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at 10:00 he's using delay with really wet repeat/echo for the slapback effect .. and he's using his volume knob (vol. swells) and hitting the notes with just his left hand fingers. They're major chords (1-5-1-3 patterns) every 2 frets (whole tone scale) the song's called Cathedral👍👊
sounds of the instruments that Genius Eddie RIP, plays with his Guitar. -Pipe and church organ -Violin -Harp -Cello -bass -whale ,dolfin There's probably more. To this day I hear new sounds, close your eyes listening to Eruption, and imagine everyday sounds tv sea air etc, and then you realize how many sounds this music has 2024 - Açores-Portugal. RIP eternal Eddie
Absolutely epic performance! Guitar playing at its finest If you are ever interested in seeing a bass guitarist that is an absolute legend check out Mark King, this live performance of Mr Pink is unbelievable th-cam.com/video/Dt1APRRddS4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=dDcjffI_Fz2sLYLb His bass solo is unreal, you won’t regret it!
It is so fun to watch peoples facial expressions as the brain tries to process it all . Eddie was the first at many new things and a true legend and KING of the hammer ons . I was lucky enough to catch Van Halen twice live in the 80,s and they were SO good ! Just awesome to see younger generations discover this man and his many talents .. RIP Eddie you will be missed Sir ! Great reaction !
This has become one of the most popular reaction videos since the invention of the reaction video. I was a teenager when Eddie Van Halen‘s Euption became the one guitar solo that every kid knew by heart. Anyway, I’m here posting to clear things up and help simplify what we are watching . First, don’t bother asking a “how” questions - asking any questions is useless . The reason is that the answer to any questions whether it be technical or energy comes down to “He’s Eddie Van Halen” There is no further explanation needed. This answers any question that begins with “how “. Words cannot describe Eddie just like the style of Jimi Hendrix. We all loved Eddie Van Halen and could not stand David Lee Roth because he was coked up out of his mind 24 hours a day. When Eddie came down with lung cancer, and that inevitable day came and we heard the news that Eddie Van Halen had passed away, friends called each other to cry together. We loved Eddie. He was so nice and polite and modest. And the girls sure did love Eddie, just like Jim Morrison was admired for his looks. As for the audience, being quiet, one thing that should be kept into account is that people in the audience paid $18.50 to see that concert. None of this $1200 Taylor Swift, nonsense - there are no Karen’s screaming be quiet because of the price of the ticket - the audience is not being quiet only to show respect to Eddie Van Halen, but to respect each others enjoyment of the music regardless of the reasonable price for the ticket. Back then , when the world was still normal, and everybody wasn’t so sensitive about words, there was a general respect and consideration for those around you enjoying the same artists work. Parents brought their kids to all kinds of concerts and not be worried about where they were because everyone including the band would stop what they were doing to find a child. The public policed itself - People were more empathetic and less selfish . All that smoke is weed and cigarettes. Lastly, I will close with Eddie Van Halen is the only guitarist that looks cool with his cigarette place at the top of the neck guitar. I think it was safe to say that only Eddie could do that and still look cool. If you look closely at his guitar, you’ll see that he has many guitar picks attached with Velcro. This is why it’s so cool that he threw picks into the audience to make someone’s night.. like I said, Eddie was a wonderful gentleman and not just a rockstar We miss you, Eddie.
“Patent number 4656917 was granted to Eddie Van Halen in 1987 for a flip-out support device that attaches to the back of the electric guitar or other stringed instrument. This contraption allows the musician to use a tapping technique by playing the guitar in a manner similar to the piano with the face of the guitar facing upward instead of forward. The device gave Van Halen the freedom to create new sounds and techniques that catapulted his band’s success. Eddie Van Halen also holds patent number 388117 for a guitar peghead, a tool that’s designed to help an instrument’s strings hold tension.”
I was 10 yards away standing on the side of the stage during this tour. This kid is no question the most talented musician to play Rock 'n Roll. What a tragic loss at so young. Watch closely kids, see that damn cigarette? If not for that he'd still be playing music with his son. Amazing how many haven't heard or seen this before. His songwriting gets overlooked as does his rhythm playing. I was around for Hendrix et al but there's never going to be another EVH.
Okay, first. Great reaction 👏. I had the privilege of growing up with these guys. Seen them play before they ever got a record contract or anyone knew who they were. Now, Jimmy was great but sadly gone too soon and Stevie was the best blue's guitarist ever but Eddie is the greatest Rock and Roll guitar player ever! The GOAT! RIP Eddie ❤
Oh, my dude... I've been listening to them since '78. I STILL listen to them every day. My very first concert was VH in October of '80. 40 feet away from King Edward, and this 17 year old guitar player got the best guitar lesson I've ever received. It's a gift I can never repay. Start with Van Halen debut album, and just push play. Dont stop until the final song on A Different Kind of Truth. And then...move on to Mammoth WVH! But you'll always come back to the mighty Van Halen!! If you'd like, I can give you several tunes off of each release to check out...let me know. Keep up the great content, brother!
My favorite guitarist of all time and it's not even close. Wanna hear something scary? He said he barely remembers this performance because he was so hammered.
I can't listen to this without tears flowing . I'm 72 and I hope and pray that I meet him where ever I am in the after life if there is one ! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🪖🪖👮👮🚓🚓
Only a small part of this solo is Eruption......some of it are riffs from different songs, like Mean Streets and Cathedral, and some is just Eddie being Eddie.......RIP Legend.
I was there !!! I was 15 and my first concert… I remember hearing that section and I was like WTF is that a violin?? I was never the same again and to this day I feel like I got struck by lightning by being there!! 🎸⚡️🎸⚡️🎸⚡️🎸
I grew up listening to Eddie. My guitar and music idol for sure. He first started with drums and piano. His father was a professional musician as well. Many times we see the percussion in his solos with finger tapping or with his hand side. There is a good interview on You Tube with him for Smithsonian Institute. He talks about his technological and technique advances. Must see!
