Dude I love this sound, playing Van Halen is hard and technical but once you get past that it’s all about that “feel.” you got it dude I can tell you have so much fun playing that thing! I’ll stick with my EVH overdrive pedal tho haha
No sh!t! If Eddie were alive, and you asked him "Okay Eddie where and when did you play this lick" ( then play the intro to this video ) Eddie himself would NOT know that it wasn't him playing that piece! That's how dead on accurate you are, Harold! Absolutely Brilliant!
Thanks for the kind words, but Harold Trucco, the man- the myth-the legend, and the one who is playing on this video deserves all the credit! We agree with you 100%! We even got hit with a copyright violation because they thought we were playing original Van Halen tracks! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
@@billgoldstein5152 My bad allow me to correct my previous comment No sh!t! If Eddie were alive, and you asked him "Okay Eddie where and when did you play this lick" ( then play the intro to this video ) Eddie himself would NOT know that it wasn't him playing that piece! That's how dead on accurate you are, Harold Trucco ! Absolutely Brilliant! Is that better?
@@dsvet Brilliant! Absolutely Brilliant! At 16 years old, he's already surpassed like 95% of all players! I'm a guitarist and I know what I'm talking about. He's got that special touch!
Wow.. yeah... you are speaking Eddie's language ...for sure.... a lot of specific nuances... you have them figured out... it was a lot of fun watching this....thank u...!
First he drilled the holes in a row, then with a bandsaw he cut along the holes, halving them. Chainsaw would have done more damage, and doubt he even knew how to operate one being a city kid. So with this tinkering he totally destroyed the bridge and the sound of the guitar, at first he was pretty distraught over it and sought an identical replacement but never found another with the same harmonics. Live and learn I guess.
Man this demo is awesome you have got the eddie touch for sure, I think its probably the closest ive heard to eddie ,its very hard to sound like him his touch his tone exx.. you are just really really good at eddies licks ,great video stay safe and god bless
Absolutely fantastic video, great guitar playing…I actually have the EVH stripe Series Wolfgang and the EVH stripes series bumblebee with EVH 5150 EL 34, 5150 6L6 ivory, both with matching cabs, 212s, and I also have the EVH 80 W iconic Ivory head with matching 412 cabinet, every EVH pedal there is on my board including the echoplex and everything else that Eddie added and a little more but one thing I did not have is the shark guitar until I saw this video, I absolutely shut this video off I actually paused it I should say for about 35 seconds while I placed my order with Reverb on a mint condition used EVH Shark for $1500, thank you very much for this very entertaining video because you inspired me to finally pull the trigger on the shark guitar that I’ve been wanting to do for sometime so thank you for that. I should also mention the reason why I never bought the shark before is because I do own about 50 guitars, and about 22 Amps of all different makes and models, and probably over 100 pedals with three full pedal boards, extra large pedal boards and dozens of pedals in boxes on my shelf that are not being used, also PA systems, electronic drum set, two keyboards yada yada yada complete studio set up mixing, iMac with ProTools, you name it, I got it, I have been playing the guitar since I was 11 years old and I am 60 years old in January 2020 so this is nearly 50 years of collecting, I don’t sell anything I buy….and it is a issue of contention when it comes to my wife when I buy new gear that now I have to literally sneak it into the house in the dark of night while she’s sleeping, once it’s in my studio she doesn’t know one thing from the next, lol. 😅🎉
Dude great playin !! I generally think close is good enough and u nail the feel !!!!!🤘🤘 I grew up buying VH albums and remember gettn the $6 out've the bank to buy the first album in 79 !(kept $4 for some space invaders !!)
If Alex and Michael and Sammy and or Dave ever decided to to a Van Halen tribute to Eddie tour, I believe they should ask you if you want to play Eddie's stuff, I don't think I've heard anyone else that has more of Eddie's feel and you have his style down pat in my opinion, just a thought, I believe if Alex or Michael ever heard you they should be considering you, that is if you wanted to, you are a killer EVH player my friend.
was this the white explorer he was playing on stage at the early club days of van halen? I always wondered what happend to that guitar. He played it all original on the beginning. White one. Great Playing by the way. Just got a Lefty 5150 with the kill switch. Love it. Faily priced beast.
