How To Play Best Of Both Worlds By Van Halen - Mystery chords revealed

[@kibscott6096]

Great song, the 5150 album always makes me think of summer and good times, if I remember right I wore out the cassette playing it so much when it first came out, yeah good times, thx Marty 🤘

[@CAP21]

This is the best breakdown of this song on the internet, PERIOD! You are the “Van Halen Breakdown Guy”😎 I will expect royalties if you change the name of your channel to this 💰😂

[@ThisOldGuy3]

This is one of the song on the Live Without a Net tour they really seemed to have fun playing.🤘😎🎸

[@cleech74]

Yeah, there was so much positivity oozing from them, and this song & 5150 are fun, absolute ragers. The 5150 riff might be my all time favorite, but Ed’s playing in that first verse of Best of Both Worlds is really top notch, and the rhythm, chords, melody, volume potted down etc. is pretty complex playing. I’ve always said he makes it sound like it’s “rolling around” ( for lack of a better word). The phrasing, chord progressions, and syncopation of what he’s playing underneath Sammy’s vocals in the 1st & 2nd verse are really difficult, but sounds so f-ing cool. Marty does a great job working that one out,and explains it revisited a good amount of both VH eras recently, and are noticing little subtitles Id never noticed in the past. Cheers, to ya.🎸

[@roncollins6259]

Been playing this song for 20 yrs. Its interesting how meny people interpret it differently. Most tabs have it wrong like so meny Van Halen songs. I think your interpretation is spot on to my ears. Subscribed.

[@MarkEdward-bl6cr]

Great job on the lesson Marty cool Joe Satriani model looks like you changed the front pickup to a DiMarzio always liked that JS 🤘👍

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Yeh man. Thanks! I put a Fred humbucker and js neck pickup in it. I have a video up showing it actually. 😎🤟🏻🎵

[@ccaputa]

I don't know exactly why, but this song was always one of my favorites on this album. Probably just because it kicks ass and Sammy's vocal was in the zone.

[@kennethhoneycutt4513]

I love this song I'm glad you came back to. I'm more partial to the Hagar. Era of van halen thanks again marty

[@rvk5150]

Oh man I was loving the Epiphone video but now...now we get a new lesson! Hell yeah Marty!!!

[@barrymccociner6802]

So much going on and even some hiding . Great job decoding this song !

[@nokomisnichols]

Daaaaaang bro, fo reeeeeaaal? I'm impressed by the intro of your improv.

[@geoffreylowery9730]

Thanks Marty! Good rainy day down here to play with this

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

You're welcome!' Have fun dude. Rainy days are great for playing!

[@The_Macaroon]

Nice to see the KBS hanging out in the background.

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

Thought he borrowed mine 😂 Had to check the living room

[@DeputyVanHalen5150]

Awesome lesson as always Marty. Thank you. Your dog is just hanging out, taking in all of the rad licks. 😁👍🏻

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

You're welcome. He just won't leave me alone. He's been my buddy for 14 years now!

[@DeputyVanHalen5150]

@@Ranch5150SkinWalker Well he looks like an awesome buddy to have. Congratulations on having him man.

[@rdmcfarland5317]

Great video! Thank you for taking the time to write everything out. Much appreciated! This will be fun!

[@weslester5150]

Thanks! Definitely one of my favorites. Good lesson!!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks man! Glad you like it 😎🍺

[@paulsanders1]

I know people say it all the time, but your distorted tone is so rich and full. Can you go over how you achieve that tone some day? Thanks! Paul

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Yes, I will. I promise. Perhaps next week video content. ☮️

[@paulsanders1]

Thanks!

[@andyracksthecams]

Thank you. Haven't played this for years but will do soon.

[@DANWRIGHTITIS]

Great class!! Getting to the NITTY GRITTY without the CHAFF!! Yonks ago i my mum found me the OU812 ´Piano Vocal Book in a charity shop for a QUID . I didn´t get the notation - But it had ALL the chord shapes for WHEN IT´S LOVE - etc. I learnt more from that book than the TAB version that i bought later.