I now cry every time I see him play the guitar, his love for it was so great. I will miss his sexy, mischievous smile. Many people won't realise it, but in this piece he also plays something by J.S. Bach. 🥰
The "twisting" wrist was unique to him. I've seen only a couple guys do it since then. One being Jason Hook who used to be in 5 finger death punch. The other thing where you went "what was that?", was something he did all the time. You hammer on and pull off on one string, and then drag your palm lightly over the strings at the body from bridge to neck or even back and forth. Doing that creates crazy harmonics. Once I learned how to do it, it has been in my arsenal for years.
This solo started out as a warm up exercise before Van Halen did club gigs,. While recording their debut album it led into "You Really Got Me".Just 1 take to record.Eddie always experimented w/effects & sounds.He added pieces.Never played it the same.From 1978-2015. A smile never left his face
sounds of the instruments that Genius Eddie RIP, plays with his Guitar. -Pipe and church organ -Violin -Harp -Cello -bass -whale ,dolfin There's probably more. To this day I hear new sounds, close your eyes listening to Eruption, and imagine everyday sounds tv sea air etc, and then you realize how many sounds this music has 2024 - Açores-Portugal. RIP eternal Eddie
Yes you do! My favorite rock band of all time, my favorite musician of all time. Unchained, aint talkin bout love, jamie's cryin, mean street, Panama, hear about it later, when its love, cabo wabo, 5150, pouncake, humans being. So many more than that as well
Great reaction ! Two things that hardly get mentioned about his solos are the free flowing ideas that create a orchestra like master piece (no 2 the same) & the fact usually at this point of the concert he's inebriated performing at that level ! Lol - Another absolutely amazing solo to check out is from Blue Oyster Cult/Veteran of the Psychic Wars (live)
@@setonhillstudios - It was epic and electric my friend. The acoustics in New haven were,.. let’s say,… “Loud”,…..Great concerts there,.. thank you for your kind words. Let’s go!!!🔥🤘😀
Hey the very best solo of Eddie's that I have seen yet. I have watched it about one hundred plus times. True masterpiece. Every time it is still refreshing. Seriously. I believe he is using a phase shifter with delay inthe cathedral tune. No, no there will never be another like edward. He literally played twenty four seven. You should check out Distance by Wolfgang . Wolf playes and sings it all. Very talented. I have played for 50 years on the guitar. Eddie is truly the greatest guitarists at what he does in the world! Thank you for showing my most favorite video. Peace out.
Don't forget the guitars and accessories in his EVH line. Les Paul told Eddie "he and Eddie were two of the three people that knew how to build a guitar." 🎸🎸🎸
Yes arpeggios tapping at the end. You tap any note 12 frets from where you are fretting a note and you will get the natural harmonic. So at the end he was holding an E major chord and then tapped each note 12 frets from where he was fretting the notes in the chord. Except for Low E, open B amd open High E were open so he tapped on the 12th fret for those.
After years of interviews and investigation I finally realized with made Eddie so amazing. He was self taught so he never had a guitar lesson to pigeon hole his guitar playing. He discovered things by trial and error. He created his own style because he didn't have any particular style that he was ever taught. There will never be another Eddie Van Halen. He and his brothers relationship was so strong that now that Eddie is dead Alex doesn't have any desire to play music again and he is selling all of his drum equipment because he says playing without his brother just is no longer enjoyable so he just Simi quit!! Now that is brotherly love!!!!!
In the transition from Eruption to Cathedral, when he’s plucking the strings above the nut and tapped on the back of the neck he also plucks the springs of the tremolo. He felt every part of the guitar had sound to be used.
Eddie knew his way around the electric twanger all right First saw VH around 1977-ish in Oakland at a “Day on the Green” they were the second of 5 bands that day ( AC/DC we’re the opening act) All I remember was the guitarist being really good and the singer yelling something and doing a standing backflip- I said to my friend you just see that dude. 😂😂. I had the pleasure of seeing Eruption about a half dozen times over the years, never the same
Something that I've noticed about this video. They edited a little bit of it out right here at the beginning. If you notice he lays the cigarette down on the stage and then a few seconds later is back on the guitar.
😊😊 I forget which guitarist, but was one of the greats met up with Ed and Ed asked him to see his guitar. Guy said he expected Ed to sound normal without pedals or efx. But Ed started ripping w guitar alone and made the "brown sound" with jus his fingers! That is highest compliment witj amazing insight. No efx needed, it is all ME!
Might of been Ted Nugent. I read Ted played Eddie's guitar and rig, but he said he sounded nothing like Ed when he played it and then said you see, it's all in the fingers. That's part of a guitar player's sound. I'm paraphrasing, but it was something like that.
On the knob part, it feels like he's muting the attack of the notes he's playing, an effect usually done with a volume pedal but since he is free roaming the stage. The result is that @10:50 it sounds as if he is playing a cello.
7:07 that was a palm muted slide harmonic - is the best description I can give that. I had 'Live Without A Net' on VHS back when it came out. The first time I heard "Cathedral," I could've sworn it was a keyboard. 12:26 the beginning riff of 'Mean Street' Eddie was constantly chasing the perfect tone. Fun fact: Eddie didn't use distortion pedals at all - in fact he rarely used any effects at all. For the most part, he acquired his signature sound using a mix of a flanger, phaser and a chorus. However, in 1978 on their self-titled debut album his pedalboard included these: • MXR Phase 90 • MXR 117 Flanger • MXR 6 Band EQ • Maestro Echoplex • Univox EC-80A Tape Echo • Remote Switches for the Echoplex and Univox
Its not easy to tell, but this video is actually a composite of two different shows - Aug 26-27, 1986.The audio is entirely from the 27th show. The video, however, is from both the 26th and the 27th. 2:40 Video from the 26th, audio from the 27th - he throws his cigarette to the side, no cigarette in the head stock the next couple of times you see it. 3:00 Audio and video from the 27th - cigarette is magically back in the head stock.
