Foot Tapper (The Shadows) Guitar Instrumental

[@ludwigguitar]

A very nice Shadows cover, dear Charlie with a great-sounding guitar and bass performance! I like! All the best, Ludwig

[@charlielovattguitar]

Thanks Ludwig! Glad you enjoyed it. The bass part was fun to play, I probably enjoyed playing that the most!

[@geoffreywills2879]

Another superb video all the hard work that's gone into making it, most enjoyable. Excellent.

[@charlielovattguitar]

Thanks Geoff! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sharonhamama]

love that sound ! ❤

[@charlielovattguitar]

Thank you! Took a lot of experimenting to get close to Hank's sound!

[@sharonhamama]

@@charlielovattguitar yea, I'm trying that too ... please do a cover of "F.B.I" I'll love too hear it

[@charlielovattguitar]

@@sharonhamama If it helps, I've tried using two delays and that's got me pretty close. That way the delay signals bounce into each other and you get that Hank sound. Use a tape echo for the main one. Will do - F.B.I. is on my list so will be covering it soon!

[@sharonhamama]

@@charlielovattguitar That's a great tip, I sure will try it soon, that you sir !

[@AndreaWinzor]

❤ your vid’s and run down of equipment. How do you get the ‘popping corn’ effect? Foot tapper has been a challenge for me personally as it is quite fast! I really had to take my time learning the backbone of this piece. One day, it might sound ok 😂

[@charlielovattguitar]

Hi, thanks for your comment, glad you liked it! Totally agree, I've always found it a challenge to play compared to some of the other Shadows songs I've done. I find using down strokes on the faster bits helped me but it took a while to learn - definitely not their easiest song. For the 'pop corn' type effect, it's a combination of palm muting everything mixed with the delay effect I use. I play it through a Boss Katana so I've set the amp up to use two delays - one tape and one digital, with a little bit of spring reverb as well. That way the delay signals sort of 'bounce' into each other. Once I've recorded it on GarageBand, I use the amp plug in on the Vox AC30 setting. It's the closest to Hank's sound I've been able to get and I've tried many times over the years! Good luck with learning it - I'm sure you'll get there!

[@AndreaWinzor]

@@charlielovattguitarthank you so much for sharing your equipment set up😊😊😊

[@charlielovattguitar]

@@AndreaWinzor you're welcome!

[@MarkCasey-ub8sp]

Bass players require a particular watch.

[@charlielovattguitar]

Absolutely!