Andy Mckee + Jimmy Page = Ben Mancke

[killingj0ke23]

dude why the fuck are you not famous.

[roccobdk]

youre like a melodically superior justin king

[sommervilleTRS117]

man ..i need a guitar with a pick up lol ..tap style is my favourite style to play i hope i can shar my muic like this un youtube one day

[Tranquil787]

good god. this might be the most amazing thing ive seen. dude you are great. why dont you have a record deal

[EvoPiaFlo]

Incredible. Awesome composition. Awesome creativeness. Thank you for looking outside the box yet again. 5 out of 5

[RianJai13]

Dude! Thats CRAZY!!! Andy McKee + Jimmy Page= Your effin Amazing!

[MrChisco1993]

Eres muy chingón man, pasa las partituras

[mmarzl]

again i found something new and special concerning the acoustic guitar...and again i really like it...your music is great man

[ShatOnATurtle10]

congrats dude. i think its a great composition. the begining sounds like justin king but is better, and the bow is just awesome

[9Luna6]

:DD

Beautiful!!

[SethAiken]

Skillful, impressive and creative. Five stars.

[mike826]

lefty...heres to ya

[Cj12sings]

Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks

[manburt]

Not just great technique but fantastic composition.

[Johnthegr82202]

AMAZING!!!!

i feel bad for drummers because everybody just beat the guitar so they aren't needed

[HardcoreDancr]

i think its that no one can find a drummer

[LeoLovesNature]

You are a good guitar player.

[Chipstastegood]

sounds like justin king

[jsmjsmjsm13]

This is incredible- can i please have a tab for this or something related.?

[tophthebruce1984]

that is nice playing dude i have wrote something very similar myself,, i really like the percussion section and the beat that u drop their really breaths life into the song, have u evr thought about getting a harp guitar or is it just a money issue

[InstruMentalCase]

Once again, great playing! Reminds me of Justin King's instrumental album.

[gongargongar]

Your playing is nice, which indicates that you could probably write somethign a little less.... well irritating. Compositionally I dont see much going on here. Like I said though, nice playing.

[oggendoggen2]

This may be a stupid question, but I've seen alot of percussive guitarists using that little black bar just above the sound hole. What is it and where can I get one?

[jupskids]

a pickup for an acoustic guitar. any guitar shop..

[121jigawatts]

Instrumentally Guitarded! That's too sweet for words. Very original and added to my favs and playlists.

[th0rnid0]

Ben you are amazing

[MetalAddict247]

That left hand is very fluid man, I really hope you get the fame you deserve. I'm feeling this song

[MetalAddict247]

What kind of gat is that?

[redstrat8]

I USED A COAT HANGER AS A BOW

[punkguitarist18]

dude... ben its jeremy, AWESOME... i like seeing it in person too.

[BenMancke]

FlareDragon is right. It's more along the line of combin ing techniques that have been approched previously. And I would love to be on Candy Rat records. But I have yet to hear back on my submission. In all reality, I'll probably be doing some sort of day job work my whole life. Im glad everyone is enjoying the jam. More vids soon. More of the Andy Mckee, Don Ross angle.

[FlareDragon2004]

i wouldn't say the bow picking is your technique, I mean page played with a violin bow first. Then Andy McKee has a different feel to his music. I would say this falls into Justin King's music.

Like the combined law in chemistry, you just pulled it together.

That said, I like this. I'lll be sure to post it places to people can see it.

[loudmuteperson]

STFU.. lets see you do it. This guy is awesome. I hate it when people play critic on things they can't do.

[FlareDragon2004]

Lets see you do it? Shure. Gimme two years, and money and I'll do it.

You see people criticize movies, but they don't make it.

Dirt should stay on the ground.

[punkguitarist18]

youre a dick

[MetalAddict247]

HOLY SHIT THAT WAS AWESOME

good on ya man!!!!!

[omarragbag1]

nice man !! very creative... got any more ?

[azahnd82]

Christ, that was friggin' awesome! We should see this guy with Candy Rat records soon...

[minedrask]

5 stars - awesome!

[th0rnid0]

I freaking love you Ben! That was amazing

[Rexman87]

that is badass!

