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The more I listen to this, the more I tear up, realizing even more that we have lost a true rock-god, a game-changer. RIP Eddie.
Ain't that the truth
So true bro!
I am only 20 years old and I tear up as well. My dad was a roadie for Cinderella etc. He met Eddie and said he was the coolest man ever. Eddie is thee god of Rock.
We didn't lose him, he's right there on this video. Inspiring new fans and others to pick up the axe. We only lose him when others stop looking to EVH for inspiration
Dude, I was hoping someone was feeling the same way as I read through the comments. I’ve watched this performance probably 20+ times, and for whatever reason I was brought to tears this time. Love you, Eddie! RIP Legend.
1. Eddie built all his guitars
2. He created those sounds on his own
3. Greatest rock guitarist ever
4. He’s not from earth
Jimi Hendrix is awesome too I think Eddie Van Halen studied a lot of Jimi Hendrix music 🎵
Dont forget, he was blackout drunk during this solo.
All of Eddie's guitars end up in heaven because he played the hell out of them.
Yes!!!!!
Awwwwww I LOVE THIS STATEMENT.
Good one!!!
Perfect comment, perfect saying. I love it
Rest in peace, Eddie. God wanted to learn guitar from the best.
❤
Yngwie Malmsteen died and went to the Pearly Gates. He asked Saint Peter, "Eddie Van Halen isn't here, is he? There isn't room even in Heaven for both of us."
Saint Peter answered, "No, Yngwie. Eddie's not here."
Saint Peter gave Yngwie a tour of Heaven, the clouds, the fields, the gardens and finally, God's throne room. The throne was a massive chair of gold covered in jewels surrounded by cherubs. Above the throne, in 100' tall letters was the name, "EDDIE VAN HALEN".
Yngwie was incensed. He shouted, "I thought you said Eddie Van Halen wasn't here!"
Saint Peter answered, "Oh, no. That's God's throne. He just THINKS He's Eddie Van Halen."
Blasphemy
Eddie belongs to the ages now.
He’s taken his place with Bach, Beethoven, Mozart.
Hundreds of years from now, people will listen to Van Halen and say “wow!”
Preach on!
Yes he is...and yes they will....Peace!
He literally has his guitar sounding like part of an orchestra 🤘🤘🤘
I'm Thankful to God that I'm alive to have enjoyed his music since 1978.
I literally thought this same thing. It sounds like a orchestra piece. 🖤✨
I saw Van Halen and Eddie's solo live four times....and I'm telling you, the dude is fire. When it's live and loud, it cuts right through you and stays in there. Absolutely fire
yeah, and VH used to play REALLY LOUD! They were 2nd only to KISS in early 80s as far as decibel levels.. It was ALMOST too loud.. my ears rang for 2 days after Fair Warning concert n KISS creatures of the night show. 2 days! LOUD AF! It was awesome.. Concerts arent loud anymore these days. I think restrictions have been put on them.. or I'm goin deaf
You are so lucky to have had that experience
Legendary !!! Never be another like him. RIP EVH.
Rik Emmett from Triumph could play like this. Listen to Rock and Roll Machine
I normally would agree with this statement but his son wolfgang is just as talented for someone who was self taught a multi instrumentalist sounds just like his dad look at wolfgang playing hot for teacher with the foo fighters at Taylor Hawkins tribute show if I would have closed my eyes I would have thought it was Eddie playing
He was on another level ...the Greatest of All Time. He actually blew everyone's minds in 1978 when we first heard Eruption.
Of all time??? Really?
Maybe and that’s a big maybe top 10 greatest of all time and that’s being generous.
@@12floz67 yep. No doubt.
@@12floz67 Which guitar players were better in your view?
@@jakenelson328
Allen Holdsworth, Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin.
Yes The Greatest of All Time everybody else is just a bunch of Bee Atches.
Everyone who remembers hearing VH for the first time on the radio in 1978 had the same reaction, Asia. “NO WAAAAAY!!! What IS THIS?!?!?!!!!” EVH was a pioneer; brilliant virtuoso. RIP Eddie
First album, first song...Runnin with the Devil!!! Probably still my favorite VH song
Beautiful Girls was the first song I remember and was HOOKED after that. Big personalities with big talent.
We ALL reacted the same way! That’s why I like these reactions…in this case it transports me back to 1978 and what I felt the first time hearing it!
@@josephwirtz8352 I think I would have got in a car crash if i first heard it on radio back in the day Must have shattered everyone's 1978 minds!
He built his guitars...started with pieces when he couldn't afford what he wanted. Continued to craft guitars to get his own sound. Classically trained on the piano.
