Van Halen - I’ll Wait - Guitar Solo Lesson with Tabs!

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Entire Solo with Tabs - 1:46
Section One - 2:31
Section Two - 5:27
Section Three - 7:17
Section Four - 8:22
Section Five - 11:12
Section Six - 13:25
Section Seven - 14:57
Section Eight - 17:19
Section Nine - 18:24
Section Ten - 19:52

[@PDXguitarfreak]

CORRECTIONS: there were two errors in the tabs. 1) In section two, I played it correctly, but tabbed/explained it wrong. The final note is played at fret 8 of the A string, not fret 10. Thanks to Michael Easter for noticing and informing me! 2) In section ten, I also played it correctly, but tabbed it wrong. The final note is played at the 22 fret of the high E string, not fret 20. Thanks to stevesheroan4131 for noticing and informing me! On another note (pun intended) what do you think about my analysis of the final note of the entire solo? I'm talking about playing it as a regular note versus a harmonic? Agree or disagree?😊

[@diverdown1982]

100% spot on. I tried doing the last note with a harmonic and there is no way. Plus you are right that Eddie always had his bridges set so you could not pull up on the bar. Leave it to PDX to settle the debate once again!

[@michaeleddington5125]

Def not a harmonic for the last note. True that Eddie set up his bridges not to pull back, but he did use a steinberger on the 5150 album that would pull up with whammy bar.

[@steveinmidtown]

interesting approach to the ending...absolutely nothing like it online anywhere which is amazing as this sounds as close to the record as I've heard. I've watched countless hours of Ed playing & can't believe I have yet to see him do something like this. Seems like Ed usually had so much coke, alcohol & god knows what else in him that he probably wouldn't even remember doing this. Ed's like Charlie "Bird" Parker in his playing...in the moment, high as a kite & see what happens.

[@gtdcoder]

Most accurate cover I have ever seen.

[@elec123]

So I think I've listened to you playing the solo now for about 50 times. Excellent. I'm not even here to learn it as I've not been playing for a few years. Just a casual enjoyer of the king and you nailed it.

[@elec123]

Ok, add 20 more times to my list

[@elec123]

Add a couple more

[@BFahz]

Dave you absolutely killed this. Your phrasing and tone are perfect! And I love that guitar!

[@Matth9782]

Nice! 1984 was such a creative monster for Eddie, thanks for posting this!

[@b.snider6622]

I love your vids. Keep up the Van Halen stuff. Can't get enough of these.

[@RobNY5150]

Great video! Eddie has many underrated solos IMO.

[@jmata4237]

Dude! That was the shiznit! Excellent job, I put this one off just couldn't think out of the box. Sometimes we make the simplest things way more difficult for ourselves. But that was Eddie, makes the simplest things sound so complicated and badass!

[@kevinmorris7722]

So nice to see you walking us through these fantastic solos. Thank you thank you. Love it.

[@org-class-uy6yu]

Nice!! You can really hear VH's Clapton influence on this one! 🤘

[@brokenchains]

Love that guitar, such a nice color!! Great lesson and playing!!

[@fenderstrat7547]

love your lessons your channel is gonna be huge

[@300jet]

NAILED it! GREAT job!

[@TonyFuentesTV]

I miss this solo! Great lesson and camera angle 👌👌👌

[@megazillion2946]

Amazing, thanks! Top 5 Eddie solo here IMHO. So tasteful and melodic but still has the pizazz!

[@mattmarcz7574]

Excellent tone!

[@maxrings73]

Hey PDX well done! Thank you. Cheers from Italy

[@chuckmclaughlin8403]

Love your lessons, Jesus

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Thank you, Chuck! :)

[@allboutthemojo]

​@PDXguitarfreak Watched this so many times. What a brilliant lesson and playing 👏 I love that you explain everything in detail. A lot of other instructors will run through the easier parts quickly under the assumption that people can pick it up but you go through everything. Appreciate your work . Thank you

[@Yeti-yu8eg]

Thank you for all of the hard work you put into making these lessons. I have a solo request for a song that doesn't have many tutorials on YT. Hold on Loosely by 38 special.

