Remember as a kid hearing running with the devil for the first time and being blown away. EVH changed everything about how the guitar was played. He paved the way for every rock guitarist for the last 40+ years. 🤘🤘
Love what you do...But isn't it so cool that 30 to 40 years later we are still uncovering what Eddie Van Halen did and created? As with the special gifted people in this world, he was touched by the Gods !!!! Even Eddie has said he has no idea where it comes from but when it does/did, the creation is past from Gods to humans. Iv'e seen Van Halen Live 5 times, and each time, when he went into his solos, people just stood with jaws dropped and amazed. You didn't just hear it, you felt it all!... God Bless!
I’ll never forget hearing Eruption at an older neighbor girls house in 77, blew my mind couldn’t even comprehend that it was a guitar. I was 11 and immediately started Buffon my mom for an electric (had an old Stella acoustic that I was air guitarist to KISS in my mirror at that point), Ed changes the game forever !!! Another home run Dave !
I was little older. 16 I was taking lessons. All teachers. We’re stumped and they were. The best. I said. It was a ibm computer hooked to a pedal. They laughed. I was serious. . Then. For 2.00dollars I had obstructed view. Seats. Behind amps. Eddie turned around faced amp. I was behind amp I saw it clearly. I told my teacher I saw the secret. ( he said not ibm pedal thing ) no. He was poking the guitar. He said wtf. I showed. Him. I didn’t have a ear to figure stuff out but I clearly saw him. And I had. The hammer on part nailed. On a couple spots. He had a perfect ear. He wrote out eruption for me correctly. I was playing it 2 years before anybody
I appreciate your honesty. I2 was such an Eddie junkie I watched live without a net solo everyday. It certainly wasn't for two years. though, LOL. Eddie Van Halen is a one-of-a-kind. And I knew that and he always will be, one of the greatest and Biggest influences on me, you and many others.
Thanks Dave. Always enjoy your videos, and especially ones on EVH! I'm 61 and been fortunate enough to see VH six times in concert. The first two times were the 'Woman and Children First" tour and the "1984" tour. Great shows and very exciting as they were young and on the top of their game!
I just loved this episode! I remember ordering the VHS of Live Without a Net from a magazine and like you-played it endlessly!!! Man-my friends and I couldn’t get enough of it!! I never really thought of EVH making those famous runs in the context of shapes like that! I know he always referred to as noodling-falling down the stairs and landing on his feet!!!! He was the master of it. And like you-I was obsessed with his playing!!!
Fabulous Dave - never ceases to amaze me what Eddie did all those years ago - still mesmerises me listening to bootlegs and the old albums. Guitar playing would have been pretty dull if EVH had never picked up a guitar.
my Eddie solo 15 min bit on that VHS wore out so bad it looked like that Sharon Stone - Basic Instinct moment where every Video Library tape was just scorched earth fuzz.
On those first two licks, Eddie actually picks the notes on the E string. So it is hammer-ons for the B and picked on the E. This pattern is a staple of his playing.
Former louisvillian here that grew up watching the live without a net solos everyday after school as well! That was homework. It was that and Mr Big live. My guitar teacher Dave Ernspiker recorded those, yngwie and some reh instructional videos on a couple tapes for me. Changed my life. Great work on your channel! Really enjoying it!
Eddie is a god!! I love Edd with all my heart. . He is mi inspiration, his music make me feel thankful everyday of my life! ! Mr Van Halen is the GREATEST! ! Blessings to your channel my friend,!!!
Hey Dave-I just had to say thanks. I feel like I’m hearing myself tell someone about my story with the guitar! We’re cut from the same cloth. I heard Panama one day-driving into Panama City mind you-and knew that’s what I had to do w my life. Up till then...it was playing shortstop and switch hitting. Baseball was my first love. I too had an after school ritual w LWOAN, and I too pray for the proverbial time machine...to travel to San Diego, 1984 and see first hand what lighting in a bottle looks like. Great work on all your content. Perhaps someday I’ll join you, though I’m hopelessly working on chord melody and altered scales these days. Always a rocker though.
Speaking of seeing VH live. I first saw them by accident in Houston, 1978 because my girlfriend wanted to see Journey. VH opened for Journey. We got there late and only caught the last couple of songs. I didn't know who VH were yet and i didn't pay attention to them because i went to get my girlfriend a t-shirt, when i got back to our seats VH were done. A month or so later, I hear Eruption/You really got me on the radio realizing that's the band that opened for Journey!
Saw VH twice with DLR, once on the Diver Down tour and the other on the 1984 tour. Eddie kept a lit cigarette just above the nut for most of the show. Fantastic!
I saw VH in 78 -79 - 80 here in London, UK, and Donnington 84... 78 -79 were brilliant, but when they played the Rainbow in 1980, they had gone into 5th gear! it was like a Tornado... opening with Romeo Delight, TEARING through Bottoms Up. Take Your Whiskey Home was a highlight, with Dave rapping like a peroxide Mark Twain in the intro. Eddie's solo took the roof off the place... we were stunned. We'd seen Rory Gallagher in the same venue 2 weeks before, and he was awesome, but it was like Eddie was from Mars ... I saw all the guitar greats in the 70s, and nothing came close to what he did in his solos ... Just wish they'd come over for FW and DD tours ... RIP EVH x
Great work Dave! Without question, Ed is the reason I started playing guitar and the reason I played 'Women in Love' last night. As Lee Jackson (Metaltronix) said...the 80's were truly a magical time. Thanks again.
I was 17 years old when Live Without a Net was filmed in New Haven, CT. Two friends and I went to the first night of the two nights they played in CT.. It was such a great time and the energy at that venue that was insane. I can listen to and watch Eddie play that solo a million times. Love it! 5150!
