Trace Bundy

Trace Bundy
Trace performing with multiple capos.
Background information
Origin	Austin, Minnesota
Genres	Acoustic
Years active	1999 (1999)–to present (to present)
Labels	United Interests
Associated acts	Sungha Jung
Website	www.tracebundy.com

Trace Bundy is an instrumental 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. His playing style features him playing with both hands on the fretboard, intricate finger picking arpeggios and inventive use of multiple capos. Trace has built up his career through success on websites such as YouTube and Facebook.

Bundy was born in Austin, Minnesota and later moved to the small town of Buena Vista, Colorado. He first started playing guitar when he was 11 years old.

Bundy met Jonah Werner (now an acclaimed acoustic folk songwriter) in high school and started playing with him at a local coffee shop in Buena Vista. The duo played mostly Jack'o'Pierce and other various folk songs. Bundy then met Tim Thornton from Newcomers Home and started playing old Dylan and Cat Stevens tunes. They all attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and still continue to play together from time to time. Before pursuing his music career in a full-time capacity, Bundy was an engineering professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Bundy was influenced by a variety of musicians such as David Wilcox, Ani Difranco and Phil Keaggy. He stopped using a pick altogether when he realized he could play more complex music using all five fingers.