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[@donnernoneya26]

A-??? 🤣 Are you kidding me? He's THE GOAT. Show me another guitarist who can come close!

[@shark7352]

In this genre lol in another genre we could say Stevie Ray Vaughn

[@danielking4607]

Steve VAI

[@TM-qj6io]

Glenn Campbell was pretty amazing as well again a different genre though .

[@foofghtr]

Eddie went outside the envelope of normal everyday guitar playing and did something so different it’s not even comparable to the average joe lead guitarist. His style can’t be transcribed in traditional written music so they created tabs to write on paper what he was doing.

[@jimfrederick3907]

What qualifies for an A or A+ ?

[@joehartmann9353]

The picks are glued on his guitar. His bother Alex is the drummer. Eddie built his own guitars.

[@HoonaticsMCNiko23Crowe]

The picks ARE NOT glued to the guitar. He has a piece of rolled up duct tape. How many picks do you think a guitar player uses during a 60,000 person show for two hours... Many guitar player do this

[@discus1713]

The solo is the song when it was released on their album it's just called eruption and all it is is Eddie playing a solo

[@jehudavis5422]

A-? AAA+!

[@josephmilender6208]

You've never seen that type of technique before, because EVH created those techniques!

[@mikerichardson8983]

It's as simple as this. GOAT

[@TM-qj6io]

Could not say it any better

[@jonathankelly7914]

Yes sir. Thank my life I got to see him 5 times.!!!!

[@kenmahoney5255]

So true so true 👍

[@josephigillis]

And on the 8th day , God created Eddie

[@joshs4594]

Actually, even people who play guitar professionally are blown away by this. Even the legendary Les Paul himself. 🎸

[@jonathankelly7914]

Lea Paul said he is the GOAT.!!!

[@danielking4607]

Les was not a very good guitarist

[@MRCATL3]

@@danielking4607 huh?

[@Cavitate007]

An absolute phenom on 6 strings. His techniques are off the charts and coupled with his impeccable timing makes him the GOAT!! RIP EVH.

[@davidolson2729]

I was with you until you said A-. This is the equivalent of getting 106% on all your tests in a double major of pre-med and electrical engineering and you didn’t need to take a book home.

[@danielking4607]

Cool

[@sarafrey3163]

Eddie Van Halen🥰🥰🥰. Legendary on the guitar and a heart of gold. He is missed

[@rickbort7875]

When EVH first showed up on the scene in 1978, there was NOBODY like him in rock music. He was the first of his kind, literally overnight not only becoming the state-of-the-art guitarist in the world, but the most influential. And of course, the band Van Halen has released iconic albums and songs. Eddie was an excellent songwriter/composer, and IMO, one of the best rhythm guitarists in rock. His ideas on guitar design and electronics completely influenced the guitar industry, some of his ideas are now standard (pick up and amp technology). Easily one of the most important musicians in the last 50 years.

[@ruthjenkins9867]

R.I.P. EDDY YOU WILL BE MISSED!!

[@saldellavedova3383]

King Edward!!!…. Thank God I got to see him in concert…. Blew me away….Rest in Paradise Eddie!

[@kaydantonio3719]

My goodness. If you’re a guitarist I’m surprised you know little to nothing about Eddie Van Halen. He invented some of the equipment and techniques he uses.

[@rufusmedrano2962]

Best guitar player in the world. RIP Eddie

[@joerudish7278]

The greatest in all of existence, the absolute goat no question

[@VaughnBrown1965]

I had the honor of seeing VH live five times. Three with David Lee Roth. Incredibleness on another level!

[@jonathankelly7914]

Me 2..!!!

[@scottmatzeder9162]

Eddied has left us. he will never be replaced. He has taken his rightful place amongst the Gods.

[@e.l.norton]

He never had a guitar lesson, which is what gave him the freedom to create a whole new vocabulary for the guitar. The instrument changed after Edward. There are guitar players, and there's Edward Van Halen. And as testament to his greatness, he always refused credit for his greatness when praised by others. He always said that it wasn't him. It just came THROUGH him from somewhere else.

[@srt8rocketship241]

He inspired countless guitarists since the late 70's. Set a new standard. Their first album is fire.

[@ronaldfuchs1049]

Listening to that very album at present reading these comments... y'all mugs are on point. Full stop.

[@stephenbrown199]

1977 to be exact

[@dorarie3167]

You were messin' with 'Cathedral'. Even my dad, a classical violinist who couldn't stand rock, enjoyed THAT piece.

[@johndeeregreen4592]

Is Eddie the most technically skilled guitarist of all-time? No. Was he one of the ones who paved a way for great skilled players to develop off what he brought? You better believe it. Eddie was that point of guitar evolution us guitarists needed.

