FIRST TIME LISTENING TO | Eddie Van Halen - Eruption Guitar Solo | REACTION

[@StanCostello-q3o]

The GOAT! Period! R.I.P. king Edward

[@gregcissell345]

One of the most influential guitarists of all time.

[@danchristopher7957]

Who asked Alice Cooper to arrange guitar lessons from GLENN CAMPBELL!!!

[@SilverSurfer5150]

THE MOST.

[@chrismarmarou7877]

I can describe what you watched like this in 3 letters "EVH" dude,!!!!!!

[@gregcissell345]

@@danchristopher7957 ?

[@jag03ljg]

Eddie was the GOAT, he made his guitar talk, there will never be another Eddie Van Halen.

[@angiemaney761]

Amen to that!!! RIP Eddie!!

[@216Numbskull]

Don't get it twisted Eddie's without a doubt one of the greatest guitarist's to ever live. But as killer as EVH was as a 6 string shredder he hardly made his guitar talk even close as good as Peter Frampton did back in the day my friend. Let's keep it a buck, ya dig? Just saying...

[@jag03ljg]

@@216Numbskull I grew up during Peter Framptons time, he never stood out to me.

[@216Numbskull]

@@jag03ljg I'm not a huge Frampton fan myself. However, the only point I was really trying to make to you is the fact that Peter Frampton is the guitarist known more than anyone else in the guitar world for making his guitar talk. I mean that's literally what made Frampton in his music career for sure. So much so Frampton's LIVE album called "Frampton Comes Alive" was not only the album of the year but also the best selling album in '76. Not to mention the album spent 97 weeks on the Billboard charts due to the impression he made on music fans by making his guitar talk on his tune "Do You Feel Like We Do." Although even Frampton's credibility on that still doesn't make him close to the great iconic guitar player Eddie Van Halen was & always will be in music history. Just trying to keep it a buck here. +Peace & Rock n' Roll 4 Your Soul My Friend+ 🤘😜🤘

[@SignalCorps1]

I’m a huge Frampton fan and ‘Frampton Comes Alive’ took the world by storm when it was released and is still one of the greatest albums ever, BUT Peter isn’t in the same league as a guitarist when compared to EVH.

[@VinzClorthokeymasterofGozer]

This is just Eddie wandering around the house. He vacuums the living room. Plays 3 minutes of something otherworldly. Walks upstairs to check on the kids. Plays something no one could imagine. Drops his guitar. Turns it into a kickass song. Goes to fix a bowl of cereal.

[@USMCmom2016]

It was incredible to see him play this in person.

[@DeltaElites]

Yeah, I was lucky to grow up in the San Gabriel Valley where they would play backyard parties and saw them half a dozen times. I then saw the farewell show as they were about to go tour their first album in 78 at the Pasadena Civic and finally at the US Festival in 83.

[@DVincentW]

​@@DeltaElitesI saw VH 12 times.. but oin 1981, I saw them 2x. Fair Warning was thier least best seller but always will be my favorite.

[@cardsfan62254]

Seen Van Halen in concert from 1978 through 1984. Eddie was and will always be the greatest guitar player of all time!!

[@KamalénDjata]

Yes, he was ... But will always be ? Let's wait some more years and that dude Brian Carroll will rightfully claim that crown ! Seriously, EVH was really up there 🤘🏿

[@jasonkumitecarpenter8892]

​@@KamalénDjataThat's a funny one, bro, but there are no guitar players out there today, especially in Rock that can play what Mr. Eddie Van Halen can play and there will never be anybody who can do so.!!!

[@KamalénDjata]

@@jasonkumitecarpenter8892 I agree on that specific point, especially because Rock is no more, or at least is in a deep sleep, waiting for some prince to wake it up 😎 But Mr. Carroll is in a league of his own, don't you think ?

[@davidlauter1622]

JIMI HENDRIX was the greatest electric guitar player of all time ! Eddie Van Halen is 2nd

[@charmcrackermusic4250]

Eddie changed everything

[@kidwave1]

And even THAT is an understatement, ha.

[@anissia1210]

I graduated high school in 1987, we were so lucky to grow up in the best times of music history!! Sixties, seventies, eighties and nineties, well some of the 90's. Lol. Eddie was and always will the be the GOAT!!!

[@stevenmonte7397]

Me too! I remember when this was released.

[@chrisstone5868]

Awe I love it! I graduated 89’. Saw Eddie do this twice LIVE!! And this solo was like 20 minutes, not just 13. So to see him doing this, while hearing it too?? Even back then, it was MAGICAL!! Love your comment!!

