Yvette Young

I stumbled on videos of this young lady the other day. Her music is not something I'd be listening to for hours, and not remotely dino, but watching her play turns it into something mesmerizing. I wish I'd have a fraction of her picking/tapping chops (and it turns out she's no slouch on the violin and piano too).


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Probably merits a thread of its own but, what's up with these guitars with slanted frets? Has anyone here played one? What are the pros and cons?
She's super cute & a monster guitar player, at what she does.More power to her!
The slanted frets are a great idea when you play seven or eight strings, since the thicker lower strings need longer scale length to sound right, they just do.
Ever wondered why Bass guitars usually have longer fretboards than guitars, or why concert pianos are longest on the bass side ?
Well, now you know why.
Playing wise theres no advantage imo, even though the makers usually have some story about better ergonomics, which I have serious doubts about. You do however get used to the slanted frets very very quickly, in my case after a few minuttes.
But most of the innovative stuff is still done on good 'ol fashioned 6 strings IMO.
She's got a new sig Ibanez Talman (the one I saw at NAMM is a fuck ugly slime green colour).
But, it takes me 2 minutes to get past the skill thing and then I just hear a never ending tonal splurge. It just doesn't change.
Tapping should be done like Guthrie. Brief and meaningful
I doesn't even need to be brief if done right. Vito Bratta and Reb Beach can play entire lead sections with tapping and still sound awesome, not to mention that those usually sound like actual mini compositions, not just random wankery.
But hey, good for her. She's playing what she loves. I don't get much impressed by technique anymore, it seems to me too many people are doing it, and it makes me think to much of approaching practicing like a video game. Hit the right frets as fast as you can and you win a "WOW" from guitar novices!
No offense or disrespect meant to fans of the style.
Usually when I'm in the mood for that kind of different guitar composition I just throw on Holdsworth. I can't seem to get much into less distorted guitar...I fall asleep at too much acoustic for instance.
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