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The technique reached new heights in the late ’70s and early ’80s thanks to Eddie Van Halen and his peers. However, Mandel was already using it live in 1968…
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“I wasn’t with a known band, as opposed to Van Halen, who had a hit record, so he did it, and the world got to hear it”: Harvey Mandel was one of the pioneers of the two-handed tapping technique – yet he claims he was never properly credited for i
The technique reached new heights in the late ’70s and early ’80s thanks to Eddie Van Halen and his peers. However, Mandel was already using it live in 1968…