Michael Jackson’s “Beat it” guitar solo, by Eddie Van Halen, not only was improvised, but it took one take. To this day, it remains an iconic guitar solo. 🎸
Eddie did it for FREE
🙏😢⭐➕💖🎸
Just real quick, I just discovered your 2's channel, & I enjoy it.
But just to be clear. Jimi Hendrix came a whole 10 years prior to Eddie Van Halen & many of the things Eddie utilizes, like feedback & vibrato bar groans, came from Hendrix. Hendrix was also only around for 3 years & changed music forever. He also was a great songwriter, on a whole different level than Eddie. In short both Stevie Ray Vaughn ( whose sound washeavily derived from Hendrix & Albert King) stand on Hendrix's shoulders.
No knock on Eddie who clearly had a genius, but Hendrix changed the game on so many levels. I want you two to listen to Jimi's "Machine Gun " off of the Band of Gypsy album. You will have your mind completely blown.
Eddie did 2 takes and then picked what he thought was the best one... The more important thing was that Eddie changed and added to the song!!! When Michael Jackson got back to the Studio, Eddie said to Michael "I made some changes, I hope you like it"... to which Jackson said "I appreciate your passion to make my song better than it was"... MJ liked it!! AND, Eddie didn't take a penny for playing on the #1 Hit (that actually kept Van Halen's record from reaching #1)
it's both written and free style, the guitar he's playing is what he called a Frankenstrat, he took parts from three different guitars to build the one he likes, God rest his beautiful soul.
I was fortunate enough to see Van Halen four times, having grown up with their incredible music. Eddie's solos were always just like this, filled with riffs from their albums, blowing away the fans every time. He was the greatest of all time and there will never be another like him. It still saddens me that he's gone, but I'm so grateful to have been lucky enough to hear his musical genius for decades. LOVE YOU EDDIE.
3 times for me, 2nd time I was about 10 feet from the stage when he sat down and just played his heart out. RIP EDDIE ,you are sorely missed!!
He did it all with a smile on his face. Always. Throughout the solo and the concert, there wasn't a single moment where he is not enjoying himself. For me that's the essence of playing an instrument. RIP king.
Well said!
Well, If I could play a guitar that well, I would be smiling and laughing all the time too.
He actually constructed his own guitars by mixing different types of components together to get the sounds he wanted.
the greatest
Yea, he combined the fender body with the kramer neck and called it frankenstrat, as stratocaster by fender but frankenstein :D
but he also had so many odd things about him, like tuning was alway off the conventional tune, his scales were his own and he had a very strict choice of mic he used in studio, along the amps, cables and guitar picks. On top, he had the philosophy of playing what sounds good to him, not what was by the book. Many times he said: You just have to play the right notes 😁
That is one of the things I respected about him most. You don't need a high priced guitar. I have built a couple guitars to find a sound I wanted. Most weren't expensive at all. Just put the pieces together. RIP Eddie!
Putting the humbucker pickup out of a Gibson in it (invented by Seth Lover) and wiring it to one knob was genius.
I've seen this video over 50 times and I just saw Eddie thank the crowd before he ran over and sat down. I've seen other reactors to this incredible solo, but they never seem to say anything about his humble gesture. It's easy to overlook, but I think it amplifies his professionalism. A true artist and gentleman to the fans.
The guitar solo was part of every Van Halen show. He played it night after night after night and it was incredible to experience in person.
This SOLO is based off a 2 minute solo of his called eruption. He breaks it up into parts and plays other guitar mastery in and around it. Its different to varying degrees each show The various main parts are planned but he plays them differently each performance as he makes things up as he goes.
Part of it is from the "Strings solo" off 5150 album also.
Cathedral is in there as well as the opening to Mean Street.
yes, based on Eruption but also Cathedral and bits and pieces of other material like the opening to Mean Street.
Some Spanish Fly & 316 in there as well
Thanks Proffessor...
EVH was a true guitar pioneer. Virtually every rock/metal guitarist that came after him was influenced by him. Guitarists generations down the road will know this legend.
Eddie was doing the same thing as guys before him from Deep Purple, Judas Priest and Triumph were all doing hammer ons and such that Eddie gets credit for inventing for some reason before he was and better......not to dis Eddie, he is great, but over rated when it comes to being a pioneer. Same time this came out Rik Emmett was doing the same thing but better imho....
@@eironwyman8157 But here's the problem Chief. The other clowns that you mentioned weren't half the songwriters, that Eddie Van Halen was. Have a great day !
@@charlest.velten6983 You're mistaken. For a nobody to call Ritchie Blackmore Rik Emmett and Glen Tipton clowns shows just how little you know about music. Cheers.
