you know why people love Reb Beach, not only cause he's a great guy and Guitar player, but after 17-20 years of playing guitar professionally.. he still has that look on his face like " holy shit, i'm playing guitar "
Yes, it all feels and looks very human. He's such an unassuming looking fella, nice all round bloke that literally melted about 100 faces here through sheer virtuosity. This hammer on legato tap thing isn't easy to master at all, trust me.
To read the comments you'd think Eddie Van Halen invented tapping and volume swells. Just goes to show that your average music fan doesn't know his or her music history very well. Steve Hackett, Jan Akkerman, Steve Howe and even Alex Lifeson were all doing volume swells, sometimes in conjunction with tapping, way before Eddie Van Halen came along. Van Halen maybe perfected and popularized the technique, using his guitar's volume control instead of a volume pedal like the guys before him, but it's not as if it was unheard of before then.
Listen to some of this guys stuff, his playing actually gets into Holdsworth territory at some points. He is advanced musically beyond all the 80s glam shit
LOL i love how all the comment about EVH are thumbs down. But I mean come on, its plainly obvious Reb is a BIG Eddie fan and hes obviously using techniques that EVH brought to the electric guitar and you cant deny that fact. Get over it.
Excelente solo..¡¡ Reb es uno de los mejores guitarristas de todos los tiempos. Su técnica de legato y tapping es espectacular.. REB BEACH ERES GRANDE....¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
Just watched this video (Thanks Cracked!) and although I've always liked his playing he's still an EVH clone and there isn't anything wrong with that. Nothing I heard or saw in this video that Eddie didn't do first and better. Imitation is the best form of flattery....he even taps with his middle finger the way Eddie does. Again..nothing wrong with it but says he "blows Eddie Van Halen away"is just wrong.
@sparksphilip Reb doesn't actually like many effects and likes to keep it simple. He has Duxbury Bay (Fusion Demos) and Love So True (Masquerade) for slow songs. Not sure what other slow songs you're talking about but all of Masquerade rocks out. Fusion Demos was geared more toward a jazz/rock fusion sound. The Mob CD is a rocker as well.
w2hat people forget it was Eddies "Eruption' that started the tapping technique and ans Tayzz you are right no -one owns a technique, period. And People should appreciate Reb's musicianship and style for keeping guitar palying cool.
+aidsbrigade Van halen kicked tapping ass.. before other knew how....... so yes eddie didnt invent it but he mastered it so guys like Reb, rhandy rhoads could do it
@EvilWeevilAnime tap harmonics and originality EDDIE, legato tap licks REB, and melodic tap solos Vito.. either way they're gonna blow our heads off.. you have to include stanley jordan too
@TayzzScottBerr I actually regret ripping into Eddie. This post was a while ago and I wish I could retract it. Eddie and Reb are both amazing guitar players but I was responding to the constant criticism that Eddie's fans give Reb just because Reb "taps". What I meant to say is similar to something you said. No one owns a technique, period. Eddie was much more successful but his heyday was still years ago. Reb should get more respect from EVH fans for "carrying the torch" so to speak.
To all the so called guitar critics of oh, it sounds like Eddie ... Eddie, pioneered tapping by bringing it to the forefront of rock with his style of playing. And clearly, Eruption still sits at the top of the throne . However, Rebs technique is melodic and smooth !! Very different in itself and unique as well !!!! I love the critics that have no idea what they are speaking of !! MORONS !!!
What's with all the Van Halen douches coming into the comments section of this video claiming Reb ripped off Eddie? Van Halen hasn't been relevant since 1984. Anyone looking at Eddie's and Reb's playing side by side should be able to see that Reb's playing is MUCH more sophisticated. Eddie deserves respect, but if Reb's technique and playing are better, then it's an evolution over EVH, not a rip-off. Kind of like The Dark Knight (Reb) vs. the old Batman TV show (EVH).
