Vicki Genfan, an all-acoustic guitar player, won Guitar Player Magazine’s Superstar contest held last Saturday at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall.  If you haven’t heard her music before (or seen her play), she is worth checking out.  Vicki uses a method she calls “slap tap.”  In the words of the San Francisco Chronicle:

Genfan doesn’t just play guitar. She also slaps it,
tickles it, fondles it, scratches it, tosses it around in her hands and
coaxes all kinds of unlikely, rhythmic sounds of the otherwise simple
instrument.

We’re not sure what she’s going for with the tickle, we just think the music sounds great.

Video is after the jump.

Acoustic Player Wins Guitar Superstar Contest (SF Chronicle)

Vicki Genfan (Official Site)

Vicki Genfan (MySpace)