[@andrewzenn1719]

I could never figure out what sounded good. Thanks. EVH is awesome.

[@bmac5085]

Thanks Marty. Will keep this for later and go over it then. Nice delay effect, what are you using?

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks! I'm running stereo delay in the mix. Guitar was just dry. Gain only. Pro tools stereo delay. 250/500

[@bmac5085]

@@Ranch5150SkinWalker thanks bud 👍 I have the eventide utra tap stereo delay. Should be able to get a similar effect through that.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

@@bmac5085 yeh for sure man. I do 14% mix. 250 left 500 right. 25% feedback.

[@canyonproductions7683]

Thx for doin this lesson in Standard 😛. Im sittin around w my Tele and didnt wanna detune it just to learn this wacky riff. Great tone too

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

Love that S Series Ibanez. HS pickups should be on more guitars.

[@johnbatesowen9708]

A lovely tone

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks man!

[@williamdobson959]

Marty, thanks for the lesson big time! What mfg, model guitar are you playing, strings, pedals, amps etc for Van Halen Best of Both Worlds. Thanks.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Hey man! Thanks for watching. I'm playing the Ibanez JS model with the maple neck on this. I put a dimarzio Fred in the bridge and the Satriani hot rails in the neck. For you tube I run a Fractal AX8 .... it's their Friedman BE patch. I run ML labs Friedman IR's and run it into stereo into my pro tools through a Focusrite 2 channel interface. I just add reverb and delay in pro tools. And a touch of stereo chorus. I run my delay about 250ms left ans 500 ms right. 25% feedback and about 14% overall mix. Plate reverb about 15% mix.

[@deddiev1718]

Marty did you do anything to the neck of that guitar. It needs smoothing out I found. You did change the pups right?

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

I just changed the pickups to a Satriani Dimarzio Fred on the birdge and a Satriani Dimarzio "hot rail" single coil in the neck.

[@bear5141]

Congratulations bro I think you nailed it and didn't sound like Eddie and that's ok but it was very close but then again who's going to sound like Eddie he was one-of-a-kind but thankful for us that he left us a lot to work on and to get better at and I will be saving this video because thanks to you and I now have something to work on and God bless and keep rocking 🤘🎸

[@robbnasinovish]

Going use this lesson tha js mate

[@papablue3015]

Thanks 🤘😊

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

You're welcome! 😎🤟🏻

[@johnmcmahonBXLA]

Do your own research everyone: gather “official” tabs, (they’re usually incorrect but a good starting point), watch as many live clips of the song (if possible) as you can, listen to the isolated tracks, develop your own ear and use guitar/fretboard logic. Then create your own tabs. Repeating someone else’s mistakes/misinterpretations, is on you.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Well said. 😎🤟🏻

[@dad.in.the.clouds]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 🎸🎸

[@SpanishFly63]

No one’s gonna mention how he melted the paint off the walls with that solo at the beginning ?

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

🤟🏻😎🤟🏻

[@iloveitall]

Ibanez rocks!

[@michaelbillypec]

Riff is inspired by Celebration by Kool & the Gang

[@TeleCarlitos]

Get that thumb over the fretboard for that low F#!

[@brad5150able]

Nice!!! So sad Eddie succumbed to all of his excessive bad habits. A millionaire by the age of 23. That had to be hard to handle! I am surprised he lived as long as he did.

[@johnhotz1400]

Sad, so true

[@chrischoir3594]

Highway to Hell

[@ROOKTABULA]

Imagine how hard that album would have rocked without those dated, craptastic Simmons electronic drums.

[@carloslozada470]

AC DC rip off

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Kool and the gang ... celebrate too??? 😎☮️

[@buffdaddy2032]

To much van Halen on this channel. . Broaden your spectrum for more viewers and subscribers .

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Deep dive ... I think you'll see I do. Analytics at the moment reveal VH content currently yields the best results. But thanks for the advice. I do this mostly for fun. 😎☮️

[@carloslozada470]

AC DC rip off

[@Lemmynaide]

shit comment

[@Lemmynaide]

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