Van Halen - Eruption; from Sunset Studios, in the Room Mics (Actual recording before mixing)

This is the actual recording of Eruption before mixing. That is indeed Eddie Van Halen playing the guitar and recording the song Eruption that we all love and know currently on the first album. It's pre-mixed. Lack of reverb is the biggest thing I noticed. They used the reverb chambers at Sunset Studios to get that right-panned stereo speaker reverb and added that afterwards; then panned the dry guitar part to the left which Eddie wasn't too fond of in any of his albums. The panning that is, not the reverb. Hence why when you get to the 5150 album (recording at his own studio) there is a stereo signal from the guitar.
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[@bartib1151]

Before the mix… pure raw guitar. No delay or reverb, and Ed played it so fluently. He was ahead of his time

[@zhegwood]

Also prob drunk and high af... Makes it somewhat more impressive, really

[@ReductioAdAbsurdum]

"No delay" Of course there was a delay. It was party of his rig.

[@bartib1151]

@@ReductioAdAbsurdum I’m regarding this recording. There’s clearly no delay or reverb because it’s before the mix. And yes I’m aware that Ed used delay. Echoplex.

[@ReductioAdAbsurdum]

@@bartib1151 My point is that the delay was _part of his rig,_ not something they added in post. Listen to the dive at 1:33, there's clearly a delay. But I think you're right that it was off for most of the recording. He kicks it in for the final dive bomb, then turns it off when _You Really Got Me_ kicks in.

[@bartib1151]

@@ReductioAdAbsurdum yes I know delay was part of his rig, he used an echoplex unit. But he didn’t use any delay on this track until the very end when he dials back the knob on the echoplex since it was a tape unit which got him that lower octave note.

[@Mamo878]

One minute and fifty-one seconds that changed _everything_ in modern rock music from that point forward.

[@juanesara4870]

holy shit, the literal original recording, that is actually super fuckin crazy

[@SoCalDrone4u]

This is the most important raw recording of guitar ever played.

[@RickyLandi]

I love EVH, but would like to inform you that some months ago Jimi's Voodoo Child premixed track is been uploaded.

[@espojespo5]

Jimi was NO Edward. I still don't even know how this is even a debate. For his time Jimi was great, but Van Halen STILL sounds like a revolutionary guitar player.

[@lez0n]

@@cougar2013 Honestly, Jimi was quite humble and would probably smile in admiration and awe. He couldn’t do that. He could do other amazing things, but not this.

[@ron3676]

We cannot compare HENDRIX TO EDWARD ,,,,Back then 60s/70s there was not all these pedals and gadgets to plug into there was a couple of things like the MXR distortion + pedal. Small stone phase shifter.,,,,BUT NOW WE HAVE ALL OF THIS TECHNOLOGY,,, EDWARD DID ALOT WITH THESE THINGS AND INVENTED WAYS TO SET AMPS AND EFFECTS UP TO GET TONES THAT WE NEVER HEARD. JIMMY JUST PLAYED THROUGH A COUPLE OF MARSHAL AMPS W/FUZZ PEDAL AND DID ACID TRIPS,,, IF HENDRIX WAS ALIVE TODAY HE MOSTLIKELY WOULD BE USING EVH AMPS. technology constantly moves forward,,,and the ARTISTS OF EACH DECADE OR SO MOVE IT FORWARD.

[@johnr.b.murray3417]

Simply noise.

[@michaelthompson3286]

Just a young kid casually changing rock guitar forever in one fell swoop. RIP to the king 👏🏼

[@elmerfudd8656]

It's an odd feeling. I've heard this a million times, but to hear it like this just drives home the fact that he actually had to play this. And it sounded like this. Yeah most of us can do bits and pieces of it. But he did it.

[@Fafa_Sauce]

I think hearing the raw version of this really makes you fully appreciate how big of an impact eddie was to the music world, its almost like hearing it in person when someone really good at their craft displays it right before your eyes, it really helps to show how eye opening his playing was.

