From RedOrbit:

Korean student Jeong-Hyun Lim has been named as the mysterious guitarist who gained vast Internet popularity for his video on the Web site YouTube.

The New York Times reported that since Lim posted a video of himself playing the guitar on YouTube eight months ago, curiosity over the unidentifiable guitarist’s identity has swelled on the Internet due to the musical talent he revealed in the 5-minute, 20-second video.

Lim had chosen to perform a difficult rock arrangement of Johann Pachelbel’s Canon for his video after Taiwanese guitarist Jerry Chang did the same last year, and Lim’s version eventually found its way onto YouTube under the name funtwo.

While Lim has been the subject of much Internet chatter regarding his guitar prowess based on his now famous video, the 23-year-old has remained quite modest.

Some said my vibrato is quite sloppy, Lim told the paper. And I agree that so these days I’m doing my best to improve my vibrato skill.

I first heard about this last week on the news in Chicago. If the video doesn’t completely impress you, how about the fact he’s totally self-taught on the guitar?

Amazing.