FIRST TIME HEARING VAN HALEN ERUPTION GUITAR SOLO

[@robertcook792]

What you just witnessed was the greatest guitarist of our time. In the early 70’s there wasn’t a guitar on the market to do what he wanted. So he took the humbucker out of a Gibson and chiseled out a stray after removing the pickups and installed it in there. His amps used a variable voltage device to control the volume. This way the amp would be all the way up without being too loud but you get feedback. This invention would be known as the Frankenstrat guitar and his tone was known as the brown sound. By the early 80’s every elctric guitar manufacturer was doing this. And a lot of of guitarist was copying this sound. Or let’s say chasing this sound. In actuality the tone comes from the fingers through the mind. His influence is still being heard by young musicians in all types of music. He is the “Goat” Mozart,Beethoven,Bach Edward Van Halen he fits right in there. Check out the video “ Van Halen Live 1981 Oakland coliseum” it’s 14 min with 3 songs “Hear about it later, This is love & Unchained” you’ll absolutely love it. It shows the energy they brought to the stage. Good reaction and video.

[@DanoSeer]

Best rock guitarist in our era, I would say. S.R.V., Jerry Reed, Chet Atkins, just as gifted, but different styles.

[@Brian67-j1w]

My 1st ever Van Halen concert was 1980 women and children first album.. Totally blew me away!!!! What a gift to see Eddie play numerous times live and never disappoint. Long live the King!!!!

[@MoreVexReacts]

That’s fire 🔥 I bet it was legendary every time he performed!

[@foofghtr]

I was at the 1984 Concert at the Philadelphia Spectrum.

[@martinklaus2203]

@@foofghtr I was at the 1984 concert at the Fabulous Forum in Inglewood (Los Angeles). Fantastic concert!!

[@johnmcaleese8459]

​​@@foofghtrSaw many, many shows there. Mann Music Center was a nice acoustic spot. Carlos, Steve Miller Band, Jackson Browne, etc PEACE from Philadelphia

[@watcher2554]

Saw them on the same tour at Owen's Field in Norman, Oklahoma at the "Rocklahoma" festival 1980...along with Sammy Hagar (his own act before he ever joined VH), Pat Benatar and the Doobie Brothers! Its was a show...no...it was THE Show that year!!!

[@thewindle]

One of the greatest guitarist ever. Pure talent. Great reaction

[@chopperchopper1418]

He wearing the MC Hammer pants before MC came out ! .

[@BobBlanchardMarketer]

You are an intelligent young man and hilarious! Great reaction! I’m 60 y/old and started listening to VH in 1979. Dig into all their albums. They switched singers eventually, but every song is great throughout their evolution

[@JonathanBoden-u5p]

This comes from this old vets day. This is the difference between a lead guitarist and a true legend. We had some special ones. He was one.

[@cindyv1401]

BOW DOWN TO THE MASTER ‼️‼️💯❣️❣️❣️

[@donrocktheimposter912]

Yes sir! I'm The One, On Fire, Mean Street, Unchained.....ALL BANGERZ

[@bobsebring2819]

Drop Dead Legs!

[@davidoconnell1680]

Great reaction! And yes, it sounded like a violin. Eddie was raised with classical music so when the screen goes to blue it sounds like a violin and a cello. There are greats. Jimmy was great but sadly gone too soon and Stevie is probably the best blue's guitarist ever but Eddie is the greatest Rock and Roll guitar player ever! RIP Eddie.

[@cindyv1401]

This is the greatest in the world....yes....I said it IN THE WORLD ‼️‼️💯❣️❣️❣️ Eddie Van Halen 🙏🙏🙏

[@chriscashen1952]

Greatest of all time! Happy heavenly birthday EDDIE❤

[@theinsightfulvisionary0197]

Yes, he is!!!

[@gloriasmith4838]

Eddie is the Goat! RIP to one of the greatest from immigrant to rock KING 👑

[@MidnightDStroyer]

Eruption? Volcanic! Eddie was single-handedly responsible for so many young people getting inspired enough to pick up a guitar & learn to start playing.

[@chrisburns99]

It is a digital delay on the signal and he is using the volume knob starting at 0 and swelling to ten and back to 0. He is the greatest to ever live. Actually today is his birthday. RIP the King. Great to see the younger generation rediscovering music. Listen to Fair Warning from 1983. My favored Van Halen album.