When he played the thing it was alright, but the Reb Beach I know and love is incredible, not just alright. I'm not sure what he was thinking at some points..
way much better than Doug Aldrich (I love his works on Hurricane, BMR. Lion & others) as Vivian Campbell it is compared to that too full of himself Def Leppard lead guitarist I would love to see Reb Beach, Andy Timmons, Johnny Gioeli, Michael Foster & Jeff Pilson rocking hard on stage
Ok, we all can agree that Eddie Van Halen brought tapping to the masses. That doesn't mean that anyone who finger taps is a rip off. That's the same bullshit that robbed Vito Bratta (White Lion) of his proper respects. He also took tapping to his own level and style. Eddie has been surpassed by a long shot and die hard fans need to accept that fact. He can't touch Steve Vai, John Petrucci, Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani and quite a list of others. He'd be humble enough to admit it. You can too.
Some people credit the invention of modern tapping to Randy Rhoads before eddie. Whatever, Reb and Paul Gilbert were among the first tappers I saw doing it in style on gig. And in the 80's there were lots and lots of them...the EVH wannabeez.
Hes very talented but nearly every style/technique this guy uses Eddie came up with first. Starts out: Cathedral type stuff, then the tapping is pretty obvious, but even through the whammy bar dives and pinches to the auto-flanging he does with the palm of the right hand up and down the fret board- all that was brought to us first by eddie. Reb does an awesome job using some of the stuff ed came up with but to say he puts Ed to shame is just ignorant.
Kurt Cobain has melody, some would call it killer melody too. I'm more talking about innovation and musical presence. Which Reb has but not on the level of the people I listed above. Reb's melodic sense is excellent, but to think that puts him up there with Vai, Lynch, Rhodes Sykes and EVH is BULLSHIT.
Deserves recognition as one of the best ever.
Reb is the reason i get up in the morning and the only reason i play guitar. I met him on the this tour and we hung out he is just the best guy ever!!
I really love Reb's playing, more than any other shredder. It's just so fluid but sounds real, not like a bloody alien is playing.
reb is the best!
Reb is definitely one of the greatest fret tappers of all time. He's a true innovator on guitar
Not only can he shred but he is one of the best guitar riff writers I’ve ever heard
Thank God for Eddie Van halen and Rhandy Rhoads for Giving these guys a Direction.. Reb is good
3:38 that lick is from another world! Always get goosebumps when he plays it
you know why people love Reb Beach, not only cause he's a great guy and Guitar player, but after 17-20 years of playing guitar professionally.. he still has that look on his face like " holy shit, i'm playing guitar "
Yes, it all feels and looks very human. He's such an unassuming looking fella, nice all round bloke that literally melted about 100 faces here through sheer virtuosity. This hammer on legato tap thing isn't easy to master at all, trust me.
Lol i saw Winger yesterday and Reb was fkn AMAZING!!!!! and i caught his pick :D
Great player, always keeps it interesting
A lot of Eddie inspired stuff here, but the guy puts his own stuff in. Very cool.
To read the comments you'd think Eddie Van Halen invented tapping and volume swells. Just goes to show that your average music fan doesn't know his or her music history very well. Steve Hackett, Jan Akkerman, Steve Howe and even Alex Lifeson were all doing volume swells, sometimes in conjunction with tapping, way before Eddie Van Halen came along. Van Halen maybe perfected and popularized the technique, using his guitar's volume control instead of a volume pedal like the guys before him, but it's not as if it was unheard of before then.
Edward Van Halen was an obvious influence on Reb. I'm an old school Van Halen fan, nice to see Eddie lives on in his worshipers. Kick ass solo!
I can't listen to Reb without hearing EVH.
God, I fucking love his tone
one of my favourites! he is sooooo cooool!!!! miss his ibanez days though!
tapping genious
Just awesome. Reb is the man.
I truly enjoy Red in WINGER.......
Must be on Tour. Stay Gold & take care out in this world of ours bcoz of that flu going around. Luvs 2ya Praying for you
Listen to some of this guys stuff, his playing actually gets into Holdsworth territory at some points. He is advanced musically beyond all the 80s glam shit
And now from the "Shit I Wish I Could Do" department...
🖤DAYAMM HE'S 100% GUITARIST🖤😲🤘
Hey Reb how are ya doing. I guess your on your. Stay Gold!!!!
