"How High The Moon" - on acoustic guitar

[Dmanflyin1]

Nice acoustic arrangement...perfect blend with the loop

interesting video overhead shots and layers...

classy piece with a tasty unique production...

great sonic snack....what else is cooking?

Great job.

Dennis in Dehesa, Ca

[nashman420]

beautiful

[Voncroix]

Hats off to you!!..

[dybbuk4640]

tasty :)

[lafreeway]

How does he do that? 

[znir66]

can i buy your CD. am from the Philippines. i just this track so much. cant stop playing it the whole day.

[stebunn]

@znir66 Sorry, but this song is not available on any of my CDs at this time.

[753nano]

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G, Perfect, man, you have a soft touch on the guitar, like she's your baby and you're taking care of her, amazing, you may be surprised by knowing that i'm 14 haha... but I loove Les Paul, I don't listen to those bieber shits... and George Harrison is my inspiration hehe... you're amazing, don't forget that!

[nemo227]

Deeeelightful! Sweet. Real music. I've added it to my favorites list. Now I'm going to listen to ALL 16 of your videos.

[RSBSTEADICAM]

You really are wonderful and if you ever wish to come on our TV show you are welcome anytime. Yours is the kind of talent we hope to be able to showcase.

[jleoblues]

What a beautiful interpretation Love the chord melody. You stay with the changes in the Fake Book. Les Paul must be looking down smiling. You honor Les Paul and in doing so you honor yourself. Great guitar playing tasteful exquisite

[jennyomalley]

How long till i can play like that ?? Excellent

[znir66]

simply amazing version, such a genius, just love the arrangement, and i love this song too,thanks for posting,

[WeepingZeeGuitars]

What a fitting and incredible cover and tribute. The Wizard of Waukesha would have loved this. I personally think it was one of the best covers I have seen on the 'Tube. Nice job!!!

[rogerthehat]

very doyle dykes

r i p les paul

keep pickin

[2321958]

great playing. Congrats. Is it possible to find tabs? thanks anyway it is a pleasure listening you

[drnotation]

Very impressive... thanks for the lesson on sound-on-sound and a great display of your art.

[alonzogarbanzo]

BEAUTIFUL playing and video production. Thanks.

[RAWArtifacts]

How High the Moon, excellently done!

Love to hear more acoustic guitar music!

Robert

[FrankRizzo419]

What a brilliant cover!!! I so enjoyed it! I was a luthier too, for all of two years 20 years ago. Been getting the itch to start up again though, since I started playing again recently.

[19glenn64]

good swing mr.guitarplayer..

[vesakoponen]

Funtastic I´m cryuing I mean tears in my eyes...

[MrRaydioray]

guitarist are sooooo underated. people dont realize the magnitude of this art form. the thousand of patterns that these people can pull up in a fraction of a second is mind boggling! this man is a genius! Bravo! master bravo!!!!!!!!!

[josipml5]

what are you talking about: guitarists are so underated?? are you talking about this guy or players in general?

[PaCobble]

5 stars definitely not enough for this one. Great arrangement, Picking and tone. Beyond awesome. Jim

[pbthmsn]

I am so impressed by your version of this great tune. I am using your video as my tutorial to learn it on guitar, but you are the master !

[Scarlett4Zanzibar]

Steve, thank you for posting this. You are incredible! I have been listening to this video all day! Superb performance. Bravo! What guitar are you using?

[stebunn]

Thanks much!

To answer your question, I built guitars off and on for 20 years. This one is my 40th out of 55.

[LupinusAlbus23]

Amazing.

[Jackcrowsix]

you re amazing man!

[gigspy]

Brilliant.

[ronvonryan]

You have a great touch, it was pleasure watching and listening to this, you are a gifted player, superb.

[eljans]

Super ! Thank you for this video!

[JazzySaxE]

i love your musical style my man!

[TConradC]

Wonderful arrangement. Beautiful playing. Bravo. Tom

[tobinjw80]

beautiful

[slogans777]

I've always thought a camera mounted from the guitarist's perspective toward the neck would be far more helpful to learn.