[@davidthomas7379]

Class of ‘87! Saw VH in ‘84 in Detroit. Best generation of rock imho

[@Neel_44]

Yes, he can play

[@HLS6935]

1988 here. Great times for sure!

[@shawnleek2000]

keep in mind this was almost 40 years ago. Eddie was the GOAT!!!!!!! He is dearly missed. oh and he was half lit when he played this too. LEGEND

[@DravinD81]

Half lit? He didn't even remember the performance! 🤣 He was wasted. All hail King Eddie!

[@alricaneshama]

@@DravinD81 He barely remembers it.

[@chrisstone5868]

@@shawnleek2000 See I was gonna say same thing Draven said. There was no such thing as “ Half Lit” With Eddie! He never did anything “Half ”.When he rocked, he always rocked 100! When he partied, he always did that 100. But Eddie loved to party, and rock at 100!! I think he was at his best when he was Lit!! And like SRV, there will just never be another “Edward Van Halen”. There will be others. And to this day, a lot of AWESOME guitarists. RIP Eddie Van Halen- aka- Thee G.O.A.T

[@JJ-zv9fe]

I saw him play this in 2015 and it was even better. Amazing

[@chrisstone5868]

@@JJ-zv9fe Now that would of been AWESOME. I live in Montana. So Van Halen came here twice. Once late 80s and again in 91. I had the chance to see them in Seattle around 2013-14. But chance passed me by.

[@poppyleon_6275]

"C'mon drummer!" The drummer is Eddie's brother Alex VanHalen...also brilliant.

[@joeytosi]

As recognized as he is, Alex Van Halen is still very underrated. A powerful drummer with an iconic tone and signature style.

[@DVincentW]

Sadly, he (Alex Van Halen) has retired and isnt playing any more.. at least publicly​@joeytosi

[@drummerboy2834]

THE MOST UNDERRATED DRUMMER IN ROCK IN HISTORY…. AVH is the reason I changed from jazz to hard rock drumming 40+ years ago… Hot for teacher is still the best and most original drum intro ever created!!!!

[@drummerboy2834]

@@joeytosi40yrs later, still chasing Alex’s snare sound 🥴

[@glennquagmire835]

I remember, on Mtv (when they played music) there was an interview with Eddie and Alex VanHallen. When they were kids they wanted to get into musical instruments and Eddie wanted the drums and Alex wanted a guitar. Their parents bought them for them but one day Eddie came home and Alex was on Eddie's drum set. Out of retaliation (for being on his drums), Eddie picked up Alex's guitar (out of spite) and the rest is history.

[@PeterOldschool]

Top 5???? GOAT!!!! Nothing touches this

[@THOMAS81Z]

TOP 1!!!!!!

[@randystalnaker6700]

The man was a MASTER at what he did...MINDBLOWING!!! And he had so much FUN when he played...He MADE THAT GUITAR SING!!!

[@mcfcguvnors]

only for total smegheads to butcher it n keep pausing for ad revenue

[@NancyColis]

@@mcfcguvnors I doubt he's getting ad revenue on an Eddie Van Halen video. Almost all, if not ALL, reactors do not get monetized on most of these legendary performances. If anything, you sound like a hater, and you can always watch the original video and not a reaction 🙄

[@davidallen4498]

Fast Eddie. Bless him for all generations. R.i.p. my brother. So glad I got to see them live.❤❤❤❤

[@darrencaschera-fh8rh]

I've seen them live so many times. I still cry to this day. He's almost been dead 3 years. The 6th of October 2024 will be 3 years. So sad. I couldn't believe when I heard it. I just couldn't believe it. I cried my ass off. I still do. I'm 58 years old. I live in South Florida. I'm human. It doesn't bother me what other people think we grew up with Eddie. Eddie, is the goat the best ever watching him play? Unbelievable. Unbelievable him and Angus Young AC/DC. They share a common aspiration the guitar. I've seen them play so many times. It's like you cry. You're happy you can't take your eyes off him. He's mesmerizing. I love you Eddie. Rest in peace my brother. You will never be forgotten ever

[@LNorman-hi1tm]

I was fortunate to have seen Eddie play many times over the years, starting in 78. NEVER a bad show. Always a masterclass in how to play rock guitar.

[@treyhutson2594]

Saw them one time in Shreveport, La. Wish it would been more. Eddie, Stevie Ray and David Gilmoure. Three of the greatest of all time!!

