Trace Bundy

Trace Bundy is an American acoustic guitar player who lives and performs in Boulder, Colorado. He is known to fans as "The Acoustic Ninja" for his legato and finger tapping skills. Bundy's guitar playing style is percussive and harmonic: he plays with both hands on the fretboard, intricate finger picking arpeggios and inventive use of multiple capos. He was showcased and eventually discovered on websites such as YouTube and Facebook.

Early life and development of playing style Bundy was born in Austin, Minnesota and later moved to the small town of Buena Vista, Colorado. As a boy Bundy and his brother bought a guitar together, and Bundy began learning songs from guitar magazines.

Bundy is right-handed. During his teenage years he began experimenting with his playing style. He gave up using a guitar pick, and instead grew his fingernails long to develop his fingerpicking style. He also introduced a harmonic slapping technique, the use of various effects pedals, and capos. performed on an acoustic guitar using the fingertapping technique. Bundy acquired the nickname "Acoustic Ninja" after a review of one of his shows in a Colorado newspaper was titled "Attack of the Acoustic Ninja".

Following this album was A Few Songs for Christmas, an EP of more Christmas songs released in December 2007. In 2008, Bundy released Missile Bell, a two-part project consisting of a studio CD, a live CD, and a DVD filmed live at the Boulder Theater in November 2007. The album was inspired by a trip Bundy and his wife Becca made to Central America, accompanying a humanitarian group.

Bundy released Elephant King on May 1, 2012.

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Personal life Trace Bundy married Rebecca on September 3, 2002. Together, they have two sons.

Discography Releases on the Honest Ninja Music label:

O Night Divine (1999) Solomon's Splendor (2000) Adapt (2004) A Few Songs for Christmas EP (2007) Missile Bell (2008) Elephant King (2012)