Eddie van halen was drunk during this tour concert as you could see his eyes being closed 70% of the time... Eddie had 4 or 5 types of cancers, lung cancer and tongue cancer (i forgot the other 2-3) and they had to remove 1/3 of this tongue and he still played like an absolute BEAST RIP eddie, fly high and continue playing in the gates brother
7:02 “What was that?” He’s just sliding the heel of his palm on his right hand lightly along the strings while doing very strong pull-offs with his left hand, the same three descending notes over and over, and he gets different harmonics as the right hand slides further along the strings. He does a hammer-on on the 3rd fret, does a pull-off to the 2nd fret, and a pull-off to the open string, over and over. Getting harmonics this way you really need to do the hammer-on and pull-offs harder than you normally would because of how much your right hand palm heel inhibits the strings.
Lol "what's he doing?" Oh he's just doing Eddie stuff. Congratulations - you've officially been Eddiefied! Eddie is why I saw Van Halen so dang many times. His guitar was just pure fire and trust me, Wolfie's no slouch either. RIP Eddie.
Eddie was also an inventor and has 3 US patents... Your question around 9:44 about a pedal; well not a pedal at all. One of his inventions was a platform to hold the guitar sideways so back at 9:00, he flips it up and watch him reach behind the body and there are switches that change the pickups entirely. The wide black belt around his waist held that platform.
@tonynascar3 That platform you’re talking about is not on this guitar. He stopped using that long before this tour. I don’t know what you’re seeing, but it isn’t that. That isn’t there. He’s just holding the body up like that for a few seconds with his right hand while he plucks stuff with his left hand. And he’s not flicking any switches on the back of the guitar, because there are no switches anywhere on this guitar. It has nothing but a volume knob and one pickup. He’s just plucking the Floyd Rose springs on the back of the guitar. He spent have a cover plate installed over them. To answer his question correctly, the effect in use at this time is just a delay with a relatively long delay time, and just a single repeat. It is set to match the duration of the eighth notes he’s predominantly playing in this section, so when he plays a following note, the preceding note he played is having its single repeat sound at the same time. First line below is what he plays, and the second line is the echo. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 -1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 Edit: to clarify, with the echo sounding what we hear are eighth notes, but they’re playing in between the fourth notes that he’s playing. The cadence of what we hear matches my numbers shown. Play a note, silence, play a note, silence. And the echo starts with silence, and echo, silence, and echo. And the playing silence and echo silence are opposite each other, and the sounding notes are opposite each other. So playing four notes alternating with silence and four silence/echo pairings results in us hearing eight eighth notes. There are quite a few songs out there by various bands that use this same trick.
Get into the history of where Eddie describes about how he invented, built his own guitars. There are some videos on utube about his story. Eddie, was way before his time, a visionary, a genius. We who grew up with him absolutely loved him. I seen Eddie about 10 time live in concert. I was at his concert 1978 Anaheim stadium when they parachuted in, wild. That was with Boston, and Black Sabbath. Van Halen literally stole the show, and I have been a big fan ever since! RIP PEACE EDDIE, WE KNOW YOUR ROCKIN IN THE FREE WORLD!
His rapid picking is called “Tremelo Picking”. There are lots of guitarists who can do fast alternate picking, Ed’s is unique, using the body to keep everything stable.
Great video. Eddie is not using any pedal effects throughout his solo .This is him playing his guitar and hooked up straight to the amps Eddie was a tone chaser. In the video you will see him using the volume knob to play Cathedral . His does not use any distortion pedals either. I have an EVH Wolgang Special.I am not claiming to be as good as him, but i know what his does on the guitar.Miss him a lot
@@snakeinthegrass7443 Those parachute pants were what gave him his power! 🤣 The dude is an insane player and I absolutely loved this! Could watch it 50 more times….And I will! 🤘🏻
If the world ever needs to put forward a solo to defeat someone in a head to head contest I’m putting up this one by EVH! Seriously, I’ve seen dozens of solos from all the so-called greats, Page, Hendrix, Holdsworth, Rhodes, Vai, Satch, et all but NO ONE can get close to the bluesy technical excellence, tone, passion and precision that Edward Van Halen brings. The guy was a MARVEL!
That technique is called EDDIE! The only one that can do that! I mean when they have to create tablature because there’s no musical notes for what ur doing, you have become a legend!!
Yup. But during this solo there is only one effect used, and it is the delay during the Cathedral portion. No effects anywhere else from start to finish.
@@ClaytonMacleod Not true. The eruption solo and other parts with heavy tapping parts uses a phaser. you can't get that sound without it. It's not dialed up to a 100% in the mix but it is there none the less.
@@jsting100 What he used in the studio is irrelevant. He doesn’t use anything in this live solo section of the concert except a delay during the Cathedral portion.
@@ClaytonMacleod You can clearly hear the wash of the phase in the live without a net solo. The rate is set at or close to zero and the mix if I had to guess is at around 20-25%. The only thing factual in your statement is there are no distortion or fuzz pedals. In that sense his gain stage and distortion is solely set by the amp. He also used a wet/dry/wet rig so his dry signal probably was just guitar and amp. The wet channels carried the effects chain and were blended in to the whole signal. There are other live videos of the 5150 tour recorded by fans and depending on where they were in relation to the stage the effects are more pronounced because of the wet/dry/wet set up. So yeah I know what a phaser sounds like.
Eddie van halen. I’ve never heard someone play with so much precision and clarity at high speeds like him, on your question of what FX pedal he was using, it sounded like he was using delay, chorus, and distortion. You should also check out dimebag Darrel of Pantera if you haven’t already, he’s not as good as Eddie, but I think he comes pretty close.