[scrubmacdub]

really good man

[Celmador]

i'd love to see a new video from you. youtube is always a good promotion :).

[bleeb129]

this sounds a lot like justin king as well, good job

[47164716]

that is some pretty nutty guitar right there, awesome hammer ons and pull offs, super creative

[cdellwo]

you were so good on local chords last night

[jamesnorthernva]

Cool

[hybridtheoryfan3]

yeah leftys!!!!!

[Hunpet]

Dilós a gyerek, tuti...

[dagman17]

this is stunning :)

[InsaneSparrow]

That was insanely awesome! Nothing wrong with the playing at all.. just get a better quality mic!

Besides that, really enjoyable!

[ZirclesAndZyre]

oh and it just occured to me ur a lefty, im a lefty too so 3 words... LEFTYS FRIGGIN' UNITE!

[ZirclesAndZyre]

this is awesome. mail this to Andy and Jimmy, they'd be saying WOW.

[GuitarAddict420]

some things in hear sound a lot like justin king knock on wood. 1:10, but nice like it... like the violin bow, never seen anything like that

[bamafader]

ben mancke is a crazy motherfucker

[dagman17]

tremendous

[sadajulie]

Awesome dude!

[andycrookmusic]

outrageous man, i loved it.

[NoamEx]

amazing man!!!.. and i liked the title..

[nicola75017]

your song is great , post more video

[Moezzilla]

Hey, When are you going to post more videos?

[miguelbaptista]

This it is really nice Ben. Tell me, can you play this tap style in any guitar, or did you choose one that has an easier scale for it ?

[jaymznis]

what sthe tunning? and were are you hitting the harmonics?

[CuriousNotion]

Loved it. *****

[jplunk10]

Hey man, I really enjoyed that. what tuning are you using. Its very Michael Hedges. keep up the good work.

[chrisrocks2010]

F#BEAC#F#

[fasterthelightspeed]

YOU RULE

[DemoColorScheme]

I loved this.

Great technique, seriously.

[acousticguitarman]

at 1:42 wen he starts playing with the vionin thing or wateva it sounds like he strums and plays the courd at the same time but dnt look like he is playing it???

[BenMancke]

that is the jist of it. the the video is out of sinc with the audio, so it doesn't look like im playing the part your hearing, note the percussion. It is completly authntic, just me playin a guitar by myself. if you really doubt it, come to a concert.

[ghostwriter11]

Yes.

[phiu]

lovely and original

[Celmador]

this is awesome, i thought ive seen the maximum whats possible due andy mckee, don ross and others. but the violin thing was even new zu me :).

[TofuuxD]

This is something so amazing my words cannot express nor know how to express how talented you are. If you ever make a cd, Im buying like 3 of them and giving them away to people. Its godsend.

[crazychinesebitch]

Wow. Just, wow. I've never seen anyone play like that before, and, you're amazing! It's a really beautiful song, and you play it very well.

I think I'm in love with you now.

[anthoemo]

THIS is music...beautiful <3

[TGJHelicon]

Very clever man. ;)

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[BenMancke]

Its standard tuning. I accidentally tunned it up a step before recording this video, on myspace its in e standard. Listen and see which you like better. May the force be with you. Any news on KOTF? If anyone knows, fill me it!

[TheAustin]

would you mind letting me know what tuning this is? I would love to practice it because you employ such superb pick-hand technique on the fretboard.

[TheAustin]

that's a great song.

[yongtaufu]

yea joiboi180 is good... he onli played guitar for about 2 1/2 years n he could play antoine dufour's pieces maybe you should check it also

[BenMancke]

Don't know who joiboi is, but I hope he digs it. I am working on putting together a curriculem/bakst course to play fingertsyle/bowed guitar, using this piece as a set of excersises. I have no experiance teaching, so my instructional stuff will probably suck. go to myspace to hear more. New album august 4th. "Instrumentally Guitarded" BTW When si KOTF going to be out?

[kg207]

Very crisp and clear,like the cord changes with the bow.how do you do that.Heard it several times, this song grows on you,already saved to favorites.Perhaps Joiboi180 will leave this one alone.But you never know. Well done Benmancke.