[darz3]

Excellent, thanks for the chords as well

[sleeepingpills]

Thanks for creating a chord diagram, man. That's really awesome. Not many people are very keen to posting something like that.

Great guitar work, real nice stuff.

[matonguitar]

I REALLY liked it!!!!

[bugliosifan]

If you bothered looking layzsonsabitch, you'd see this guy has some single guitar track videos posted.

If "anyone can loop", how about showing us your skills at it layzsonsabitch?

[samuelkim1]

I love how you could insult him just by saying his username XD

[CassDyson]

Man I really enjoyed this. Keep up the good work. :)

[Jamalolz]

really great, keep it up

[terrierbw1]

First time viewing your videos. Great video. I realy enjoyed. Thanks for taking the time to post. John

[Gxyz222]

When you went to swing time on this song, did you record two versions of your guitar playing or three?

[stebunn]

Good question. I had to count. As the song is ending, I'm playing on top of 4 looping layers. The small inset videos show all the layers except for the first rhythm guitar layer.

[tekenaar]

Some of the greatest things I've seen on youtube man ! Very very cool ! Nice super guitarplaying and super clip to go with it !! my compliments ! greeting from Antwerp Belgium

[guitarplayer1948]

FANTASTIC!!!!!!! I love what you've done with this song! You're amazing! Well done! Don

[joelbitton]

Very entertaining, Thank you.

[Korsaro1]

very good, klasse

[5023849465]

I don't play anything, but I sure enjoy the people who can. I remember the original version of Les Paul & Mary Ford, which tells you how old I am. This is great!

[pipaco]

increible...maybe you like the "pata negra" version from "blues de la frontera" album.

I really enjoyed with your video, it soud "de puta madre" = very very very very good

(this is your first spanish lesson, you can say: I play the guitar de puta madre!)

[GUGUG]

really good! ive been trying to do this one so im hoping to study your version to learn a few chords cos i cant make out what Les is up to cos of the many layers. this is great stuff but i think ultimately too tricky for me

[DmitriOrtsiev]

Really great job! Thank you for this.

[adamsjazzclub]

Great job , really !

Full of good idea

[missilemeenie]

One of my fav tracks of all time and you play it so well.........i 'll play this vid while i'm working on my pc...........thanks

[stebunn]

Thanks! Hey, I might have to put out something new soon.

[AnchoriteProductions]

Beautifully played. I'm going to have to try some of that looping stuff! :-) Thanks for the video! -Derek

[stebunn]

Thanks for the nice comments. Yeah, looping is fun!

[jhurr1cane]

wow...totally amazing. i wish i could play it like that

[ElectricMovements]

Well played. Great Video editing aswell.

Top Job!

[stebunn]

Thanks much!

[ItzEddie]

this is awesome! I totally dig your version, amazing..

well done

[EllJayAitch]

Very nice indeed. Do you have any tab for this? The Brazilian cadence is something that any fan of the 60s would "get." Forget the tab, I'll just watch it a few hundred more times, and try to teach my guitar-playing friends.

Best regards,

El-Jay

Ottawa CANADA

[osvaldorove]

so nice!!!

Ella Fitzerald would be proud of you!

is a really wonderful version of 'how hight the moon' I love it

[bigdjindustriez]

I Find this immensly interesting. Never had the chance to use a looper before, but I can only image the fun I could have with that. Great job on the tunes, thats some fine picking. Sounds better on acoustic then Les Paul's version, but everything sounds better on acoustic to me.

[stebunn]

Thanks for your interest. I've placed a link in the video's description that will take you to my looping equipment as well as the guitars I used to make, etc.. Thanks again!

-- Steve

[zellerauer1]

wow!

[Amplitudedude101]

i am learning this in guitar lessons :3

[electro257]

sweeeet....... ;o]"

[ShawnGlory]

the beginin sounds like midnight in casablanca

but as it progresses

it gets better

good job

[doodman723]

first this video has the most unique camera angle ive seen. never seen it from the guitar players point of view, also cool how you combine both rythym and lead just overall fantastic

[doodman723]

first this video has the most unique camera angle ive seen. never seen it from the guitar players point of view, also cool how you combine both rythym and lead just overall fantastic

[Bjorniz]

reminds me of the game sims, hah;P very well played!