While this solo is legendary, as a bassist, you should check out Micheal Anthony’s ‘drunk bass solo’ from the same concert. Some of his stuff will leave you scratching your head.
The parts where he isn’t actually the one doing anything? But one of the roadies is manipulating things and you don’t actually hear his bass directly for those moments?
There is only one Eddie ! Rip! If you want to check out an underrated guitarist, check out Rik Emmett, who is part of the band Triumph. Check out his solo in Rock and Roll Machine live from the US Festival and then Fight the Good and Never Surrender from THe US Festival. You won't be disappointed Mark
Awesome reaction dude 😎🤟🏼 , from 1978 to 1984 Is the 💎DIAMOND💎 🔥DAVID LEE ROTH🔥 era , from 1985 to 1996 is the 🔥SAMMY HAGAR🔥era me personally I prefer Diamond Dave not to say that the Van Hagar era wasn't good , But Van Halen when they hit the scene they reset the bar very high on live performances Dave as a lead vocals front man Eddie has a guitar player backup vocals Alex as the drummer and Michael is the bass player backup vocals they took no prisoners but I will say this Sammy Hagar was already famous before he joined Van Halen but I'll tell you a song you ought to check out and it's one of Sammy Hagar's old tunes THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO ROCK it's a live video that Van Halen does live you must check it out and you'll see what I mean about Sammy Hagar he not only could sing he could play a mean guitar but anyway ✌🏼 out
He only uses the drill at the beginning of the song. When it first came out everybody was saying How is he making that sound? Then we saw it on video. Blew us away!
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This is the most EPIC guitar solo I have ever seen! Such a technical and exciting performance! Eddie Van Halen was truly an innovator on the guitar!
at 10:00 he's using delay with really wet repeat/echo for the slapback effect .. and he's using his volume knob (vol. swells) and hitting the notes with just his left hand fingers. They're major chords (1-5-1-3 patterns) every 2 frets (whole tone scale) the song's called Cathedral👍👊
@@tanner_uncut Appreciate the knowledge! 😎
sounds of the instruments that Genius Eddie RIP, plays with his Guitar.
-Pipe and church organ
-Violin
-Harp
-Cello
-bass
-whale ,dolfin
There's probably more.
To this day I hear new sounds,
close your eyes listening to Eruption, and imagine everyday sounds tv sea air etc,
and then you realize how many sounds this music has
2024 - Açores-Portugal.
RIP eternal Eddie
Absolutely epic performance! Guitar playing at its finest
If you are ever interested in seeing a bass guitarist that is an absolute legend check out Mark King, this live performance of Mr Pink is unbelievable th-cam.com/video/Dt1APRRddS4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=dDcjffI_Fz2sLYLb
His bass solo is unreal, you won’t regret it!
It is so fun to watch peoples facial expressions as the brain tries to process it all . Eddie was the first at many new things and a true legend and KING of the hammer ons . I was lucky enough to catch Van Halen twice live in the 80,s and they were SO good ! Just awesome to see younger generations discover this man and his many talents .. RIP Eddie you will be missed Sir ! Great reaction !
I've watched this a dozen times I think. I get such a kick out of watching him. He had so much fun! He smiles most of the way through. So effortless.
Unreal!!! 🔥🔥
notice when he starts playing how quiet the crowd is.... mad respect.
I know right! Imagine being there! That would so epic!
100%
This has become one of the most popular reaction videos since the invention of the reaction video.
I was a teenager when Eddie Van Halen‘s Euption became the one guitar solo that every kid knew by heart.
Anyway, I’m here posting to clear things up and help simplify what we are watching .
First, don’t bother asking a “how” questions - asking any questions is useless .
The reason is that the answer to any questions whether it be technical or energy comes down to
“He’s Eddie Van Halen”
There is no further explanation needed.
This answers any question that begins with “how “.
Words cannot describe Eddie just like the style of Jimi Hendrix.
We all loved Eddie Van Halen and could not stand David Lee Roth because he was coked up out of his mind 24 hours a day.
When Eddie came down with lung cancer, and that inevitable day came and we heard the news that Eddie Van Halen had passed away, friends called each other to cry together. We loved Eddie. He was so nice and polite and modest. And the girls sure did love Eddie, just like Jim Morrison was admired for his looks.
As for the audience, being quiet, one thing that should be kept into account is that people in the audience paid $18.50 to see that concert. None of this $1200 Taylor Swift, nonsense - there are no Karen’s screaming be quiet because of the price of the ticket - the audience is not being quiet only to show respect to Eddie Van Halen, but to respect each others enjoyment of the music regardless of the reasonable price for the ticket.
Back then , when the world was still normal, and everybody wasn’t so sensitive about words, there was a general respect and consideration for those around you enjoying the same artists work.
Parents brought their kids to all kinds of concerts and not be worried about where they were because everyone including the band would stop what they were doing to find a child. The public policed itself - People were more empathetic and less selfish .
All that smoke is weed and cigarettes.
Lastly, I will close with Eddie Van Halen is the only guitarist that looks cool with his cigarette place at the top of the neck guitar. I think it was safe to say that only Eddie could do that and still look cool.
If you look closely at his guitar, you’ll see that he has many guitar picks attached with Velcro. This is why it’s so cool that he threw picks into the audience to make someone’s night.. like I said, Eddie was a wonderful gentleman and not just a rockstar
We miss you, Eddie.
“Patent number 4656917 was granted to Eddie Van Halen in 1987 for a flip-out support device that attaches to the back of the electric guitar or other stringed instrument. This contraption allows the musician to use a tapping technique by playing the guitar in a manner similar to the piano with the face of the guitar facing upward instead of forward. The device gave Van Halen the freedom to create new sounds and techniques that catapulted his band’s success. Eddie Van Halen also holds patent number 388117 for a guitar peghead, a tool that’s designed to help an instrument’s strings hold tension.”