[@craigjessmer3226]

The GOAT. There have been many pretenders to The Throne and many worthy disciples, but there will forever only be one King Edward.

[@terryconnelly484]

His solos are like a fireworks show.Never ending and then there's a grand finale

[@jimjersey2345]

Eddie was a madman... a true genius and a wizard. Nobody will ever fill his shoes

[@greggwilliamson]

Get ready to ROCK!! Yes, that Guitar NEEDED a cigarette after THAT!!

[@jeffreichel4777]

Your reaction was genuine and priceless! Thank you for recreating my original reaction to Eddie back when all I had was the audio as I never had the privilege to see him and the band in person. He was definitely the GOAT!

[@whey4u]

The most amazing thing about that solo is that later when they asked Edward about it later on he didn’t remember it due to his alcohol addition. The solo is made up of several solos he recorded on his albums. Eruption from Van Halen I, 316 from from Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, Spanish Fly from Van Halen II, Mean Streets intro from Fair Warning, Cathedral from Diver Down, mixed with his improv! Edward loved to “fill-in” spots and played guitar like a piano keyboard/percussion instrument. Many have tried to play like him and many have failed. He built his own guitar to his own specifications, built his amplifiers and created a sound that many to this day cannot replicate! He is top 5 in my book with only Stevie Ray Vaughan, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Steve Vai and Jimi Hendrix. Many are good but none like the Incredible Edward Vah Halen! R.I.P!

[@TheTriumphbsa]

Amoung rock guitarists, there is B.E. and A.E. . Eddie changed the game with his neoclassical riffs and blazing tapping style. Hendrics used tapping here and there; but Eddie sent it into space. He had a big brain on him. He used it unsparingly in the innovation he brought to electric guitars, like his own 'FrankenStrat'. Eddie designed, tested and used unique pickups, fret boards, internals etc.; and also created new configurations of amplifiers as well. Through all the money, fame and accolades, Eddie stayed a down to earth and genuinely nice guy; a hard charging blue-collar young man, that just happened to be a rock guitar god. R.I.P.; and thanks, brother.

[@tinakeith5822]

I could watch this all day!!! And still be in complete amazement!!! My favorite part is when he plays the back of his guitar!!!

[@kevinmarshall854]

This is THE GREATEST GUITAR SOLO EVER FROM THE KING EDWARD VAN HALEN!!!!

[@shenaluke]

Now go and read up on all his achievements. He was a master pianist when he was a little boy I forget the age, he couldn't read music, has more then 5 patents on his techniques and other equipment that he re invented. He built his own guitar, re- designed the way amplifiers are used and sound, created the strings that were tough enough not to break so he could hit the note higher then any other person who he heard play, Plus a whole lot more. He is considered by many to be a musical genius.

[@jacklopez1046]

Love the classical pieces he plays in this.

[@indracaponious]

7:51 Cellos in concert halls the world over wept and wished they sounded this good. RIP EVH!

[@theamazingthunderlips9387]

What Eddie had was a gift from GOD. Thanks for Sharing Eddie!!

[@duckconway1789]

And he did that every show.

[@oakland-as-diehard6717]

His brother is the drummer.who originally was a guitar player and Eddie was originally a drummer. Wrap your head around that one.. 🤯🤣

[@jsr-uz3oj]

Every Van Halen concert I saw was fantastic,and Eddie is the GOAT.

[@davidvalderrama1816]

This is ONE instrument, one, what a gift!

[@dustinbonz2709]

Your reaction is very warranted we all have that same reaction the first time we heard Van Halen absolutely mind-blowing glad you found them

[@wolfeyes9357]

Musicians will be studying Edward for a very long time...he was one in 7 Billion! He did his own thing and was brilliant, changed the electric guitar forever!

[@markgirard647]

Show me anyone else who can SOLO for THIRTEEN minutes and keep people interested. Eddie was one of a kind R.I.P.

[@markgirard647]

@Tessmage_Tessera absolutely not. Jimi was great, but the average person won't watch an out of tune guitar player for 13+ minutes. Don't be salty about it though because what Ed did was built on what Jimi did. I have been a touring musician for 40 years and you have to be ON STAGE and see a crowd react to a solo to understand how long a 13 min solo really is. To have enough variety in your bag of tricks to keep non guitar players interested..... Sounds easy but it's not. This does not diminish the greatness of Hendrix...its just a different chapter.

