“In the end, I did it too much – I was a one-trick pony! EVH brought that fire to the guitar”: He was an early two-hand tapping pioneer and one of John Mayall’s favorite guitarists,but Randy Resnick doesn’t consider himself an influential figure

Randy Resnick.

Though he was one of the early pioneers of the two-handed tapping technique, which went on to be popularized by Eddie Van Halen, Randy Resnick plays down his own importance, telling Guitar World: “Honestly, I don’t feel I was very influential.”

Others disagree. Ask Lee Ritenour, who sang Resnick’s praises in a 1980 issue of Guitar Player; or Ted Greene, who called him “one of the real legends of the LA guitar scene.” And John Mayall – who worked with Eric Clapton and Peter Green, among others – called Resnick a favorite in 2020.