[@CJ-nm8sw]

So cool. Can you imagine if there was video footage as well? It would be one of the coolest things recorded in music history.

[@VanHalenIsolated]

Damn. Now you’re making me want to see that. Video footage of the band recording an early album. I’d love to see previously undiscovered footage of anything Van Halen. Hoping something surfaces.

[@smudge1619]

​@@VanHalenIsolated Ask Wolfie. He'd have it or know if Valerie or Alex does.

[@guitarplayer_de]

Won't exist... Hardly anybody knew them outside of LA and studio time was expensive. There will be no Super 8 recordings from the early recording sessions. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Woodstock271]

My friend’s older brother came home from the record store with the first Van Halen album and I could not believe what I was hearing. I was a drummer in highschool in a half-assed garage band, but after listening to Eruption, decided I needed to play guitar instead. Been playing guitar for 50 years now and still can’t come close to what Eddie did so effortlessly. R.I.P. Eddie. You influenced an entire generation of guitarists with your genius.

[@jamesstewart1794]

Eddie started on drums too.

[@Woodstock271]

@@jamesstewart1794, Yeah, I heard that years later that Eddie and brother Alex switched instruments. It turned out to be a great idea!

[@chrischaf]

@@Woodstock271 Imagine how different the history of music would be, if Eddie had stuck with playing drums. How many songs wouldn't exist, how many bands wouldn't exist. Would I be a guitarist? I don't know. I liked the sounds other guitarists made as well, but 1984 came out in grade school and I woke up every morning to "Jump" (The alarm was set to turn on the radio, and the station played the song at the same time every morning). And Panama would come on the radio several times a day. Then came MTV and the videos, and the way Eddie always had that cheesy grin just made everything look so dam fun. There was a lot of good music going on before all that, but I can't imagine how my life would have gone *without* those influences. I guess I'd probably be a different person.

[@Woodstock271]

@@chrischaf, Yeah man, I agree. I might have still been a drummer if Eddie hadn’t made me switch to guitar. Actually, I was learning guitar at the same time I was playing drums because you can’t play a song by yourself on drums, and I didn’t want to be stuck behind the leads on stage either. But yeah, it was probably Eddie’s fault I abandoned drums altogether. Guitar had to take priority and most of my waking hours if I wanted to be anywhere near his mastery of the instrument. And I agree that MTV changed my perspective as well. Before then, I could only imagine what Eddie looked like while doing his thing. I figured he must be frowning down at the fretboard in deep concentration, not enjoying any of this stress! But nope, he’s smiling and jumping around, barely ever looking at his hands. Wow man! Just his attitude made playing like that seem possible! (even though it isn’t) But still I learned a few of their songs (minus the crazy solos), and “Ice Cream Man” was the only Van Halen song that I really copied all the way through. That fun acoustic blues in the beginning was cool but that stomp on the distortion pedal for the rest made that song rock out! Yep, without Eddie Van Halen’s influence, I would have been different, rock guitar would have been different, and finger tapping probably wouldn’t have taken off the way it did. Weather patterns might have been different, with the sun shining constantly over Eddie, and raining everywhere else. Glad he shared his light with the rest of us. What you might have found as I did, is that a lot of Eddie’s influences were mine as well. And then others influenced by Eddie were mine again. But NOBODY copied Eddie and took themselves seriously, out of respect. That sound and style was his. You can do a copy and that’s fine, but you can’t steal his entire thing. It’s impossible to steal his thing since it can’t be written in tablature or notation. Lots of his runs make no musical sense, and he used to describe it as “Falling down the stairs and landing on your feet.” Nobody sounds like Eddie and nobody should. What a great era of music to grow up in.

[@chrischaf]

@@Woodstock271 agree 100% And you said all that very well ;)

[@SteveOuimette]

So much has been said about this already but what really blows me away to this day is how musical and full of color and character this is. Technically speaking it's incredible, and it opened the door for so many guitarists to play faster and with better technique, but the magic is in all of the beauty and fire and color he brought to it. The note choices. There is so much going on harmonically and melodically it's just incredible. There never was and hasn't been since that level of "newness" that is still this exciting...to me.

