How To Play Summer Nights By Van Halen - Awesome Van Halen Intro Does This Feel Like Summer Or What?

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  • Опубликовано: 7 янв 2025

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  • @SWIFTY5150
    @SWIFTY5150 Год назад +27

    I was lucky enough to be at the 2nd night of VH filming of Live Without a Net when I was 16 years old. In line with the stage directly over Eddie's left shoulder. Ed has always been an inspiration. An innovative genius!

    • @johnrainey4634
      @johnrainey4634 Год назад +2

      He played summer nights perfectly on that video!!

    • @davemullins6999
      @davemullins6999 Год назад +2

      I still think that intro to "Summer Nights" on the LWAN video is one of the coolest rock star moments ever -- EVH was a KING !!

    • @Greeanerbeans77
      @Greeanerbeans77 Год назад +1

      I watch so many segments from that concert classic and crazy
      5150!!

    • @tat2steven810
      @tat2steven810 11 месяцев назад +1

      Dude....that was an epic concert!!!💯

    • @rjh1469ii
      @rjh1469ii 5 месяцев назад +1

      That concert was awesome! I'm glad they taped it!

  • @stevenpatsatsis4060
    @stevenpatsatsis4060 Год назад +9

    This Opening Riff is one of My Favorites of all time. You Broke it Down Spectacularly !! Awesome Job

  • @ajmpatriot4899
    @ajmpatriot4899 Год назад +5

    One the coolest rock songs, period!
    I remember it live!

  • @ThisOldGuy3
    @ThisOldGuy3 Год назад +5

    This song has one of my favorite intros of Eddies.🤘😎🎸

  • @beforethunder4987
    @beforethunder4987 Год назад +2

    Man, I forgot about this tune. Always loved it, going to listen now! Thanks Marty!

  • @brenb87
    @brenb87 Год назад +4

    Great lesson and your intonation/tuning is spot-on! Keep it up!
    "Summer Nights" is a favorite of mine - Sammy and Eddie really shine.

  • @ricardoaguirre5653
    @ricardoaguirre5653 6 месяцев назад +1

    Just one word... Summer!! Thank you Marty.

  • @ajmpatriot4899
    @ajmpatriot4899 Год назад +1

    Thanks!

  • @therealalexmullins
    @therealalexmullins 11 месяцев назад +4

    I'm using a whammy pedal on my Helix to emulate the transtrem so I can play the same positions as Eddie. It's a 3 step shift between standard and up to G tuning.

  • @jmartini8875
    @jmartini8875 Год назад +2

    Thx Marty. Very cool. 5150 is one of my all-time favorite albums. Clearly in my top 10. Red zone or no zone. Crank it up. 😊

  • @Jayflo7
    @Jayflo7 Год назад

    I remember watching Live Without A Net and thinking how the world he did that intro. Because you can clearly see he is playing the beginning as traditional G C D chording. Great Video and Great Job. I know figuring that part out had to take some time and dilligence.

  • @jamesmarcin4787
    @jamesmarcin4787 Год назад

    Great lesson.
    Loved the mods on your new Frankie. I'm enjoying my new black Frankie.
    Fantastic guitar 🎸

  • @jorgenmartensson8994
    @jorgenmartensson8994 Год назад

    You are doing this well as usual, i´am really impressed. Hats off again!

  • @jasonfanion1560
    @jasonfanion1560 Год назад +1

    Another awesome lesson Marty for yet another amazing EVH tune!

  • @Tommyp65
    @Tommyp65 6 месяцев назад +1

    In the live video, it shows eddie has the trem pulled up and locked so he could play the intro in the first position regular G,A and D so he could use the natural open notes and easy pulloffs. It's when he dive bombs the notes he unlocks the trem to go back down to standard pitch and he's still playing the power chords in the first position. Kinda weird to explain but watch the video and you'll catch on. Cool guitar 👌

  • @lfrankow
    @lfrankow Год назад +1

    Noice!
    I always wanted to learn how to play Summer Nights. Now I know !

