Van Halen 5150 - Cover

[@beckysprong7762]

hands down the best thing ever played on a guitar... the rhythm, melody, double stops.. EVH is awesome..he is the king of playing complex things simple

[@lordtachanka3534]

After october 6, this hits hard.

[@85Stang331]

Eddie would be proud

[@evh4611]

The riff in this song is pure gold

[@marksc1929]

..great job 👍.....these songs always take me back to better times .....cheers

[@tortminator3675]

One of the most underrated songs ever and you played it amazingly!

[@BoslagerBBQ]

Top 3 IMO of the Hagar stuff.

[@marcelo141224]

R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen (1955-2020)

[@Kidgloves1984]

Excellent playing brother..! This song is awesome!

[@donavonmacallister3101]

Very nice 👍

[@mikewagner8216]

Dude, that was simply awesome! Thank you for doing this song justice.

[@TheBenFranklinEffect]

5150 Intro is one of my favorite riffs. Your cover is one of the best I've seen so far. Dude!... Killer Tone!

[@dalerasmussen924]

Very nicely done my man! Always appreciate a well done cover of some EVH

[@settleschris1965]

Fantastic! Makes me want to start playing again!

[@jam1870utube]

That was soooo good. Just love that song.

[@calibre18517]

I could watch this all day. I run to this song every wk. Great job! Am going to focus on learning how to play this.

[@tortminator3675]

Excellent work! That’s a hard song.

[@gosgood1973]

That's some brilliant playing kid. Seriously awesome job. Note for note as far as I'm concerned.

[@jdaniel907]

I'm a tone-chaser & you've nailed it! Definitely impressed.

[@donpowell9281]

Much more relaxed and less spasticly-played than most other covers on YT - done with feel over technique. Awesome job man.

[@ILSRWY4]

Holy freaking crap!!! You did an AWESOME JOB!!!! And this is such an awesome song to end a kick ass album with too....

[@douglasher20202]

Wow!! Thank you for uploading this video. This is my favorite song of Van Halen with Sammy as lead. You are awesome!! I can only dream of giving this song justice by playing like you did!!

[@stephenwinchester6668]

Absolutely amazing cover!! Bravo 👏!!

[@rogncincy513]

I've watched a couple of videos right now on covers for this one and you are the best by far! Great job!

[@Pacemate5150]

I've been playing guitar for 10 years. I would like to think of myself as a really good player. I'm still trying to perfect this song. Then i watch Eddie play it on the Live Without A Net concert and it does it seamlessly. Incredible. GREAT JOB MAN KEEP IT UP!

[@Swanlord05]

Christian Ewoldt. Yeah ....I find it easier to play this song in e the notes line up better in e

[@tonydee6658]

That’s the best cover I’ve heard of this kickass song-

[@markmchan9552]

Awesome 👏🏻. Thanks for sharing. Very nice playing ❤

[@slashrox]

You absolutely nailed that dude!! Subscribed!!

[@tommybotts]

Dude, your index finger could cover a 4" wide fretboard....

[@markrogers7304]

Watching those fingers reminds me of watching hendrix vids, he could wrap his fingers around the neck when playing, this kid has some fingers....lol

[@The6550s]

🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mexicalidude85]

He's got that fing-longer

[@yaguarete79]

I came down to the comments to see if anybody else had noticed that. I envy him. I can barely do bar chords, there's always a muted string because my finger covers just the exact neck's width and can't press it evenly over the fretboard.

[@yaguarete79]

@@markrogers7304 Yes, that characteristic of Hendrix led me to say he played "embracing" the guitar, and that's why his music had so much feeling in it. (just a crazy poetic theory of mine)

[@diamondd2778]

Awesome song , awesome cover , well done dude!

[@thestarkillr5690]

This has the tonal approach of the Tokyo Dome show from 89’. Love it

[@rustyme1122]

Pure genius how EVH created this guitar part.

[@73kclem]

Amazing job on the best VH track. Note perfect. I've got a tonelab le too, any chance you could post your settings? More VH covers too please

[@JamieBrezden-o5o]

Well done good sir...Made Love from Canada 🤘🏻

[@80sguitarplayer]

Thank you for the kind words! I really appreciate all the support I've gotten from people like yourself over the years. I wouldn't be the player I am today without it. I also appreciate how much you like my technique. When you learn how to play the guitar through Van Halen songs you pick up good techniques early on. Lots of the credit goes to players before me like Ed.

[@juhuu13579]

A-mazing. Never stop. Rock hard, ride free, man. You're unbelievable.

[@80sguitarplayer]

I actually agree haha. The chorus is too heavy. Ah well, most these videos including this one were recorded 3 years ago. Tone ain't too bad for a 15 year old on his own eh? If i find time to make more videos, I'll conjure up an altered setup. ;) Thanks for the comment! Cheers

[@the_atomic_punk487]

So you’re 30 now, hope you’re in a band 👀

[@BaltoRiveraplaysguitar701]

Are you in highschool?

[@stevethana5394]

I love this song,nice cover.

[@kylove93]

flawless playing!

[@GhøstGïrll13]

Your index finger looks like a kapo. Lol Nice cover dude

[@tailhookmd2546]

Jeric Mauro LOL I commented that it looks like E.T.

[@pygmy_twylyte]

kapo :D

[@BurtonMseries]

Simply put, awesome dude. Great song as well... Keep rocking..

[@YodaVanGrindey95]

Digging the tone - brilliant!

[@keithbryan3779]

From someone who knows how many hours ,days,weeks, month's it takes to get this down. great job!!