[@austinmorris4471]

Great take Steve. Loved your guitar work on the Guardians of the Galaxy game!

[@SteveOuimette]

@@austinmorris4471 Thanks so much Austin!

[@kojam1]

I think you mean "innovation". Too true man! Too true!

[@sidekickmusic5936]

Right. I felt pretty amazed wheb I heard Tim Henson playing "Playing God" too though. Felt fresh

[@youngandrew66]

Just amazing. The engineers producers etc must have been gobsmacked. I imagine somebody in the control room whispering 'we are recording right?'

[@yoshikigrg8]

This is Legendary. R.I.P Eddie. ❤

[@dannyjoecarter]

What I love about this version right here is that it is not all washed out in Reverb! This is just so awesome to hear thank you for sharing this!

[@tkirby]

Check out the Gene Simmons demo. It's not all 'Ted Templeman'd' to hell with reverb and the guitar only coming out of one speaker.

[@davidtecalamusic]

Going straight into you really got me🤯

[@warthogA10]

He always said he was humble, but he wasn't, he was full of himself and he had every right to be. There's nothing wrong with being proud and even boastful of your achievements, especially when your achievements are truly remarkable and outstanding. He worked hard at his craft, and constantly. His achievements in mixing and editing were just as great. He just had a natural ear for great sounds. There are only two guitarists I view as being "the best of the best" in every category... Jeff Beck, and Eddie Van Halen They're both gone now, and can never, and will never be replaced. Both of their achievements and legacies are eternal.

[@VanHalenIsolated]

Amen to this! Like Beethoven, he had a right to be cocky about his playing. He was more humble than he should’ve been actually lol. You watch that 13 minute artist tribute video about Eddie? A lot of them were saying he was the sweetest guy you’ll meet. Being nice and being cocky are two different things.

[@haymaker96]

RAW! They should have just used this version. Great upload. Thank you!!!

[@franktib]

This^

[@johnm.4655]

He was the Lion King of the electric guitar! 🎸 A musical Sun☀️🌅 that shined so brightly it blinded every other player out there!! He categorically changed the way the instrument was PLAYED and especially the way it SOUNDED. The history of hard rock and heavy metal would have never been the same without his intuitive, creative GENIUS and🔥 firey pavssion. He was the main reason I started playing guitar and why I keep playing. Even when I go back to his old solos to relearn them, I feel like I'm in a guitar rock school as disciple of a true master. RIP Lord Van Halen! 🙏🌟

[@mudwiser1391]

I could listen to it a million times and still be blown away. My God!!!

[@JustK009]

One of the best debut albums in history..Honestly my favorite it never gets old🍻

[@lidlett9883]

This was nothing but Eddie warming up for the session. Thank God the sound engineer had heard him before and started the recording.

[@stephenadamsmusicalinterpr4203]

Donn Landee

[@dnabiologic]

No I hear this is the original take/takes. One ore two mixed together,,,, That´s the question, and actually who care about that.

[@JamesUnityFuchs]

@@dnabiologic one take and the only take

[@skipkey5150]

Total fucking game changer. The greatest guitar player ever. R.I.P. King Edward

[@VanHalenIsolated]

Amen to that

[@goldtonestudio4471]

That recording session caught "lighting in a bottle" and after that the world was never the same!!!!

[@markusaurelius777]

@@goldtonestudio4471 He set the guitar world ON FIRE !! I remember it well. A friend and I walked into a music store called "Star Records"....As soon as we got inside Eruption was playing. We both looked at each other and we both said "OMG who the F is that? It blew our minds.

[@goldtonestudio4471]

@@markusaurelius777 yeah I remember my older brother lived in our basement and he called me down to listen to something and I hadn't really started playing guitar yet but most of my brothers did and as soon as I heard eruption I was star struck and started playing shortly after!! I was in 7th grade, after I started playing , that's all I wanted to play like and sound like was Eddie!! Over the years I've thought about that album and what is meant to music and the ONLY way I can describe it is a TRUE PRICELESS MASTERPIECE for the ages!!!!

