Reb Beach Inspired Tapping - 5 Minute Licks

[@wakjob961]

YOU...are the legend. I've watched that Winger and Whitesnake LIVE dvd's a bazillion times...you did him solid.

[@jacobmoline]

Hell yeah. Reb Beach is one of my favorite guitar players, the solo from seventeen is one of the all time greats imo!

[@LeonTodd]

He really has it all

[@batmandeltaforce]

What's funny is, I started tapping in the late 80s because of something Alan Holdsworth said in a Guitar Player article. He said he worked hard to make his "tapped" notes as loud as his picked notes. It was 15 years later that I realized Holdsworth NEVER taps:) He used the wrong term. He meant to say, "Hammer-ons", instead of "Taps"... By then tapping was fully integrated into my style:) Now my right hand is just an extension of my left:) Crazy huh hahahahahaha. Good show man.

[@LeonTodd]

I think I have a copy of that somewhere. I love that out made you to develop your own way of doing things!

[@batmandeltaforce]

@@LeonTodd hahaha yep, I don't tap exactly like anyone else:)

[@travisrusselldc]

Another fantastic video! Love your 5 minute licks, possibly my favorite of your series of videos. Reb is a monster player, feel like he didn’t get the widespread recognition he deserved.

[@LeonTodd]

Yeah he's the full package. Great singer too.

[@SeagoGuitarist]

"Today students, we're going to learn the tip tap flicky flak! "👀 Thanks for reminding me I need to listen to Reb again. 😅 He's a beast. People still cite Eddie as the master of tapping. I get it, the dude successfully drilled that nail into public consciousness and we loved it and him for doing it. But it's a more versatile technique than you'd think. Keep finding players who don't just tap the conventional 'Eddie way' and, somehow continue to expand something that you'd think would have a fairly limited reach. Just goes to show, your limits are only really whatever you make them! ✌😎

[@LeonTodd]

Amen to that!

[@benpeasley6394]

I gave up trying to tap like Reb a long time ago, but this makes me want to take another crack at it. Next, 5 min licks should be something inspired by Ron Thal.

[@Dapno_]

I can never get enough of that wonderful PRS, wow!

[@LeonTodd]

😍

[@seventhsealhere]

Reb is a fantastic player! Great lesson, especially the "Reb flick" 👍

[@LeonTodd]

Agreed!

[@drockny]

Cool lick Leon. Reb is such an underappreciated player and a true legend. His "liquid tapping" as I refer to it and as you described it tapping through scales was so creative and out of the box. I haven't really seen any other players sound like him or execute his style with that kind of accuracy. Any stories of you playing an Ibanez Voyager in the past? I could see that in your arsenal.

[@axelman8547]

Great lick to get familiar with tapping. Thank you again for the inspiration 2112

[@stevenmgyori3826]

Well done LT! Very enjoyable and helpful to many! Thanks for sharing brother and Be Well All!

[@scottwheldon9992]

Very nice. I'm a tapping noob, but I think I can do this slowly with some practice. Thank you for breaking it down so masterfully.

[@LeonTodd]

That's the aim, tapping takes a little while to really nut out but you'll be flying in no time!

[@Peter_Stoops]

Love’s me some Reb Beach tapping!!!!

[@TheCyberMantis]

Nice! It is good to know how to tap cleanly. Eddie started it..... Michael Romeo perfected it.

[@neonblack211]

I think your explanation of the "flick" was a bit confusing but cool video none the less. I love Reb beach's guitar playing

[@barneychamorro]

Hey Leon, how do you have that green custom 24 setup? gauges and tuning

[@mikeshroedder1764]

Awesome Leon! ☺

[@LeonTodd]

Thanks mate! Hope all is well.

[@ExpatZ266]

Bad ass. For another unique perspective on tapping check out Sarah Longfield, got her own thing going and it too is bad ass.

[@LeonTodd]

Sarah is AMAZING.

[@d-mack7053]

@LeonTodd What is the yellow thing to your left in front of the Soldano?

[@LeonTodd]

That's the pedal board I have my FM3 stuck to!

[@d-mack7053]

@@LeonTodd Gotcha

[@Havanacuba1985]

I don’t get the part about using your ring finger to flick when changing strings to hammer on from nowhere