  • @snigbos
    @snigbos Год назад

    Great tutorial! I've wanted to have a go at this since forever but always been been put off by the Trans Trem (and lack of free time). Being forced off work with an injury has given me time to revisit some of my favourites, so glad I found this gem. Thanks👍

  • @truthtobehonest
    @truthtobehonest Год назад +1

    Great lesson Marty! Hope you're having a great summer!

    • @Ranch5150SkinWalker
      @Ranch5150SkinWalker  Год назад

      Thanks! Yeh I am, other than lawn mower repairs haha! Hope you are too 😎🍺

  • @Rick_Kn
    @Rick_Kn Год назад +1

    Wow! A remake! Thanks Marty!

    • @Ranch5150SkinWalker
      @Ranch5150SkinWalker  Год назад +1

      You're welcome! I didn't like my audio on the first one as well as some production elements. Figured it'd be a good idea to remake and re upload. The song has been on my mind a lot so I had to do it!😎🤟🏻

  • @rvk5150
    @rvk5150 Год назад +1

    This is awesome Marty!

  • @peterbaker3878
    @peterbaker3878 Год назад +1

    Man I'm so happy to see your channel growing! I been with you for a while now and you have been one of my favorite channels since I found ya. Keep up the incredible content my friend👊👊

    • @Ranch5150SkinWalker
      @Ranch5150SkinWalker  Год назад +1

      Man thank you so much. I can't tell you how much that means to me. Have a great weekend !! 😎☮️

  • @dorfsteen
    @dorfsteen Год назад +1

    Thank you again Marty that was a great lesson this will take me a couple months LOL don't forget I'm old. when I was a kid I picked up house-of-the-rising-sun and scales like in a couple minutes when I was a kid😎now im old and moldy it'll take months to learnz some of this stuff. My main instrument is drums I've been doing that since I was 13, I think I told you that. I didn't pursue the guitar but I was plucking it a little bit back then I should have continued but such is life.

    • @Ranch5150SkinWalker
      @Ranch5150SkinWalker  Год назад

      You're very welcome man! Have fun and just take your time. It's all part of the fun man! 😎🤟🏻

  • @kibscott6096
    @kibscott6096 Год назад +1

    Great song, great album, but then what van Halen album isn't, excellent video Marty thank you 🤘

    • @Ranch5150SkinWalker
      @Ranch5150SkinWalker  Год назад +1

      You're very welcome man! Thanks for watching. Never a bad time for 5150!!

  • @prudd72
    @prudd72 2 месяца назад

    I think it’s impossible to get to that part of the song and not give a Hagar “UGH!” lol
    Excellent vid sir!

  • @DeputyVanHalen5150
    @DeputyVanHalen5150 Год назад +3

    These chords are amazing sounding in this tune. Yeah, I don’t own a Trans Trem unfortunately. Lol The way that you taught this lesson is very doable. Thanks man. Guess it's 5150 time, just in time to continue summer too! 😁🎸

    • @Ranch5150SkinWalker
      @Ranch5150SkinWalker  Год назад +2

      Glad you liked it man, we gotta hang in to summer while it's here!! 5150 time indeed!! 😎🤟🏻

  • @MarkEdward-bl6cr
    @MarkEdward-bl6cr Год назад +1

    Nicely transcribed Marty the new Frankie rips 🤘👍

  • @CarrigansGuitarClub
    @CarrigansGuitarClub 9 месяцев назад

    That was well explained the Sus2 and Sus4....taking the root chord....you done it in a mater of 2 seconds, but never understood it until now!

  • @bmac5085
    @bmac5085 Год назад +1

    Hi Marty. Loving the guitar. I will give this lesson a go later thanks.
    Sorry that I haven't been posting lately, someone in my family passed away and I was just taking a bit of time out away from it all.

    • @Ranch5150SkinWalker
      @Ranch5150SkinWalker  Год назад +1

      So sorry to hear that! Life gets in the way sometimes, but family is a priority. My thoughts are with you man. 🎵☮️

    • @bmac5085
      @bmac5085 Год назад +1

      @Ranch5150SkinWalker Thank you so much man.
      It was my mother who passed away in July. We knew that she had cancer since January, so it wasn't unexpected. But she died peacefully in the end.