[@thewindle]

If you watch the next song, I Can't Drive 55, he had to change guitars because the strings started breaking. There are many great Van Halen songs, check out Best of Both Worlds

[@shamelessbastardgames9158]

It is so fun to watch peoples facial expressions as there brain tries to process it all . Eddie was the first at many new things and a true legend and KING of the hammer ons . I was lucky enough to catch Van Halen twice live in the 80,s and they were SO good ! Just awesome to see younger generations discover this man and his many talents .. RIP Eddie you will be missed Sir ! Great reaction !

[@robertknapp8328]

He built that guitar to the specifations that he wanted by experimenting with different necks and pickups thats why it sounded like a violin and many different sounds. He also used to practice 12hrs a day. His brother plays the drums. and the guitarist started playing drums and the drummer started playing guitar when they were kids until they switched instruments HE IS THE KING OF GUITAR PLAYERS

[@jameslytle8527]

Eddie actually learned to play piano first, long before he switched to guitar! He also composed most of the songs that VanHalen recorded on a piano. Also he played piano and organ on the 5150 album, along with the Guitar! Super Talent at it's Best! RIP to this Legend.

[@xerveschex5761]

I get nostalgia watching this, and I'm a 90's child!

[@colleenmonell1601]

The one thing I don't see anymore are classic garage bands like Van Halen. They began by forming a local group and practiced out of their southern California garages. I'm from San Diego, CA and have been privileged enough to see many groups here form that way, like Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rage Against the Machine and others.

[@Rayray-kj9cc]

You have witnessed greatness!! RIP Eddie!!

[@kdm71291]

If you know someone a lot older than you they might have been there….this was 1986. He used an echo and another sound effect along with turning up and down his volume knob to get that effect.

[@joewilliams3919]

Your reaction was Exactly what mine was!!! As a 19 yr old in 1981 when Fair Warning came out!

[@PatrickORourke-yz3xn]

Love the engagement, Vex - You are experiencing this from a first time, singular perspective. For those that lived through it, 15 years straight (and more), this guy was The Man. He (and the band, but it was him) was a staple for top-end rock. From 1978 on, they kept coming out with hammer after hammer album productions. Eddie was different than other "shredders" because he just had this innate musicality that made his shredding sound almost pretty. Just imagine some crazy musician in 2015 producing an experimental, yet head banging, ground breaking set of songs. Then, he continuously does so through 2030-35. You are looking back and there are a lot of songs, compositions, history, breakups/makeups, new lead singers....but there was always EVH to guaranty you got your money's worth.

[@anthonywilliams4517]

For 1986 this was EPIC!! It's incredible it's almost 40 years old. Thank you for all the great memories Eddie😇

[@debbers]

Hello Vex, this is my first time sitting in with you today, thank you for allowing me to do that! I enjoyed the time I spent here with you so I subscribed and left a thumbs up for you while I was here! I'm glad Eddie was the first time I saw you react! This is called the Van Halen effect, it causes smiling from beginning to end! Eddie made his own guitars, pieced them together from other guitars, I think this one is called Frankenstrat! Fabulous reaction!

[@Confare]

Eddie is the king. Best rock guitarist ever!

[@realPenrodPooch]

1. You asked if he was tuning the guitar while playing. No. He was plucking the strings near the tuning knobs. 2. You asked how he was making his guitar sound like a cello ("violin"). Watch him carefully. It's a combination of knob work, reverb, _and likely a pedal setting._

[@Raggmopp-xl7yf]

Love your reaction! It's like you're watching magic. Which you are. Eddie Van Halen was the best there ever was! RIP EVH You know, his brother Alex is the drummer and I can just imagine those two playing together since they were children, blasting out their garage and neighborhood.

[@dawnkhaoticaz]

Grew up with my aunties and uncles listening to music like this. I respect it.

[@dipsydoodle7988]

I agree with everything you said regarding careers, etc. As far as Eddie and his brother Alex, who is the drummer for Van Halen, yes..these two definitely ate, slept and bled their craft and it shows.

[@billdncn]

Bad Ass! Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for posting

[@billahler7728]

8:36. It’s the volume knob, a slap back delay and a whole lot of practice. EVH is the GOAT

[@garyregan7298]

I've been lucky enough to see him twice in the early

[@hikerstephen2669]

King Edward. Miss so much. Need to watch the song 5150 from live without a net. Same concert from the guitar solo. His guitar playing in that performance is amazing.

[@antoniocunha8772]

he is a top 5 guitarhero ever for sure , and top 3 more influents

[@lanebarnette1979]

He was the best guitarist for 40years. 1978-2018 we lost him to Check out the stuff from 78to82

[@karenwheeley5539]

Unfortunately Eddie passed away but we still have his music. I saw Valen Halen in concert and the video doesn't capture the magic of Eddie on stage playing live. His brother is the drummer in the band.

