“I used different gadgets to make the guitar sound different. I used a few hammers – I don’t recommend that”: How Yasmin Williams is redefining the people’s music with kitchen implements and acoustic guitar

Yasmin Williams plays her acoustic guitar on her lap, and wears a brightly patterned shirt, against a brightly textured color background.

There’s no doubt Yasmin Williams’ inventive style of playing guitar – in a percussive, often, arpeggiated style built around hammer-ons and pull-offs, all while seated with an acoustic positioned on her lap – is the first thing to catch the eye of guitar players. But the sound itself is the truly mesmerizing part.

“I wanted to experiment,” Williams tells Guitar World of her approach. “I used different gadgets I found around my parents’ house to make the guitar sound different. I used a few hammers – I don’t recommend that. I used a frother to get a sustained sound on the strings.