[@analyzingfunny]

another point is the finesse that yuou are playing with is great. Letting the pickups do the work, and playing with very little effort is a sign of a great guitar player. not playing too hard, brings out amazing harmonics. Check out Hall and Oat Maneater live in Tokyo, and check out johns amazing little fills that he does AT FULL VOLUME, but only plays with 5% of the total volume. Just amazing.

[@William5150vh]

Freaking RIGHT ON! Awesome work

[@brain5352]

Can anybody guide me, to find this immaculate tone, I will be the most thankful I’ve ever been in life.

[@davidsalsbury5150]

Sweet job. Your tone and sound is the closest to Eddie's I've ever heard. Keep it up!!!!

[@DiecastFever]

Jaw dropping! Excellent job dude!

[@darwinbocalbos]

that's some awesome playing!!!

[@alexandersmith2422]

I think we can all agree Eddie is looking down from heaven and smiling

[@mavrck89]

Fantastic job!

[@williamlayton1827]

Killer job great song

[@gibsonplayer8785]

Dude, you nail his tone. What are you playing through and what effects are you using!

[@diegol17-117]

Awesome playing men

[@jakelee1177]

F in sick...nice work.

[@80sguitarplayer]

Seymour duncan JB. Closest thing to the EVH pickup out there now. At the time I built the guitar the EVH pickup didn't exist, but I the JB pretty spot on.

[@johncecilia4517]

Have you played a 59 Seymour Duncan pickup? That's what was in 5150 guitar but this sounds close to me.

[@SmittysPlace]

sure wish I kept my Kramer from the 80's. awesome job! (still have my Steinberger tho)

[@diamonddavey2668]

Excellent!

[@stevedunch581]

You have Paul Gilbert fingers!

[@mateuszmanko482]

OMG you should be more popular. You're too good!!!!!!

[@cmikesmith664]

Great playing

[@janmurph]

I was thinkin "80sguitarplayer" would be some cat who learned to play in the 80's.....not some kid who wasn't even alive then! damn this kid is really good............I'm gonna go burn my guitars now.....

[@denismacfarlane255]

That fire still going? Im on my way with mine.

[@donjonsone1]

That was Excellent!!

[@tailhookmd2546]

Dude your index finger reminds me of ET. Seriously great job though. Hell of a lot of talent!!!

[@spiderman0863]

I was thinking the same thing. EVH phone home !

[@GuyNarnarian]

Sick guitar dude. I want a Kramer just like that.

[@rockerhero1234]

awesome man u are the master! Litlle Eddie!!!

[@artsbest1]

Excellent.

[@vanwylde9993]

Well done bro, great job. R.I.P EVH Cheerz from Oz.

[@IAMGOD712007]

I thought I replied to this...yeah it's awesome. His tone was alot more chorusy for 5150 though, so I may have been thinking of his earlier tones which were MXR phaser. How about a vid with Summer nights???

[@GraceOverloaded]

due this is freakin good man!!! Great job

[@MasterMascolo]

good performance guy very good and fantastic guitar.hey have you the tab for the solo?

[@jimmyrabbitte9692]

Great job man, fantastic. Nice axe too, btw...

[@MaVeRiCk77]

Amazing

[@bossmetal]

素晴らしい！

[@drinkspecials]

you don't touch the whammy at all during solo. only person to cover this song not to. of. ourselves theoretically a note bend is same thing. but I think the VH track is dominant during that section

[@t.sewell1513]

Very nice!

[@Drunkengotaku]

Finaly, someone who plays the song right.

[@Tazhardt]

excellent job 80sGP...

[@TremourSphereUK]

Insane job!!

[@vanzos]

awesome- great job

[@jstevens74]

Nice work!

[@balejrock]

Bravo!!! 💪🏼👍🏼🤘🏼

[@RonKent-not-Clark]

You go my son, the sky never ends

[@Mr777scary]

Your hands Bro, a gift for playing, Cheers!!

[@WyattScott]

awesome man!

[@seanmullins7568]

great job

[@Sean2592]

man if you could get another delay or something to cut the signal down from your amp a little more i think you'd have Ed's tone right on the money, can i ask what pickup your'e using in this 5150 rep?

[@RettesDnert]

Man that guitar without 5150 stickers & starts looks actually pretty neat.

[@jonghj]

Nailed it!

[@chalskamasi9269]

Awesome ,thanks man 👍👍☺

[@i8abug816]

Arachnodactyly has its benefits. Rock on!

[@tylermorin1000]

i hvae a qestion that kramer guitar where did u get it and how much money was it

[@speedracer210]

Very good my friend!!! God Bless!!

[@Bark3rd]

nice job man, but geez does the index finger on your left hand have a suction cup on the end of it? Looks like it was grafted off of a 50' octopus! lol

[@johncecilia4517]

Great cover What amp are you using?

[@keelyrm]

I met you half the way and it was perfect

[@AndrewErwin73]

to anyone that has ever played this... do you get the sense that the lyrics don't fit? It seems like they were kind of overlayed later. Not sure how to explain it except that in the chorus, there are syllables that don't correspond to the chord changes. I never realized it until I tried playing it live with a singer.

[@80sguitarplayer]

It's very typical to have instruments and or vocals recorded independently of one another.

[@AndrewErwin73]

I have been a recording artist for 20 years... I understand how the studio works. What I was referring to is how the lyrics and the music don't fit one to one... it is only really obvious in the chorus.

[@Swanlord05]

Depends on what was written first....the riffs or the words....lol

[@josephkirby5153]

Nice job! Any chance you can share your Tonelab settings?

[@bobbyv73]

Great cover and great tone!. could you let me know what you are using to get your sound. thanks!

[@skrewflanders]

very nice, is that a "1984" or is it a home build?

[@aidennd.806]

Well one young man. Keep on following your dream.