[@mikegoldstein1246]

The greatest to ever do it right there… too many abilities he brought to the instrument, skill set, equipment to name. He was so far ahead of his time that people still are trying to catch up.

[@foofghtr]

Start with the very first Van Halen record Van Halen 1 from 1978..

[@craigforsloff9896]

I saw Van Halen in Seattle 1977 with Sabbath and Montrose

[@vydrakk]

I'm not sure if it was intentional but you're the first reacter I've seen to pronounce Van Halen using the Dutch pronunciation as opposed to the American one

[@Immortalheart66]

I was at this concert,.. 10th row on the floor. New haven coliseum, Ct. Never leaves my soul. “King Eddie”,… wasted but other worldly. Greatness!!!!!

[@julieb3996]

Growing up in that era, I was a child and I remember hearing the sounds, and thinking it came from a synthesizer (computer keyboard) Later heard their songs on the radio and was just a fan Not until watcing these "reactions" did I understand the sounds came from one guy and his modified guitar And yes he has tapped into something I haven't quite understood, that some of the rave DJ's in more recent times can do too. "Cooking?"

[@bidensucks7976]

Whats amazing is, is his brother Alex started on guitar and Eddie started on drums, then they switched.

[@metalhead-mf2zf]

The 80s were my late teens and 20s and yes I saw this tour within a date or 2 of this very show and witness this incredible solo live myself in 1986. The concerts of that decade were unparalleled and absolutely life changing. I saw them all. I remember them all like it was yesterday and miss those hallowed years like they were 1,000 years ago. It was a great time to be young. God's favorite decade!

[@TrulyTheEpicGamer]

This the best typa reaction channel cause you aint going silent, I understand why people would go silent listening to this but its much more fun to watch someone energetic react to this masterpiece.

[@HyBr1dRaNg3r]

Naw he was hitting the springs on the tremolo system and plucking the still tensioned strings behind the lock on the headstock! It’s friggen nuts and it infuriates me it stays in tune the whole time😂😂 And he’s using the volume knob to go from 0 volume to like 1-2 volume, then back to off…Another thing that’s just insane😂The things Eddie thought of to do on guitar is just out of this world!(I’ve been playing guitar for nearly 30 years and there’s a lot of EVH stuff I won’t even attempt…Just for inspiration, he’s not someone you can truly emulate, he was one of a kind!

[@avi8r66]

Eddie has no equal. He changed how people viewed what a guitar could do. He was also quite good on the piano.

[@WorldWide-q8v]

He did not retune. Great reaction - subbed. Be epic, review the entire first Van Halen album. Then the Fair Warning Album. Cheers!

[@robertstoner8244]

Great stuff 👍

[@ryannielson6918]

Dude, your positive energy is awesome! Subscribed! EVH for the WIN!!

[@kevinmarshall854]

You just watched "King Edward" as his fans prefer to refer to him by. Eddie was self taught how to play the guitar when his big brother got better at the drums though he was so he took Alex's guitar and music for all eternity was suddenly changed into something that no one had ever heard before. Eddie learned the piano as child along with his brother. When the band came onto the music scene in the 70's no one had ever heard the things that Eddie was able to play and do with his guitar. He did not invent "tapping" , the hitting the guitar strings with his fingers. But he was the first one to ever use the 2 finger "tapping" technique and he has the only one to perfect it. You should listen to their early songs like "Mean Streets" and "Running with the devil" and when the lead singer quit the big and they got Sammy Hagar to sing the music changed but in many ways it got even better. Listen to "Hot for teacher & Jump then listen to a newer song like"Poundcake or5150."As a Van Halen to life you can not go wrong listening to any of their music. Eddie was a musical prodigy and an absolute genius when it came to music. Listen to Michael Jackson's song "BEAT IT" Eddie wrote and performed the guitar solo that you hear in the song. He even said that he had to rearrange the song for the guitar solo to make the show "flow" better. For most people Eddie is and will always be the GOAT when it comes to the guitar. Listen to songs "Little guitars" and "Spanish fly". Eddie was absolutely incredible!!! please check out more of Van Halen the band. I am very happy that you saw this video!!!!

[@rossmarlin4947]

EVH is the greatest guitar player of all time we will never see anyone like this again He set the bar, he is the bar

[@meteach1]

In case you didn't km ow: Eddie Van Halen is the guitarist AND soloist on Michael Jackson's "Beat It!"

[@FyreofShadow]

You should listen to the studio version of I'm the One, it's one of my favorites from Van Halen!