I’m 66 years old, I worked stage security at two VanHalen concerts, He’s hands down the best in my lifetime.
You're one of the few reaction videos that look genuinely appreciative of EVH.
Really appreciate it! 😁
There's so many Guitar Greats but only 1 Eddie Van Halen!!! RIP GOAT🎸
Eddie had the sweetest smile......
Did you notice that EVERY time just before he moves to another part of the stage, he acknowledges the audience in that section?
Such a great performer! EPIC! 🔥
I was 10 yards away standing on the side of the stage during this tour. This kid is no question the most talented musician to play Rock 'n Roll. What a tragic loss at so young. Watch closely kids, see that damn cigarette? If not for that he'd still be playing music with his son. Amazing how many haven't heard or seen this before. His songwriting gets overlooked as does his rhythm playing. I was around for Hendrix et al but there's never going to be another EVH.
Agreed and yer pretty incredible as well😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤
@@gingercarner8733 I'm the David Gilmour who disappointed his dad. 😂 Take Care!
@@davidgilmour9447 lol
..he gave you an awesome name though!!!
The king forever🙏
My younger brother looks exactly like Eddie. Plays guitar too! Man I miss Eddie and my bother
He's the Professor of the guitar
No doubt about it! 💯
Okay, first. Great reaction 👏. I had the privilege of growing up with these guys. Seen them play before they ever got a record contract or anyone knew who they were. Now, Jimmy was great but sadly gone too soon and Stevie was the best blue's guitarist ever but Eddie is the greatest Rock and Roll guitar player ever! The GOAT! RIP Eddie ❤
I'm 57 years old, the greatest guitarist 🎸 I have ever seen, and they had and have great ones. RIP 🙏
Amazing what this man did w/a guitar. R.I.P.
Oh, my dude... I've been listening to them since '78. I STILL listen to them every day. My very first concert was VH in October of '80. 40 feet away from King Edward, and this 17 year old guitar player got the best guitar lesson I've ever received. It's a gift I can never repay. Start with Van Halen debut album, and just push play. Dont stop until the final song on A Different Kind of Truth. And then...move on to Mammoth WVH! But you'll always come back to the mighty Van Halen!! If you'd like, I can give you several tunes off of each release to check out...let me know. Keep up the great content, brother!
Thanks so much for hanging out and glad you are enjoying the content!
I always tell people the genius of Eddie Van Halen was that he made the guitar sound NOTHING like a guitar! He changed the game.
Great point! So innovative!
You must hav live under a rock if yo haven seen Eddie
Rip to the tap master
People don't put copper picks in tour mouth lik Eddie did that can give you mouth cancer
Over the years
Blessed to live at the same time as these Gods who walked among us...rest in power Edward Van Halen
My favorite guitarist of all time and it's not even close. Wanna hear something scary? He said he barely remembers this performance because he was so hammered.
That is wild! 🤣😂
I was thinking the same thing.😊😊😊
Imagine how good he would have been sober. Why can’t we just be Sober?……Maynard.
I can't listen to this without tears flowing . I'm 72 and I hope and pray that I meet him where ever I am in the after life if there is one ! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🪖🪖👮👮🚓🚓
I love Eddie so much. He is a genius but more he is so cute. He smiles and steals the heart ❤️ 💙 💜
New Yorker here. Saw it live Madison Square Garden. Eddie was a God who walked among mere men.
Only a small part of this solo is Eruption......some of it are riffs from different songs, like Mean Streets and Cathedral, and some is just Eddie being Eddie.......RIP Legend.
Yep. Its basically an iconic 8 min solo. Eruption is only 2 mins.
I’m so here for this reaction!
Thanks for hanging out!
I was there !!! I was 15 and my first concert… I remember hearing that section and I was like WTF is that a violin?? I was never the same again and to this day I feel like I got struck by lightning by being there!! 🎸⚡️🎸⚡️🎸⚡️🎸
When he used the volume button, it reminded me of the haunting sound of a cello.
Great ears! It really did! 😄
I grew up listening to Eddie. My guitar and music idol for sure. He first started with drums and piano. His father was a professional musician as well. Many times we see the percussion in his solos with finger tapping or with his hand side. There is a good interview on You Tube with him for Smithsonian Institute. He talks about his technological and technique advances. Must see!
The King 💣🎸❤❤🤘
I now cry every time I see him play the guitar, his love for it was so great. I will miss his sexy, mischievous smile. Many people won't realise it, but in this piece he also plays something by J.S. Bach. 🥰
The fugue from Toccata and Fugue in D minor. Difficult to play on any instrument!
The "twisting" wrist was unique to him. I've seen only a couple guys do it since then. One being Jason Hook who used to be in 5 finger death punch. The other thing where you went "what was that?", was something he did all the time. You hammer on and pull off on one string, and then drag your palm lightly over the strings at the body from bridge to neck or even back and forth. Doing that creates crazy harmonics. Once I learned how to do it, it has been in my arsenal for years.
I've seen Van Halen 20 times in my life and he's NEVER let me down ! The GOAT !
I was lucky enough to see Eddie perform Eruption live in 1984 at Monsters of rock (now Download) England,the crowd and myself were in awe
Two words: Mean Street
Great review, best of all is a musician appreciating how large this man's talent was...!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! He was such a BEAST and this was a joy to watch! Thanks for hanging out!
@@setonhillstudiosall good bro, it's a pleasure to see your enthusiasm.
This solo started out as a warm up exercise before Van Halen did club gigs,. While recording their debut album it led into "You Really Got Me".Just 1 take to record.Eddie always experimented w/effects & sounds.He added pieces.Never played it the same.From 1978-2015. A smile never left his face
Oh ok! Thanks for the insight! This was a masterpiece and I had so much fun watching the master at work!
sounds of the instruments that Genius Eddie RIP, plays with his Guitar.