[@redwatch.]

This stuff is mind expanding.

[@CAP21]

Always loved this song and solo! It was so different at the time then anything they had done prior but it was legitimately a great song and solo. I think it was always over looked because of Jump, Panama and Hot For Teacher, all on the same album.😎

[@PowerChorrd]

One his best! Thanks for the lesson dude! The tone on this solo is really incredible.

[@1nv1nc1bleczars]

ahhhhh. I never knew that's how it ended. Brilliant!

[@rvmguitarsmusicmore7980]

I agree with you 100% on the last section. I do it the same way.

[@gregtaylor1939]

I think I may love you! I get a certain tangly feeling when you release a video. Just saying

[@PDXguitarfreak]

LOL no worries! 😂

[@K.V.H.]

Another total gem!! You're the man!!

[@jtyrell5150]

Wow, Ive always wondered how that ending was done! Excellent lesson and playing! I knew he used a strat in the When Its Love solo, but had no idea on this song, but makes total sense now. Oh, and any tips on effects/settings? Eventide/Pitch shifter or anything like that?

[@marcusvan]

Love it!!!! Right on!!

[@TheGuitarFretZone]

great work, great solo and your playing is great!!

[@markslima1557]

Awesome a new VH solo to dig into! Can I make a request? DOA or Hang 'em High solos would be amazing! Thanks PDX

[@ordinaryavgguy]

Not a huge Van Halen guy, but that's my favorite solo of his. No whammy bar tho, so never bothered trying to learn it.

[@winnaing7438]

👍👍👍💯 Thanks you so much for your kindly upload this video and may I request you to upload the Jet Boy's (Stamp it down) song and how to play if you don't mind.

[@joshwmusic6838]

Absolutely amazing solo lesson! One of the most underrated Eddie solos. Very tastefully put together! Thank you. Any chance of an Unchained The Night solo lesson reboot? Since there has been more lessons and more footage out since you recorded your lesson I think you may change your mind about some things. There's a lot of weird licks I just can't seem to make sound correct. Or even a lesson on the outro solo would be so cool!

[@robertodiegobezerradossant3761]

Amazing!👏👏👏👏

[@Poco48]

Last couple, three months, I've spent hours with ya, daily, watching the vids-well, my dumbass got an electric piano, so it has me sidetracked, relearning Charlie Brown music. My guitars are pissed. Anyway. Man, even if you needed to get a studio player to do the parts, it would be AWESOME if you'd do a few similar style vids with at least the Van Halen keyboard parts, broken down piece by piece. Haven't looked much, but I don't think that's available. I'd just want the lessons with your presentation, it really is making stuff a lot easier on me. Regardless, Thanks, for real. You are tops.

[@Rmahaffey714]

Right on dude!

[@diamonddavey2668]

Bravo sir.

[@matthewward5813]

I agree, Ed would have had to moved that note up in some way to get the final pitch up to that A. Are you doing it the way he did? Dunno but it is certainly more accurate to my ears that's for sure and after watching the many VH solos you have posted here I am inclined to think you are right on with your way of thinking about how he actually done that section...

[@hacksaw6994]

Awesome as usual!!!

[@Gerald.Hinson]

I'd never heard the point about this solo being played on a different guitar (strat). Where is that knowledge from? Also, given that, is it possible that it (tremolo) was just setup differently than normal or that the nut didn't have locking for the strings and, for that last whammy part, that he might have just pushed down on the string behind the nut to get the pitch up to an A if played via a harmonic vs fretting? (I have my strat disassembled to replace the pickups at the moment so I'm not able to test that push-behind-nut thought to see if pressing there can raise the pitch enough) Another possibility is that it was simply a tapped harmonic A. Regardless, killer job on this!

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Thanks! Regarding the Strat, I just remember hearing that years ago... plus it has a very Strat like round tone to it (neck pickup perhaps). As for that final whammy part, your theory is a very interesting one... clever approach if that is how it happened! :)

[@mrguitarcovers4364]

Awesome lesson as always can you do Dani California by the RHCP and also hotel California by the eagles thanks 🤘?

