Comments on: More Confirmation: Gibbons First Famous Guy To ‘Tap’ http://www.woodytone.com/2009/07/09/more-confirmation-gibbons-first-famous-guy-to-tap/ WoodyTone = ToneWoody Tue, 15 May 2012 21:37:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mark http://www.woodytone.com/2009/07/09/more-confirmation-gibbons-first-famous-guy-to-tap/comment-page-1/#comment-2177 Mark Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:22:44 +0000 http://www.woodytone.com/?p=888#comment-2177 some say VH got the idea from the Heartbreaker solo. I can see that, for God's sake Jimmy was bending notes out of range above the nut, and of course doing some weird longer finger ranged pull-offs and HO's at the time - without a Floyd. I'm not (but should be) old enough to have remebered Gibbons example of "THE FIRST RIGHT HANDED HAMMER ON" (being from Houston) but I didn't see it myself. Not arguing it didn't happen at all - I'm pretty sure it did and I hope (and I do beleive) it's true. Thanks for the article. some say VH got the idea from the Heartbreaker solo. I can see that, for God’s sake Jimmy was bending notes out of range above the nut, and of course doing some weird longer finger ranged pull-offs and HO’s at the time – without a Floyd. I’m not (but should be) old enough to have remebered Gibbons example of “THE FIRST RIGHT HANDED HAMMER ON” (being from Houston) but I didn’t see it myself. Not arguing it didn’t happen at all – I’m pretty sure it did and I hope (and I do beleive) it’s true. Thanks for the article.

]]> By: puebloazul http://www.woodytone.com/2009/07/09/more-confirmation-gibbons-first-famous-guy-to-tap/comment-page-1/#comment-214 puebloazul Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:43:48 +0000 http://www.woodytone.com/?p=888#comment-214 The first guitarist I saw use tapping or right-handed hammer-ons was Van Wilks, a blues/rock guitarist who now lives in Austin. Van and Billy Gibbons have been good friends going back at least 35 years. Both these guys used essentally the same tapping technique. You would have to ask the two of them to determine which one came up with it first. The first guitarist I saw use tapping or right-handed hammer-ons was Van Wilks, a blues/rock guitarist who now lives in Austin. Van and Billy Gibbons have been good friends going back at least 35 years. Both these guys used essentally the same tapping technique. You would have to ask the two of them to determine which one came up with it first.

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