RO-001 • Finger Tapping Basics

[routerbooter]

Do you need high gain for this technique to sound really good?

[Cue Zephyr]

I do it on an acoustic and it still works, so I'd say no.

[Fuzzel]

Do you need high gain for this technique to sound really good?

Not necessarily, but most of the runs he showed were more rock/metal runs which won't sound to good without a bit of gain. But the technique in general is pretty versatile

[routerbooter]

Just seems that the volume of the notes produced from finger tapping is significantly less than if a pick was used.  May be I'm just not tapping the string hard enough?

[Cue Zephyr]

i think it's a combination of string height and the power with which you tap.

[routerbooter]

Ah, interesting.  So do the strings need to be higher or lower to get the most volume?

[Cue Zephyr]

Lower. Though I don't know the scientific reasoning behind it.

[Shredder_Mon]

Hey justin, I'm new to the site and relatively new to the guitar.  I especially know very little about the equipment.  And i noticed i can't get my tapping to sound like yours, could that be because of my weak amp? I only have a 20W amp at the moment that came with my first guitar.  Didn't have the money to buy a new one yet, so I was just wondering if that could be my problem?

I have the same problem. I can tap the top 3 strings with my left hand.
I have a DigiTech RP 55 Processor, even with that I can't tap the 3 lower strings.

I watched the video lesson and was like, right on I can do that. I'm sure it's my guitar
I have a Viper Assassin, bought it off e-bay.

[licksnkicks]

Hey justin, I'm new to the site and relatively new to the guitar.  I especially know very little about the equipment.  And i noticed i can't get my tapping to sound like yours, could that be because of my weak amp? I only have a 20W amp at the moment that came with my first guitar.  Didn't have the money to buy a new one yet, so I was just wondering if that could be my problem?

Hey I only have a 5 watt amp. 

Loved this lesson.  I want more!