[@mikea4015]

The greatest and most historically significant piece of unaccompanied guitar playing in rock history.

[@kahmhalen4094]

So clean and precise. And his picking attack is unmatched. Uncopyable.

[@chrism6681]

Hearing the opening Alex drum fill like this gives me chills…just mere seconds away from a world changing solo

[@lippi2171]

This is a room microphone recording, which (as opposed to close miking) captures the sound of the entire band and reverberation of the room. It emphasizes the live performance, as it is far away from a specific sound source (e.g. guitar cabinet). They're often used pointing towards a drums set, but there can be a ton of bleed from other instruments. This audio is mind-blowing because it shows that the most legendary and genre defining solo was recorded in a single take leading into another song (!!) Absolutely nuts. I wouldn't say from an audio engineering perspective that it's pre-mixed (obviously it's a raw track). It's rather an isolated track that we never heard and with no close-mics it makes it sound like we're standing in the room it was recorded in.

[@mikefrench2499]

To sum up a few of the comments below, I think Jimi changed how electric guitar was played at the time, then Eddie took it to another level. Both were absolutely brilliant and crucial to where electric guitar is now. There is no best, it's who's your favourite.

[@VanHalenIsolated]

100%. Music is subjective. Yes, you can tel who has more skill than another but “being the best” depends on what one person thinks qualifies as the best. Eddie is all around the best to me. Someone else might say Hendrix, another Vai. Eddie was creative technique wise, creative musically, amazing rhythm and lead player, and has the ability to improvise play really well.

[@michaelmac1798]

Eddie was a classically trained pianist who won school competition for several years. He wanted to make guitar sound classical and combined that with whammy bar tricks first really explored by Jimi Hendrix.

[@russmartin1814]

Wow. There's really nothing more to say. Wow.

[@thefonzkiss]

Studio photographs are from the VH2 sessions; Roth injured his foot doing the split jump that’s on the back album cover.

[@Jasper_Yay636]

Helped save us during disco years. Semper Fi

[@Rikk_Klaww777]

His sound is so deep and clear.!!

[@BillMellow]

Even with off axis room microphones.....that tone!

[@emilyscandycakes4530]

Never gets old...

[@andrewwilson888]

Thank you. Hearing this is like hanging in the studio when Edward just whips out the most electrifying rock guitar solo ever. Holy &#(% !!!!!

[@VanHalenIsolated]

Right? I love that. I told my gf, “this is like a garage band sound almost.”

[@andrewwilson888]

@@VanHalenIsolated Yes, "Almost." ;)

[@mugable]

Absolutely incredible. Flawless in one take and that amp has to be loud enough to blow the walls out of lesser buildings.

[@haythijs]

There is no volumebar to play this loud enough. King Edward for always and far beyond time and sound.

[@nikoniko893]

I don't know how you got this clip, but it is musical gold. It is so cool to hear, especially the ending. To this day I still don't understand why Ed's guitar is mainly in the left channel, such a lame thing to do.

[@Jeff_H_the_Guitarist]

The cure for cancer and this solo are neck and neck for the greatest things ever.

[@raymondjamesrivera]

Can’t lie I kinda like hearing his tone with just the room mics, makes you feel like you are there.

[@MichaelDouglasSkewes]

This is the most unbelievable ,great ,fantastic thing I've heard ! King Edward forever !

[@STAND-ALONE]

What amazes me is,... There have been people who've learned this and practice it and play it pretty well. Real close.,... But the thing is,.. Eddie Van Halen created it came up with it. It was in his head and he put it down onto his guitar and played it. Gives me goosebumps thinking about it!