[andrew2great]

this guitar is so beautiful, and i love wht u did with how high the moon, since it's like my all time favorites ;)

mad props

[andrew2great]

this guitar is so beautiful, and i love wht u did with how high the moon, since it's like my all time favorites ;)

mad props

[robotico]

Very very good from Italy! Wonderful job.

Please, can you telle me something about your looper?

[stebunn]

Thank you. The looper used here is called a Boomerang. It's easy to use.

[Matt46544]

Do you sell your guitars?

[stebunn]

I did, but no longer build them. Occasionally one shows up for sale.

[LJrox]

is your guitar a cole clark ??

[stebunn]

I used to build guitars. It's one of mine.

[sfo1ckh]

can you send the tab to How High the Moon?

[stebunn]

Sorry, I don't work from tab or notation. The best I can do is a few scribbled chord diagrams. It's up to you to figure out the rest. I put a pdf file of them on my web site. The link is in the video description.

[rpspgh]

Phenominal guitar playing and awesome work with the video

[jolandasterbloem]

golden guitar..

[jolandasterbloem]

wonderfull

[SnowingRoses]

Wow that's soo kool =D

[caoimhainotreasaigh]

I like. . .

[stirfryking]

i dunno if it was the sepia visuals or just the guitar playing but wow.

i'm planning on doing a lesson on visual effects as part of my beginner's guide to guitar. have a looksy.

well done bud!

[pekindons]

Absolutley Fantastic...You are a GREAT Player.

[Lzala]

excelent !

[Faerie75]

Amazing!!!!!

[Codandrast]

Hypnotising

[andrew2great]

WOW!!!!!!!!!

[kekambas79]

I just love hearing music like this on the acoustic guitar. How I wish I could play like this. I've tried teaching myself, but its so hard.

[francisb528]

great stuff

[thesilkworm]

Really nice - I gotta learn how to do this.

[BEESAREGLAD]

Really nice man..beautiful

[BrycerBoo]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it. Great playing. Wonderful style and video. Best Wishes, Kyleellen

[jtdowning]

Thank you!

[tomandbrianmusic]

that was boss. what i love about someone with talent like yours, you make it look so effortless. thanks for sharing this fine song with some fine playing. pick on!

[ravindra1983]

well played

[tallulah2]

Very, very cool!

[EmdrGreg]

What a great, classic tune this is.  Thanks.

[thangis]

Muzak? Sure has come a long, long way - Les Paul must be smiling.

[hnksnw]

Sounds like the Muzak version of How High the Moon.

[object16]

Very well done, loved it. 5 stars.

[claykarla]

great job/playin camera angles and loop....really nicely done

[balbora]

thank you thank you thank you :-)

[teleskiving]

That was lovely. Thanks.

[balbora]

Great!!!!!

[mabroussardii]

I don't know who made the guitar, and don't really care. Its an excellent song very well played. If you did make this guitar yourself, then well done. Thanks for posting the song.

[crapflinger]

i don't care whats on my keyboard cuz thats an excellent song

[sharontrout]

Beautiful guitar and song, one of my favorites that Les Paul and Mary Ford made famous many years ago. Thanks for putting it on YOUTUBE Sharon T. from ohio

[icymaveric]

that is beautiful... truely an amazing musician... kudos to you...

[lokalfuz]

DOLPH87, you are an idiot, this is a homemade guitar.

[marctenor]

beautiful playing and a beautiful looking and instrument with a sweet sweet tone and excellent intonation. Bravo.

[milesre]

You seem to have gotten to ol' Dolph. Knowing your sweet instruments as I do (and gratefully owning one), I surmise this is Republican, and not rational, denial. Maybe Taylor'll call him off(?)

[DOLPH87]

Thats not a homemade guitar. that's a TAYLOR GUITAR.

[stebunn]

This is one of the 55 instruments I made in my home workshop between the years of 1976 and 1998. The one played here is my #40, completed in 1994. I no longer build guitars but you can read more about them by clicking on the link in the video's description. -- Steve Cloutier

[DOLPH87]

no, its a taylor.

