Guitar Techniques for Percussion Effects and Harmonics

Different guitar techniques can produce a wide range of percussion sounds and harmonics. This video looks at these in depth, and also offers a side-by-side comparison of the same techniques on seven different electric guitars. Many thanks to Phil Clevenger for commissioning this one.

Flesh versus nails for fingerstyle playing - 0:55
Snare and light kick sounds - 1:56
Deeper kick sounds - 4:03
Thumbnail cuica - 5:05
Bringing out different harmonics from one note - 6:26
Octave harmonics - 11:52
Introduction to guitar comparisons - 15:00
Godin Exit 22 - 15:53
Michael Spalt Cedartop - 17:08
Reverend Avenger TL - 18:49
Revered Rocco - 20:37
Revered Slingshot - 22:14
Hohner TB-1 - 23:53
Steinberger GM4T - 26:39
Conclusion and credits - 28:33

Deep thanks to the following Patreon supporters for helping to finance this tutorial (in alphabetical order):

Randolf Arriola
Mike Baggetta
Steve Ball and Tiny Orchestral Moments
John Benthal
Steve Burnett
Steven Clements
Phil Clevenger
David Coyle
Tony Douglas
Rejyna Douglass-Whitman
Jeff Evans
Christopher Fedak
Jason Fink
Jens-Christian Fischer
Pepe Flores
Mark Francombe
Nathan Fritz
Jon Froines
Ross Garren
Randy Greene
Anthony Hancock
Paul Hogue
Jeff Larson
Rebecca Lee
Mark Oswald
Matt Pogue
Sylvain Poitras
Matt Rowe
Alex Sadowsky
Alan Shaffer
Nakarin Teerapenun
Bernhard Wagner