Yo, I thought that was you how funny I was thinking about Eddie and u Pop up, I come into the store and played the original mosrite with the qtron. I'll be by soon I was in wynwood today. Great playing 😮😮 oh, u made get the evh,mxr phaser I remember you said I just use a phaser lol😅😅.
This Man Can Shred A Guitar Better Than Most I’ve Seen An Has Definitely Got It In Those Fingers An Makes It Look So Easy Wow Thanks Definitely Rock On
Hi! The CC is at the end of the pedal chain front of the amp. The reverb is just a very light hall reverb added in post. No further EQ or post-processing was done to the tone other than adding Reverb.
Hey! Sorry unfortunately we don’t have the settings for the amp anymore. However, knowing our friend Harold very well, he’s a believer in turning every know to 11, maybe that’s the clue you need to achieve this sound! Hope that helps.
Dude you have chops I wasn't expecting. I have this amp and love it for the clean and the gain. Only issue is the noise gate for me have you found this issue? That and im not a huge fan of spring reverb. I guess two pedals reverb and noise gate and its perfect.
KILLER playing bro.. the tone is FANTASTIC what do you have the amp settings at? Are you in the red channel? I have same amp and Wolfgang standard guitar.. every night I get a little closer to dialing in what I want .. you nailed it!!! Lol.. help 🤘🤘
I think I'd be like you. I'd pull off that neck pickup and disconnect that pickup off so I could use the switch the way Eddie used it. I have a Frankie and while some have connected the middle pickup because it's a working pickup, I just won't. I've I'm going to have a replica, it's going to work like the replica, but that's just me.
Hi! There seems to be very little difference. They’re both Alnico 2 high output humbuckers. The shark set has 13k in the neck and 16k output on the bridge while the 5150 is rated at 14k output. There might be some slight sonic differences although overall they’re both great sounding hot humbuckers.
they were Korina finished, not Korina wood. the destroyers were made from Sen which is basically japanese ash. Eddie thought they were korina because of the original amber finish.
Great but i think the EVH 5150 is a bit to gainy and a bit squishy for an early Eddie Van Halen tone. His VHI tone is not as distorted as many think. Also he mostly used his Phase 90 on solos.
He’s got the burn switch engaged. This amp does great lower gain Marshall tones too. Turn off the burn switch and keep the gain below half and it’s perfect. It’s a great amp.
@@crsantin Still i had a 100W EVH 5150III and it’s very gainy and doesn’t sound much like a Marshall at all. It sounds kind of like a half cocked wah. Listen to Eddie’s tone on the last studio and live album. I think he’s got a real bad tone there. Far from the great tone he had on the early Van Halen albums.
@@matsandersson8857 you got that right. VH1 is quite distorted, but not in the same way that a 5150 distorts. The distortion on VH1 probably comes more from the shear volume of the amp into microphone + the post effects
@@matsandersson8857 another difference is power amp distortion vs preamp distortion. the evh amps can distort at bedroom levels because of preamp distortion. same reason master volume jcm800s dont sound like ed's plexi's
Awesome! If you're considering getting one from use I'll facilitate the search by dropping the direct link right below. Thanks! waltgracevintage.com/products/evh-5150-iconic-40w-1x12-combo-amp-white
I mean these new amps ( and players !) Are Killer........BUT, if a person is after really great (hard rock/Metal tone), then all they need is a good 4x12 cab (25, 65, 75 watt celestion,OR, E.voice, Altec,etc) with either a 2204 or 2203 MARSHALL circuit with a good boost ( Mxr Distortion +, DOD overdrive/preamp 250, Boss Super Overdrive (best imo), as well as an Ibanez Tubescreamer, etc)......THAT, with a bridge position humbucker ( not those low output 'old man that is stuck in the '60's paf clones) is ALL you need. These mass produced ' designed down to a cost amps' PALE in comparison to a good original or (especially) a well built clone.