-Pipe and church organ
-Violin
-Harp
-Cello
-bass
-whale ,dolfin
There's probably more.
To this day I hear new sounds,
close your eyes listening to Eruption, and imagine everyday sounds tv sea air etc,
and then you realize how many sounds this music has
2024 - Açores-Portugal.
RIP eternal Eddie
Greatest ever hands down
Yes you do! My favorite rock band of all time, my favorite musician of all time.
Unchained, aint talkin bout love, jamie's cryin, mean street, Panama, hear about it later, when its love, cabo wabo, 5150, pouncake, humans being. So many more than that as well
Great reaction ! Two things that hardly get mentioned about his solos are the free flowing ideas that create a orchestra like master piece (no 2 the same) & the fact usually at this point of the concert he's inebriated performing at that level ! Lol - Another absolutely amazing solo to check out is from Blue Oyster Cult/Veteran of the Psychic Wars (live)
Was at this show,… 10th row floor,.. New haven coliseum. Long live “King” Eddie.🤘🎸🤘🎸🔥🔥
Let’s gooooo! I bet that was so EPIC!
@@setonhillstudios - It was epic and electric my friend. The acoustics in New haven were,.. let’s say,… “Loud”,…..Great concerts there,.. thank you for your kind words. Let’s go!!!🔥🤘😀
Hey the very best solo of Eddie's that I have seen yet. I have watched it about one hundred plus times. True masterpiece. Every time it is still refreshing. Seriously. I believe he is using a phase shifter with delay inthe cathedral tune. No, no there will never be another like edward. He literally played twenty four seven. You should check out Distance by Wolfgang . Wolf playes and sings it all. Very talented. I have played for 50 years on the guitar. Eddie is truly the greatest guitarists at what he does in the world! Thank you for showing my most favorite video. Peace out.
Thanks for watching and hanging out! Unreal and a blessing to be able to see such a legend!
The king R.i.P 👍🎸
🌸 I love the old Van Halen videos
Jump
& Panama.....
so fun! they really had a great time on stage
Love your vibe man, very genuine.
I've watched the live version so many times, I've graduated to reactions only, which are just as fun.
Really appreciate that and thanks for hanging out! He tore this solo up! Dude was unreal! 🔥
Don't forget the guitars and accessories in his EVH line. Les Paul told Eddie "he and Eddie were two of the three people that knew how to build a guitar." 🎸🎸🎸
Yes arpeggios tapping at the end. You tap any note 12 frets from where you are fretting a note and you will get the natural harmonic. So at the end he was holding an E major chord and then tapped each note 12 frets from where he was fretting the notes in the chord. Except for Low E, open B amd open High E were open so he tapped on the 12th fret for those.
After years of interviews and investigation I finally realized with made Eddie so amazing. He was self taught so he never had a guitar lesson to pigeon hole his guitar playing. He discovered things by trial and error. He created his own style because he didn't have any particular style that he was ever taught. There will never be another Eddie Van Halen. He and his brothers relationship was so strong that now that Eddie is dead Alex doesn't have any desire to play music again and he is selling all of his drum equipment because he says playing without his brother just is no longer enjoyable so he just Simi quit!! Now that is brotherly love!!!!!
In the transition from Eruption to Cathedral, when he’s plucking the strings above the nut and tapped on the back of the neck he also plucks the springs of the tremolo. He felt every part of the guitar had sound to be used.
the effects he's using that you asked about is a Eventide H3000 Harmonizer
Thanks for the info! Such a BEAST! 🔥
Eddie knew his way around the electric twanger all right
First saw VH around 1977-ish in Oakland at a “Day on the Green” they were the second of 5 bands that day ( AC/DC we’re the opening act)
All I remember was the guitarist being really good and the singer yelling something and doing a standing backflip- I said to my friend you just see that dude. 😂😂.
I had the pleasure of seeing Eruption about a half dozen times over the years, never the same
@@billc.5861 Wow! Thanks for sharing! That’s so cool that you got to experience them live so many times! Amazing!
Edward the Great...RIP
Ain't talking about luv and mean street is pure EDDIE VH
Something that I've noticed about this video. They edited a little bit of it out right here at the beginning. If you notice he lays the cigarette down on the stage and then a few seconds later is back on the guitar.
I saw VH live on 3 different tours back when I was a preteen in the 80's and my ears are still ringing
He was LITERALLY the best rock guitarist of ALL time. Unquestionably so. #RIPEVH
his son ,Wolfgang, is an amazing guitarist & drummer...
Yessss! I need to check out some of his stuff! I heard one song of his and it was killer! 🔥
Check out Don't back down by mammoth WVH
😊😊 I forget which guitarist, but was one of the greats met up with Ed and Ed asked him to see his guitar. Guy said he expected Ed to sound normal without pedals or efx. But Ed started ripping w guitar alone and made the "brown sound" with jus his fingers! That is highest compliment witj amazing insight. No efx needed, it is all ME!
Might of been Ted Nugent. I read Ted played Eddie's guitar and rig, but he said he sounded nothing like Ed when he played it and then said you see, it's all in the fingers. That's part of a guitar player's sound. I'm paraphrasing, but it was something like that.
@@steveskull yep. Vai made a similar comment I believe but Nugent who I was thinking of.
Rip King Edward 🙏
The volume knob and it sounds like a reverse delay And at one point plucking the springs on the back of the guitar of the whammy bar
Oh ok gotcha! Thanks for the insight! Such a BEAST! 🔥
On the knob part, it feels like he's muting the attack of the notes he's playing, an effect usually done with a volume pedal but since he is free roaming the stage. The result is that @10:50 it sounds as if he is playing a cello.
Not a reverse delay. Just a regular delay.