I just stumbled across this video and have to say this it is freakin’ AWESOME!! What an amazing talent to be able to play these EVH licks with such ease! Damn!! I’ve never seen anything like it! Dude, YOU ROCK!!
Thank you for bringing back the mystery of EVH, I have been so really bummed and let down with these recently deemed complete losers to the point I can't watch any of them anymore, except M.A. Nice tricks explanation. Cool, Thanks takes me back to the glory days, which they have apparently forgotten.
Eddie made me want to give up drums and play guitar. I saw them open for Black Sabbath in '78 which attribute to being the same as seeing the Beatles at Shea . Those patterns were great because if you don't have the ears for it, you can't catch it. But I can see if you got the video you can see what he is doing. Only Eddie sounds like Eddie. Nobody sounds like Ed. A complete original as where Yngwie is still borrowing from classical masters, Eddie we way outside the box and made it magical. We are living at the right time Dave. Great videos. Thank you very much.
I can't say enough good things man. If you ever decide to dive a little bit more into the live without a net solo it certainly wouldn't hurt my feelings. I wait for the tab to drop the next day in Patreon and see what if anything I f'd up lol.
Just subscribed. I watch a lot of guitar lesson videos and you are my favorite. The way you come across is super cool and easy to listen to and easy to learn from
Man I use a lick very close to lick no# 3 , I picked it up back in the 80's from listening to EVH , Warren D Martini and Lynch. To me it was a very signature 80's hard rock guitar lick. I still love it! I also remember sitting and watching that live concert with Eddies guitar solo. Those were my days of just searching for awesome playing! This is good stuff Thanks! as always you killed it!
Nice vid; EVH is the king. Right hand is not showing in the clip, but EVH picks the ascending sextuplets a la Spanish Fly as: down-hammer-hammer on B string, up-down-up on the E string. This picking pattern is important to the accented sound of the lick
Most do not realise the genius of EVH beyond the tapping, which arguably is only a small part of his playing. His inventiveness and massive amounts of great feel are most times not realised by many. Great insight on a few of these gems!
Thank you for highlighting my comment. What you do is very important to/for guitarists and musicians alike who truly wish to learn and grasp the True Masters that come alone once in a life time. I was born in 1961, started guitar lessons at the age of 6 and followed for 3 years. High school stage band then a 4 year scholarship at Berklee in Boston. I also played Tuba and Bass guitar, had an interview with the Philly Philharmonics for 3rd Tuba, and then walked away from it all to study with recording Guitarist Gary Hoey. Gary told me stop trying to go to school just get your arse out there and play and get into bands. I was a cross of Page and Gilmore into Melodic music. I recorded many songs for new wave and healing music before it all broke out.......I tell you this because I would LOVE you to look at this video I am highlighting for you and for you to study and then go over it with your video following. ....My main reason for play guitar was Roy Clark... Saw him Live at Loan Star Ranch in Maine in 1967, it was a haven for country and music stars at that time. (all the big stars played there, Johnny Cash, Faron Young, the list goes on) Many don't know of Roy Clarks skills, he was 25 years before his time, there was nothing he couldnt do with a guitar or instrument....In this video he displays killer flamenco skills and speed strumming that puts even Pete Townshend to shame. In this video you will see early rements of Townshend, the finger plucking of Eddie Van Halen, and a montage of controlled insanity on a guitar, and its an acoustic!............This is what drove me to it. (I have recorded over the last 15 years bird songs put into guitar solos. I will be posting them by summer-right now dealing with my mom in hospice and gravely ill) I thank you for all that YOU Do! God Bless.... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--xssnp7R51A.html
Awesome video. EVH is and always will be #1 for me. Request: Richie Sambora Three-For-All and/or Chordplay. One of the most underrated guitar players out there!
I really like your videos man (I’ve been watching a lot lately) you’re a great teacher and an incredible guitar player. I need to work on my legato lol you make it look easy.
Once again, fantastic late night lesson! One thing I noticed during your bonus lick section, is when you showed your variation of the tapping lick, was actually pretty killer. Im sure i speak for everyone when i suggest you make a late night lesson of your own personal licks and tricks that you either created, or use frequently. Things that maybe turned on a light bulb for you, or that brought you to the next level....or are just ass-kickers. For me it was scale/lick sequencing and Hendix double stops during chord progressions. Im sure you can reach into your bag and share? Thanks, Awsome as always brother, Boogieplex.
Used to be in a band 20 yrs ago called Incursion502 and we would do intros of VH songs that would mesh into our originals. That was so much fun, haha. This was a fun video Dave, keep it up! Me & my guitar bros love your vids, here in Louisville, Ky.🤘😎👍🎸🖤
Greta lesson! Dime used that 3rd "hybrid" scale in E on Cowboys From Hell. It's the first big ascending run that you hear in the solo frets 11, 12 and 15 over all six strings.
It always cracks me up to see such a great video and yet there are 5 thumbs down. Hey you 5 - you suck. How do you dislike a guy giving free, awesome tutorials. Great job man!
Awesome, thanks for this. I remember trying to figure out some AC/DC once and their tuning was a bit between standard and a half step down, it drove me crazy trying to match it. Someone said in post-production sometimes they would slow down or speed up the tape a tiny bit. Not sure about that, weird!
LATE NIGHT, thanks for making the Eddie van halen lesson. I think eddie uses that symmetrical runs in the guitar solo for JUMP and Beat It. The Guitar solo from JUMP is a weird guitar solo not sure what key its in because the chord structure is not normal.