    • @Ranch5150SkinWalker
      @Ranch5150SkinWalker  Год назад +1

      @@bmac5085 so sorry man. I know how you feel. I had the same scenario a couple years ago. My mom was 89. 🙏

    • @bmac5085
      @bmac5085 Год назад +1

      @Ranch5150SkinWalker my mother was 79. My father passed away January 2018.
      Sorry to hear about your mother. And as you say, family comes first. I have beautiful twin girls that keep me sane every day 😊

  • @alexandergarcia3459
    @alexandergarcia3459 9 месяцев назад +1

    Love it ! thank you !

  • @ThePreciousguitar87
    @ThePreciousguitar87 3 месяца назад

    It seems to be your favorite Van Halen tune!😉 But it it great, especially the finger picked intro in combination with the liquid fluid runs!🤘

  • @douglaschristine8387
    @douglaschristine8387 Год назад +1

    Finally Mr. Marty, one down and a lot to go, lol. At least when you get an EVH song down, you feel successful and a better guitar player. Now the hard part, playing it, standing up, ouch my fingers!

    • @Ranch5150SkinWalker
      @Ranch5150SkinWalker  Год назад

      Haha! Keep chugging away man! True words. Standing and playing can be sooooo hard!!!

  • @jwhambone79
    @jwhambone79 9 месяцев назад

    I got one of those nifty Pitch Box pedals by Moore that gives you a similar tone to some Van Hagar tunes “detune mode at -2”. Highly demonstrated on the YT.
    It also has a pitch shift that would be pretty handy for this tune. Start at +1 and stomp it off when the switch happens 🤷‍♂️

    • @jwhambone79
      @jwhambone79 9 месяцев назад

      PS your channel is awesome!

  • @quesstar2600
    @quesstar2600 12 дней назад

    Love the tuorials. I also love your intro riff. Is there more or is it part of something I can find?

  • @Jhossack11
    @Jhossack11 Год назад

    Yes! Great!

  • @RicardoDLF
    @RicardoDLF Год назад +1

    Using same Friedman preset on your Fractal AX8 ? Great sound man. Congrats.

    • @Ranch5150SkinWalker
      @Ranch5150SkinWalker  Год назад +1

      Yep same preset! I shoot for consistency 😎

    • @RicardoDLF
      @RicardoDLF Год назад

      @@Ranch5150SkinWalker let us know if you are willing to share with us this preset! 😀

  • @JoeR203
    @JoeR203 Год назад +1

    Have you seen the "Rare" Van Halen footage from Donington Monsters of Rock tour in 1984 that's recently been put on RUclips?

  • @georgebernard8983
    @georgebernard8983 4 месяца назад

    Oh thank God, a way to play this for mortal humans! My fingers just aren't stretchy enough to do it the EVH way! Thanks Marty!

  • @papablue3015
    @papablue3015 Год назад +1

    Thanks 😊🤘

  • @rhugh02
    @rhugh02 Год назад

    My head already exploded 4 mins in. 🤯

  • @robertmaslar6738
    @robertmaslar6738 9 месяцев назад +1

    Use my line6 catalyst 200 and pedal to toggle pitch shift works beautifully. Though I'd still really rather have a Steinberger trans trem guitar.

    • @Ranch5150SkinWalker
      @Ranch5150SkinWalker  9 месяцев назад

      Man they're so pricey! 😔

    • @robertmaslar6738
      @robertmaslar6738 9 месяцев назад

      @Ranch5150SkinWalker So true and they look to be an awkward guitar to play I'll stick with my Wolfgang Special it's so versatile. But thanks for what you do I couldn't learn to play like Eddie without you! You nail it every time.

  • @5150show
    @5150show Год назад +1

    5150 percent cool

  • @laytonturpin864
    @laytonturpin864 Год назад

    I happen to have a copy of Franky, striped, that I bought the day before he passed. I have all the documentation. I’ll never sell it!