[@jeffreywarner6931]

Van Halen The most ultimate Rock Band of all time R.I.P EVH

[@j_freed]

01:07 sounds like he slightly mis-fretted one note (the high E flat on the 12th fret) and/ or played it sharp, I never really noticed that with the fantastic reverb room they added in mix.. Fiery performance so it doesn't matter. Ted Templeman was a genius for asking him to record this as an album track since he was only rehearsing it for live shows: _Eddie recalled, "I didn't even play it right. There's a mistake at the top end of it. To this day, whenever I hear it, I always think, 'Man, I could've played it better.'"_

[@DavidRodriguez-mp9nh]

Often imitated but never duplicated. So special!!!

[@richlovesfnaf4736]

Thank you. We can now hear that Eddie’s technique was unmatched.

[@VanHalenIsolated]

@@walterevans2118 yeah I love how you can hear the feedback in between what I call part 1 and part 2 of the solo. I almost wish they kept it. I love the rawness of this version. Then yeah, they played the beginning of You Really Got Me as a marker for what’s next.

[@VanHalenIsolated]

@@walterevans2118 haha yeah. A deep dive. I can’t imagine hearing it for the first time back then. It’s funny, when you start using a whammy bar, it eventually and weirdly becomes second nature. It was awkward at first way back when I started and now when I play a hard tail, it feels like a ghost limb when I try reaching for it and I get a bad taste in my mouth lol

[@backtoshallabal6662]

2 words: Ramdy Rhoads.

[@donkost]

@@walterevans2118 - Same here, could not imagine what he was doing. I was certain the ending was synth. Heard it shortly after release in ‘78. I had been playing guitar for only two years at that point, jaw dropping. When I saw him live that year from across the arena it still didn’t help. I went home afterward and still could not duplicate the two-handed tapping. Much later I realized I was not flicking off the string with my right hand to sustain the notes. Pre-youtube and very few had figured this out.

[@donkost]

@@walterevans2118 - I saw them open for Sabbath in ‘78, and every other CVH tour at the Spectrum in Philly. EXCEPT for 1984, had my appendix out, but I thought oh no problem they’ll be back next year. Nope… that original band with MA on bass never saw a stage again. I also saw the tours with Wolf on bass. By the second leg of the Dave reunion tour in ‘08, Ed was back in business again. Using gain rather than bone-crushing strength as in the early days, but he sounded really good live.

[@markorrick7558]

Wow ! Frickin wow ! What tone holy crap !! Love the room sound . Thank You Edward 🙏. R.I.P. We Love You❤❤❤

[@damianval4626]

Untouchable...final boss of guitar solos

[@josephmojica4129]

First time I heard this my face melted and every hair on my arm stood straight up. Incredible.. RIP king

[@PawpawJamz]

To think this was never supposed to be on the album is just mind blowing. This was just a warmup Al and Ed used to mess with. Ted Templeman heard it and said: Lets record it. Also, Ed was reportedly not too happy about how washed it was in plate verb in post. An Iconic moment in music history caught on a whim. Great job. Awesome upload

[@shreddievanhalen1]

I don’t even know what to say. This is amazing

[@rolsguitars]

And all the people who swore this was recorded in sections to tune the guitar each time he used the bar .....it was all 1 take live . Listen to all 70s rock guitar then listen to this , night and day

[@beverlysmith6539]

Eddie loved playing guitar 🎸 so thankful he shared his gift with us! ❤miss you! GOAT!

[@johnhaydock1577]

Wow amazing! I wonder if he knew he was making history at that very moment. This recording should be in a music museum,

[@VanHalenIsolated]

Knowing Eddie’s personality from interviews and all, he probably didn’t know. However, once the band had DLR and Michael Anthony, even way before their first album, they knew they were going to be big.

[@DVincentW]

Theres an interview with Edward about playing on Beat It. He said he didnt think anyone would recognize his playing on the song. And he never got paid.

[@brennanmccormick2319]

To write this in a time nothing else like it exists.. must have been an unreal feeling

[@guitareputz]

never gets old listening to evh

[@devilshark6694]

never gets old, i've been listening to it since late 70s.

[@darinb7966]

Can't thank you enough for this. The actual timeless masterpiece raw.