I love how he's incorporating some Van Halen licks here and there.
Cracked brought me here and I'm damn glad it did. Wow. That's some serious guitar work right there.
Goosebumps.
LOL i love how all the comment about EVH are thumbs down.
But I mean come on, its plainly obvious Reb is a BIG Eddie fan and hes obviously using techniques that EVH brought to the electric guitar and you cant deny that fact.
Get over it.
nice! Reb still got it! I love his face in the beginning, its like he's trying to read something that's written on the back wall.
Excelente solo..¡¡ Reb es uno de los mejores guitarristas de todos los tiempos. Su técnica de legato y tapping es espectacular.. REB BEACH ERES GRANDE....¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
In the first half I just kept thinking he was about to break into Van Halen's version of Dancing in the Street.. lol xD
He should go on the G3 tour.
rebs tapping is second to none and he gives the best face,,,,,,,
From whence you came you shall remain until you are complete again!!
Just watched this video (Thanks Cracked!) and although I've always liked his playing he's still an EVH clone and there isn't anything wrong with that. Nothing I heard or saw in this video that Eddie didn't do first and better. Imitation is the best form of flattery....he even taps with his middle finger the way Eddie does. Again..nothing wrong with it but says he "blows Eddie Van Halen away"is just wrong.
U make my day :D
no doubt dude, and he added his own touches to it. Rebs a badass guitar player and you cannot deny it period end of conversations.
Reb is the shit!!! No doubt about it.
Hell yeah !!!
first time ive ever heard this man play, I would kill to hear him and vai play
Reb's the reason I bought Winger LP's.
Pittsburgh's finest guitar player.
siiiiiiiiick!
reb beach is one of the best tappers ive ever heard
@EvilWeevilAnime i completely agree with u, rebs tapping solos r top notch
@sparksphilip Reb doesn't actually like many effects and likes to keep it simple. He has Duxbury Bay (Fusion Demos) and Love So True (Masquerade) for slow songs. Not sure what other slow songs you're talking about but all of Masquerade rocks out. Fusion Demos was geared more toward a jazz/rock fusion sound. The Mob CD is a rocker as well.
Reb is a child of EVH
i cant sit here and let him have all the fun, picking up the guitar!
w2hat people forget it was Eddies "Eruption' that started the tapping technique and ans Tayzz you are right no -one owns a technique, period. And People should appreciate Reb's musicianship and style for keeping guitar palying cool.
Eddie Van Halen didn't invent tapping he merely popularised it
Merely.
+aidsbrigade Van halen kicked tapping ass.. before other knew how....... so yes eddie didnt invent it but he mastered it so guys like Reb, rhandy rhoads could do it
He never said he invented it
Reb is a tough act to follow.
he´s good man, fuck yeah !
TJ Helmerich would run circles around all of them!
most underrated guitarist ever. So mad at Beavis and Butthead!!!
for a moment I thought he was playing van halen's eruption in that last part
also, cracked
@EvilWeevilAnime tap harmonics and originality EDDIE, legato tap licks REB, and melodic tap solos Vito.. either way they're gonna blow our heads off.. you have to include stanley jordan too
@TayzzScottBerr I actually regret ripping into Eddie. This post was a while ago and I wish I could retract it. Eddie and Reb are both amazing guitar players but I was responding to the constant criticism that Eddie's fans give Reb just because Reb "taps". What I meant to say is similar to something you said. No one owns a technique, period. Eddie was much more successful but his heyday was still years ago. Reb should get more respect from EVH fans for "carrying the torch" so to speak.
i like the tapping parts. the rest was effect-heavy noise.
sounds more evil than i thought he d be capable of! lol
He can play any style and I love it! Oh yeah
@xx2n23 Holy shit, he does!
interesting but amazing guitar solo
Who isn't thinking of van halen during this? So many people have advanced beyond EVH. Steve Vai?
