How To Play Best Of Both Worlds By Van Halen - Guitar Lesson

[@ajmpatriot4899]

Perfect! Thanks! I actually hear 316 in there somewhere too.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Eddie painted with different tones in the studio. Live was like going to battle. The Frankie and 5150 were his weapons of choice mostly. Then of course his signature models later on. Ed for the most part stuck with one main primary guitar live for the most part. 😎🤟🏻

[@ScoobyStrat]

I love all the Van Halen lessons you are doing! Thanks Marty, for enabling me to play some of Eddie’s work. The solos probably not, but I love playing the intros and rhythm sections. 🤟🏼

[@MikeDamron-bz7gm]

I never noticed the similarities with “Celebrate” before. Thanks for the great lesson!

[@jamesrexsannatracy8318]

Excellent. thank you lessons for breakfast lunch and dinner. Gonna try em all.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Have fun my friend! 😎🥂

[@StealthParrot]

Not only great technique, style and phrasing but also love your tone on this! Great lesson, thank you.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks so much. I really appreciate the compliments and also, thank you for checking out the video and channel. 😎🙌

[@5150show]

Absolutely brilliant thank you

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks dude! I appreciate the support as always! 🥂

[@fensterputzernuernberg]

Great sound ,, nailed it

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks man!! I appreciate ya Watching. 🎵🍺

[@bh9421]

Another AMAZING lesson and breakdown of VH! Thanks so much, so appreciate what you are doing on your channel! Brian

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks Brian. I really appreciate the support man!!

[@adamdalhed5422]

Great lesson. I can't believe I glossed over VH in my youth but making up for it now and bonus, now I have something to focus playing on my strat fsr roasted neck that I got earlier this year based on your review.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks so much man!! And great guitar. Congrats 😎🥂

[@1REDRoCKER1]

I’m diggin your handwritten chord diagrams.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks man! 🙌😎

[@mdub1762]

excellent work sir. thanks.

[@J24777]

I'm Glad I found your Channel! You Explain how to play Very well!!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thank you man! Glad you like the content! 😎🙌

[@enricosaccheggiani3192]

Great !! Compliments great execution

[@simply3141592654]

Finish What Ya Started was on a Strat too (studio).

[@richwickerman]

I really enjoy your channel, great content 👍

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thank you! Glad you like the channel, thanks for watching. 😎🙌

[@kennethhoneycutt4513]

Great video man that I think is my most favorite album to date by them and that's one of my most favorite songs I've got a request though when Love walks in you've got to do that one

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Will do! Thanks Kenneth!!

[@michaelkennedy2190]

Another great Van Halen lesson Marty! Thanks for sharing the love my brother 🙏

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

You’re most welcome man. I appreciate your support and kind words. 😎🥂

[@TradBowBruce]

Marty, you really nail the tone, more importantly, Eddies Vibe! Few can do that IMO!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks! That really makes me feel good man. I really appreciate it! 😎🥂

[@TradBowBruce]

@@Ranch5150SkinWalker you have put in years of critical listening and studying Eddie's approach. You feel it moreso than hear it. You get the blues vibe and undertone that he is coming from. You can have all the gear you want but without that piece of it, you cant begin to emulate and honor what he did. (BTW, I was that 12 year old kid in 1978 who heard Eruption and have not put a guitar down since. VH has blasted on my stereo every day since then. Great to hear what you do!)

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

@@TradBowBruce thanks again, I have dedicate a lot of time to it over the years I won’t lie. But there’s always the next bar. The next piece of the puzzle. Endless search. For what I am not sure. Glad it still is inspiring after all these years. I heard eruption and YRGM at 10-11 years of age in 1981. Thought it was a spaceship. Had no idea what was going on lol. Bought all the albums on cassette when 16 and had a job. 5150 came out and changed my life. Seeing them live was also like a magic and the best times ever. ☮️

[@TradBowBruce]

@@Ranch5150SkinWalker never stop the search for the elusive perfect note!

[@_Rick_S]

Great lesson on one of my VH favorites! I didn't realize how similar 316 was until you got to the verse here 😳😁 I remember hearing the story that Ed would play 316 on an acoustic to calm Wolfie down when Valerie was pregnant with him, sounds like he might have been noodling on it as early as 5150

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Yeh for sure man. He did it on live without a net 🙌. I would say it’s more of a dedication to Wolfie vs written for him. Since he played it several years before she was pregnant. Either, great song!

[@_Rick_S]

@@Ranch5150SkinWalker oh yeah that's right he started his solo with it back then, now I have to go and watch Live Without a Net again! 😆😆 Still remember Sammy saying they were in New Halen instead of New Haven lol

[@ChrisG1967]

Another great lesson Marty. Keep rockin' 🤘

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks Chris! I’ll keep ‘em coming man!

[@standingvertical3048]

Waiting on you doing the great song " Dream is over " would really like to see your take on it. Nice cover of this song Marty.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thank you! Hey that’s a good suggestion 😎

[@williammolina9792]

Please, next summer nights.

[@carlrichards5250]

Sounds great! What type of strat is that and what pickups are you using? Would love a rundown of the rig and settings!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks man! It just a player strat. 2021 model. Stock pickups made in Mexico. Basic setting on my Ax8. Suhr Badger with some gain. I added reverb. Delay and chorus in pro tools. Delay was stereo. 350 Ms left and 600 Ms right. About 18% mix level. 25% feedback. Reverb. Large plate. 10% mix. Triangle wave chorus at about 30% depth. 40% mix.

