Some people just refuse to play their guitar like everyone else. Take this guy for example. Is strumming not good enough for you? Nobody likes a show-off.

Actually, “acousto-tap” (as the technique will be know from this point forward) seem to be in vogue at the moment: Eric Mongrain should be familiar to anyone who’s been on the internet for more than 5 minutes, John Butler has been doing a similar thing for a while now, and even new boy Newton Faulkner is having a go.

There are other ways of playing your axe of course. On you lap (skip to about 2:40 to avoid a bunch of self-indulgent chat) and behind your head seem like popular options.

And if you can’t be bothered to do it all yourself, why not invite a friend:

Seriously guys, just buy another guitar, they’re really not that expensive.