Intro to The Return of the Giant Hogweed

[jimguitarfan]

Excellent demonstration of Steve Hackett's tapping innovation,Alex. I believe he used it also on the Musical Box solo from the same album, as well as Dancing With the Moonlit Knight and several others, probably. I've never heard SH claim to have invented it, but he was the first to elevate it and incorporate it so strongly with melody, and that's indisputable - sorry Van Halen. Genius. Thanks again, Jim

[hyperboreal]

@jimguitarfan

100% agree with your comment about SH & tapping.

Thinking about posting more videos with tapping examples by Mr. Hackett.

Thanks for watching Jim.

[CluckerMcBawk]

Wow! That was really good.

[teedlebomb]

Fookin'-A!

[wmpr88]

Also, I'm pretty sure we both own the same guitar - you just did more with it than I could.

[wmpr88]

Thanks man, your tab was a great help.

[GardnerGoldsmith]

This was fascinating to watch. Love how you took the time to demonstrate AND answer the Q re how the band did it live. I love how they layered the keys and the guitars so that now, some people think "Oh, keyboards!" and others disagree, "Nah, that's a guitar." You shed light on it, thanks! And thanks for having great taste in tunes! The Hogweed lives!

[hhJACK92]

Strictly speaking, tapping was first used during the early days of the electric guitar to demonstrate how sensitive the pickups were... of course, they weren't used for musical purposes until a later time.

[alexalex246]

it looks hard but it's actually quite easy if you know how to play the guitar

[hyperboreal]

It's both Tony and Steve playing respectively a Hohner Pianet (with fuzz effect) and a Gibson Les Paul. Low string here is what Hackett plays.

[luizfelipels7]

how was the intro played by them? keyboard and guitar, Tony and Steve? or 2 guitars?

[ABittenfeld]

HERACLEUM MANTEGAZZIANUM!!

[metalburger2]

Van Halen didn't invent tapping, Hackett did! :)

Hackett is a god

[nemesisrogue]

Metalburger,

1) No one knows "who" invented tapping. But no one made it their own. Except Van Halen.

2) Van Halen said he came up with it in 1971. Point is he didn't copy anyone.

3) The furore. When VH was released in '78 NO one knew how he was playing the way he was. They thought it was sped up, or keyboards. So you see, tapping wasn't popular back then anyway.

When VH supported Journey, Neal Schon pinned EVH to the wall and demanded to know how he was playing what he was.

[cph42594]

But Hackett was doing it 10 years before anyone even knew who Van Halen was.

[artgoat]

Cripes. It looks like magic.

[91schumacher]

great play

[minkofan]

I'd like to see a slow note-for-note version, so that I can learn this!

[hyperboreal]

There's a tab link on the video details box.

[skirmish703]

Meine Fresse! WOW!

[tomasahlin]

after hearing this I'm getting more upset that the guitars always were so low i volume on the records.

[mellotronage]

I have a new found respect for what I yell "Hogweed!" for at The Musical Box concerts...

[rogerwaters11]

Very good! I find it awesome that Troubleclef commented your viedo. Keep it up!

[calaloo722]

Nice finger work!!

[HippedOutfolif3]

ok thnx zuase ive been wondering since ive seen this thanx

[HippedOutfolif3]

Whats octive divider are you using?

[hyperboreal]

No, there's no such thing as an octave divider here. I just recorded switching between both lines (Steve's and Tony's) and played over their counterparts afterwards.

[Bang0r]

I agree 200% with prasiddha

[gatolocoverga152]

un maestro !!!!!

tocas de manera que haces pareces faciles estas cosas que son dificles!!

y mira aqui en santa cruz bolivia hay jovenes(yo tengo 22 años)que queremos escuchar musica y tocar de verdad (

Para cuando alguna version de lamb lies???

[hurrrrjkok]

Zappa and Hackett were both tapping in the early seventies. Zappa called it the Bavarian Bagpipe. It is up in the air as to who really used it first (amongst recording musicians, I am sure hundreds of people discovered it long before either of them).

[samuelbrainsample]

Frank Marino claimed to have invented it, but old clips of Hendrix exist of him doing it, although it was usually just one finger hitting the fretboard to get an octave or some other interval.

[troubleclef]

more! keep playing.  do the whole song. awesome.

[lecheenpolvo]

Muy buena interpretación. Se escucha mucho el rock progresivo de los 70's en España?

[hyperboreal]

Pues no sabría qué decirte siendo un género minoritario por aquí. Personalmente cuando he ido a un concierto de los clásicos en los últimos 15 años (King Crimson, Camel, ELP, Yes, The Musical Box,etc) siempre me encuentro que la media de edad del público ronda los 40 así que supongo que hace falta que la gente joven se interese más.

[prasiddha]

More proof that Hackett had been tapping WAY before Van Halen (who is THE MOST OVERRATED GUITARIST EVER!)

[guitarthroat]

@prasiddha Who cares? It doesn't sound as good as Eddie. And there have been way more players that did it before Hackett also. What's with you guys having penis envy over who used tapping first in their playing?