The SECRET to sounding like Eddie Van Halen!! PART 2 - EVH 5150 Iconic 40 + EVH Striped Series Shark 

i dont even care about sounding like eddie i just wanna hear this guy play

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

Great to see a player having as much fun as Eddie did when he played ! Rock on man 🤘

Such a great player. That was amazing. Came for the combo, stayed for the guitarist.

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...!

on point bubba outstanding good to see the young ones kick butt !

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.

Incredible video and phenomenal playing Harold! Great stuff

Awesome playing! Thanks for showing how good the amp can sound if you have the talent.

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. 😅🎉

You sounded Awesome Man!

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!

Great playing and demo!

Incredible playing. Well done

Your demo, and the amps tone have sold me, Ill be ordering one

I have this amp and it really is fantastic. So glad I picked one up.

Great playing and tones! Plus you’re a maniac ✌️

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 !!)

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 great, GREAT PLAYING 🤘🤘

I want one of those 5150 iconic combos....great playing too.

Fantastic playing!

GREAT playing, Walt, especially on Hot for Teacher!! You've, no doubt, done your "homework", my friend!!!

Nice! Set neck EVH-sweet. (RIP-EVH)

...dude you sound more like EVH than anyone i've ever heard; awsome job brother

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.

Killer tone so close to the early VH

Great playin!!!

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😅😅.

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.

Killed it 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

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.

How do you guys have only 2500 subs😝🤘🤘🤘🤘Dude your one of the best keeper of the keys. Wow

Man! This dude can rip.

EXCELLENT.

The guitar may not be a Destroyer, but you are! Good night, that was a serious ode to Edward.

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

As we say in the UK: "That was spot on"

When they relic this bad boy EVH/Fender will be rolling in $

Is this the amp I bought? Sounds amazing regardless 🎸🎸🎸

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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?

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 🤘🤘

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.

The Ibanez Destroyer Eddie owned was made out of Sen wood also known as Sen Ash. A Asian wood similar to American Ash.

I think the turnbuckles are there so he could rest it on a guitar stand

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?

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.

Does Harold have a tribute band? I would definitely pay to see him play with a good ensemble.

Wow!!!

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

holy fuck this guy is a beast

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.

I’m going to get that amp !!!, wooooo hooooo🎃

You definitely sound like Edward 👍

Would you share your amp settings ? Newbie question... 😊

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!

Now that was a bad a$$ Video haha! Friggin Awesome!!!

Can you share your amp settings? Thanks

amp and pedal settings please

Hot damn

Fuckin awesome

Gotta detune dat d string a touch!

5:56 2 songs in one😂

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.

well done maestro.

Is there a difference in the EVH Shark vs. 5150 pickups ?

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.

who the hell is this guy??!!!!

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....

but does it chug??

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 WAS NOT A SONIC BEAST!!!! ED HATED IT!

iT WAS NOT A CHAINSAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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!!!

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

Your intonation needs adjusted. You may just be outta tune, but sounds more like an intonation issue.