Hey Jon that is amazing playing. I have a couple of questions for you as I've never seen or heard anything like that; What kind of guitar is that? He seems to have little screws along the frets and also in one shot he's got a sort of clamp on there but it only seems to be on one string, not like a normal capo. Is he producing sound by hitting the strings with his left hand? I've tried doing it on an acoustic guitar but could never make it sound that loud.
Watching this guys fingers move is like watching a spider walk up and down the frets.
This is amazing stuff--I have been hearing this kind of guitar for many years--but I only have one brain, and it is impossible for me to even try playing it.
I don't know what kind of guitar the stick is--but I think the screws are to capo selected strings--much like the fifth-string j-nails on a banjo. The strings seem to be tuned to some open chord scheme that I have no clue about.
I think the C-clamp thingy is a two-string capo device--I sometimes use a Thompson capo that capos everything but the 6th string--you put it on the second fret and you have an instant drop D tuning--it's handy because, if you finger the 6th string--it just sounds normal, but when you do a D chord in first position, you get the fullness of a low D added to it.
I used to also use a capo that has six rotating rubber bushings on it--so you can capo or not capo whatever strings you want to--you can get all sorts of tunings without re-tuning--I think that one is called a "third hand capo."
I'm not sure, but it seems to me that even an acoustic stick would require some heavy amplification--it doesn't seem possible to me that you could get that much volume with this tapping technique. . .
