"Carol of the Bells" by Eric Loy (Harp Guitar)

[kylenation1]

wwwwwwtf

[newnoggin2]

That was painful!

[300FallingAngels]

a bit slow for me .

[abfplano54]

he just dominated that song 10 times over

[LionAr454]

beautiful - I really want to try out one of those harp guitars, but all I have sone is the Lionharp

[AnchoriteProductions]

Very nice! Interesting instrument. Would like to know who built it and what type of pickups are in it. Thanks for posting! -Derek

[jandsclark6]

he taght me on friday carear dauy

[jonnda]

I've met him a number of times, funny/strange man. nice guy though.

[shpadoinkle55]

nice style, also has a sense of humor about himself

[2ndsB4]

virtuosity

[CircleOfMagicBriar]

your an idiot. but your entitled to your opinion.

when you can find someone to do what he does but better then you can tell him to quit.

That is the hardest instrument to play i have ever seen.

[midnightfoxstepmania]

ILKSM4,you're the one who's embarrassing yourself...you should give up on life...

[jjobie]

ILKSM4, what on earth are you talking about?

[MashPotatoHead28]

you can't even play deep purple during a mid-life crisis anymore , other then that , it was like a one man orchestra.

[MashPotatoHead28]

this is a insanely cool guitar piece , but smoke on the water is just wrong .

[MashPotatoHead28]

x out smoke on the water

[MaskedAlex]

that is so...EPIC!

[JesustheLizard]

Just a guy expressing himself, His style isn't as clean as some but hopefully you people could learn to appreciate it for what it is. Learning to play this thing has got to take a lot of time and practice, most people barely make use of the harp strings, this guy sounds like a whole thrash band on folk instruments.

[Stephers9211]

to messy sounding

[speakatrandom]

to messy... still better than me!

[HarpGuitarTexas]

Eric rips it, but a little too much coffee.;-)

Great job dude!

[cdbaer]

cool guitar! sounds good!

[alex0589]

that was cool,BUT AM I THE THE ONLY ONE TO NOTICE HIS GUITAR HASNT BEEN TUNED SINCE 1987?!!??

[umbolli]

You're not the only one man! I'd even go for the early 80's!!!!! If you want to be taken seriosly dude, for starters you got to tune the instrument!

[jfredett]

Given the number of strings on that thing, it probably takes 20-30 years to tune. So it seems he's got a few yet.

[nijimasu1]

@alex0589 judging by the number of pegs, if he started tuning it in 1987, he'd just be finishing now

[skj7777]

If he ever learns to slow down and not show so much "hey look everyone at how fast my fingers move" he could be the best.Several of his songs was so perfect and then he blew it with lighting fast finger taps and slaping too much.

[stickysubject]

Great job Eric! If anyone wants to know more go to ericloy dot com. He's not only a quality human being, he's unique in the guitar world!

[JCLYM]

Freak train.. er harp guitar freak train. Slow down, lol. Once it's over it's over! Awsome either way the rooster lays his egg oO

[lrwinkler]

Sweet sweet performance. I love to watch Eric play this song. This man is a master of his craft. As for the timing, this is avant garde styling. Being a one man improvised act, he has the creative ability to go wherever he wants with the tempo. The objective thing to judge here is the technique and it is superb. Keep rockin Eric. You're awesome!

[ninjelephant]

sounds way fuckin messy...

but takes skill and i'll recognize that

[Metallicrazy]

tahts fucking sweet. almost as sweet as my version. i bet now you want to watch it. no this isnt a trick to try to get more people to watch my carol of the bells video that i am proud of.

[rexmundidotnl]

dude don't rush it like that. if you play is slower it's much nicer, your good but you don't have a real feeling for rythm

[wappadudu]

amazing technique but total lack of musicianship!

[Lifeblood086]

If you want to kill something great, add flange.

[footballman363]

stupiest thing ive ever seen

[servandovill]

you steal that guitar to some aliens???

[entool7]

that was awesome. was someone singin'?

[sorasgirl0]

holy crap! now THAT'S TALENT!!

[Awwcman]

i agree with jazzpsalti. sounds like hes never even heard of a metronome.