As a guitar player, nothing makes me less excited to meet a fellow guitarist than when I find out they are obsessed with eddie, I dont mind people being influenced. But if they own a striped guitar and do nothing but eddie licks, we won’t click
@@grime9063 you imply I wanted permission to state my opinion. I stand behind it. If you play guitar and you spend 90% of your time trying to be a different person, get mental help. There are hundreds maybe thousands of guitar players. Many of them did way less coke and meth than eddie
Check out Jake Deraps on RUclips. He's that exact kind of guy. Don't get me wrong I love Eddie but I tend to agree with you for the most part. I don't think owning an artist's signature guitar means they're "obsessed", however. EVH guitars are pretty well made.
these amps are garbage -dont believe me then go to the store and try doing a van halen whoosh ..... its not a van halen amp -it does not sound like a van halen amp .... the hot rod deluxe is still better -has more gain - and sounds more van halen .... dont waste your money till fender/evh figures their crap out
If I wanted to hear Eddie Van Halen, I don't this knock off. Go play your own songs. All the knock offs took 30+ years, you tube videos and tutorials to figure what the man was doing!!!
![6 of Eddie Van Halen’s ACTUAL Art Series guitars! [Played, Signed, and Sweat on!] *With Proof*](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/WyfnZ_8-IZ4/mqdefault.jpg)
Dude I love this sound, playing Van Halen is hard and technical but once you get past that it’s all about that “feel.” you got it dude I can tell you have so much fun playing that thing! I’ll stick with my EVH overdrive pedal tho haha
Yes sir! Everybody copied the Hammer ons ,tapping and tremolo tricks but missed the killer feel and blues in between! !!
Feel is all it is!
Great to see a player having as much fun as Eddie did when he played ! Rock on man 🤘
i dont even care about sounding like eddie i just wanna hear this guy play
Exact reason I searched up this vid I remember seeing part one then found part two I was crying tears of joy😂😂
Such a great player. That was amazing. Came for the combo, stayed for the guitarist.
No sh!t! If Eddie were alive, and you asked him "Okay Eddie where and when did you play this lick" ( then play the intro to this video ) Eddie himself would NOT know that it wasn't him playing that piece! That's how dead on accurate you are, Harold! Absolutely Brilliant!
Thanks for the kind words, but Harold Trucco, the man- the myth-the legend, and the one who is playing on this video deserves all the credit! We agree with you 100%! We even got hit with a copyright violation because they thought we were playing original Van Halen tracks! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
@@billgoldstein5152 My bad allow me to correct my previous comment
No sh!t! If Eddie were alive, and you asked him "Okay Eddie where and when did you play this lick" ( then play the intro to this video ) Eddie himself would NOT know that it wasn't him playing that piece! That's how dead on accurate you are, Harold Trucco ! Absolutely Brilliant! Is that better?
@@TheWorldWatches Perfect!!! 😂
Check out Jacob Deraps:
Van Halen I'm the One Coverruclips.net/video/pA4ko8Qf0-s/видео.htmlsi=jBG5xqLAeC3X6pye
@@dsvet Brilliant! Absolutely Brilliant! At 16 years old, he's already surpassed like 95% of all players! I'm a guitarist and I know what I'm talking about. He's got that special touch!
Wow.. yeah... you are speaking Eddie's language ...for sure.... a lot of specific nuances... you have them figured out... it was a lot of fun watching this....thank u...!
Your demo, and the amps tone have sold me, Ill be ordering one
🤘🤘🤘🤘
I want one of those 5150 iconic combos....great playing too.
Me too. Having played Marshalls and Blackstars for long time and without the budget needed for MESA this 5150 produces fantastic sound for the money.
I demoed one of the heads a lil while back and I came away VERY impressed.
The combo is so loud . It's as loud as my stealth 50 watt head unit into matching stealth 212.
@@AuntAlnico4 is the iconic combo similar gain to the evh iii?
You sounded Awesome Man!
First he drilled the holes in a row, then with a bandsaw he cut along the holes, halving them.
Chainsaw would have done more damage, and doubt he even knew how to operate one being a city kid.
So with this tinkering he totally destroyed the bridge and the sound of the guitar, at first he was pretty distraught over it and sought an identical replacement but never found another with the same harmonics. Live and learn I guess.
I was gonna say who the hell thinks that's from a chain saw lol
Incredible video and phenomenal playing Harold! Great stuff
Awesome playing! Thanks for showing how good the amp can sound if you have the talent.
