Intro to The Return of the Giant Hogweed
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More proof that Hackett had been tapping WAY before Van Halen (who is THE MOST OVERRATED GUITARIST EVER!)
4 years ago 9
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more! keep playing. do the whole song. awesome.
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@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?
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Wow! That was really good.
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Fookin'-A!
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Also, I'm pretty sure we both own the same guitar - you just did more with it than I could.
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Thanks man, your tab was a great help.
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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!
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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.
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But Hackett was doing it 10 years before anyone even knew who Van Halen was.
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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
jimguitarfan 1 year ago
@jimguitarfan
100% agree with your comment about SH & tapping.
Thinking about posting more videos with tapping examples by Mr. Hackett.
Thanks for watching Jim.
hyperboreal 1 year ago
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.
hyperboreal 2 years ago
I'd like to see a slow note-for-note version, so that I can learn this!
minkofan 3 years ago
There's a tab link on the video details box.
hyperboreal 3 years ago
Whats octive divider are you using?
HippedOutfolif3 4 years ago
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.
hyperboreal 4 years ago