@@charlest.velten6983 The second you called Ritchie Blackmore a clown was the moment your opinion became irrelevant.
I wasn't!
But, then again, I don't play guitar... [SNIFFLES]
I was very honored to have watched his solo at a show live
It’s heart wrenching to know he’s gone
We’ve truly lost a national treasure
The part of his solo that sounded like a violin, it’s a combination of a echo effect and also using his volume knob to create that sound.
One of a kind. He is the Mozart of our generation.
I've been playing guitar for over 30 years now and can play a lot of Eddie's stuff. What blows my mind though is that when I'm done that probably 40 seconds of the main tapping riff from eruption, my left hand is cooked and on fire. I have no idea how he does this for 12 miuntes without a break. The man is a guitar playing machine.
Cocaine fueled speed playing just like SRV.
I’m pretty sure he had good strong twitch muscles and played all the time!
Me too..I know the notes and how he's doing it..but to.actually do.it like Eddie at that speed and accuracy for that amount of time..amazing....
He performed that solo every show. It’s filled with bits and pieces of guitar that were from several albums. If you listen to their songs you’ll hear those pieces of his solo.
yeah, eruption,
cathedral,
and mean street, to be exact
I absolutely love seeing people react to seeing Eddie for the first time. For me there was no better guitar player to ever live and there never will be. I’m so glad that you two enjoyed this. I certainly enjoyed your reactions. Listen to more of their music. Even if you just listen to hear his guitar. I highly recommended the following songs: I’m the One, Spanish Fly/D.O.A., Mean Street, Fools, The Full Bug, Get Up, and On Fire.
And also the songs You really got me, Dance the night away and I can't wait to feel your love tonight.
A true master of harmonics amongst the other very creative sounds he played. A true legend.
At 9 minutes 10 seconds he starts to play a little bit of cathedral I still say one of the best pieces he ever did
Cathedral was always my favorite part of the solo watching him live. It’s just a beautiful piece of music
I totally agree with you
imagine hearing this sound for the first time I the 70’s. It was great being a teenager in that era.
me in the 80s it was RIDICULOUS!!!
I can only imagine being my 18 yr. old self in 78'..And Hearing it for the first time!..
..I had just barely been Shot outta' my dad's Balls in 80'..
Discovered VH when i was about 13...And then it All started...😉
Literally (CHILLS) every time I hear him. A legend is gone, but not forgotten.
I have listened to this probably over 100 times and it still amazes me every single time. We miss you King Edward!!! The real GOAT!!!! We are worse off without your music to lift us out of this world's problems!!!
I am, without fail, absolutely mesmerized every time I watch this guitar solo.
This is one of the greatest musicians of all time right here. It's sad that so many don't realize that. He literally changed the way an electric guitar is played.
You know that's fucking right. King Edward
YES
The greatest rock frontman of all time was named David Lee Roth and he called Edward "the King of Ten Fingers and Six Strings" !!
Uh…..I think most people realize it. Anyone whose opinion is worth caring about that is! 😉.
I’m typing this at the part where Asia is amazed that Eddie’s guitar sounds like a different kind of instrument. She is going to lose her mind when he does “Cathedral”
I fought my way to the front of the pit at the Arco arena in 1992 about 30 seconds before he was about to start his solo, I was dead center too. I knew what was about to happen so I started screaming “Eddie!…..Eddie!” and pretty soon the entire stadium was chanting his name(they would have done this with or without me of course). I got to watch his solo close up and being close enough to see his fingers moving around. Good times, RIP Eddie you were one of a kind!
I loved watching these two discover and react to this! Brought tears to my eyes watching them have a “holy shit” moment while seeing Eddie play. 😂 The looks of bewilderment and joy on Asia’s gorgeous face is absolutely priceless! Thanks for doing this video!
I grew up with Van Halen, played with Mike and his brother. Then found out my step grandfather was good friends with Eddie and Alex dad, toured in a European jazz band with him and baby set Eddie and Alex on the road when their dad passed out drunk. Years later Grandpa William came to my house, saw the posters of Eddie and Alex on my walls and was shocked. He said, are they doing good? I said, umpa, they are the biggest rock band in the world! He told me stories of them growing up and I told him stories how Eddie was known as The Greatest rock guitar player in the world then played him a few songs of theirs. My Dutch step grandfather said...Eddie always played the guitar like a piano. I said grandfather, that's the best description I've ever heard. As a musician and fan, it was one of the greatest days of my life. For him it was too because he got a glimpse into how the 2 boys he helped raise turned out. I didn't like my stepmom yet she brought that connection to us both and I Thank her for that. Love and Miss you Ed. God speed brother.