Man this demo is awesome you have got the eddie touch for sure, I think its probably the closest ive heard to eddie ,its very hard to sound like him his touch his tone exx.. you are just really really good at eddies licks ,great video stay safe and god bless
What a guitar player. Great playing dude!
Absolutely fantastic video, great guitar playing…I actually have the EVH stripe Series Wolfgang and the EVH stripes series bumblebee with EVH 5150 EL 34, 5150 6L6 ivory, both with matching cabs, 212s, and I also have the EVH 80 W iconic Ivory head with matching 412 cabinet, every EVH pedal there is on my board including the echoplex and everything else that Eddie added and a little more but one thing I did not have is the shark guitar until I saw this video, I absolutely shut this video off I actually paused it I should say for about 35 seconds while I placed my order with Reverb on a mint condition used EVH Shark for $1500, thank you very much for this very entertaining video because you inspired me to finally pull the trigger on the shark guitar that I’ve been wanting to do for sometime so thank you for that. I should also mention the reason why I never bought the shark before is because I do own about 50 guitars, and about 22 Amps of all different makes and models, and probably over 100 pedals with three full pedal boards, extra large pedal boards and dozens of pedals in boxes on my shelf that are not being used, also PA systems, electronic drum set, two keyboards yada yada yada complete studio set up mixing, iMac with ProTools, you name it, I got it, I have been playing the guitar since I was 11 years old and I am 60 years old in January 2020 so this is nearly 50 years of collecting, I don’t sell anything I buy….and it is a issue of contention when it comes to my wife when I buy new gear that now I have to literally sneak it into the house in the dark of night while she’s sleeping, once it’s in my studio she doesn’t know one thing from the next, lol. 😅🎉
😂b That's crazy !
Are you really 60 years old ? The reason I ask is because you write like a millennial 😂
@@AuntAlnico4 He probably taught millennials how to write. To bad he didn't teach us how to spend our money.
GREAT playing, Walt, especially on Hot for Teacher!! You've, no doubt, done your "homework", my friend!!!
Great playing and tones! Plus you’re a maniac ✌️
on point bubba outstanding good to see the young ones kick butt !
I have this amp and it really is fantastic. So glad I picked one up.
Rite on brudda, You BAD ASS !!, it’s not the machine it’s the heart the makes the frequency, keep it up tone monster !!
Great work. Especially picking work attacks
Nice! Set neck EVH-sweet. (RIP-EVH)
Awesome playing dude
Sounds fantastic!! Great playing! I have same amp and LOVE IT! Now I want the shark guitar 🎸🎸🎵🎵🤘🤘long live King Edward Ludwig Van Halen 👍
Dude great playin !! I generally think close is good enough and u nail the feel !!!!!🤘🤘
I grew up buying VH albums and remember gettn the $6 out've the bank to buy the first album in 79 !(kept $4 for some space invaders !!)
Great great, GREAT PLAYING 🤘🤘
How do you guys have only 2500 subs😝🤘🤘🤘🤘Dude your one of the best keeper of the keys. Wow
Let's all make it go UP!!! Thank you sir!
@@waltgracevintage8620 working on it!!
Great playing and demo!
Man! This dude can rip.
Killer tone so close to the early VH
WOW I’m breathless… you’re absolutely amazing player
But do you put the carbon copy delay in front of the amp or in effect loop?
Loop
Incredible playing. Well done
Would you share your amp settings ? Newbie question... 😊
amp and pedal settings please
Fantastic playing!
If Alex and Michael and Sammy and or Dave ever decided to to a Van Halen tribute to Eddie tour, I believe they should ask you if you want to play Eddie's stuff, I don't think I've heard anyone else that has more of Eddie's feel and you have his style down pat in my opinion, just a thought, I believe if Alex or Michael ever heard you they should be considering you, that is if you wanted to, you are a killer EVH player my friend.
was this the white explorer he was playing on stage at the early club days of van halen? I always wondered what happend to that guitar. He played it all original on the beginning. White one. Great Playing by the way. Just got a Lefty 5150 with the kill switch. Love it. Faily priced beast.
That white explorer was a repainted mid-70s Ibanez destroyer, which he turned into the shark in the early 80s
Beautiful and unique. Like Eddie. Thank you Edward. RIP.
The guitar may not be a Destroyer, but you are! Good night, that was a serious ode to Edward.