[@mutekikantai]

When this was released, I was a teenager living in Tokyo, and I remember hearing the album with this song from a friend and saying, "What does this guitar sound like?"

[@ivannaidyonov718]

OHHHH,..the naked unprocessed Echoplex at the end,...wow!

[@PIlotrcm]

Love how it gets flubby and shakes the studio in the dive bomb you can hear the snares hissing. Imagine walking down Sunset Blvd past Sunset Sound Studios in ‘77 and hearing that rumbling from the guts of the building

[@rockturtleneck]

I remember the first time I heard Eruption when I was maybe 14 years old, around 1980, I assumed it was some sort of studio trickery or synthesizer thing because no one could possibly play guitar like that. Just as astounding today and this raw recording really drives home the genius of EVH.

[@t.sewell1513]

Although this is the studio raw tracking which is incredible as well. When I first heard the album version in 1980 at 9 yrs old I was blown away! To this very day……it has never gotten old. RIP Eddie😔

[@slee6261]

For those coming up in the 1960’s, The Beatles performance on the Ed Sullivan Show was the catalyst for many to pick up a guitar and start playing. For us coming up in the 1970’s, this performance was the throwing down of the gauntlet, a raising of the bar, and the fire that ignited the next generation of players.

[@CShermPlatinumShines]

this is a pure recording of the beginning of rock history 🤧 second time i listened cause this was the first track i heard when i was four years old and fell in love with van halen and still at the age of 21 this music is my lucky coin

[@larryb3946]

I still to this day remember the weekend this was debut on KISW in Seattle WA, my friend's who played guitar were FFO for the next two weeks... seriously! We didn't miss the concert at the Seattle Center Coliseum, they opened for Judas Priest and Eddie was on it that night 4sure

[@theosophicalwanderings7696]

Just imagine standing in the room hearing this with zero context. No such thing as “shred” guitar. No nothing. Just normal 70’s rock guitar… and then this.

[@VanHalenIsolated]

Haha I say this all the time when I’m listening to this in the car with my gf. Poor her. Has to hear me go on and on about the blessings that Eddie Van Halen gave the world. But yeah, I also think about that when I listen to it: imagine being some employee or a member from another band hearing this. I guess Ed was playing this in the studio, practicing for a show and Ted Templeman overheard it and said something like, “let’s record that.” It wasn’t even meant to be on the album when they were in the middle of making it. Thank god for Ted Templeman too.

[@davidtimms3201]

Can you imagine standing right in front of the speaker cabs? Wow!!!

[@jfo3000]

Not trying to take away from the greatness of EVH... But there was Al DiMeola. And Schenker played some VERY high level of difficulty stuff with incredible smoothness and flow, actually Ed coped a couple of Mike's signature runs. Uli Jon Roth's work needs recognition. There were some Shredders around in the 70s.

[@Joseph-xp3hh]

@@darkfrost1901 so true ! I remember hearing the frank Marino and Mahogany Rush live album and being blown away by the guitar solo the whole album was a spiritual trip for me at 12 years old ... the pot helped lol! ..to this day it still stands the test of time . I Agree Eddy took it to the next level! Blessings!

[@crisrose521]

Uli Jon Roth was the first shredder but yes , this is different

[@Sparenoarrows1]

The best part... After a blazing solo, Ed just starts chugging another song... Amazing.

[@carlosrazo5199]

One of the engineers and famous guitarist in his own right, Doug Messenger, said Eddie was the greatest guitarist he's ever seen and this guy worked with Hendrix.

[@VanHalenIsolated]

For anyone questioning the legitimacy of this video, go to the video kzbin.info/www/bejne/opzUaJiLrp2FnJI which is Sunset Studios where Van Halen recorded this. Its a minute and 45 seconds in. It’s a premixed tape. Go listen to the album version and you can easily tell. I’m not someone connected in Hollywood or in the music business or anything lol I literally just used the terminal command “KZbin-dl -x kzbin.info/www/bejne/opzUaJiLrp2FnJI” which is a brew program. Then I proceed to cut the ends off. I posted it because I thought it was super cool and I thought others would think that too. You have some arrogant people out there thinking I’m trying to pull a fast one on them 😂wow. Life isn’t always a lie. Check your facts 🧐

[@DVincentW]

And thanks for doing this!