[stebunn]

DOLPH87- I guess I should view your disbelief that an individual rather than a corporation, could build this guitar, as a compliment. So - thank you!

[DOLPH87]

its not a compliment. thats a taylor guitar. -_-

[Frojoemorrison]

beautiful

[Unexpaix]

Beautiful playing and craftsmenship

[Rafaelh0808]

this is a great song. nice looping work. how did you make that guitar?

[cycleview]

I love the sound!

[42peanuts]

That's real talent there that is! Kudos mate, nice work all round!

[kizbo]

you are a great guitar player!

[ice9001]

Man you can play

[jmbirk]

If you actually made this guitar... you sure sold me on it.  I'd like to know if you make more of these things and how much they go for.

[Jowsh]

that was great!!

[donny0man]

sounds a bit too crowded at the end.

[HedvaPanda]

@ dchristiansz you see that thing on the ground, with yellow letters: Boomerang? You can record a lil thing, and replay it with that. So you'll hear the sound u just played, and u self can play something different.

Thats why it is called boomerang, the sound comes back u just played.

[ivanmihaljevic]

Wow, this sounds amazing

[chuckburzum]

really nice

[grizzlybjoern]

nice

[diddydid]

niiice

[jeano1973]

WoW! Stebunn, that was awesome! I didn't know you were so talented. I am very impressed. :)

[markseez]

thx sir excellent loving it `till the end

[kbrunet]

Try telling Wes Montgomery that playing with fingers slows you down. He played everything with his thumb.

[naristo]

stebun is there reasin why u play with ur fingers...cause i do ...but most people say playing with ur fingers slows ur speed of playing...but i am loving ur sound!!!

[KaMakaZeDaN17]

Many people play with their fingers. Its actually faster when playing once you master it, especially if the notes in a song are spread out.

[richardsidler]

Thank's very nice indeed; wish you would explain you layering / recording technique a bit. Cheers - It's a favorite!

[dchristiansz]

I beleive what he is doing by layering is like a live looping where he plays four bars and records them when he is playing then plays over them as he goes. this is done with digital effects

[KapnKoolio]

Sounds great -- and exceptional video work as well.

[primosilvano]

excellent work great video !!!

[jaycowart]

That was fun.

[tszatsza]

What a brilliant version of this song, it swings!

[CrosleyMonarch]

I have watched approximately six zillion music clips here on YouTube. By far, this is the very best one I have seen and I don't think I'll find one better. Thanks for the superb performance!

[gropro]

cool haha i love this

[visor109]

Great job! Les would be proud!

[stebunn]

Thank you! I'm a big fan of all his work. He was a real Renaissance man.

[Davebanker2]

Excellent job.. both on sound and video .. At first the guitar sounded very much like a 12 string...Looks like a Taylor.... is it?

[stebunn]

It's a guitar I made. I built 55 instruments over 20 years.

[MikeNature]

I first heard this tune in the fifties when Les Paul & Mary Ford released it. Been a favorite since. You bring it back to life today. Thanks for a grand performance.

[Jazzguitman]

Great playing/looping and very nice video editing.

Chris

[stebunn]

The playing is actually just an excuse to do the editing. Thanks much.

[LizBizToo]

aaahhhhh, stebunn, thank you thank you

[stebunn]

You're very welcome.

[sunnydane]

Beautiful,love this song and the way you play it. Great video.

[stebunn]

A little blast from the past. Thank you.

[gpert]

well done all round... music and video. thx, G

[stebunn]

Thanks for stopping by gpert, or may I call you "G"?

[stebunn]

How did you know?

[theboy99]

Wonderful, wonderful wonderful! Thank you.

[stebunn]

Thanks much. It's nice to have this gig whenever I want.

[allthingsartist]

I sooo forgot how much i loved this song until I saw this video.. I watched it over and over singing along. i love the flavour you put to it. well done

[stebunn]

Thank you. My dad and two uncles were guitar players and big Les Paul/Mary Ford fans. Good songs endure.

[withoutawebcam55]

That was great!!!

[stebunn]

Thank you!

[carolperez]

thank you very much, started my day with a zip. lovely

[stebunn]

Thanks for listening!