[jazzpsalti]

the tech is really good, he can switch from one system of strings to the next and generally hit the strings right, and his tap harmonics generally ring well. The one problem is his time, his time is all over the place!!! That's my only criticism, the rest, it's rad !

[BoEmery]

Totally agree with the time thing... It's like Carol of the Bells on Crack!!! It loses all of it's value because he's playing waaaayyyy too fast!

[nirvanamaybe]

Chaotic, yes.

Though chaotic or not, thats a phenomenal talent, really original. Fantastic keep it up!

[cyberspace17]

great effort your trying and it shows. but sometimes i could tell it was carol of the bells. i think you need to tune your instrument for the song.

[JohnBucketHoweVai]

that must be a heavy motherfucker

[REMZINATOR]

FORGOT TO INCLUDE A + 10 note ! here it is....

[REMZINATOR]

tones7mca thanks for your stupid comment, at least Loy knows how to fully expoloit this instrument, the others just barely touch the Harp section....and...NOT MUSICAL? man.....go back listenin to Beatles guitar solos then....ERIC LOY MASTER OF THE WEIRD INSTRUMENT! DOPE STUFF!

[Raziel555666]

Wanna hear some amazing harp guitar play? Look up Andy Mckee- The Friend I Never Met

[tones7mca]

Great to watch, if a bit chaotic. But thats his style I suppose. Not my thing though, check out Andy McKee or Michael Hedges folks... more musical.

[Wazzzzzzzzzza]

OMG

[eXiTiuM08]

That's just..Wow.

[WillemWorks]

wow... great job!!

[xellxero01]

oh my god that looks so complicated.

[gewb]

where are all of those strings?? is like a guitar with two or threee harps included? rally curious on this it's awesome!!

[kosuke1215]

omg that was beautiful!

[dadawg911]

never heard of a harp guitar but that sounded good

[iloveasiangirls]

lats see someone else attempt to play such an eccentric(and beautiful) instrument. dont knock it until you've tried it.

[vinvinvin]

everybody's a critic here. but I thought this was extremely cool, the harp guitar allows for extremely expressive and creative playing. the reason why everyone thinks it's stupid is because they don't know how to think beyond the six strings. This was awesome bro.

[moonlitesymphony]

Obviously a lot of strong technique I just thinkg the subtle beauty of the song was sort of ruined by speeding it up so much and making it sound so very..."hyper."

[Lancetuna]

that totally didnt need to turn into smoke on the water halfway through it :(

[JJx911]

Those saying "It Sucked" Lets see you post a video of YOU playing the instrument better >.> cause that my friend if you ask me that takes some serious skill to play that -.-

[Asmodeious]

So his tempo varies a little he's playing three lines with two different instruments at the same time in parts on an already somewhat difficult song. Those of you who say he sucks, go hang yourselves.

[furiousmat]

wtf is that. what about playing it slower and at least fitting a regular tempo..

[dieHARDvampireGirl07]

whaaaaaaaaaat was that junk? nice attempt, but that was crap

[teenqueen123456789]

dude you fricken suck!

[aarossell]

ok, pretty cool, but messy as hell

[firelullyfly]

wow. i wonder if it's possible to play it with a normal harp...

[ecstatica23]

I want that guitar!

[rinalex28]

dude.... that was the most amazing thing ever :o

[blitzkrieg19031]

This would have been awesome, but he went out of tempo a lot. Still fuckin awesome.

[g3legacy]

wow

[banjobilly32]

Wow, I can't walk and chew gum at the same time! How do you do it???

[gtrmethod]

That was good, and I appreciate his talent - but he's rushing everything and playing without emotion. That's the difference between an "ok" player and and outstanding player.

[tektive]

holy frickin awesome!

[TwoHarps]

Quite incredible. Loved it.

[0bsCur3]

that thing is soo cool XD

[nichols9286]

I appreciate what he's trying to do but he's taken on too much. Its messy to the point that hes not even rhythmically sound. I like the idea for the guitar tho.

[yurmothersuncle]

its a scary looking abomination of a guitar but its very cool...

[GuitarGal23]

wow.. i've never seen a harp guitar before.. that awesome!

[Necrophogist]

haha nice !

[christinemedvigy]

thats sweeeeet :)

[deleriousmoose]

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!