Justin King has a contemporary approach to acoustic guitar, he includes tapping, hammer ons, harmonics, percussive techniques… all at the same time 
There’s a lot going on here, and many people who are only used to traditional guitar styles are in for a shock.
For other guitar players that use contemporary techniques in a musical way check out Anton Dufour
5 Comments
January 13, 2010 at 1:31 am
All those notes…and he doesn’t bother to play in tune. Tasteless!
January 13, 2010 at 2:05 am
Thanks Daryl for your comments, very honest and to the point.
The role of this blog site is to present numerous acoustic guitar players of all styles and various standards to a broader community. I found Justin’s playing to be of great interest
and many readers will be fascinated by his approach.
Daryl, we look forward to hearing more of your work and hopefully many people will appreciate what you do, and those that don’t, I’m also hoping that they will be constructive and respectful if there are any criticisms.
January 13, 2010 at 2:26 am
Tony, thanks for the thoughtful reply. You make a good point, certainly. I myself am tired of this particular style – the open-tuned whackada-whackada thing – but that doesn’t make it invalid. Nor does it mean I have to take it out on one fellow.
I’ll keep reading your posts with interest, but may take a more measured tone in responding, if I can manage it.
cheers.
January 18, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Daryl, no probs, but please update me now and then on what you are up to
Tony
February 1, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Great guitar player, really rate Justin. Have you heard Andy Mckee – similar and v good Gareth Pearson also amazing player. Also matt stevens is excellent instrumental guitar http://www.mattstevensguitar.com