Top 5 Coolest Van Halen Riffs You Can Play TODAY

[@yourguitarsage]

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[@mikegaskill4591]

YourGuitarSage Great video!! Would you mind sharing what you use to get that classic Eddie brown sound?

[@gabrielcomeau3518]

youre going to fast slow down when you teach

[@scottayers7779]

Little Guitars and Finish What Ya Started

[@abelgarza7124]

0srr

[@mikemarulli7505]

How about Fire in the Hole? Please 🙏

[@Digiornoflocka]

Will play these till my fingers bleed RIP EVH the greatest guitarist of all time

[@yourguitarsage]

😭

[@charlieoates2195]

I’m guessing you forgot Jimi Hendrix existed

[@vincesanchez4661]

@@charlieoates2195 EVH still better but Hendrix is not forgotten.

[@charlieoates2195]

@@vincesanchez4661 don’t agree cos Hendrix revolutionised music where as EVH made some greats but never made anything that revolutionised music forever

[@charlieoates2195]

@@vincesanchez4661 and Hendrix was in the 60s where technology wasn’t great and Hendrix invented 15 different well known techniques where as EVH only made a few well known techniques and EVH used a lot of Hendrixs techniques but I mean they’re both class

[@Bluelightbandit]

00:23 Ain't Talkin Bout Love 04:10 Runnin With The Devil 06:50 Atomic Punk 09:55 You Really Got Me 12:30 Jamie's Cryin

[@williamlayton1827]

Guns, Gadgets & Guitars thanks

[@sweetguy19762]

Why does everybody want to lead guitar like solos but no one wants to do rhythm?

[@leoshedden9199]

Thank you

[@John-ds3kj]

Thanks

[@billygoat7060]

Thank you

[@nellawell4976]

Eddy wrote "Aint Talk en Bout Love" when he was 14, simple with a 1 finger lead section and here we are 50 years later still try'en to get it right. Simply amazing.

[@yourguitarsage]

💪

[@SamxHardscoperx]

My dad is the biggest VH fan, and some of the best memories with him are listening to him. I bought for the both of us, an EVH Frankenstrat, and through videos like this, I'm going to help him learn them on it:)

[@juanantoniocruzramirez1186]

I'm immigrant too

[@kaic9712]

Your dad has a really good son

[@fenderstrat5459]

2 frankenstrats avg at like $4k! you're an awesome son

[@jesseserna8424]

I was a big VH fan from the first album I was 13 1978 .. I wish my sons would learn with me too 🎸

[@Greeanerbeans77]

@@jesseserna8424I’m 17 I’d be happy too

[@MarkPritchardGuitar]

COOL FACT - The sirens at the beginning of Runnin with the Devil is a recording of the bands car horns going off together which was recorded outside sunset recording studio's with a Shure 57 then they reversed it in the studio.

[@liams3903]

It's time to learn a riff in spirit of Eddie

[@yourguitarsage]

🔥

[@connorpearce4196]

Thank you for breaking the riffs down and teaching with clear understanding. I'm a big fan of van Halen and I'm just starting guitar

[@TheliMagnus]

Decided i HAVE to learn at least 1 song since eddie passed away :(

[@robfrench121]

Same bro

[@yourguitarsage]

🤗

[@erosennin2162]

Me too

[@80sRocking1]

I'm with you. Ordered a Striped series 5150 guitar, which is on backorder until March 2021, so.. Gotta get me chops up to standard for that.

[@mbtech9569]

How can you be a guitarist that listens to Van Halen and not know one song by them lol

[@kevinmoreau1351]

Thanks so much for helping this old man play his favorite guitarist riffs. RIP Eddy.

[@yourguitarsage]

👍💪🙏😀

[@joepipe1010]

That riff of Aint talkin.. give me chills every time...

[@gregeaster2479]

Man I'm just gonna let you know right away, KILLER......VAN HALEN was the GOAT, and the music has been the soundtrack to my entire life, and I want to learn every diff he ever played . You absolutely killed it

[@JeffNease-c2j]

sounds really good man. I’m a big Randy Rhoads fan, and Eddie grew up watching both of them. They’re both a blessing from God. They lived in the same area 35 minutes away. America was going places. This was the best life. Rip Eddie and Randy 😇❤️😇

[@refacingleads]

Thanks dude that was FN great!

