Just Like Paradise Guitar Lesson - How To Play Just Like Paradise By David Lee Roth And Steve Vai

In this video I demonstrate how to play the song Just Like Paradise by David Lee Roth. This song was featured on the album Sky Scraper and contains a lot of great Steve Vai licks and riffs. I cover how to play the chords as well as intro guitar solo and main guitars solo, as well as provide some incite on how Steve played and how to come up with the right sound to emulate Steve Vai. I hope you enjoy the video. Please subscribe!
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[@brettschacht4183]

I don't care what anyone says, I LOVE the entire 'Skyscraper' record! Oh, and that guitar is GORGEOUS.

[@ftft9627]

Me too, it is an amazing album

[@DeputyVanHalen5150]

Probably my favorite Roth tune! Excellent lesson Marty! Thank you man! I played this regularly for my son when he was little, he always loved the tune. We were in a store and it played, he was about 6 and yelled DAD ITS DAVID LEE ROTH! Abunch of people looked, one guy said; you're raising your kid right! 😅😁🎸

[@Peter-tb5vg]

Mint lesson. Thx as always Marty. Time to let the hair down, get the top down on the car and drive in the sun. Oh yeah, forgot, not much hair left, the roof doesn't come down and it's Winter. As Dave would say, That's Life 😀

[@DeputyVanHalen5150]

Yeah, this song feels like summer. Feels strong enough to bring it early. 😁 This tune and lesson are stacked with goodies man..

[@papablue3015]

Anyone who played with Dave had to put their Vanhallen on! Great lesson! Thanks Marty 🤘 😊

[@davidcraft4919]

Great lesson, great song. MONSTER tone! You always get it perfect.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks man! I was a little shaky on how much freaking delay there was but it was necessary! Lol. 😀🤟🏻

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

Love that JEM brother! Great song too, I wasn’t around in the 80s but my dad raised me on this stuff. Reminds me of my childhood!

[@NeilTurnbull007]

Love this song & the whole Skyscraper album . Great job with the lesson !

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks man! I appreciate you watching. Have a great weekend!

[@TheDeedeeFiles]

Awesome guitar

[@slappywag7210]

Yeah it is! They look real nice with the purple and blue Dimarzio humbuckers🤘

[@e-mail881]

I love this song!

[@gokhanersan8561]

A masterpiece!

[@TheBryanKelly1]

Very cool. Thanx

[@rvk5150]

One of my favorite DLR songs....just a happy tune a la Dance the Night Away. Thanks for the great lesson Marty!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Totally agree man! Great vibes with this tune. 😎🤟🏻

[@brianrice3709]

And very well done thanks a lot my friend.

[@bobbynip66]

Great video! This is one of those songs where I know a couple of the main licks but never buckled down and learned it all the way through…now I don’t have an excuse 😀

[@samsonjpedroza]

GOOD JOB MARTY !!!

[@armandomartinez2291]

My favorite Via song and my favorite DLR song thanks

[@ricktheexplorer]

Love that Jem Ibanez, I had one similar once, 3rd off the series, with Vai's flower drapes. $9,999.99 in 1990.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Wow, that's amazing man! That is a great piece of Vai and rock history. 😎🤟🏻

[@ricktheexplorer]

@@Ranch5150SkinWalker An amazing guitar that sounded like a Stradivarius of guitars, with those pickups sounding like nothing else, like when you switch yours to the neck pickup. I couldn't mod it, I rarely played it, and had to sell it during the pandemic to pay off my extortion cell phone from verizon. My Mom died of the virus, and I had to save my house. I had to sell it for $2k cash to a lover of guitars. I'm just thankful it went to a good home. I miss it, and I must buy one back when I get the money. Those Ibanez are well worth the price. Looks like you got a great one. That's a beauty.

[@ewan_ou182]

one of my all time fav songs. thanks Marty this was an awesome lesson. :)

[@michaelkennedy2190]

My favorite DLR track! Thanks Marty! Happy new year!

