This guy is super awesome.

Bucket

His YouTube channel states he had been playing guitar for twenty-plus years, but had suffered nerve damage to his left hand that made it very difficult for him to play conventionally. So in 2008, he started playing exclusively with two-handed tapping.

He's really, really bloody good too. Clearly very inspired by Allan Holdsworth, he nails that saxophone-esque fusion sound. In fact, he probably sounds more like a saxophonist than any other guitarist I've ever heard. I don't know how much that says, but it's very impressive.







Here he is doing some Eric Johnson:



Just fabulous. I like to think I'd be that determined in the face of an injury like that.

equalsql

What a great player he is. He's like Stanley Jordan, Alan Holdsworth and Greg Howe rolled into one. You can see his left hand is quite limited so he's doing must of the heavy work with his right, including the string bends which is really impressive.

I notice it's all solo work, I wonder how he is with chords.
Great post, very inspiring to see people overcome injuries that would stop or limit most people from playing.

Sassafras

I think his left hand seems to have recovered fairly well. It's a lot more nimble than mine.
I was more concerned that the guitar was going to slide off his knee.

axisus

Enjoyed those! he's very good indeed

proggy

He should invest in a Chapman Stick.

Bucket

Sassafras said:

I think his left hand seems to have recovered fairly well. It's a lot more nimble than mine.
I was more concerned that the guitar was going to slide off his knee.

Nah, he's got one of those Steinbergers which has a leg rest.

Also uses a Strandberg 7-string - I think he likes a headless.

Teetonetal

Do you think string dampners are cheating?

DLM

^ No, I don't. I like my open strings available for live, though.

Great player, I spotted him first a few months ago when he did well in one of those YouTube competitions.

The fight against his hand problems and the tapping remind my of Christian Münzner.

Sassafras

Bucket said:

Sassafras said:

I think his left hand seems to have recovered fairly well. It's a lot more nimble than mine.
I was more concerned that the guitar was going to slide off his knee.

Nah, he's got one of those Steinbergers which has a leg rest.

Also uses a Strandberg 7-string - I think he likes a headless.

Even so, I just worry about those kind of things.
I'm a bag of nerves.

axisus

Teetonetal said:

Do you think string dampners are cheating?

100%. Why do they insist on putting them on pianos???? Those concert pianists are crap on a REAL piano.

Teetonetal

axisus said:

Teetonetal said:

Do you think string dampners are cheating?

100%. Why do they insist on putting them on pianos???? Those concert pianists are crap on a REAL piano.

Well...they are totally different things. A pianist has no way of doing the damping without mechanical help. 

that, though is possible with out the hair tie... I know because I've seen Dave Killminster and Jennifer Batton do that kind of stuff with no help what so ever. although I saw that Jennifer does use one know. I guess because it's much, much easier.

not that I can do it with or without the help mind.