Can you share your amp settings? Thanks
I think the turnbuckles are there so he could rest it on a guitar stand
He those 2 hooks to keep the body from breaking apart
He said in a interview that after cut that piece out that it started to split up the middle
Yo, I thought that was you how funny I was thinking about Eddie and u Pop up, I come into the store and played the original mosrite with the qtron. I'll be by soon I was in wynwood today. Great playing 😮😮 oh, u made get the evh,mxr phaser I remember you said I just use a phaser lol😅😅.
The Ibanez Destroyer Eddie owned was made out of Sen wood also known as Sen Ash. A Asian wood similar to American Ash.
...dude you sound more like EVH than anyone i've ever heard; awsome job brother
Does Harold have a tribute band? I would definitely pay to see him play with a good ensemble.
How does the guitar sound clean? I dial back my volume, would have been nice to hear how it sounds that way! Nice review tho!
The guitar sounds fantastic when clean! It's hard to stay off the distortion channel when you're shredding like Harold though.
This Man Can Shred A Guitar Better Than Most I’ve Seen An Has Definitely Got It In Those Fingers An Makes It Look So Easy Wow Thanks Definitely Rock On
When they relic this bad boy EVH/Fender will be rolling in $
As we say in the UK: "That was spot on"
EXCELLENT.
Amazing playing and tone! Where do you have the Carbon Copy in the signal chain? Are you using any outboard reverb or ambience as well?
Hi! The CC is at the end of the pedal chain front of the amp. The reverb is just a very light hall reverb added in post. No further EQ or post-processing was done to the tone other than adding Reverb.
Great review. Great amp. I was wondering if the amp settings used were the ones shown? If you remember I realize this was not a recent video. Thanks.
Hey! Sorry unfortunately we don’t have the settings for the amp anymore. However, knowing our friend Harold very well, he’s a believer in turning every know to 11, maybe that’s the clue you need to achieve this sound! Hope that helps.
Thanks for the reply! At the end of the day it’s about dialing in something that sounds good to you. But he nailed that early VH tone!
Is this the amp I bought? Sounds amazing regardless 🎸🎸🎸
Dude you have chops I wasn't expecting. I have this amp and love it for the clean and the gain. Only issue is the noise gate for me have you found this issue? That and im not a huge fan of spring reverb. I guess two pedals reverb and noise gate and its perfect.
Great playin!!!
KILLER playing bro.. the tone is FANTASTIC what do you have the amp settings at? Are you in the red channel? I have same amp and Wolfgang standard guitar.. every night I get a little closer to dialing in what I want .. you nailed it!!! Lol.. help 🤘🤘
Burn channel, all the way up!
Killed it 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
I think I'd be like you. I'd pull off that neck pickup and disconnect that pickup off so I could use the switch the way Eddie used it. I have a Frankie and while some have connected the middle pickup because it's a working pickup, I just won't. I've I'm going to have a replica, it's going to work like the replica, but that's just me.
Is there a difference in the EVH Shark vs. 5150 pickups ?
Hi! There seems to be very little difference. They’re both Alnico 2 high output humbuckers. The shark set has 13k in the neck and 16k output on the bridge while the 5150 is rated at 14k output. There might be some slight sonic differences although overall they’re both great sounding hot humbuckers.
@@waltgracevintage8620 thank you so much for the help
Wow!!!
The original shark guitar was Korina wood, those Ibanez Gibson copies of that Era were awesome, the LP's were better than the actual Gibson guitars.
they were Korina finished, not Korina wood. the destroyers were made from Sen which is basically japanese ash. Eddie thought they were korina because of the original amber finish.
holy fuck this guy is a beast
You definitely sound like Edward 👍
Now that was a bad a$$ Video haha! Friggin Awesome!!!
Ok ya, I think you got some eddie licks perfect as can be, how bout some glen campbell. Wow
Great but i think the EVH 5150 is a bit to gainy and a bit squishy for an early Eddie Van Halen tone. His VHI tone is not as distorted as many think. Also he mostly used his Phase 90 on solos.
He’s got the burn switch engaged. This amp does great lower gain Marshall tones too. Turn off the burn switch and keep the gain below half and it’s perfect. It’s a great amp.