[@markgirard647]

Lol shut up. Learn an instrument first before being so stupid online. Your aggression betrays your ignorance. I wasn't trashing Jimi ffs....Eddie was just a better guitarist. Sorry if it hurts your precious feelings. Oh wait...no I'm not sorry 🤣

[@KamalénDjata]

That dude with a bucket and a mask ..?

[@markgirard647]

@gaoussoukeita7289 Buckethead is great as are so many guitarists. Eddie was better in the sense that his composition skills and timing made everything that much more musical. I'm not here to say other guitarists aren't awesome...just that Ed had the special sauce that made him better.

[@KamalénDjata]

@@markgirard647 I agree with you, it was innocent banter. I'm grateful I have the opportunity to listening to and picking from literally a ton of great music over the decades 😉

[@Liz-cmc313]

The best of the best🔥🔥🔥🔥RIP King Edward, we all miss you💔

[@Laurael626]

RIP Eddie! He was the best!!!

[@scoutbeavers7355]

Anything Eddie did was excellent 👏

[@DaRiffGuy]

Saint Edward R.I.P. So glad the younger generation are discovering his genius.

[@danastacey7019]

Oh and BTW Eddie stated that he was drunk off his ass when he performed this solo!😂❤

[@Theghostbandartisit]

‘Lets see if he has the juice’ HE MADE THE JUICE

[@kevinmarshall854]

What most people don't realize is that Eddie was a trained classical piano player as a young child and in the beginning of this guitar solo he was playing some classical Beethoven but upon his electric guitar. And he never took a single guitar lesson but he was self taught and because of that he created his own way of playing the guitar and that is why no one else plays like him before he is came on the scene and it was so completely different than anything that anyone had ever played before that they had to create a new way to try to explain what he was doing on the guitar. He made his first guitar by getting a blank guitar body second from a scrap pile at a logic guitar manufacturer and collected the second hand parts that he thought gave him the sound that he wanted. That guitar is lovingly called the "FRANKENSTRAT" named after the famously made guitars "Stratcaster" that guitarist have loved for many years. His son Wolfgang has it now but a replica is in the Rock and Roll hall of fame and it is estimated to be worth millions. Wolfgang played with his father in Van Halen as the bass player when Michael Anthony left after he was replaced by Wolfgang. Like Prince Wolfgang can play every instrument in the band. And he can play life his father.

[@Victor-h9n1f]

He was 30 here .Watch him doing this solo at 60 in Tokyo Dome ,AMAZING!

[@kidwave1]

So great Brother! You were literally STUNNED INTO SILENCE! A common effect by the way!

[@mazeyandbuck]

I loved that you covered Eddy. Class of 86.

[@mikefetterman6782]

Tapping and double tapping the guitar neck is a technique that was perfected in the mid 70s. Eddie, among others were proficient in doing the same thing that Clapton, Page, Beck and even Robby Krieger(the Doors in the 60s) were doing earlier. The entire 80s hair metal scene was just a bunch of bands doing their best version of their own Van Halen. Eddie does the tapping so melodically and uniquely, that he soared above the rest of the crowd. He is among the small crowd of Stevie Ray, Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Atkins, Django, and Robert Johnson that all made just as many people quit the guitar as inspired to pick one up. These guitarists all have a direct connection to their instrument and can truly express what ever they hear in their head, through their hands.

[@mikefetterman6782]

Eddie is using a Floyd rose whammy bar (for dive bombs), and a reverb pedal, a "new " delay pedal (touch once and it automatically echoes) and some distortion, and fuzz pedals for different effects throughout this improvised around a scaffold of a song, demonstration.

[@rayvyn2k]

Eddie was one of the GOAT guitar players of all time. He made his guitar sing and he is dearly missed. And I loved that you were left speechless by the performance.

[@melissamullins5722]

The Bach in there just blows my mind

[@larry8627]

Eddie music is so far out there yet coordinated that people could not score his music and therefore tab was invented ? Wow

[@markhawkins3183]

The drummer is Alex, Ed’s older brother, if you didn’t know!!

[@eliaramirez2868]

❤RIP EVH ❤️

[@danasmith5]

Once in a lifetime

[@MommaHub1966]

The drummer is his brither Alex Van Halen. Their father was a classically trained Jazz music. Their father was Dutch & their mother was Indonesian. They were born in Amsterdam.

[@LeciaPurks]

One of the best! Believe me, we felt you during this reaction. We’ve been there

[@mrbohjangles2052]

Most people wouldn’t have an issue with you saying he’s top 5. He is a guitar legend.