7:07 that was a palm muted slide harmonic - is the best description I can give that. I had 'Live Without A Net' on VHS back when it came out.
The first time I heard "Cathedral," I could've sworn it was a keyboard. 12:26 the beginning riff of 'Mean Street'
Eddie was constantly chasing the perfect tone. Fun fact: Eddie didn't use distortion pedals at all - in fact he rarely used any effects at all. For the most part, he acquired his signature sound using a mix of a flanger, phaser and a chorus. However, in 1978 on their self-titled debut album his pedalboard included these:
• MXR Phase 90
• MXR 117 Flanger
• MXR 6 Band EQ
• Maestro Echoplex
• Univox EC-80A Tape Echo
• Remote Switches for the Echoplex and Univox
Appreciate all the info! You rock! 🤘🏻
You know Eddie is out of everyone else's league when you see AND hear him play, yet you still have no idea what he's doing.
💔 miss him so much
@@hopeklemann1 For sure! 😞
Its not easy to tell, but this video is actually a composite of two different shows - Aug 26-27, 1986.The audio is entirely from the 27th show. The video, however, is from both the 26th and the 27th. 2:40 Video from the 26th, audio from the 27th - he throws his cigarette to the side, no cigarette in the head stock the next couple of times you see it. 3:00 Audio and video from the 27th - cigarette is magically back in the head stock.
This is one of the best versions available on video - a nice tasty mix of most of his iconic signature recorded instrumental solos.
🤘🏼💀🤘🏼RIP EVH!
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Really appreciate the kind words and thanks for subscribing!
The delay in cathedral part is an SDE-3000.
The part where you asked what was that at the 7 min mark is my fav riff
So good! 🤘🏻
12:34 "what is that?" That my friend is the beginning to a song called "Mean Street" check it out
Gotcha! Thanks for the info! 😄
Joe Satriani said on Howard Stern, while promoting for upcoming tribute tour, that “Mean Street” was probably the hard EVH riff to play
When evh does the floating tremolo I look at it as turning a car key and I get a similar speed as him.
The cigarette thing is a trademark of anyone who plays guitar and smokes.
Eddie van halen was drunk during this tour concert as you could see his eyes being closed 70% of the time... Eddie had 4 or 5 types of cancers, lung cancer and tongue cancer (i forgot the other 2-3) and they had to remove 1/3 of this tongue and he still played like an absolute BEAST
RIP eddie, fly high and continue playing in the gates brother
The fact he played this great and was drunk and his health was declining is insane! He absolutely tore this up! Thanks for hanging out! 🔥
I saw this from the 4th row. EVH. Blew my wasted mind. Effortless
Wow!!! That’s so cool that you got to see it up close! Unreal!
7:02 “What was that?” He’s just sliding the heel of his palm on his right hand lightly along the strings while doing very strong pull-offs with his left hand, the same three descending notes over and over, and he gets different harmonics as the right hand slides further along the strings. He does a hammer-on on the 3rd fret, does a pull-off to the 2nd fret, and a pull-off to the open string, over and over. Getting harmonics this way you really need to do the hammer-on and pull-offs harder than you normally would because of how much your right hand palm heel inhibits the strings.
The GOAT
You should definitely check out some songs from this particular concert... maybe Summer Nights or 5150! :)
I agree... my favorite version of 5150 is from "Live without a net"
Everybody wants some😂❤is a excellent song😂
Lol "what's he doing?" Oh he's just doing Eddie stuff. Congratulations - you've officially been Eddiefied! Eddie is why I saw Van Halen so dang many times. His guitar was just pure fire and trust me, Wolfie's no slouch either. RIP Eddie.
Eddie was also an inventor and has 3 US patents... Your question around 9:44 about a pedal; well not a pedal at all. One of his inventions was a platform to hold the guitar sideways so back at 9:00, he flips it up and watch him reach behind the body and there are switches that change the pickups entirely. The wide black belt around his waist held that platform.
Wow! Such a Legend! 🔥
@tonynascar3 That platform you’re talking about is not on this guitar. He stopped using that long before this tour. I don’t know what you’re seeing, but it isn’t that. That isn’t there. He’s just holding the body up like that for a few seconds with his right hand while he plucks stuff with his left hand. And he’s not flicking any switches on the back of the guitar, because there are no switches anywhere on this guitar. It has nothing but a volume knob and one pickup. He’s just plucking the Floyd Rose springs on the back of the guitar. He spent have a cover plate installed over them.
To answer his question correctly, the effect in use at this time is just a delay with a relatively long delay time, and just a single repeat. It is set to match the duration of the eighth notes he’s predominantly playing in this section, so when he plays a following note, the preceding note he played is having its single repeat sound at the same time. First line below is what he plays, and the second line is the echo.
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
Edit: to clarify, with the echo sounding what we hear are eighth notes, but they’re playing in between the fourth notes that he’s playing. The cadence of what we hear matches my numbers shown. Play a note, silence, play a note, silence. And the echo starts with silence, and echo, silence, and echo. And the playing silence and echo silence are opposite each other, and the sounding notes are opposite each other. So playing four notes alternating with silence and four silence/echo pairings results in us hearing eight eighth notes. There are quite a few songs out there by various bands that use this same trick.
There's no "switches" back there, he's pulling in the tremolo springs
@@riximusYes that’s exactly what Eddie was doing.
Watch this entire concert... "Live without a net". You won't be disappointed!
Definitely have to! Appreciate it! 🔥
no pedals just Eddie and his guitar he made himself
Get into the history of where Eddie describes about how he invented, built his own guitars. There are some videos on utube about his story. Eddie, was way before his time, a visionary, a genius. We who grew up with him absolutely loved him. I seen Eddie about 10 time live in concert. I was at his concert 1978 Anaheim stadium when they parachuted in, wild. That was with Boston, and Black Sabbath. Van Halen literally stole the show, and I have been a big fan ever since! RIP PEACE EDDIE, WE KNOW YOUR ROCKIN IN THE FREE WORLD!
this is not a self built guitar this is a Kramer
@@FransKoops I did say this one was, i said check out eddies history about his self built guitars
9:15 he’s plucking the springs attached to the bridge / whammy bar. He doesn’t have the cover over the access bay.
