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He sure can play!! But too much going on for my taste...

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Peter M.
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bet he can play a Chapman stick too! I saw this guy a couple weeks ago. You tube has some amazing guitarists!

Low action.

I asked John Stropes[/
URL"> about it a Interlochen and he stated that there is no standard
developed yet. The style hasn't developed into a form where it is
standardized. guitar_Oct22.html">UMW The U of W has a great guitar program headed
by Stropes who teaches individuals to be themselves, not copies of any
famous player.

As for design, I think low is good but not always and pickup placement is
different but leans toward mag pickup at the soundhole I think. But there is
probably under saddle also and mic'ed is good too. Pound the guitar
anywhere it has a good resonance. For example Alex DeGrossi pounds the
neck of his Lowden and gets a very low tone.

Good, but sounds like a slightly folkified Stanley Jordan style. Sounds
impressive, but I think the right hand percussion and harmonics do a lot to
dramatize the show.


[URL=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baDM3_6w8-E]Stanley Jordan[/
URL]

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Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation.

Yeah, the lack of an edit button really blows.....

Oh well.

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Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation.

There's a lot of "homebrew" building going on over at the tappistry.org
forums. Certainly worth checking out. Although, I have to say that I'm a
little disappointed with the turnout of acoustic tappers... as in: I don't
think I've seen ANY acoustics made specifically for tapping beyond
Emmett Chapman's "Acoustick" that Bob Culbertson plays from time to
time. (there's a picture of it on the front page of http://
www.bobculbertson.com/ if you want to see it).

I'd really like to see what could be done with acoustic tappers, even if
they might need some nice under-bridge peizo pickups.

I really like the expression and depth you can get out of a tapper. My only
complaint is that a lot of the recordings I've heard sound like the strings
are "quacking", if that makes sense. I don't know if that's a problem with
technique or if it just comes with the territory of tapping.

For very low action, in theory you should build a little less bridge compensation, because the low action stings are not depressed and do not stretch as much as high action. However, my ear is not good enough to notice the changes in intonation.