[@Zer0t0lerance93]

Thought I saw somebody I knew in the crowd too 😂😂

[@steverobillard3241]

You want Jam, try "D.O.A", "Unchained", "Mean Sreet", and "The Craddle Will Rock". You won't be disappointed!

[@donbabcock6021]

You’ve witnessed greatness. The Michael Jordan of the Guitar World if you can dig that.

[@davidoconnell1680]

Great reaction! There's been a few before Eddie. Jimmy was great but sadly gone too soon. Stevie is probably the best blue's guitarist ever but Eddie is the greatest Rock and Roll guitar player that's ever lived! RIP Eddie ❤

[@philhunter9134]

That's a unique pronunciation.

[@philreed2241]

Bro sounded like a video game! No! Video games sounds like bro because they never thought of sounding like that until after Eddy!

[@johnyanchik1167]

He built the guitar from three different ones to do everything that he wanted to do on it

[@joshs4594]

This is an historic performance and I’m not just saying that. Historic. I su g fest you explore the Jimi Hendrix rabbit hole and see where it all began in 1967. There are several videos out there live and in the studio. Go! 🎸

[@cindyv1401]

CAREERS....YES BABE ‼️‼️❣️

[@stevekaczmarczyk9701]

I seen them over 15 times,,live is the best,,,, There is 3,,,great players,,, Jimmy,, Eddie,, Stevie Ray von,,, check him out,,,,

[@RyneMurray23]

I love some Von Holland 😂😂

[@kevinmarshall854]

And to think that Eddie could play like that while he was completely sloshed and drunk off his a$$.

[@SIXX2772]

I absolutely love you....I had to sub after this! lol

[@hopeklemann1]

Eddie also made all of his own guitars.

[@JohnGunn-o6l]

Underrated not well known Gary Richraft flying turkey trot live REO Speed wagon guitar solo better shread than Eddy V he did tap stile before Early 70smind blowing

[@jehudavis5422]

😅

[@correctlyrics]

Van like "can" Halen like "hail in"

[@donbabcock6021]

Not a violin it’s volume swells using the volume knob and hammer ons/ pull offs, that’s why eddie’s guitars have low friction high ohm potentiometers.

[@mikerogers5264]

KING EDWARD 👑

[@martinklaus2203]

RIP EVH!!

[@rickcowger6727]

you should react to some of their other songs.....1 is called Poundcake, Eddie the lead guitarist who you just reacted to in this solo video, he implements a pneumatic grill that he plays with for just a little bit with his guitar....super crazy!

[@davidzornes6863]

Vaaaaa Haaaaaalen,,,, whiskey in the cup,,

[@martinklaus2203]

It sounds more like a chello than a violin.

[@TheBibleDefenders]

T for Texas --- One more from the Road Album---Lynyrd Skynyrd Thank me later....

[@rossmarlin4947]

1986 New Haven CT

[@conorhayes8818]

Mean street Van Halen

[@joehartmann9353]

Try Van Halen's Mean Street.

[@thepatriotsrock2]

You need to view Unchained & Running with the Devil by Van Halen

[@ronaldbryant9193]

He didn't say one word about him playing,without picking at 7:44.

[@rossmarlin4947]

Imitated but never duplicated

[@mcdshannon]

LMFAO!!! 2:47 "He a real Rock Star!".......Ya Think??

[@rubetubez91]

New sub homie

[@soniadenison1690]

Pronunciation Van as in a Van you drive😂

[@lorir5728]

The stadiums were always full of weed then. I actually can't remember if I even saw them live

[@Marshimized]

pause the video at 13:29 and press your right arrow key every 2 seconds 🤣

[@kenkonwick6660]

Yo, u wanna see something different, check out the song Poundcake from tge MTV video awards. Dude uses a fkn power drill on the guitar for notes at times

[@bobsebring2819]

DROP DEAD LEGS! ❤️

[@robertknapp8328]

Try panama and hot for teacher the music videos

[@dipsydoodle7988]

Hot For Teacher, official video is a must. 😉

[@TheJvSeries]

6:33 i see the person who you looking lol ahsuhasuhasuhasuh

[@Kevin-i6t5i]

😂 yea, I think I know her too. 😅

[@russellw7785]

When people actually played and could play. And he never learned to read music. Everything is synthesized music today. That means copied sounds. It had to come from something real. That real is Eddie Van Halen

[@ericmyers5003]

✌🎸🤘❤❤❤👍👍👍👍

[@rukamukus]

Check out Buckethead

[@JB6Lights]

God Given

[@rossmarlin4947]

He never took a lesson

[@stevent.keister1254]

Chloe

[@jetsstabler]

No. The video game sounds like Eddie.