His rapid picking is called “Tremelo Picking”. There are lots of guitarists who can do fast alternate picking, Ed’s is unique, using the body to keep everything stable.
Great video. Eddie is not using any pedal effects throughout his solo .This is him playing his guitar and hooked up straight to the amps Eddie was a tone chaser. In the video you will see him using the volume knob to play Cathedral . His does not use any distortion pedals either. I have an EVH Wolgang Special.I am not claiming to be as good as him, but i know what his does on the guitar.Miss him a lot
Nope, he uses a delay during the Cathedral portion. But nothing in the other sections.
Mean Street off of the Fair Warning album is one of many that are absolute 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This was off the chain! He tore it up! 🔥🔥🔥
You meant “Unchained” not “off the chain”.
@@setonhillstudios Yes, sir. He is right at the top with a few others for my personal list of greatest guitarists. BTW
@@snakeinthegrass7443 Those parachute pants were what gave him his power! 🤣 The dude is an insane player and I absolutely loved this! Could watch it 50 more times….And I will! 🤘🏻
If the world ever needs to put forward a solo to defeat someone in a head to head contest I’m putting up this one by EVH! Seriously, I’ve seen dozens of solos from all the so-called greats, Page, Hendrix, Holdsworth, Rhodes, Vai, Satch, et all but NO ONE can get close to the bluesy technical excellence, tone, passion and precision that Edward Van Halen brings. The guy was a MARVEL!
That technique is called EDDIE! The only one that can do that! I mean when they have to create tablature because there’s no musical notes for what ur doing, you have become a legend!!
9:14 He's pulling on the tremolo springs on the back of the guitar.
Eddie loved using delay. Phaser, Flanger, Chorus, and a pitch shifter/harmonizer
Appreciate it! Such a BEAST and innovator! Loved this performance!
Yup. But during this solo there is only one effect used, and it is the delay during the Cathedral portion. No effects anywhere else from start to finish.
@@ClaytonMacleod Not true. The eruption solo and other parts with heavy tapping parts uses a phaser. you can't get that sound without it. It's not dialed up to a 100% in the mix but it is there none the less.
@@jsting100 What he used in the studio is irrelevant. He doesn’t use anything in this live solo section of the concert except a delay during the Cathedral portion.
@@ClaytonMacleod You can clearly hear the wash of the phase in the live without a net solo. The rate is set at or close to zero and the mix if I had to guess is at around 20-25%. The only thing factual in your statement is there are no distortion or fuzz pedals. In that sense his gain stage and distortion is solely set by the amp. He also used a wet/dry/wet rig so his dry signal probably was just guitar and amp. The wet channels carried the effects chain and were blended in to the whole signal. There are other live videos of the 5150 tour recorded by fans and depending on where they were in relation to the stage the effects are more pronounced because of the wet/dry/wet set up. So yeah I know what a phaser sounds like.
I've seen Yngve Malmstein put a cigarette at the end of his guitar before to show that he was playing in real time.
Eddie van halen. I’ve never heard someone play with so much precision and clarity at high speeds like him, on your question of what FX pedal he was using, it sounded like he was using delay, chorus, and distortion. You should also check out dimebag Darrel of Pantera if you haven’t already, he’s not as good as Eddie, but I think he comes pretty close.
Thanks for the info and the suggestion! We checked out one Pantera tune on the channel but definitely need to dig into their catalogue more! 🔥
Only effect used in this solo is the delay for the Cathedral section. Nothing else.
While this solo is legendary, as a bassist, you should check out Micheal Anthony’s ‘drunk bass solo’ from the same concert. Some of his stuff will leave you scratching your head.
The parts where he isn’t actually the one doing anything? But one of the roadies is manipulating things and you don’t actually hear his bass directly for those moments?
🤘🎸🤘👍👍❤️❤️
There is only one Eddie ! Rip! If you want to check out an underrated guitarist, check out Rik Emmett, who is part of the band Triumph. Check out his solo in Rock and Roll Machine live from the US Festival and then Fight the Good and Never Surrender from THe US Festival. You won't be disappointed
Mark
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THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO ROCK 1989 LIVE AT TOKYO
Dig away, brother…..begin (or continue, I guess) with their self-titled debut album from 1978….you won’t be disappointed.
Awesome reaction dude 😎🤟🏼 , from 1978 to 1984
Is the 💎DIAMOND💎 🔥DAVID LEE ROTH🔥 era , from 1985 to 1996 is the 🔥SAMMY HAGAR🔥era me personally I prefer Diamond Dave not to say that the Van Hagar era wasn't good , But Van Halen when they hit the scene they reset the bar very high on live performances Dave as a lead vocals front man Eddie has a guitar player backup vocals Alex as the drummer and Michael is the bass player backup vocals they took no prisoners but I will say this Sammy Hagar was already famous before he joined Van Halen but I'll tell you a song you ought to check out and it's one of Sammy Hagar's old tunes THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO ROCK it's a live video that Van Halen does live you must check it out and you'll see what I mean about Sammy Hagar he not only could sing he could play a mean guitar but anyway ✌🏼 out
Appreciate the kind words and all the suggestions! Can’t wait to check out more from them! Killer musicians! 🔥
If you watch the video of their song "Poundcake" you will see Eddie using a cordless drill on his guitar. Sounds awesome!
That’s wild! Gotta check that out! 🔥
He only uses the drill at the beginning of the song. When it first came out everybody was saying How is he making that sound? Then we saw it on video. Blew us away!