The definition of a “guitar hero”, he was truly a master of his craft. RIP Eddie
Eddie partied so hard this show he said in interview after he didnt recall playing this Hammered n still top flight. Sounds like a harpsichord sometimes..amazing talent..
Welcome to the 80 s it was a blast growing up with the best rock band
I saw EVH on my 21st birthday in 1992. Had been listening to him nonstop for 9 yrs at that point. I still couldn’t believe what I was hearing and seeing. Completely awestruck. Never forget it. RIP my musical hero. I still get goosebumps when listening to him and don’t see that ever changing.
Eddie Van Halen was one hell of a guitar player. You are missed dearly.
RIP Eddie we Love you.
I cried watching this. And I’ve watched this solo hundreds of times. I miss Eddie’s music so damn much. There’s an empty spot in the world without him. He was a true gift to the music world
I practice every morning early. I'm crying now
I know I feel the same way, but he left his legacy and so many damn great tunes.I am so thankful to have seen VH twice and for the music he left behind.
I cry almost every time I hear him knowing he is gone forever
You've cried?? Big baby
@Cool Rush oh damn it you’re one of those
Pure joy!! Seen VH a few times. Eddie always had a big ass smile on while playing and never took fans there for granted. He fed us and we gave back. RIP Eddie.
The greatest solo by the greatest guitarist of the greatest band of all time! That boys and girls is how you take a song and mix it up with some of the greatest freestyling you'll ever hear. The Michael Jordan of the guitar. RIP Eddie 🤘🏻
I have to disagree slightly. MJ was the EVH of baskeyball, not the other way around. 😁
This is sooooo good. What a talent! RIP Eddie!
This solo is a medley of all his instrumentals from throughout his career. Eruption is the base, it started with 3:16, cathedral, little guitars, mean streets, ect. Omg it was amazing live on that tour, but all these years later it's still amazing. Forever EVH!
I never thought I would tear up during a Eddie guitar solo but seeing him back in the day with Sammy really got me. When you grew up in the 70s and 80s Eddie Van Halen leaving this world really reminds you how much time is marching on. I’m practically bawling here!
I cry every time!!
Those of us who were fortunate enough to grow up in the 70’s and 80’s were blessed in that the music that was created by true musicians and genius talent from the Bee Gee’s, to Prince and Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin, Earth Wind and Fire, and all the other artists whose music graced movie soundtracks etc, but there was no other group who had a greater impact on the 70’s, 80’s, and mid-90’s than Eddie’s genius and Van Halen. Having been to every Van Halen concert that came to St. Louis beginning in 1986 until they broke up, there is no other sound that has had a greater impact on me than Van Halen! The good old days were the best!!! Oh, I simply say this because although it really doesn’t matter but as an African American, good music is good music and our ethnicity shouldn’t impact the types of music we enjoy. Just sayin!
I too continuously tear up when I see reaction videos concerning EVH. My life was rearranged in January 1979 when I bought Van Halen one, on vinyl at 12 years of age. All my friends were in to kiss, the Eagles, Led Zeppelin, ET see., But I found this album and it completely changed my life, forever. I am truly thankful that yall shared this!!!!! BTW, that particular guitar is homemade by Eddie. Stratocaster body with extra trimmings, lol! Y’all F’N rock!
Us old folk been living with this solo for 40 years! love watching the younger people reaction to this. Rock on!! This has nothing on Jimmy or SRV. Totally stands on it's own!
Gonna mention 1 name for you and ask you this, Does this person belong in the same conversation with EVH, Randi Rhodes????
@@hewjbacca many have compared the 2. It's unfair to judge since RR died way to early. If he had more of a body of work, more could be said. But RR is DEF top 5-10 IMO.
Yeps agree. 60 yo here. We were so lucky to live in the days of the most awesome music and musicians !!
Yep, I was 16 in 79' and wow! Van Halen was the band!
God bless all the young ones just now finding our generations legends.
@@stevenkile8569
Randy was a better all around guitarist. His solos made sense and the way he structured his music and solos were brilliant.
Eddie built that guitar, it's called the Frankenstrat, because it was a hodge-podge of different guitars put together.
thats not THE Frankenstrat
That is the Kramer 5150 guitar, not the Frankenstrat.
NOT THIS ONE BUT YES HE BUILT MANY!!
The original release of 'Eruption' was on their first album. While in the studio recording it, Edward would play various riffs to warm up. One of the studio engineers heard what he was doing and said to record it. It ended up being a perfect intro to their cover of "You Really Got Me." You'll recognize some of those same riffs he played here. He uses them as a base for the tunes and improvises off them in the moment.