[@bobmartino8073]

Priceless.

[@NathanSmith-xf7rk]

He was the best, god rest his soul 🙏

[@primateproductions126]

This is the meaning of legendary. His intensity and precision was unmatched back then. Only wish there was more live video recordings of him and the band from there first world tour. Rest in Peace King.

[@nitroboy4342]

Being present at this recording session when eruption was played is the modern day equivalent of witnessing the french revolution

[@potential2themax]

"Jaw drop" Probably no better piece of Rock N' Roll to have the actual !! WoW Thx

[@ericandrews1661]

This is the Big Bang of guitar playing revealed

[@drh-ov7eq]

Rest easy legend 🙏

[@elizabeth_777]

Wow….thank you Johnny🥰My favorite solo of his….1986 without a net Eruption solo is amazing……also Atomic Punk……high school 😎

[@LoquilloPanama]

Hello I've just found found out about this audio takes from a Rick Beato Vídeo interview with Assato

[@enricoaldobrandi2]

WE miss you Eddie

[@Woodstock271]

Funny how Eruption was treated like a little “intro” into “You Really Got Me” but what most of us did with the original album was, pull the needle back to Eruption and listen to that insanity over and over. It was the best minute on the album, no question. We found David Lee Roth a little irritating and narcissistic in those days, but Eddie was the quiet and phenomenal star guitarist who changed forever how rock guitar could be played.

[@Ricardo-cl3vs]

Too bad Ed evolved into somebody even more than just a little irritating and narcissistic.

[@stevensmith6019]

The moment of the big bang...and then everything else happened.

[@turdbooger6051]

This amazing, thank you!

[@CaptainKirk007]

Haunting… ❤R.I.P. to the king! 👑

[@leehenderson8132]

We're not worthy,We're not worthy.....RIP EDWARD.

[@RodneyWallaceDynamoC]

It's mind blowing.

[@RSTI191]

You can hear everything about Ed in this. His hand strength, his phrasing, technique, timing, every fucking thing. I wish I was there to see the look on everyone's face when they heard it for the first time.. The kid was a force of nature..

[@jetd9716]

Sounds like a Harley in a guitar. Raw, power and force ala force! I can still remember hearing this full blast in the back of my bro's car with 6 speakers with amp fully blasted and it was a brain bursting experience. LOL

[@rockguitarmodes]

Holy Cow 🐄 That is amazing 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@anthonykiza]

Just one take and boom, wow!!! 👏👏👏👏👍👍

[@LeonTodd]

Didn't realise KZbin was allowing p0rn uploads these days

[@marcllanes3483]

This is old news. It's been on the Sundet Sound KZbin Channel for a while now.

[@VanHalenIsolated]

Yup, that’s why I pinned the comment at the top. The only difference is you don’t have to skip to the part within their 24 minute video to get to it and look at some studio dudes look at each other. I seriously don’t get what some users are thinking when they comment like this. Lol. Do you think I’m trying to be original or do you think maybe I’m making it convenient for others to listen to it? Not everyone knows it’s in the Sunset Sound Recording and this way they get to hear it. Can’t you tell by the views and comments? Seems like lots of people haven’t heard it. I cited them properly enough.

[@andyhayes7828]

I remember being at a guitar clinic at a now defunct place called 'Reliable Music' in Charlotte N.C back in '89 I believe. It was a Paul Gilbert clinic. Well we all got a chance to request for things for him to play, and unlike MOST of the requests (which involved much fastly picked scales and arpeggio's) when my raised hand was answered I said "Jump on Eruption". I heard some laughs and snickers from the crowd...... Paul proceeded to play the tapped section overhanded 😮. I should have clarified that I wanted to hear the intro sections UP TO the tapping part, but hey.......it didn't happen and at THAT point in ELECTRIC GUITAR (post Yngwie shred) that is what I got. It's funny but after so many year's of playing and taking in as much as I can, NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING has ever been as utterly DEFINING a statement on electric guitar as this solo........just AWESOME in it's totallity 🤘

