Product Details

• Actors: Preston Reed
• Directors: Happy Traum
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Hal Leonard
• VHS Release Date: June 1, 1994
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B00005YOZ4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #465,511 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Preston Reed has reinvented how the acoustic guitar is played with his dynamic use of percussive devices and unusual playing ideas. Learn how a single guitar can create a multitude of sonic and rhythmic effects as he teaches the 'rim shots,' 'bongo hits,'

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Great Guitarist - A Mediocre Instructor, July 23, 2003

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Rod Saunders (Tulsa, Ok) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Guitar of Preston Reed: Expanding the Realm of Acoustic Playing [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Preston Reed is an amazing acoustic guitarist. Just watching him play his pieces in this video is worth the price of the video, and it's a good thing because the instructional aspect is somewhat lacking. Reed obviously isn't comfortable in front of a camera. Watching him try to explain what he was doing was sometimes quite an ordeal. I'm not knocking the guy. Some people can teach and some can't. It reminds me of when I was studying computer science. Some of these instructors are absolute geniuses at programming and systems analysis, but put them in front of a classroom and they stink. The same is true with musicians, I suppose. Between the tablature and the slowed down versions of his playing different parts of the various pieces you can almost grasp what is going on. If you're really into Preston Reed you'll probably enjoy this video. If you're just trying to learn another approach to acoustic guitar you might want to shop around.