Originally posted by TommyBoyFury
Personaly, i have tried 8 finger tapping or rather index, middle and ring finger on my tapping hand. The result was that i did not gain any advantage. having said that, on some vai tapping licks that use multiple strings, making use of the other tapping fingers does seem to make it easyer to reach higher speeds. This is also the technique vai uses. Micheal Romeo and Jennifer Battern tend to make use of multifinger tapping also. PS you could also try tapping with your toes, although iam not sure if it would give you an advantage.
I agree that multifinger-tapping is a nice thing. But 8? Well, I could check it out and see what it's good for. I guess there are occasions where it is the best technique.