My Lap Tapping Guitar Cover of Drifting

[Monsta607]

lets just say, the cover is okay.

but why the hell on a lap?

[hanchristmas]

wow!! I've been trying to find out how to do this lap-tapping style after listening to Gilmore and Roberts' Fleetwood Fair, and came across this! It's brilliant.  Well done!

[reespawson]

Its nearly perfect!!! How long have you been playing and how long did it take to learn?

[guitar4794]

@reespawson

ahaha thanks dude, i can actually play this much better now, i started trying to learn this in april of 2009, and this was posted in october of 2009

don't be intimidated if you are trying to learn this. I promise you that anybody can learn this with enough practice. If you stay persistent and don't give up, you can due pretty much anything you want.

[reespawson]

@guitar4794 Yea. I found out it was WAY easier than it looks. It only tooke me a day. XD

[brightonboarder]

that is so fucking cool

[GarretsShadow]

amazing quality of tone right there

[guitarest974]

i can play this song almost perfectly regularly but when i tried it on my lap i was totally lost. great job!

[guitar4794]

@guitarest974

hey thanks man. I can play it just about perfectly in my lap, but when I try to play it in the standard position, i make tons of mistakes!

[Kahocu]

Hey Dude awsome job, I'd love to learn to lap tap. How did you learn to lap tap

[guitar4794]

@Kahocu thanks!

i guess i just put my guitar in an open tuning (in this case, DADGAD), and then i tried to watch what guys like eric mongrain and andy mckee. A lot of it is hammer-ons and pull-offs, as well as natural harmonics.

Just try it and experiment I guess

[witlis88]

sounds good dude

[renatokd]

wow, you're freaking awesome!!

your finger movement reminds me of erik mongrain.

great job, man!

[blaze5707]

how do you do this. i've been trying to figure it out but i can't get the hang of it. the tapping i mean, not the song itself

[digitwiz]

FANTASTIC JOB! sounds great... one question, i want to buy an acoustic steel string guitar, how much did yours cost? thanks in advance! :)

[guitar4794]

thank man

it cost me $129. Its a great guitar and well worth the money.

Carlo Robelli CW4103FC if you want to know the exact guitar

[digitwiz]

thanks for the info, very much appreciated :)

[jacecrawford]

that is so cool i have never seen it played lap style

[onenessky]

you're amazing!

More laptap videos PLEASE! =)

[zhilo95]

wow it sounds almost flawless thats incredible

[snarfergarfer]

Fantastic! Great job

[theglimpse]

oh my god!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lneme]

AMAZING!!!

[RileyBrady]

I'm very impressed dude.. I didn't it would be able to sound this good on lap tapping. I haven't ever tried lap tapping.. I probably should. I'm 15 too.. good job man.

[leejumung]

SIck ! i cant believe you play drifting on your lap!! XD its so awesomee!! and off just watching the vid congrats your the boss man ! =3 good jobbb check out my cover too thx ! than avios!! Xd

[guitar4794]

thank you! I really appreciate the comments

[esq127]

That´s totally great!!! 5*****

All the best, esq

[EMGP]

That's Awesome dude keep up :D

[sblazen]

great work!!!!! Did you pick this out by watching the video?

[guitar4794]

Thank you

i learned this by watching the original andy mckee video, not with tabs, although he does have tabs that you can buy from his website

[StefanHan1]

Nice, 5 stars...

[totalrocked]

very good 5stars

[pixxy25]

Truely Beautiful :)

[Rakku]

One of the best covers of this song! Nice work, keep it up.

[Tazerz]

Beautiful, well done sir :)

[ghost1161]

You are pretty much a boss. No, really. You're so good, I'm examining what you're doing here so I can incorporate it into how I play Drifting. You've been a huge help in the process.

[bobcaths69]

that was excellent man absolutely excellent, erik mongrain must b an influence, 5/5 done a cover 2 hav a luk,

[guitar4794]

thanks!

Erik and Andy have definitely been my two biggest influences for acoustic guitar.

Watching "Airtap!" and "Drifting" on Youtube are what got my started in this style

[iRollex51]

amagawd ! this is exactly like andy ! good job sir !

[QUEENcessz]

GREAT COVER ! sounds awesome !

[det65]

sauber

great from germany

[Erroody]

That is awesome.. good work dude.

[MrDave524]

HOLY FUCK DUDE

[chris871]

really nice cover, great playing

[abbiss89]

Really great cover man =D

I have played guitar for 8 years now, so maybe i should try to learn it someday.

[olmo2603]

dude seriously you should embed this on lots of sites. 38 views in a day is way too bad for one day :p you should have like 200 or more at least!

[olmo2603]

awesome cover dude! how long did you work on this song? seems hard because of the coordination between both hands.

I play Rylynn from Andy McKee, also a very cool song, you should try that one too!

keep it up

cheers from holland!

[guitar4794]

thank you very much! I've been working on this since January, and it's still not perfect. I have the tabs for Rylynn, I'm planning on trying to play it pretty soon.

[NickDrakos]

Well done , amazing cover!