...
Post by: BlackMetallic on November 01, 2023, 09:27:45 AM
Steve Hackett popularized it, he’s still the king.

Imo I would argue that EVH popularized it and brought it to the mainstream

Ed did give Steve credit for inspiration
Title: Re: Many think EVH invented tapping...
Post by: Gym Rat on November 01, 2023, 10:22:56 AM
Canned Heats Harvey Mandel also used to tap in the 60's...

Around the 1:50 mark...

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Title: Re: Many think EVH invented tapping...
Post by: Hendrixian on November 01, 2023, 10:30:31 AM
Imo I would argue that EVH popularized it and brought it to the mainstream

Ed did give Steve credit for inspiration

For sure. It's actually very difficult to invent something new on the guitar.
Title: Re: Many think EVH invented tapping...
Post by: Gym Rat on November 01, 2023, 10:41:50 AM
For sure. It's actually very difficult to invent something new on the guitar.

Thats why when people argue about 'who's the best" its really just "who's your favorite"...
Title: Re: Many think EVH invented tapping...
Post by: Fortress on November 01, 2023, 10:43:02 AM
He never made the claim.

He stated he saw Page doing pull-offs with his picking hand over his head and thought, Hey, what if you used your other hand as a moveable nut?

Ed took this concept and REALLY ran with it.

To most, it was an entirely new technique.

To say Eddie popularized tapping/hammer-ons is an incredible understatement.

(Hackett didn’t remotely exploit the technique or popularize it.)

As an established technique, it is Edward, Edward and only Edward.
Title: Re: Many think EVH invented tapping...
Post by: Fortress on November 01, 2023, 10:45:28 AM
Canned Heats Harvey Mandel also used to tap in the 60's...

Around the 1:50 mark...

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Perhaps. But that video is much later than even the early Eighties.
Title: Re: Many think EVH invented tapping...
Post by: Thin Lizzy on November 01, 2023, 04:01:31 PM
Never was a big fan of tapping. This solo is an exception:

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Title: Re: Many think EVH invented tapping...
Post by: njflex on November 01, 2023, 07:36:06 PM
He never made the claim.

He stated he saw Page doing pull-offs with his picking hand over his head and thought, Hey, what if you used your other hand as a moveable nut?

Ed took this concept and REALLY ran with it.

To most, it was an entirely new technique.

To say Eddie popularized tapping/hammer-ons is an incredible understatement.

(Hackett didn’t remotely exploit the technique or popularize it.)

As an established technique, it is Edward, Edward and only Edward.
Amen…
Title: Re: Many think EVH invented tapping...
Post by: Humble Narcissist on November 02, 2023, 12:36:46 AM
Never heard of any of this. :-[
Title: Re: Many think EVH invented tapping...
Post by: Gym Rat on November 02, 2023, 01:00:37 AM
Perhaps. But that video is much later than even the early Eighties.

That one is the 90's I think, but at Woodstock in 68, Canned Heat were tapping.
Theres no doubt EVH brought it mainstream...

Still, none better than the legendary Vittorio Camardese!!

WHO????