[okiejohn]

I was going through the channels on the idiot box last night, and there was this funny lookin cat whackin away on an acoustic, he was all over it....front, back, sides, both ends, even had a drum brush goin for awhile, and low and behold...he even played the damned thing like you're supposed to.

I was impressed, he's quite good, got some strange sounds outta that box.

I've heard of Mr. Emmanuel, but that was the first time that I've actually heard him play.

[CRG1400]

I once went to a classical guitar seminar, and there was this guy there from like argentina who had won some competition in los angeles who played for everyone. He too used the sound box for percusive sounds. Quite amazed I was. He used a drum brush on the sound box of the guitar? Never seen that before.

[mojomaniac]

Tommy Emmanuel is an utter legend. I haven't seen him do percussive stuff though, I've only heard his straight fingerstyle work which is amazing. He's worth getting into.

[dadfad]

Yes, he's pretty impressive. He plays in a percussive style similar to Kaki King (Cian is a big fan of Kaki!), Michael Hedges and Preston Reed, who was the first person I'd ever seeen play like that. It's extremely impressive-looking for an audience, although a whole show of the stuff tends to get a little much. Preston Reed (in my opinion the best in the style, although the others are very good too) occassionally offers workshops in his technique.

Preston Reed Video Clip

[epearson]

My percussive guitar technique doesn't go any further than slapping the strings on the downbeat between strums, Kaki King and the ghost of Michael Hedges are insanely jealous.

[metallica_fan_03]

i saw tommy emmanuel in limerick- he was very good- played yankee doodle and dixie at the same time- 1 on the treble strings one on the bass. he even explained his technique.

he did his percussion bit too- it was good but he did it for too long and it became boring. he explained how he gets the beats going too.

i missed out on a workshop he did too, but i heard from a guy later that it was pretty bad and all he did was play some songs for them and answered a few questions- just another concert really.

[dadfad]

i saw tommy emmanuel in limerick- he was very good- played yankee doodle and dixie at the same time- 1 on the treble strings one on the bass. he even explained his technique.

he did his percussion bit too- it was good but he did it for too long and it became boring. he explained how he gets the beats going too.

i missed out on a workshop he did too, but i heard from a guy later that it was pretty bad and all he did was play some songs for them and answered a few questions- just another concert really.

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Yeah, that's what I meant in my post above. It's kind of cool and flashy, but a little bit of it goes a long way.

[sixgunsound]

Guitar as percussion is cool. My personal favorite is Johnny Cash's I Walk the Line. His band only had him and a stand up bass, but he wanted a snare drum. He put a piece of paper in between the strings and strummed. It works quite well.