I may be bias because I grew up with these guys in socal. Was privileged enough to see them before they ever got a record contract or open for anyone. And have mad respect for Jimmy and Stevie but you just watched the greatest damn Rock and Roll guitar player that's ever lived. Period! He makes the guitar sound like a violin and a cello, insane.RIP Eddie, never be another one.
JUST FREAKIN MESMERIZING!!
Eddie was always smiling, he loved what he did and he was the best at it!! Thanks you guys! Love your reactions. ❤️
The guitar he's playing is his own creation, made from different guitar parts, He named it Frankenstein because of this. Eddie was more than a musician, he was an innovator as well. From his guitar designs to his finger tapping style of playing.
It's a fender Stratocaster he named it frankenSTRAT he was very innovative in technique and equipment.. He once said he gets shocked a lot. Lol
best amps I have ever played. dude was a tone chaser
Frankenstrat
He is playing the 5150 Kramer in 86 which was based off a early Kramer Pacer Special with a custom headstock.
The Franky was a strat style guitar from Boogie Bodies/Lynn Ellsworth not a Fender
Apparently Steve Hackett of Genesis used tapping before Eddie and Eddie acknowledged that he himself was a populariser of the technique, not the actual inventor.
Eddie Van Halen, the greatest guitar player of all time, I saw him in concert, in the 80s.
I was a budding teenaged guitarist in the 80’s and Eddie Van Halen was my guitar hero! With you two paying homage to and honouring my favourite 80’s bands and movies, it’s like you’re honouring me! Thank you and keep up the good work! P.S. Asia is pretty!
Eddie uses a combination of Charvel, Fender, and Gibson gutiars. He tore all apart and combined them into his own design. Double tapping, or two handed hammer ons and hammer offs, is a style of "shredding" that started in the mid 70s and Eddie took this style(he had not heard anyone else do anything like it since Robby Krieger from the Doors did some tapping in the 60s. This was a recording that he has based this "freestyle" jam around. He started a trend that extended to almost every 80s guitar band that was out there. Nobody has Eddie's sense of melody, even though others do this very well indeed. He was original and in the same room with Hendrix, Page, SRV, Les Paul, and Chet Atkins.
I'm glad you provided this background. many people think that Eddie Van Halen invented tapping lol. this provides a much better and more nuanced interpretation of the history. he didn't invent it, but he certainly took it to interesting levels.
The Frankenstrat 🤘🏼
In my opinion, in the past ,50 years have we had such influences by Jimmy Hendricks, and then Mr. Edward Van Halen. There's alot of great guitarist, but not on these guys level, maybe Randy Rhoads. R.I.P. all of the greats playing all together up in the heavens.
@@chriswildhaber35 Prince, Tom Morrello,Slash,...Zakk Wylde.
Glad you mentioned Robbie Krieger!! He is often forgotten but an amazing musician from an early amazing band!!!
RIP Eddie VanHalen! Once you know his sound you can recognize his music everywhere! Great reaction!
Gives me chills. EVH I will forever miss you. Thanks for all the great music.
Eruption was the intro to a cover song that put EVH on the map. What you kids (Asia & BJ) don't realize is that this live solo is a medley mashup of all of his most famous solos from each album, blended up smooth like a milkshake with changes in meter from how they were literally laid down. To really appreciate this particular clip you have to listen to all of his solos, usually one per album to see how they have been stitched together. These solos represent at least 20 years of EVH solos plus stuff he is making up on the fly during this show! Your journey has just begun!
Eddie has a structure and he has what he calls special moments that happens...🤯
He is the G.O.A.T. (IMO)
Never be another like him.
He never really looked at himself that way though. He was surprisingly humble and when asked about his playing he was almost embarrassed to talk about it. It was kinda funny. He was asked one time how it felt to be the greatest guitarist alive and his response was, i dont know, go ask alex lifeson from rush. He did that a lot. If he did have an ego he never showed it in public in interviews.
Gary Moore is close.
Prince is pretty high up there as well.
Kudos to you two for reaching across genres with an open mind. 👍
Hell Yes !!!
I still get sad every day knowing he's not around anymore, but he has several thousand recordings in his studio, 5150 that nobody has heard yet. This is according to his son Wolfgang and his brother Alex. The world is a lesser place without Ed. R.I.P. brother!!!!🎸💥💪🤟
Never will there be another Eddie. Just amazing what he can do with a guitar. We miss you Eddie. I’m so glad you guys are enjoying this
Eddie van Halen. Could he make a guitar talk. Eddie made the "tapping" technique popular which allowed him to have two hands on the fretboard of the "gat". One of the greatest Rock guitarists of all time. RIP EvH ❤️. Your reaction is exactly how this amazing solo should be. ❤️ it!!!!!