[@petewhitten3778]

Thanks Marty I really love this solo in this song. This is a great Steve Via album 😎🎸👍

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

You're very welcome Pete. Thanks for watching man. I love the album too! Very creative stuff. 😎🤟🏻

[@anxose]

fenomenal álbum y fenomenal clase Marty👌👌

[@lucasgm03]

Awesome song ,awesome record ,awesome lesson thank you

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

You're very welcome! Thank you 🙏

[@MarkEdward-bl6cr]

Awesome lesson Marty the Gem shines for this stuff 👍🤘👏

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

It sure does! It has the "sound" for sure. Thanks for watching dude. 😎

[@joshuasydnee]

Nice what you playing through great tone 👍👍👍

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks! Fractal ax8. I use a Freidman BE patch and Friedman IRs. I'm running a stereo analog delay and chorus in the ax8 in conjunction with a stereo delay and reverb in pro tools. So I have two stereo delays at once. Lol.

[@mwms9872]

Great job! Love the axe too

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks! 😎🎵🎵🎵🎵

[@kurtsnider8365]

I tune in and watch every new video TY

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Man, I really appreciate that. Thank you. 🙏

[@richarde5718]

Dude what a lush tone! I want to dive into that sound!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks man! 🤟🏻😎🤟🏻

[@joelchabot3170]

What a great tone you've got!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks so much man! 😎🎵🎵🎵🍺

[@bmac5085]

Another good lesson thanks 😊 That's a beast of a guitar 😮

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Indeed it is! Thank you so much buddy!

[@stevenpotter-en2me]

Wow Marty,your playing really got my rock and roll going this morning. Thanks for the great video

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks so much dude! Glad to get your morning off to the right start! Have a great weekend man.

[@Diggerdog2nd]

Great tone, sound & that is the exact color Jem I want.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks! I love the color too. I wish it had an ebony fretboard. I'd be able to see the inlay a little easier but that's a minor complaint. 🤟🏻😎

[@curtisjaynes8059]

Marty thank you for doing what you do!!You’re awesome I wish you was my neighbor so I could come over and we could jam. 😂👍🎸

[@johngregory7329]

Hello Marty, I love the color of your Jem , I have a weakness for Blue guitars & bass's. You definitely are a great 👍👍👍 instructor. If I can play it being a bass player you have to be a great teacher. Thanks, stay safe and well and keep Rocking.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks so much man, it really makes it all worth while reading nice comments like this. I appreciate you watching man. Glad to help! 😎🎵🎵🤟🏻

[@DC7ify]

Yes! What a coincidence, I told myself I was definitely learning this one like last week!! So glad I found your channel and subscribed

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thank you very much! Glad I could help out and the timing was right! 🤟🏻😎

[@garyarsenault2873]

Great lesson as always….nailed the tone. Maybe I’ve missed it but would like to see how you recreate all the tones as you nail it each time. Thanks for sharing!!

[@hj.maryatimaryati7181]

👍👍

[@Earlvis]

I had that guitar a few years ago. Traded it for a Budda SuperDrive 30. Wish I still had it. Great lesson, Marty!

[@jeffskyberg5615]

Very nice! Showing your amp and pedal setup would be great!

[@FoulOwl2112]

I was still a little pissed about the whole Van Halen breakup when this came out. So l really didn't give this a fair shake. I'm over it now so l can appreciate it.

[@flashy5150]

This came out in 1988, which was the “Skyscraper” album. “Eat ‘em and smile” came out in 1986, which was Dave’s first album past his leaving from Van Halen.

[@FoulOwl2112]

@@flashy5150 No shit Sherlock. What's your point

[@bobbynip66]

I was also pretty upset by the Van Halen breakup, but I guess I was lucky because I was also a huge Sammy fan before he joined. I loved the Eat ‘em and Smile album so I was good listening to it all. In later years I was dying for a VH reunion with Dave…but in the late 80’s and early 90’s I didn’t discriminate too much

[@Plisken65]

​@@FoulOwl2112 you still seem upset😂

[@billdivine9501]

I get it. I thought the whole breakup was bullshit. What I thought was my favorite band, just perfect and they’re acting like a bunch of assholes.

[@jmhatutube]

Love your channel! Great lesson, although I'm curious how you got your tone/guitar sound. What effects are you using, etc?

[@rinkydinky-ob9pe]

Super lesson Marty, thanks for sharing this with us, I never saw Steve vai play with dlr but I did manage to see him on his passion and warfare tour , fantastic artist, still never played a Jen yet either 🤪

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks! Man the DLR tours were great to experience. But that's awesome you saw Passion And Warfare. Oddly... Passion and Warfare is one of the few times I missed seeing him!