To all the so called guitar critics of oh, it sounds like Eddie ... Eddie, pioneered tapping by bringing it to the forefront of rock with his style of playing. And clearly, Eruption still sits at the top of the throne . However, Rebs technique is melodic and smooth !! Very different in itself and unique as well !!!! I love the critics that have no idea what they are speaking of !! MORONS !!!
What's with all the Van Halen douches coming into the comments section of this video claiming Reb ripped off Eddie? Van Halen hasn't been relevant since 1984. Anyone looking at Eddie's and Reb's playing side by side should be able to see that Reb's playing is MUCH more sophisticated. Eddie deserves respect, but if Reb's technique and playing are better, then it's an evolution over EVH, not a rip-off. Kind of like The Dark Knight (Reb) vs. the old Batman TV show (EVH).
Holy Fudge.
Cracked is responsible for so many TH-cam views!
When he played the thing it was alright, but the Reb Beach I know and love is incredible, not just alright. I'm not sure what he was thinking at some points..
FFS guy is amazing
That clunking sound was my jaw hitting the floor.
way much better than Doug Aldrich (I love his works on Hurricane, BMR. Lion & others) as Vivian Campbell it is compared to that too full of himself Def Leppard lead guitarist
I would love to see Reb Beach, Andy Timmons, Johnny Gioeli, Michael Foster & Jeff Pilson rocking hard on stage
Ok, we all can agree that Eddie Van Halen brought tapping to the masses. That doesn't mean that anyone who finger taps is a rip off. That's the same bullshit that robbed Vito Bratta (White Lion) of his proper respects. He also took tapping to his own level and style.
Eddie has been surpassed by a long shot and die hard fans need to accept that fact. He can't touch Steve Vai, John Petrucci, Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani and quite a list of others. He'd be humble enough to admit it. You can too.
Tremonti is a beast, but in the technical aspect, Reb is the better. But Tremonti is great, don't get me wrong. I love his work.
funny the comments that he sounds like Eddie...that's a whole new spectrum of tapping..
Some people credit the invention of modern tapping to Randy Rhoads before eddie. Whatever, Reb and Paul Gilbert were among the first tappers I saw doing it in style on gig. And in the 80's there were lots and lots of them...the EVH wannabeez.
Yea this does sound a lot like a EVH solo but this is still awesome.
1st part sounds like cathedral by eddie van halen
Good stuff, but bring back the hair metal days! Cut it loose, black magic! Ahh what AMAZING classics!
The beginning is so Pat Traversque.
The beginning sounds like van halen's dancing in the street
Yeah and who does not! EVH rules
Hector is right, reb has a more complex method incorporating more fingers, refind and perfected.
@wheeldeal I couldn't have said it better myself.
@doublekicks2004
Reb was playing this when Sevencrust was in diapers! They are the copycats!
Hes very talented but nearly every style/technique this guy uses Eddie came up with first. Starts out: Cathedral type stuff, then the tapping is pretty obvious, but even through the whammy bar dives and pinches to the auto-flanging he does with the palm of the right hand up and down the fret board- all that was brought to us first by eddie. Reb does an awesome job using some of the stuff ed came up with but to say he puts Ed to shame is just ignorant.
The row of chicks at the front cracks me up.
he does now. for obvious reasons.
Audience response at 3:09
Bitches in the front row were not expecting a four-minute guitar solo at all...
He needs a makeover, but his guitarplaying is just kickass!
I'm almost positive he never showers.
This dude soooo ripped eddie van halen off!!
My opinion - he borrows a lot from "cathedral" by Eddie Van Halen on this one.
and that's not a bad thing at all...lol if only all of us could be so lucky
Kurt Cobain has melody, some would call it killer melody too. I'm more talking about innovation and musical presence. Which Reb has but not on the level of the people I listed above. Reb's melodic sense is excellent, but to think that puts him up there with Vai, Lynch, Rhodes Sykes and EVH is BULLSHIT.
He really is better than Kirk Hammett...
BEACH ON THE G3
Truth is Reb Beach blows Eddie Van Halen away. I love Eddie and all, but Reb smokes him.
add Steve Lynch to that lineup...
* borrowed
Creo que Steve Vai tocaba algo de eso.
Better Tapper than EVH.