Hey Ivan,
I really love your lesson and that's why I'm asking you to help me out. It's about two John Mayer song Stop this Train and The Heart of Life.
John use a weird technique that he slap a string and pull some others at the same time. I think I'm starting to get it right but it sounds way off.

There's a link where you can wacht him in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e1FHJkVoFE

If you could do something like a lesson or if you have some tips that could help me out, it would be awesome!
And thanks for your contribution to this site, it's really appreciated!

Hey man

Thanks for kind words! I think John is just hitting the string with his thumb, but I'm not entirely sure, I don't have acoustics with me to check it out. Try to experiment with your fingers hitting the string from above, or in front, but with the side of your thumb, and also see if you can produce this sound using other fingers. I have a feeling that he is letting his while palm constantly "hitting" the strings in a pulsating manner, next to the fact that hes fingerpicking.

Hey dude
nice to see some other Mayer fans.
its called a flick and slap technique i think

start with heart of life. its the easiest, then stop this train, then neon

check this video out. he explains it very wellhere dude

i can upload some vidoes as soon as i get a webcam

-Frederik

ask if u dont get it

Nice tutorial, thanks for sharing this Frederik!

Ok good, thanks guy!
I've learned neon but without this flicking thing
I'm starting to get use to it but it's so hard.
John make it look so easy with his phenomenal talent!

Thanks aqain Ivan and Frederik!

No prob mate, glad to help in any way! cheers!

Np Dudes

cool enough, if u already have the fingering and such, u should try to add the flicking and slapping, its really ads to the composition. soo much rythm

-Frederik

Yes definitely mate. When I do some more JM lessons with acoustics I will definitely use this technique. Thanks a lot for the advice!

Cheers,
Ivan