Eddie TAPPED into the universe and therefore we can all feel it. Love both of you! ❤
Eddie Van Halen was the original guitarist to make that style of playing mainstream and it was this song, Eruption, that did it. Every rock guitarist after that started playing like that. The first time I ever saw him was live. They opened the show with that song and then broke into Running With Devil, just like on the album. They crowd was like what just happened? No one had ever played guitar like that until Eddie.
I love Black Sabbath, but after VH opened for them, I actually found myself dozing off when Sabbath came on.
Legend. Artist for the ages. The inimitable Edward Van Halen. RIP 💜
I was 18 when Van Halen released their first record.
No one had heard anything like it. Incredible artist…
so sad he’s not here anymore. RIP
Can you even imagine being that gifted at anything? ANYTHING? What that must feel like in your soul. Rest In Peace, Ed. Forever. ❤️❤️❤️
No wonder he was always smiling
@@51502 Yeah, exactly. I wish I could experience that for just a moment. What a gift. What an amazing thing to live with. And I’m sure it was a burden sometimes, too. ❤️❤️❤️
I had a chance to watch him live twice and meet him once. GOAT in every sense of the word. He built his own guitars, amps, and revolutionized the way the instrument was played, inspiring an entire generation of musicians, while never taking a guitar lesson and never learning to read music. RIP EVH 🙏🏽
no one had ever heard anything like Eddie before. a true pioneer. one of the 3 most important guitarists of all time, Segovia popularised the instrument, Hendrix reinvented it, Eddie re-reinvented it. the holy trinity. one of the most influential musicians of all time, one of the most important figures in the history of music.
You guys are finding out what weve know for years now. This man was a genius. I was mesmerized the first time I heard him play and I am still to this day.
That cheeky smile he had every time he placed a guitar in his hands. At a time when Everything had been accomplished Eddie rewrote the rulebook. Stevie Ray and Eddie are completely different players both of which genuinely lived for music and rightly so can actually be classed as Great.
Late with this response. but Eddies guitar was a one of a kind that he assembled from parts by himself. In the late 70s. he was looking for a tremolo system that would keep his guitar in tune when he cranked on the whammy bar. He was not having any luck with his Ibanez Explorer. and he owned a Gibson Les Paul Jr, that would not stay in tune no matter what he did or didn't do. Even $10.000 Gibson are notorious for slipping string pitches. He was an early customer of Wayne Charvel. who had a parts and guitar repair shop in San Dimas California. Ed was from Pasedena, so he was close. The guitar his is playing here is Lovingly referred to as a Frankenstrat. The Fender strat style body. Ed assembled that guitar from an alder wood body he bought from Wayne Charvel., the brand was Boogie Bodies. And the neck was from a company named Cort. Ed was referred to an engineer named Floyd Rose, who had a new design for a floating tremolo system that was the best one currently produced. Ed met with Floyd. and he played a Floyd Rose tremolo from that point on. Properly installed. you can yank that whammy bar nine ways to Sunday, and it will not drop tuning. Ed used the whammy 36 times during the solo above. His pickup was also new and revolutionary. Ed loved the warm sound of a humbucking pickup, as used on Gibson guitar, over the single coil pickups used on Fenders. He wanted kind of a mix of the two, and he was directed to an engineer named Seymour Duncan. Duncan was dissatisfied with the current pickups on the market and started his own company to make pickups in house. After meeting with Ed, he designed a number of pickups for Ed, and they chose the one he liked best, and Eddie drilled that sucker straight into his guitar body!! Now, armed with guitar that would allow him the best use of his creativity, he quite literally changed the landscape of what an electric guitar could do. He shook up the world, so to speak. He knew he was playing at a high level, but that guitar was the instrument that allowed him to compose with no restrictions. All he was lacking was an endorsement deal with a guitar company. After a year or so of fielding offers, he went with Kramer guitars out of Neptune. Nj. Kramer promised to use a Floyd Rose system on thier guitars, and Seymour duncan pickups . Ed insisted that these be standard on the Kramers. Ed was annonced as a Kramer artist in 1983. He told the Kramer people he would make them the biggest guitar company in the world. He did. In 1986,87,and 88 Kramer was the no.1 selling guitar in the US. This to this day is the only time the best selling guitar wasnt a Fender or Gibson. Kramer tragically shut down in 1991. They handled their money like a drunken teenager. and they began producing several lines of cheaper guitars. All of thier artists went elsewere. The last hold out was Eddie, it was a sad day indeed. Eddie played Ernie Ball and his own brand, EVH guitars after that. The Gibson company bought the Kramer name and is producing a lot of the popular guitars from the 70s and 80s and they all sell well. On an ending note.....Floyd Rose tremolos. Seymour duncan pickups, and Kramer guitars all were introduced as Eddies equipment in the 80s. They were all the biggest brand in the world for years, Floyd and Seymour are still the top in thier respective fields. Eddie was the Midas of the industry. He told them all to hop in the bus, he would drive them to unimaginable success. Well, he did that for all of them. He was an innovator with the guitar in his hands. and without. He quite literally shaped the sound of pop music for decades. I met him in 1996. he was awesome to my friend and I ,and spoke to us for over a half hour at a music convention. I also got fired with that same friend the next day. As the Chef at a huge hotel, i had keys to everything. Ed was at our hotel. we opened the walk in safe to get a look at Eddies guitars, and BB Kings guitars. We knew if was all on camera. but we had to. Sorry this is so long, but with Eddie, there is never an easy answer.
