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James
25th June 2006, 2.31 pm
I was searching youtube.com for new guitar tapping videos I could find and came across this chap from Montreal.

http://www.erikmongrain.com/

He plays on a Rainsong graphite guitar most of the time, but the two tapping songs are done with a smaller wooden acoustic in a horizontal position, much like a lap steel. His mentions his biggest influence was the Toronto guitarist Don Ross.

Excellent technique (as is expected with these types of guitarist!). In particular there is a great clarity of sound. I think he has quite significant amplification on the acoustic making it more akin to an electric.

GaryOpenhill
25th June 2006, 9.05 pm
tried to see the vids, but WMPlayer gave me this error message. never seen it before.

"Pins cannot connect due to not supporting the same transport."

what pins?

James
27th June 2006, 12.35 am
May just be your copy of WMP.

The videos appear to be in Ligos MPEG format. Try installing a codec pack such as ACE found here (http://www.free-codecs.com/download/ACE_Mega_CoDecS_Pack.htm) and see if it helps.

The main video to check out is this one - airtap.mpg (http://www.erikmongrain.com/multimedia/airtap.mpg)