“I had people from the woodworks reach out… I hadn’t talked to them for years, and they're like, ‘Hey, how's it going? We should get a coffee’”: Yvette Young on ending up in a Super Bowl commercial she didn't know about – and the realities of going viral

Yvette Young.

For those of us lurking on the guitar geek side of social media, Yvette Young is a familiar face.

The guitarist – best known for her two-handed fretboard tapping wizardry and preference for open and alternate tunings – has firmly transcended the “Instagram player” label through projects like her instrumental math rock band Covet, solo releases, signature guitars and pedals, movie soundtracks, and a certain Super Bowl commercial…