When did Eddie Van Halen start tapping-late 1976 or 1977

[Stiltzkin]

) The point I was trying to make was that Eddie wasn't the first guy in distorted rock guitar to have two hands on the fingerboard.

hey, nobody has claimed otherwise
But let's face it, how many started tapping after EVH as compared to
Hackett, or Frehley, or Page, or any other guitarist?

[Paul Wolfe]

Ed didn't start it, but his version influenced the masses. Plain and Simple.

Just for the sake of argument, the masses credit Edison for our use of electricity, when it was Tesla (the man, not the band) who gave us the AC current we rely on.

[Geo Sav]

What I don't understand is why a argument breaks out whenever Randy and Eddie are put in the mix. No ed didn't invent tapping but he did it well. No Randy didnt invent classical music but he used it well. Both were awesome and important to guitar. People did use both tapping and classical before the two have who cares!

[kamalayka]

What I. . . understand is. . . Randy. . . invent[ed] classical music.

Uh, no. Sorry. Randy did NOT invent classical music.

[Geo Sav]

What I. . . understand is. . . Randy. . . invent[ed] classical music.

Uh, no. Sorry. Randy did NOT invent classical music.

Ok what did I miss here? Did you misunderstand me or are we breaking balls?

[kamalayka]

I was just joking. I wanted to misquote someone in a really obvious way and see if anybody noticed.

[Paul Wolfe]

I wanted to misquote someone in a really obvious way and see if anybody noticed.

I like it! Much better than misquoting someone unintentionally or misunderstanding a post and going on the attack (think 'comments regarding George Lynch' here)!

kamalayka, you seem to be enjoying your time here...

[Geo Sav]

Aren't we all enjoying our time h ere