[@rogercardenas111]

King Edward Van Halen,G.O.A.T. 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🔉🔉🔉🔉🔉🎼🎼🎼🎼🔉🔉🔉🔉🔉🔉🔉🔉

[@flashy5150]

“The King of 10 fingers on 6 strings, Mr. Edward Van Halen ! “ DLR

[@joemartinez5113]

Mr.DLR, This is Joe (Jo-Jo) Martinez from Houston, Texas (H-TOWN), awesome words to say to a legendary guitar hero, which l admired since I was 16 years old and l'm 62!!! My first encounter to see VH, was @ the Sam Houston Coliseum on Nov.23th, 1978/Thanksgiving Day, backing up Black Sabbath, which (l hate to say), blew them away!!! Since then I have seen VH, twenty-two times, VH Fan, Forever 😊

[@jfo3000]

@Joe Martinez Saw that tour in CLE. Yes they did blow Sabbath away, unfortunately, as a huge Sab fan.

[@JIMJAMSC]

And the guitar world... the music world would never be the same.. Also I was 16 and quit guitar for 2 weeks until someone convinced me it was a "black box" and studio magic that made those sounds. I then ran across the problem of what a "1/2 step down" meant and where I could find a "whammy bar."

[@pinkyellowblue007]

A whammy bar and a titty bar

[@gkniffen]

Long live The Mighty Van Halen... holy hell. Unreal talent. ❤

[@joqu6971]

He was the best

[@futarydary]

Wow, that part @0:30 sounds here little bit more thin. I think on album it sounds like two or three guitar layers there, because of reverb/delay? Very cool to hear it.

[@kipponi]

He was first using exclusively whammy bar, tremolo picking, pick harmonics and right hand tapping on the fretboard. It was his trademark. I think he tried it cause he played piano first. He used only one right hand finger. Now there are Buckethead, Tosini etc. using all right hand fingers even more piano style. And many more. But Ed was first and open the door 🎸😎.

[@DVincentW]

Uli Jon Roth 1974 Fly to the Rainbow by UFO/ he was known esp for his whammy barre use.

[@mykecallahan4141]

Steve Hackett from Genesis was tapping in the very early 70’s on record. I get that Eddie elevated it, and that he is one of the best ever, but let’s not pretend he invented right hand tapping. He can still be amazing without that unearned credit.

[@jaycareaga9929]

Ed didn’t invent tapping. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2iwaX9np6aIqas

[@Greg_Chase]

The pedal stomp at the very end of Eruption that suddenly went up one full octave on the low E that EVH played was a 'feature' of the Boss Flanger at that time. I had one of those. If you set the knobs right, when you stomped the pedal, you'd hear a surprising, sudden shift to one higher octave of the final note you had just played on the guitar. I've seen some people play it as if EVH played the harmonic on the low E string at the 12th fret then whammy-bar the harmonic note down. That's not what EVH did. In the recording on this video, at time 1:27, you can hear him stomp on the pedal. I think I still have that Boss flanger pedal. It was purple in color. I sort of wonder if the Boss techs fixed that 'bug'. Reason being, it was not clear that stepping on the pedal (and I'm sorry, I don't remember the knob settings to reproduce it) - it surprised me the first time I heard the sudden shift to a full-octave-higher note ringing away, then descending down to the actual note that I'd played on the guitar. I thought "this is a bug in the pedal" at the time. I didn't like the sound of the descending note either, since it was not expected. EVH just used it as an effect. Pretty cool. .

[@Durwood71]

I've always wondered if he did this solo in one take, or if it was a splice job of multiple takes.

[@pppaulie73]

I’ve never heard anyone that can do 0:27-0:29 as well. I’ve watched tons on KZbin. I never even heard Eddie ever play that part again the same way. That’s the hardest part of the whole thing for me. Working on it.