@@crsantin Still i had a 100W EVH 5150III and it’s very gainy and doesn’t sound much like a Marshall at all. It sounds kind of like a half cocked wah. Listen to Eddie’s tone on the last studio and live album. I think he’s got a real bad tone there. Far from the great tone he had on the early Van Halen albums.
@@matsandersson8857 you got that right. VH1 is quite distorted, but not in the same way that a 5150 distorts. The distortion on VH1 probably comes more from the shear volume of the amp into microphone + the post effects
@@tanneryordan Yes the post eq’ing and effects is a big part of that VHI tone.
@@matsandersson8857 another difference is power amp distortion vs preamp distortion. the evh amps can distort at bedroom levels because of preamp distortion. same reason master volume jcm800s dont sound like ed's plexi's
5:56 2 songs in one😂
I’m going to get that amp !!!, wooooo hooooo🎃
Awesome! If you're considering getting one from use I'll facilitate the search by dropping the direct link right below. Thanks!
waltgracevintage.com/products/evh-5150-iconic-40w-1x12-combo-amp-white
EVH 5150 Iconic 40 Combo in home recording action - ruclips.net/video/N6fmrchQkCM/видео.html
but does it chug??
Fuckin awesome
Hot damn
Gotta detune dat d string a touch!
Did I miss the amp settings? Cause this was more of a what ? Show off video?
I mean these new amps ( and players !) Are Killer........BUT, if a person is after really great (hard rock/Metal tone), then all they need is a good 4x12 cab (25, 65, 75 watt celestion,OR, E.voice, Altec,etc) with either a 2204 or 2203 MARSHALL circuit with a good boost ( Mxr Distortion +, DOD overdrive/preamp 250, Boss Super Overdrive (best imo), as well as an Ibanez Tubescreamer, etc)......THAT, with a bridge position humbucker ( not those low output 'old man that is stuck in the '60's paf clones) is ALL you need. These mass produced ' designed down to a cost amps' PALE in comparison to a good original or (especially) a well built clone.
The Iconic are pretty much hybrid amps where some corners get cut so the mass market can afford a 5150 style amp. Nothing wrong with that.
@andyhayes7828 Hey man, I'm an old man but I don't like low output pickups.....😁
@@Stefan-Van-der-Pulst I hear you, me too 🙂
Ok those are awesome amps but do not sound right playing old VH and interesting enough neither does a PV 5150 ....great playing and great amp tho....
who the hell is this guy??!!!!
The review from Six String Life is dead on Brown Sound. This.....not so much.
As a guitar player, nothing makes me less excited to meet a fellow guitarist than when I find out they are obsessed with eddie, I dont mind people being influenced. But if they own a striped guitar and do nothing but eddie licks, we won’t click
It’s almost like no one asked
@@grime9063 you imply I wanted permission to state my opinion. I stand behind it. If you play guitar and you spend 90% of your time trying to be a different person, get mental help. There are hundreds maybe thousands of guitar players. Many of them did way less coke and meth than eddie
Check out Jake Deraps on RUclips. He's that exact kind of guy.
Don't get me wrong I love Eddie but I tend to agree with you for the most part. I don't think owning an artist's signature guitar means they're "obsessed", however. EVH guitars are pretty well made.
@@Ottophil I imply that no one asked
@@grime9063 right. But also. I never cared who asks. I just say what i say. And people deal with it
iT WAS NOT A CHAINSAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT WAS NOT A SONIC BEAST!!!! ED HATED IT!
But he loved it before he made it the shark....
Sorry that sounds like garbage. The playing is awesome, but that amp sounds horrible
these amps are garbage -dont believe me then go to the store and try doing a van halen whoosh ..... its not a van halen amp -it does not sound like a van halen amp .... the hot rod deluxe is still better -has more gain - and sounds more van halen .... dont waste your money till fender/evh figures their crap out
If I wanted to hear Eddie Van Halen, I don't this knock off. Go play your own songs. All the knock offs took 30+ years, you tube videos and tutorials to figure what the man was doing!!!
Well, maybe you shouldn't have clicked on a EVH Shark guitar review then. Chances were that you would hear some EVH licks....
well done maestro.
Your intonation needs adjusted. You may just be outta tune, but sounds more like an intonation issue.