[@OverlandOne]

This video is even more important now that Eddie has passed. (RIP Eddie) Thanks for teaching us all of the great things that you do. I have learned a lot from your videos Sir.

[@markrodgers2976]

Yep, same here, always thought "Ain't talkin bout love" was his coolest riff.

[@johanneshaas9703]

Best Teat

[@PnutGalaree]

As someone mentioned below, the noise at the beginning of ‘Runnin with the Devil’ is a chorus of car horns. The horns were taken from the band's own cars, including Alex's Opel, Eddie's Volvo, a Mercedes Benz and a Volkswagen. They were placed in a box that were connected to 2 car batteries and a foot switch. They were also slowed down somewhat during production to get that eerie siren like sound.

[@garygnu9169]

Eric, totally agree with you about the opening "Aint talkin bout love " riff! Blew me away as well back then. Always pumped us up driving around on a Friday night. Love this vid. Thanks man.

[@yourguitarsage]

Gary Gnu love hearing that. Thanks Gary 🙏

[@adamjg4]

The VH song that I keep coming back to the most is "Unchained" - very intricate riff with a magical sense of inner tension going on, that's hard to match.

[@BeowulfGaming]

same here, unchained and panama are my favourite, but aint talkin bout love has the best opening riff

[@Gstation9]

Hi Erich Guitar Sage - I love your relaxed method of teaching, your accuracy and detailed approach. The Van Halen segment was fun to watch. I actually transposed to Ab the Ain't Talkin about love tune and got a nice cool idea for the lead guitar scale which I found out was mainly pentatonic on 1 whole step up on the G,B,E strings. Cool stuff !

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you, Michael 🤗🙏

[@riverboy1481]

Great session, more like this would be appreciated !!!

[@yourguitarsage]

River Boy awesome, will do 👊

[@CAP21]

I always thought Van Halen's "Little Dreamer" be a great intermediate song to learn

[@vmv-9680]

In my garage driving my neighborhood crazy playing these riffs...And I’m 52...still sorry Mom. RIP EVH!!!

[@Evs78101]

I'm The One would definitely be an honorable mention for me. Clean playing. Great video.

[@WORRO]

I love it! Buddy you know your stuff, thanks for helping! Thumbs up!~John

[@poseidon3032]

Eddie had that funky style that worked fairly well. I learned the Aint Talking About Love riff by accident messing around one day. Whenever I showed somebody some playing, it was usually the first thing I would play. A classic killer riff that just stands the test of time.Thanks Eddie!

[@markdesantis743]

Aint Talkin and Unchained are the coolest VH rifs imho

[@leeknievel748]

Great teaching! Keep up the great work!

[@yourguitarsage]

🙏

[@1138dyson]

Awesome video. I love Van Halen and this is an excellent intro to some of their best songs. Thanks!

[@yourguitarsage]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Gibbo1050]

Nailed the tone and inspired me to learn these. Now I want a Striped guitar!

[@JohnnyBeane]

Great riffs and cool EVH Guitar!

[@francesbuchanan8792]

Very intriguing sounds. Thanks for the break down. Great session.

[@Goalier95]

I can't play for shyte, but I just love watching you play.

[@davidgagliardo3258]

Great video! I already knew how to play some them, but its fun to learn new stuff! Your guitar has a great sound. If you don't mind me asking, what equipment are you using to get that sound?

[@andrewramjiawan1463]

Great, Loved the way you taught those riffs. You made it simple to follow. Thank you

[@bweeks8869]

I got a Blackstar HT 5R and a BOSS ME 80 I think I can get close to your tone. I think the key is the reverb and the boost in the compressor section. Great lesson!

[@bobbylowery363]

I just bought the pitch box. Sounds badass for van Halen music.

[@giantessmaria]

thanks, really nice tone you've got there!

[@kaidemen156]

Love this! Thanks for sharing

[@yourguitarsage]

You are so welcome!🙏

[@sharky9493]

Great, thank you so much! Good lesson and the tabs was really helpfully !

[@edwardglyons]

Yes! Thanks so much for this! More Van Halen! Judgement Day is an amazing piece. Would be beyond awesome if you were to teach that song. Thanks again!

[@f.lester273]

Hey I really appreciate your video and love the riffs you chose!!! Thanks!!

[@johnvanbortle6559]

AWESOME THANK YOU BROTHER!! GREAT LESSON... THANKS SO MUCH...