  • @andyhawkins8022
    @andyhawkins8022 11 месяцев назад

    Great video, dude! Just wondering if you know of a pedal that would drop the 1½ steps (i think) for the first part of the intro? Finding the stretch a bit of a struggle.
    Keep doing what you're doing!!

  • @Wolf.51.50
    @Wolf.51.50 Год назад +1

    What an awesome tone! Do you have any distortion pedals or just the amp? Thanks!

    • @Ranch5150SkinWalker
      @Ranch5150SkinWalker  Год назад +2

      Hey man, thanks!! Well.... I have all those amps behind me (which I use and love dearly) however for RUclips I run direct with a fractal Ax8. I use a Friedman BE patch and Friedman stereo IR's.
      For the FX I run a stereo reverb in pro tools along with plate reverb.
      On this tune I added a little chorus too!

  • @jamesraymo3582
    @jamesraymo3582 Год назад +1

    Thinking about getting back into playing. Many years ago I owned the Ernie ball music man evh. I don’t really want to spend $3000 on one of those even though I did love that guitar. Would you recommend the evh line to someone getting back into playing? Price seems much more affordable. How does the Frankie compare to the evh special?

    • @Ranch5150SkinWalker
      @Ranch5150SkinWalker  Год назад +1

      The Frankie is really a magical sounding guitar. Same pickup as the Wolfgang. On a budget however, the Wolfgang's made in Indonesia are really nice and they have excellent color options. Very solid guitars and exfelllent quality. The specials have a carved top and the WH models have a flat top like a Tele. Special is a little more comfy but pricier. All options are great. Spend withjn your budget. 😎☮️

  • @geoffreylowery9730
    @geoffreylowery9730 Год назад +1

    Thanks Marty! I was around for the other lesson too. Tone is dead on to my ear.
    Side note, from the pic from the other day, I shook BB King's hand once and said good show. I'll remember and brag forever...he forgot exactly ten seconds later.

    • @Ranch5150SkinWalker
      @Ranch5150SkinWalker  Год назад

      Dude that's funny! But cool you met him! I passed by a hotel downtown Nashville once on a weeknight at 2am and his tour bus with BB King on it was just pulling in. I figured I'd stop and see what I could see.... but decided not to. It was 2 am on a weeknight. 😂

  • @muleblues71
    @muleblues71 Год назад +1

    Throw some distressed brass fine tuners on that floyd. It'll pop

  • @TylerJohnstonGuitar
    @TylerJohnstonGuitar Год назад +1

    Gotta get myself a guitar with a Trans Trem. They’re just all so damn expensive 😂

  • @wjewell63
    @wjewell63 Год назад +1

    👍

  • @Greeanerbeans77
    @Greeanerbeans77 Год назад

    11:45

  • @BDizzleMySchnizzle
    @BDizzleMySchnizzle Год назад +1

    Yeah, im gonna go ahead and capo. 😂

  • @mase444
    @mase444 9 месяцев назад +1

    Lol the video is 19:55 long just like Eddie's birthday

  • @jamesstewart1794
    @jamesstewart1794 Год назад +1

    Introducing, the evh cash grab guitar.

    • @Ranch5150SkinWalker
      @Ranch5150SkinWalker  Год назад

      But it's so amazing! Honestly man. I love my Frankie so much but it's not exactly the guitar you play gigs with due to the stripes. 😎☮️

  • @tdz69
    @tdz69 Год назад

    Using CAGED to play this.

  • @donstout3746
    @donstout3746 Год назад +1

    Was hoping to find a lesson that someone was not talking. lol. I will keep looking.

  • @rumpoleonthehilloldchap
    @rumpoleonthehilloldchap Год назад +1

    based on a toto song this is.

  • @davidgerlach1132
    @davidgerlach1132 2 месяца назад

    Please let's be real. Eddie will tell you; his Frankenstein guitar was merely a "second's" Fender body with "any" Stratocaster 22 fret neck and a humbucker crammed in the bridge position -- IN EDDIES F'N HANDS!
    These guitars going for 1000s of dollars are living in delusional KAMALA HARRIS LAND!!!