[@Wolf.51.50]

This is awesome. I hate when people (and music stores) lable VH as a metal band. They most definitely aren't. Eddie likes harmony, especially sus chords, he likes melody. He's essentially a piano player on the guitar, and that sure gave him a unique sense of melody and harmony. Of course he's a rock badass player, but very often people forget the complexity of his beautiful chords. See? I can't speak of him in the past. Eddie IS :-) Man, that sure is a beautiful strat! Love that baked maple neck! Is that the original neck? Thanks for another great lesson, Marty :-)

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Very well said man. Eddie was very in touch with harmony and chord structures. He put things together so well and made it feel great when he played it. The guitar is a stick player strat MIM with a roasted maple neck. They had a special run of these. It a 2021 I believe. I snagged it used from Casino guitars a few months ago when I popped in there. It really plays great. Thanks for the comment, I appreciate your support! 😎🙌

[@rr1pro]

I agree,I've always said they were a Hard Rock band,not Metal at all!

[@johnburris3395]

Eddie Van Halen was a freaking genius. He must have carried a couple of rolling flight cases for guitars just with different tunings.. I wonder if his guitar tech on the road sworn to secrecy all the shootings that he used phone interview with Hemet or the year before he died about his family coming to America. Any talked about when he started playing out everybody's trying to figure out what he was playing and how he was playing he said he would try to hide it as much as possible. You should have pissed him off at first people trying to copy him. But then he realized they were doing it because I loved what you did so much

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

I totally think the studio stuff was too secret. I mean, info is still coming out to this day we didn’t know. For the road, I think Frankie and the 5150 did the majority of what he needed. Then enter the EBMM and Wolfgang years!

[@GuitarShack]

Another great VH lesson I just stumbled upon. You truly rock Marty! Thanks for your hard work. I love both eras of VH. It really is the best of both worlds, lol. I didn’t realize Eddie used a strat on that tune. Sounds great. What kind of strat is that your using Marty? Looks and sounds awesome.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks so much!! Yeh, I learned years later he used a strat. I was like whatttttt!!??? It’s a MIM player strat from 2021. Roasted maple neck. I love it!

[@GuitarShack]

Thanks for the feedback and the info on that strat!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

@@GuitarShack you’re welcome. 👍

[@matteogambarelli1120]

Hello Martin, could you advice a good guitar squier and pickups to obtain that sound? And if it will be great the same guitar also to play Hendrix?

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

I'd look at a used fender player strat or one of the newer squier Strats. If you want a good set of pickups at a decent price look up the stratosphere guitar parts shop on line. They sell single coil sets that are Alnico sets for about $30. They sound great!

[@wyldbill100]

Shouldn't the tab'd chord of "A" (Time Stamp: 12:47) be written at the 7th fret and NOT the 5th as indicated, Marty? Thanks.

[@mrcurtis73]

Cool video. Could you do a video on the song 5150?

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Sure!

[@EricMakingWaves]

What amp/model are you using on this? Such a great lesson dude! I’m always coming back to 5150 for tone ideas.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

I use my fractal ax8. Freidman BE setting with a stereo Friedman IR. Run delay and reverb in pro tools in post. 😎🥂. Thanks man I appreciate ya watching!

[@vanhalen5150jhs]

another great one !!!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks bro! 🙌

[@shredgd5]

Great tone! What did you use?

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Fractal AX8 Direct into pro tools. Just a sim for Suhr Badger. I ran a little chorus/delay/verb in pro tools just to add some atmosphere. Thank you for checking out the video. 😎🥂

[@keithlambe211]

I saw the link between Celebration and Highway to Hell,I think it inspired the Young bros!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Who knew that AC/DC were Funk R and B guys! 😂😂.

[@seana6445]

Hi-way to Hell and Celebration. Best of Both Worlds!

[@remoteviewingartistmusicia9010]

very cool Thanks!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

You’re welcome! 😎

[@patlav3848]

Nice what is the effet

[@Dbunkr55]

Awesome. And he did use a Strat on this one. Right?

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Yes, from what I can tell based on the sound of the recording. I am almost positive!

[@rr1pro]

Live he plays a Steinberger doesn't he? It sure seems like it in videos I've seen.

[@Dbunkr55]

For this one live he played the Kramer@@rr1pro Summer Nights Steinberger, Get Up too

[@rr1pro]

Didn't he play it live on a Steinberger in the video?

[@matthewholme297]

Well explained edd was a genius

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks man! I try to add a little more than just “here’s how ya play it” in my lessons. 😎🤟🏻

[@saltyassassin]

Single coils?

[@J24777]

That a Yngwie Malmsteen Signature Guitar?

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

No it’s a player strat 2021. Roasted maple neck. ☮️

[@johnburris3395]

I love all Van Halen stuff. But those albums that Sammy was on. At least in my opinion Eddie Van Halen shined and sword bigger and better than ever before choose albums or Magic. The first time I heard summer nights I flipped out

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

He really was crafting some magic. I agree!! ❤️

[@me.roderick]

Thx my brother in 5150 for the musically insane!🔥🎸

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

You’re most welcome man! 😎🥂

[@nicklebac6753]

It’s Marty 5150 timeeeeeeee

[@jeffwagner2707]

Thanks Marty ohyes

[@martinnickell2883]

It sounds like Ed, and I forget the name of the instrumental he did, but it was like with BOBW, he incorporated that into BOBW. That's how Ed rolled.

[@Rick_Kn]

I'd like to learn how to play the intro to all of your videos, lol. I guess I'm a dork. 🤣😂🤣😂

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Cool! Maybe I should do a little video on that for fun!

[@nedlong5631]

Can you do ice cream man video solo an all

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

I can try! That one's a bitch. Hahah

[@adamorth4713]

Sorry to say that a lot of this is incorrect. This is actually how it is played: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnmxdYeOma-jfsU