[@rxgaming5047]

Finally! Someone reacts to this with the sound properly sync'd!

[@TimE_5150]

Welcome to the genius of Edward Van Halen! I have listened to him since 1978 and to this day although I have heard nearly everything available so many times I can't remember I continue to be amazed. It is not only his shredding, it is also his rhythm playing and his songwriting is tremendous. As said below and I whole heartedly agree, the G.O.A.T.

[@theschedulingdesk]

You just watched one of the best guitarist in the world!

[@taramama6658]

What can say….not a word his guitar said it all! LEGENDARY

[@Immortalheart66]

Was at this concert,.. 10 the row on the floor,.. center stage. New Haven Coliseum, Ct. Long live “King Eddie.”🔥🎸👑🤘🔥

[@jennifersullivan7909]

He was the Mozart of our time, and we were lucky enough to be here for it. ❤🖤

[@pcallas66]

This was originally off the Van Halen 1978 album Van Halen I. The studio version is definitely a little different, but just as epic. Your face says it all. The one thing that Eddie Van Halen did is he developed his own sound with experimenting with a thing called a Variac, which is a variable AC transformer. He wanted the huge sound without necessarily having the excessive volume that went with it. I remember hearing him in an interview saying that 89 volts was the sweet spot for the sound. He worked on his own amplifiers and was able to design his own lines of amplifiers as well. Thank you for checking it out.

[@nanawalks]

I saw this tour at the St. louis show. I will never forget watching this live. GOAT

[@DarrenBocksnick]

It’s so cool to see someone new be introduced to the music. I grew up on loving and enjoying. Wish you could’ve experienced that time in life to have such awesome epic bands, making music like that and playing concerts all over the country with that live action energy. Nothing like it.

[@sabredesatanas518]

Best guitarist EVER!

[@gorramnelf]

"End it with the fast fingers....they ain't fall off yet?" = priceless and accurate commentary!

[@mikerichardson8983]

Eddie changed the way the guitar was played! The genius of Eddie was that he made the guitar sound nothing like a guitar. Trust me when I say this, but you will never forget what you just saw and heard. I can still remember the first time I heard this back in 79. Eruption just finds a way into your soul, and you never forget it! RIP EDDIE.

[@khristianacampbell3356]

Eddie was brilliant and a master innovator!! Eddie will be forever missed but will live on forever in his musical genius! I’m not some weird fan girl but I did cry when Eddie died!

[@karenm5556]

Best guitarist of all time! Now his son is close to filling his shoes!

[@christiantaylor4027]

We all felt like that. And word's never came close to saying how he made us feel. And if you played guitar at any level your mind hurt but it was great. Talk about shock and awe. Thank you Edward for so much cool and fun. Great choice dude. Rock on!

[@rafaelcolon6635]

He should be #1 in your top five. Eddie was the G.O.A.T. period! I enjoyed your reaction.

[@macleod1592]

King Edward, the greatest of all time. Yeah there are lots of guitarists now that can do what he did but he started all of it back in the 70's. Besides his skill, he wrote songs that will be loved and legendary for many many generations.

[@seandobson6221]

Eddie is on my guitar Mt Rushmore with David Gilmour, Jimi, and SRV. Eddie uses some guitar techniques he created that revolutionized guitar play. He created the hammer on and off style. That’s where instead of strumming the strings he taps them at a specific fret then taps agin on another. Eddie is and absolutely LEGENDARY!

[@alanschaible760]

Eddie Van Halen will go down history as one of the greatest guitar players of all time. When anyone comes up with the top five list of greatest guitar players he is always in the list. Depending on who comes up with the list it changes a little bit but still he is always on the list.

[@davidgilmour9447]

It should be illegal for those into music to have never seen this. This kid was the most innovative player to have ever picked up an electric guitar. I saw this tour in Salt Lake City. I was literally on the side of the stage. I could've taken 3 steps and shook his hand. I'd seen them before and thank God we have this video forever. That damn cigarette cost him his life. He should still be playing music with his son. Gone too soon. R.I.P. Edward L. VanHalen.

[@kristiefreeman5177]

Eddie Van Halen was a guitar god!!! He is so missed!

[@mauer62]

The mighty Edward Van Halen! I seen him do this live back in 87 in Seattle at the King Dome. Its an experience beyond comprehension.

[@JohnOakley-eb9wc]

That was actually several songs merged into one solo. Listen to the studio versions of Eruption, Spanish Fly, Mean Street, and Cathedral. Eddie was amazing.