[@GuyNarnarian]

Any tone tips? Besides the EVH guitar? Its hard to time those dives right using a Strat on the sliding riff of Ain't Talkin bout Love. To get anywhere near that tone I have to use a heavy distortion or fuzz pedal into my super clean Fender amp. It works fine for my needs but you really nail it on this video.

[@atbear]

Great vid and great job! One note that I always see on Runnin' With The Devil- during tutorials, everybody always misses that extra beat on the third to last note of the riff. It seems like it always gets skipped, but I'm not sure why...

[@destinyreturns4885]

Really like the sound you've got on your amp....Thanks for the lesson.

[@Bluelightbandit]

Eric rockin the bro-hawk 🤘

[@r4blanks]

Johnny bravo 😎 cool

[@mitchsmix269]

back after EVH passed ;( love van halen and especially his riffs

[@yourguitarsage]

😭

[@cheezyridr]

you picked some of the very best VH songs from their catalog. listening to the first album through a good set of head phones is as magic as it gets. there are other artists with an album or so that's as good, but better is only reserved for hendrix. those 2 are the best, and most under rated (as) rhythm players in rock. nicely done, good content, i thumbed you

[@yvonpellerin118]

in Jamie's Crying, the chord after the three finger on the bottom 7th fret. I always played on the 7th fret again, the top E string with my third finger and the bottom G and B string with my fourth and 5th finger for a full chord effect

[@tilakdutta7970]

That vibrato is tingling

[@henrikchristensen5788]

It's super good, thank you so much for bothering to teach us others to play. A really good video, many thanks, greetings Henrik from Denmark ..

[@LindaDurbesson]

Great tutorial my man is practicing on this - thanks :)

[@stevebrown2184]

Awesome!! Thank you very much!!

[@barrypalmer8621]

Good video lesson , thanks ! Have you considered some things from Fair Warning- Unchained ?

[@RecycledRocker2]

To me....Great video.. You really got me feeling it .

[@michaeltowns825]

I love Van! I’m learning this one

[@yourguitarsage]

How to Play Easy Country Songs on Guitar love it 🤘

[@HanValen]

Wow - Great technique (I wish I had) and great sound. Well done sir!!

[@simmonphoenix3206]

I love this vid. Everything I have needed to get these tunes to sound right.

[@lorenrohrich2131]

Van Halen was never my favorite band or guitar player but we did listen to the early stuff a lot and I am not sure I've been more jealous of anyone just because it seemed to come so natural for him.

[@johngagne33]

Gee wiz, I know you didn't talk about this but. I have an Ibanez with a floating tremolo that's now blocked or fixed. If I did drop tuning or used heavy strings or whatever, tuning became a nightmare and often I couldn't do it. Do I get a different guitar for every tuning? Any thoughts?

[@jerrycastrogiovanni3358]

The beginning of running with the devil,is either 3 or 5 car horns recorded and played backwards

[@michaelrelaz4808]

Why does no one ever show the Hagar era? Their F.U.C.K. And Balance albums were superb! Don’t get me wrong, I love the Roth era too-Mean Street will always be a top intro/riff that I love.

[@gunslinger80sguitars]

Agree. Would love to see some how to riffs for the balance album

[@daveblakeney4657]

"VAN HAGAR"👍🤗🤗👍

[@Mad_Axe_Man125]

It sucks

[@douglaslounsbury8898]

Hagar era sucked!

[@camcahill]

Douglas Lounsbury Roth’s voice today SUCKS he has completely lost it. Sammy who is older sounds just as he did in the 80s so obviously he doesn’t suck lol

[@davidnelson9114]

Hey Eric,Are you able to tell us what equipment you are using? I have the same guitar and a evh phaser and flanger along with a marshall origin 20 amp. I do have a freidman smallbox to cover distortion. Trying to get the sound you have but can't quite get it. Any ideas?

[@VUKA.official]

Great video man !

[@leonmohan1708]

Love it, thank you mate.

[@yourguitarsage]

Leon Mohan thank you appreciate you Leon 🙏

[@1madaxeman]

@14:58 you play a E9 chord but your tab on screen looks like the top 4 strings of a Bm chord at fret 7...???? The tab reads 7779 when methinks its supposed to read 7776 ??? Or I are confused. ;)

[@yourguitarsage]

You correct Dale. The tab looks like it is off. Lesson? Don’t trust tabs, trust your ear. 👍

[@forrestelectric9943]

Great stuff. Love it.

