Tomorrow Never Knows - Greg Howard Chapman Stick guitar tapping

Greg plays his medley of the Beatles songs Tomorrow Never Knows and Norwegian Wood at the Interlochen Center for the Arts Corson Auditorium, as part of their Guitar Festival and Workshop, August 20, 2009.

Played on a bamboo Grand Stick through the StepABout preamp.

for more info about Greg's CDs and performances, please see http://www.greghoward.com

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Chapman
• Stick
• Free
• Hands
• two-handed
• tapping
• Beatles
• electric
• guitar
• bass
• StepABout
• shred
• rock music
• guitar solo

[migu247]

is tapping on a chapman stick easier than on a guitar?

[gregplaysthestick]

@migu247 yes, the action is much lower and the strings are a bit looser.

[jondy2]

What an amazing instrument - I'd never seen a Chapman Stick before - it's as fascinating watching this incredibly talented gentleman play it as it is to listen.

[gregplaysthestick]

@jondy2 Thanks!  There is a whole channel dedicated to Stick players here on YouTube: /stickplayers check out the favorites, lots of great stuff. Thanks for watching.

[AaronVernonFOP]

Holy cow! I really appreciate that you make such beautiful music. This is brilliant, please, never stop.

[sleeve51]

I was at NAMM in Anaheim in 1997 and Greg played "Tomorrow Never Knows" right in front of me (I was the only one watching) and I was struck stupid by his playing. A stiff wind could have knocked me over. My jaw dropped and I had goosebumps. Greg is the best I've seen on the Stick. Trey Gunn is excellent too as is Rob Martino. But I gotta say Greg is the master. Beyond belief.

[JustLocal]

This great sound needs a bit more show, a lot more!

[steandrews1]

@migu247. If you try to apply the same principal to playing a normal guitar to the stick, you will soon find out how not to play it, it takes some getting used to, think of it as playing the piano both hands are doing different things (bass and lead together) if you can do that then you stand a slight chance. I used to have a stick never got the real hang of it.

[curefm2]

amazing

[HankHillshred]

this is so fucking awesome worsd cant describe this intensity and sheer amazing melodic song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\m/

[gregplaysthestick]

@WyattTheGuitarist Hi Wyatt, It's the Boss SE-70, an ancient halfrack box with analog distortion, filering and compression, but digitsal everything else. The pickup is an EMG-FT. Thanks for watching.

[TheNatedogg56]

I now know what the beatles would sound like if they had been an 80's fusion band.

[Debeems]

This is the 6th Greg Howard video I have seen and listened to today...I might just have a new favorite musical idol!!! Thanks for the sound Greg Howard you do it so well!!!