[@danastordalen623]

Rest in Peace Eddie ❤

[@kellywolf9148]

Eddie Van Halen...was one of a kind!

[@matthewklein7311]

I saw Eddie do this in concert a couple of times. just awesome!!

[@terryconnelly484]

Don't forget he had about an hour more left playing after his solo , including a call back

[@cmdrdredd]

The strings on an electric guitar are wound steel and pulled at tension over the pickups which is normally where you pick and strum the guitar. The pickups have magnets inside hooked up to some electronics. The vibration of the strings is picked up by the magnet and that's what produces the sound through the amp. You can tap the strings to get them to vibrate so you don't actually need to strum and the sound is different when you do different things with it. This is one of the more elaborate demonstrations from one of, if not the very best to ever play.

[@bethpartridge2236]

It was amazing to see it performed live!

[@justingreer4001]

He is an even better rhythm player he had something I’ve never heard anyone else have, he had the whole ball of wax!

[@Daxtarr1]

The first time you see and hear him, it pretty overwhelming.

[@markhawkins3183]

First time to your channel brother, like it too, EVH was Nasty! RIP-EVH 🙏

[@51char]

Eddie ...pure love for him ..seen 3 times in concert .... I will give you another great guitar player ... Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme -

[@williammathews6603]

an it was all tone to him,we here sounds an he would tones...wat an master!RIP ED..

[@TreyXanthean-c5h]

had the GREAT pleasure of seeing Van Halen (with Roth) live both nights June 7th and 8th 1984 on the 1984 tour. stunning would be the only word i have to describe the experience. tickets sold out so fast they added the second night 20 minutes after the ticket counter opened. i have no earthly idea how my Mon secured the tickets but she did. what an amazing thing. sorry to those that were not there.

[@jimjersey2345]

I am honored to have lived during the time or some of the greatest musicians in history.

[@mikeh3851]

RIP Eddie. Thanks for all the mind-blowing stuff you did over the years. There will never be another EVH.

[@colemant6845]

Yup... That was the best I saw of him.... RIP Eddie

[@SignalCorps1]

EVH and SRV are both GOATs in their respective areas. EVH is the greatest R&R guitarist ever and SRV is the best Blues guitarist of all time. Neither could do what the other one did, and for that reason we can love them both without needing to compare one to another.

[@coachgman]

This was an improvised concert version, which he did a lot live. Check out the album version as well.

[@alricaneshama]

#ABtheKreator The guitar he is playing. That's his own personal built guitar he named Frakenstrat or Frankie for short. He named it that because he built it from multiple guitar parts from various types of guitars. It's not his only built guitar. Just the most famously known and seen. He also built amps. He completely changed how guitars are not only played but built as well. Also, Eddie is 100% self-taught as he could not afford lessons. I know his dad had him do panio. He's a musical genius and THE GOAT! RIP Eddie.

[@alricaneshama]

Another kick azz guitarist is C.C. DeVille

[@therealmciver3761]

I got to see this tour live...great times growing up in the 80's. Best era in the history of music. RIP EVH

[@stevenaleman7454]

The Van Halen brothers, Eddie and Alex, were bullied growing up because they didn’t speak English very well and their dad was a musician that made them take piano lessons when they were young…Eddie (RIP) took parts from other guitars to build his classic striped guitar, he named “ Frankenstein”…. He explored EVERY part of his guitars to get the most variety of sounds possible…He’s a legend for all generations. Would’ve l been a legendary experience to see Eddie Van Halen and Neil Peart (RIP) do a collaboration together, if only…great reaction video!

[@alricaneshama]

My brother saw that show. He was somewhere in that crowd. Said it was the best night of his life.

[@keithp8521]

I saw That tour Still amazed today And the #1 of all time solos

[@dragobeegames5057]

Eddie Van Halen is one of the Rock Guitar gods. He is right up there with Hendrix. He did the guitar solo in the Beat It! video and did it at least once live with Michael Jackson. All of his playing is amazing.

[@JeffreyWalker-zl9dx]

Stevie Ray Vaughn was spectacular. Eddie Van Halen was spectacular. Wow

[@nelsonbaez1518]

Your gestures and impressions said it all. Even the musicians react just like you. You just have seen an special and unique talent. A miracle and gift of God like many others. Thanks for your great and genuine reaction of the one and only Edwatd Van Halen. ¡Rest in peace Eddie! ¡We love you so much!