I’ve seen Van Halen many times in concert in the late 70’s and 80’s, love their music 🎶 Rest In Peace Eddie 🙏🏻🎸
MY HEART JUST FILLED WIT JOY & SADNESS ALL AT ONCE. I'm truly blessed to have seen him live 3 times. Eddie will live forever as a guitar god.
It makes me happy to see both your reaction because we all need to cross bridges and look at all music.
I agree with your comment. I watch a lot of these reaction vids.. I'm sceptical sometimes but the gals reaction I think was genuine. I tear up while watching some.
I was blessed to see him in 78 and in 86 Sammy and Dave there is no Comparison!!!
Yes I agree. Seen him live 15 times... I was at this show in Hartford Connecticut. Seen him play this on 5150 tour in 3 cities. San Diego, Los Angeles and Connecticut. Ha
RIP Eddie. One of a kind. He made the guitar talk. So many things he did with a guitar nobody could come close
So happy you were able to Rock with Eddie...the legend, RIP.... Eddie made his own guitars, he starting building his own as a teenager from parts and pieces from other guitars
Asia smiled through the entire video. Disbelief is the word girl.
Unparalleled. He was so in the zone, at times it sounds like sacred music played in church.
Would you say it was almost like being in a "Cathedral?"
If you know, you know. If you don't know, check out the track list on Van Halen's "Diver Down" album.
Cheers!
Its titled Cathedral. They were raised Catholic. But Rock ruled his life to the end of his time on Earth. RIP Eddie.
His tapping finales in Eruption and Spanish fly are in the style of J.S Bach, a composer from the Baroque period. Much of that music was composed for the Church and religious occasions.
I imagine as a piano student the young EVH would have been exposed to some J.S Bach.
Part of this Solo is a solo named "Cathedral" where he is using the reverb of a previous note as part of the next note. It does have a very Gothic feel. Another part was from Spanish Fly, another lead in solo , as well as Little Guitars he did on a 3/4 scale Gibson Les Paul tuned to D. Had a very bright, different sound.
.......and this was 1986. I saw this tour concert at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. It was off the hook- insane night. Great reaction, you both are a wonderful couple. God Bless!
I was at this performance this was August 27th 1986 New Haven Coliseum In New Haven Connecticut! This was so amazing it was epic and so loud in there I loved it. What a performance!
@@kevinhazlett7303 So you were at the Live Without A NET recording? Awesome....!! I saw them Halloween Night and NOV 1st.
@@thesoultransferprotocol721 no Net recording what a great tour ! I had great seats perfect up close view of Eddie it was awesome
YO I WAS AT THAT SHOW TOO!!! i was 16 years old and still remember being blown away by the entire show! Saw Journey that year at the Cow Palace too! Talk about amazing!!
Saw them on this tour at Kemper Arena in KC MO May 31 1986 on my birthday
The sounds he makes with a guitar I have never heard anyone else able to make
Thanks for doing this song it brings back memories I was a 14 year old kid in 1978
When Asia says "wow" less than 5 min into it....I've been a Van Halen fan since 1978 and I still say wow...simply amazing...If you don't get goose bumps...
This by far best solo off all time...will never be a guitar GOD like my man EDDIE VAN HALEN
Never!!!!!!!!!!
So thankful they captured VH at a time when they and Eddie were at their peak in Live Without a Net. EVH was in true form that night they recorded him. His solo in 5150 during this concert was something to behold.
The only other person I've seen play like Eddie and sound like Eddie is Buckethead. Both amazing guitarist R.I.P EVH.
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EVH was knocked of the top the day Yngwie joined steeler. By 85 Eddie was a afterthought when it came to guitar. Randy Rhoads opened up the fretboard with his playing let alone Tipton from Judas Priest was playing better and faster than Eddie on the defender of the faith album. Al DiMeola and Allen Holdsworth have always been better than Eddie.