[@yourguitarsage]

🙏

[@refacingleads]

Well done bud, that was awesome! Tell me please, that guitar you have is it worth the money? Sounds great, please give me a quick answer, I would appreciate it :)

[@danimarie5583]

Killer! Gonna learn all these right now...

[@yourguitarsage]

Dani Marie awesome Dani 🙌

[@nathanbrownmolotov8697]

Atomic Punk and On Fire are my two favorite VH Songs.

[@hernanalbornoz6792]

Really COOL playing congrats

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

I thought the phaser was on constantly for ATBL. What amp and pedals are you using please?

[@randallamps]

What I have been reading lately is that the flanger is used on the notes after the A minor pick thru and the phaser comes in on the solos.

[@yourguitarsage]

Could be. I swear he said different things to throw people off. He used to play with his back to the crowd.

[@simonwarner3601]

Awesome video! We’re you playing through a Katana amp?

[@KaDuWin]

Curious what are your e.q. settings? My peavy amp goes from 0-10 but and my fender from 0-12. Help nailing the distorition ia greatly appreciated. Also what amp are you playing through? Thanks again!

[@wizzleized]

Great lesson...easy to understand...please do girl gone bad from 1984...thanks 🤘

[@sooperdupe]

Would love to see your rig, and to understand how you're getting that tone. Cheers.

[@ViniciusMollGuitar]

Very nice 👍🏻 thanks

[@jameshawkins4514]

Awesome teaching style.

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you!😀🙏

[@mulfss]

He actually turns on the flanger for that part on aint talkin bout love. Not the phaser. He only used the phaser for the solos on that song.

[@waynegram8907]

Yourguitarsage, can you make a video lesson showing a lot of different EVH finger tapping licks?

[@yourguitarsage]

I have one. Search “Yourguitarsage two hand”. 👍

[@waynegram8907]

@@yourguitarsage yes make another one showing more EVH tapping licks from late 80's and 90's EVH albums

[@johnnydorsey650]

Very good explanations,but would like it if the camera was closer to the neck when your talking about where to place your fingers for the cording.Better for beginners.Other than that its great.

[@dorkychris3448]

I watched this video the day Van Halen died and now I can play like him all my fingers have blisters but I just cant stop

[@leehacker6001]

good teaching and appreciated

[@gregoryvanhalen]

Hi. What amp are you using? Sounds amazing

[@frostedhead]

I remember every one in junior high could play 'Ain't Talking About LOve' but they couldn't play 'I'm the One'

[@toddkalbfeld4602]

Nice!! Randy Rhoads next !

[@yourguitarsage]

My favorite!

[@colorsinctees1994]

Thanks!!! Great job!!

[@sierrag.1069]

Awesome video, thanks!

[@yourguitarsage]

Indiana Solo thanks 🙏

[@FPVMgunit13]

you got a awesome tone on that first song...what are you playing on? bias fx 2?

[@matteogambarelli1120]

Hello, i’m looking a good small amp 20/50 watt to do a similar tone of the runnin with devil sound but i didn’t saw a lot of demo online...may you can advice some configurations? Now i’m using IK Multimedia Board with pc and Guitar Rig Pro 6.

[@MrJruta]

What pedal for that sound? Nice!!! 👍

[@BaltoRiveraplaysguitar701]

I loved Eddie so much and I still do and I miss him

[@ashleyf1817]

Hi,What are the frets like on that evh do they wair out and divot quickly im sick of this happening to my guitar necks after not much use ? Any suggestions of guitars with good frets, im assuming these companies use cheaper steel

[@randyerb6839]

You can use your third finger (AKA "The Ring Finger") for that G-note bend on "You Really Got Me"...Jus' sayin'...Some of us have small hands. I am the same height as both EVH and Les Paul...I have Les Paul sized hands....It's a note...Play it.

[@victorjbarker]

Awesome lesson. Subbed

[@tomtollefson63]

When did Eddie ues drop D tuneing and how is it different from the little guitars tuneing

[@jamesstewart8054]

Well done some what basic but VanHalen is difficult. You make it easy. Be great is you could teach some VanHalen solo's. Cheers James.

[@jamesavdelis6610]

My God, that Frankie sounds great!!🙏🙏🙏RIP ELVH 😭😭🙏🙏