[@CarrigansGuitarClub]

Note perfect :)

[@MultiPsycopat]

hey Dave, any chance you could do "mine all mine" solo, thanks very much.. Kind regards from Ireland and i've been following you for years dude, early subscriber

[@michaelgervais5253]

Awesome!!!

[@michaeleaster1815]

6:40 The very last note is 8th fret on A string (even played in video)... I think the tab and audio is incorrect... great lesson though and a terrific solo!

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Wow, thanks Mike, I appreciate you catching that. I'll update my main pinned comment to reflect that!

[@musictony9366]

Nice bro👏👏🤟

[@DaneRates]

Nice informative

[@theYuGiOhseasonzeroguy]

How does your guitar stay in tune? My floyd rose struggles to stay in tune when I abuse the whammy bar

[@kristopherdetar4346]

This has been very helpful with this beginner understanding the fretting technique required when reading tab notation. Thank you very much !

[@evanmtcka]

I never knew that about the guitar tunings with the keyboard songs. Is there a reason for this? 🤘🏽

[@PDXguitarfreak]

My assumption is that when Eddie wrote songs on the keyboard/piano, he's primarily in keys that he was more comfortable in on the keyboard/piano, which happen to be in non-flat keys. Jump is in C... Right Now is in F... I'll Wait is in Dm... Cradle Will Rock is in Am. Therefore, when picking up his guitar to solo, he is playing in those keys too, and likely he found it easier to pick up a guitar in standard tuning to play along. That's my assumption . I hope that makes sense :)

[@evanmtcka]

@@PDXguitarfreak that’s pretty cool! Thanks for the reply as always🤘🏽

[@Haukman66]

in the first part of the solo, you say it goes from 10 1/4 bend and hammer on to 12 then to 10 again, but your finger in the video goes to 8?

[@PDXguitarfreak]

That's correct... someone else called that out too. I played it correctly, I just tabbed and explained it wrong. My apologies. :)

[@sotirios6882]

Nice 👍 🎸

[@jolumaco]

It's a beautiful solo! what is the name of the song?

[@joedesimone1444]

"I'll wait" from the 1984 album.

[@jolumaco]

Tanks !!!

[@stevesheroan4131]

Necro-correcting, but aren’t you actually going up to the 22nd fret at the very end of the controversial part? The tab says 20, but it sure looks like you’re going to 22. Great, great, great lessons on all your videos!!!!

[@PDXguitarfreak]

You are absolutely correct! Thank you for catching that, Steve! :)

[@williammolina9792]

Would you call this an intermediate lesson. ???

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Yes, I agree. :)

[@vanillaslice3016]

If I can play it then yes its intermediate lol

[@allboutthemojo]

​@PDX Guitar Freak's Tabs & Lessons man you are a master at this stuff. Must have dedicated a lot of time to studying Ed's playing. I appreciate how you teach it breaking it down into 2 bars at a time and playing it slow then normal. Thank you! Can I get some clarification on the last part. The harmonic note and then bar dip slide. When you slide after the harmonic , you aren't touching any of the strings right? Or else the harmonic would not ring out?

[@iLightSoundGeometry]

[@GregoryGrempka]

GG bro ;-)

[@thefonzkiss]

The last note is a harmonic with whammy not a note with whammy.

[@PDXguitarfreak]

That's how most people try to do it, and certainly Eddie was known for using natural harmonics and then going wild with the vibrato bar. However, I explain in the video at 21:36 that it's highly improbable that Eddie did that. Listen to my explanation in the video, as I go into more detail 🎸

[@thefonzkiss]

@@PDXguitarfreak ok makes sense. Ed never pulled up on a bar in his life.

[@jarneheyer2922]

30er

[@barlowetube]

Still waiting for explanation for lick immediately following " have you seen juniors grades?"

[@jamiee172]

Cool. Has anyone else seen these guitar ads on here selling name brand instruments for like twenty dollars?

[@jamescree6732]

Great lesson, it's a nice solo..Great album but the weakest song on the lp. Keep it up dude.

[@michaelhawkins6149]

That song and solo is WAY better than Jump in my opinion.

[@NeoTrust-ql8im]

Awesome!