@@12floz67 I never said he was the best just pointing out they had similar playing styles and who knows where Jason Becker would of ended up if he didn't get sick at such a young age.
He was so humble he was always asked do you think you’re a guitar God He said no I’m just a kid that plays guitar. Amazing.
I tear up every time I hear his music now. Thankful I got to see him in concert
Saw it seven times myself, and I swear to you that Eddie and Alex Van Halen were always great, and surprisingly even even more precise and tight on their final tour in 2015.
Man...I saw it once! Never will forget it! You are so lucky to see it 7 times!!
I saw it twice, too bad the last time he was wasted but still was impressive!
@@damaestro119 Wolfgang is the one that inspired his Dad to do that tour! Wolf says with his sobriety it was like he was an alien discovering himself again You saw the concert and say he was not sober so I dunno I wasn't there! but besides the point Wolfgang wrote a few of the songs - Wolf is so talented with writing and too his Dad taught him piano drums guitar well of course he would! LOLL I saw an interview where Wolf says My Dad was the worst teacher teaching me guitar .... LOL He would go so fast I would be like wait Pops slow that down LOLLL Wolf's Band Mammoth is SO DAMN GOOD! HE CAN ROCK!!! AND WRITES ALL HIS SONGS YOU MAY KNOW ALL OF THIS BUT ... DISTANCE IS BEAUTIFUL THE TRIBUTE TO HIS DAD AND "DON'T BACK DOWN" OMG IS A BANGER!!!! WE ALL LOVED EDDIE SO MUCH AND ITS BEEN HEARTBREAKING SEEING HIS POSTS ON INSTAGRAM ABOUT HIS DAD AND ALL JUST TOUCHES ME SO MUCH HAVE A GREAT DAY
The solo always evolved and changed over the years. But, til his last concert, he played just like this. The guitar he's using is immaterial. He sounded like Eddie on any guitar. A Tele, a Les Paul, or his home-built guitars. The tone is in his hands. And, the guy neither read music, nor ever had a guitar lesson. It was truly HIS instrument.
Think he did OK for himself after his brother took the drums from him
Eddie built his guitars to get the sound he wanted. The guitar in the video is called 5150. That's the second one he built. The first one he built was the Frankenstrat. Stratocaster guitar he built he pieced together for his sound. The lady gets it he's on another level. The tapping he didn't invent. He just took it to another level. He was the first to write music with the tapping. They also had reinvent reinvent
this just reminded me why I was so lucky to grow up in the 80's.. so much music and varieties of music..and it was just fun.. no BS
Most of it is excerpts from instrumentals on their albums. He plays 316, Eruption, Cathedral which is where he makes the guitar sound like an organ or cello, opening to Mean Street where he plays drums on the guitar, a little of Spanish Fly.
The Frankenstrat changed how players and builders looked at guitars. Eddie was known for his playing, but he was also known for his guitar tone. People have been trying to copy it since the moment he burst onto the scene.
He was able to play a lot of classical pieces on piano. So he has that arm-hand coordination and strength. Those 2 things alone enabled him to be able to do all the athletics. Plus then the composition of the improv; it's not just a bunch of notes and feedback but structured. RIP. You know him and Prince are jamming up in heaven.
I have never heard anyone else be able to play like Eddie van HALEN and make those sound's
That entire concert he played this solo at was 100% flawless. Amazing reaction guys
My great uncle had perfect pitch and he could play the strings off a guitar, one day my dad told me that our uncle went to his best friends guitar shop and none other than the king Eddie Van Halen was there and he played a couple songs with my uncle and Eddie said he was a hell of a guitarist. Idk I figure someone would find that pretty cool 😎
i once met eddie, asked him "how did you get to be such an iconic guitarist" he laughed and said "drugs, booze, and a ton of luck" i also asked him who he thought was the best guitarist was, typical eddie response to that, he said "whoever im enjoying listening to at the moment"
Very 😎 cool! What a great memory for your uncle 😛
@@51502 And a week later he said Roy Clark. Eddie had a lot of favorites.
I was lucky enough to see this incredible solo live in ‘86 and ‘88, feeling blessed to have been there! He could shred but unlike other guitarists, he was so MUSICAL.
I love hearing you rave about him. Yeah,,,,he's awesome and so are you guys! I don't think I've ever been more impressed with a guitarist.
Yes, the best solo ever recorded! My opinion.
I've listened to Van Halen for years, I take him for granted, this. Reaction was enlightening 👏👏👏👍
Eddie van halen was the most technical guitarist ever in history he is an amazing guitarist and he can never be replaced I wish I had seen him live at a concert
This whole solo is burnt in my mind forever, in the most pleasant way possible