[@rinkydinky-ob9pe]

i saw vh at castle donnington in the uk on the 84 tour ! total unreal when i was about 16@@Ranch5150SkinWalker

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

@@rinkydinky-ob9pe damn dude! Nice

[@darrylwalker1867]

Another fantastic lesson.

[@brianrice3709]

That’s one sexy guitar !

[@Bad_Phil]

What are the delay and reverb settings you used? Is there a touch Chorus is there as well??

[@sciencemansandera]

How do you like that jem? Do you think it plays any faster or easier than any of your other guitars? I'm thinking about getting one like it I did some research on them and seen what a great guitar it is.

[@Mad_Axe_Man125]

Jesus your tone is freaking soaring. What kind of pickup is that a JB? Super hot. edit- i looked it up apparently its a dimarzio. Sounds incredible.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks! Yeh it's a Gravity Storm 😎🤟🏻

[@geoffreylowery9730]

Thanks Marty! Like another guy said, I wasn't happy At All with Roth after 1984 (though I'm absolutely in the Haga camp) so I didn't open up to those albums. Yes I was always a Vai fan, how could you not be. But Roth? Naw. Anyway at this point I like it and wish the airwaves were still saturated with it.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

You're welcome! I really got into the Roth solo records ... I kinda lost interest with a little ain't enough in general. But I was a Vai fan through and through so I was super pumped at that time. Oddly, when Vai was with Whitesnake, I never thought slip of the tongue was very good. And to this day I still don't care for it that much. lol.

[@carlhungus2521]

how is that jem...is it awesome? cuz it looks wicked awesome

[@billdivine9501]

What’s your amp/effects settings? That tone is phenomenal in headphones!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

I'm using a fractal ax8 with the Friedman be setting. I used the analog stereo delay and chorus on the fractal and mixed in another stereo delay and reverb in Pro tools just to make it even more over the top. Double stereo delays are cool!

[@ftft9627]

Superb lesson, amazing job and guitar🎸 I still play my BFP 1991, not as well than you, but you can see a few videos in my profile😅

[@Motleymick]

I love that guitar. I thought you sold it.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Nope, this one stayed with me! Thank you man!

[@stevedahl]

What is your rig?

[@brookster7772]

Never saw your channel before but a recommendation if you could just play the whole thing in the intro first and then pick it apart. What do you think?

[@rapid13]

I doubt very much that this was a nod to VH in any way, but I’ll accept any evidence that that’s what Vai was thinking and change my mind.

[@jackwillson8099]

There enough reverb too fill the state of Texas lol

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

It's soaked for sure! 😂😂

[@jerryoltremari317]

Who’s Davis Lee Ross?

[@MMRusso1]

This must be just like living with Andrew Dice

[@mikedtubey]

Man I'm getting old! at the beginning I didn't know where you were going with just like paradise. I thought I knew the song in my mind and I couldn't hear it in my brain. then I went back to the video of dlr/vai, you got the total picture. The only thing I think you missed is this section Vai at :37 in ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoalcoV3nbRse7s ) He is playing tight cords like power station get it on (bang a gong) he has that really tight sound not like the rest of the guitar which you have in your preset, with a lot of reverb. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWPZeZWOfpejas0

[@kevinbuchanan67]

That guitar gives me wood

[@MMRusso1]

Thought it was 86 or 87

[@carloslozada470]

Roth with Vai was very good after Vai left Roth was worthless

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Not sure I'd say he was worthless, but I understand. I really didn't care for his stuff later on down the line either ... music was changing in the 90's the music styles and what was popular with the youth was different. Roth went out of style. On a side note, I always felt Van Halen was able to stay current until Sammy left.

[@andys8718]

I also thought his music started to go down hill without Billy Sheehan. Check out the poser that replaced him in the just like paradise video. I bet Vai wanted Sheehan back!

[@MrC_5150]

Too much reverb or something. Way out there. I don't hear that in the intro at all. Not the chords, anyway

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

In the studio Steve multi tracked a lot of guitars on these albums. My tone here emulates the sound on the lead parts. His rhythm guitars were fairly dry in order to keep the tightness of the parts. Sorry for not explaining this, I figured it was just kinda self explanatory. 🤷

[@MrC_5150]

@@Ranch5150SkinWalkerThose opening chords played with all that delay and reverb gave me brain cancer. 😂

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

@@MrC_5150 same here 😂😂 Steve really liked that eventide delay

[@gxm777]

“Something like that” sir, perhaps you need to go and practice the song before you put out a “lesson” video.