[@jehudavis5422]

Definitely most technically skilled

[@kfc355]

picks are on tape on the guitar. Rule no.1 Never Pause during a guitar solo!!!

[@RareHarmony]

I have played guitar for 25 years, this guy is an absolute GOD.

[@bruced8893]

Funny how people are just discovering EVH from 30+ years ago.

[@HoonaticsMCNiko23Crowe]

No Ed put Ciggs all over those guitars all night long

[@nicknamenine5937]

Eruption is a song that is mostly a guitar solo. There’s a little bit of drums for effect. But it’s not one of their normal songs with vocals and everything. But this is really Eddie’s live solo. He plays the famous part of Eruption. But he also demonstrates other technics he used on Cathedral and Mean Streets and other songs.

[@robtech341]

There have been, after this, great guitar players Joe Satriani, Malmsteen etc...... none of them are fun listen to. They are great for guitar players. EVH was the best for people who just loved music.

[@shannonmcdonald6959]

I was lucky enough to see this tour. The band was at its happiest period in my opinion. Just a great time!!!

[@jehudavis5422]

Saw vh 33 times in my 58 years. Always blown away!!

[@marshall4me2]

The guitar solo ""Eruption" is just an amazing 15 minute guitar solo that he had written to show off what someone can do with just a guitar and an imagination and some time. All of it was originally played spontaneously and without preplanning what it would be. It ll came from the mind of the guitar GOD!!

[@xtop23]

the goat. eddie was just insane

[@nicknamenine5937]

Also, he plucks the stings at the very top, above the bridge by the tuning keys, to get those tinky high notes. The Riff you said you were really messin with showed up on a song called Cathedral. He played the notes with his left hand while manipulating the volume knob with his right hand to make each note fade in and out. It’s pretty slick. He had several picks taped to his guitar. That’s his brother Alex on the drums.

[@woodch]

More than any other guitarist of his time, with the only possible exception of Steve Vai, Eddie always had total control over that instrument. No matter how loud or soft he was playing, no matter the settings, no matter which pedals were on or off, that guitar was tuned into him and vice versa.

[@strings53notlob50]

Above the nut nickname

[@nicknamenine5937]

@@strings53notlob50 Right. Sorry. No idea why I said bridge. Wrong end.

[@jordanaiken7138]

He also plucking the springs for his whammy bar system.

[@stevechevy3382]

Nice reaction. Eddie is amazing. A lot of the technical know how for Eddie comes from his intimate knowledge of his guitars. Many of which he build from parts. He has his own guitar tone. Not many guitarist could say that. Eddie is a great soloist but he is also a great rhythm guitarist as well.

[@number1sun]

EVH also did the guitar solo for Michael Jacksons song 'Beat it'...In the late 70s and 80s he was THE guitar prodigy.

[@michaelshields7777]

Eddie has duct tape rolled inside out on his guitars that he can stick the picks on, so when he needs another pick, he can just take one off and keep playing.

[@timmytwotoes4863]

Never been a van Halen fan. But Eddie is a genius

[@Hazardteam]

*04:16* _"Eruption"_ was especialy *that* solo, what debute on the Van Halen's first album, and reformed/revolutionized the whole guitar-playing culture (and later the other music styles, even pop culture as well) I gave this name for this _full_ performance, just 'cause that was his first legendary guitar solo, and it's very emlemathic and was shocked the world *how* he's doing that well. In those (the first 1-2) years Eddie played these guitar solos (what he made with his own invented new techniques) showed his back at the audience, and kept it as "secret". So most of the peoples made a theory, he's "tricking" somehow with pre-configured electric sound samples or synthesizer etc etc :) Until finaly he's showed in front he's doing it with his own hands :) So it was and is legendary. That's why the name chosen by me. *But* This guitar solo not only one solo, it's a "collection" from his other solos on the albums, plus improvisations. Sorry for my bad english bro, this is not my native language, actualy i never studied (only from Dave Mustain hehe) *11:51* You missed the *volume knob* 🙂 *18:00* The picks was *on* his guitar (mostly on those white stripes) glued with double tape 🙂 *19:03* Exactly. It's coming from the VH logo

[@jimrupe9991]

You asked....HOW....HOW. Simply DECADES of practice. And no he doesn't have a specific spot for his cigarette. He just sticks under the strings above the nut of the guitar.

[@friguy4444]

LOL. He's giving it an "A-" LOL. What's the "Minus" for? His hair wasn't cut right? Haha. I don't know (I'm a professional guitar player Singer Songwriter myself) what a guitar piece could possibly hold that could top this in order to get an actual "A+". Please let me know what on earth the "Minus" is for. Is there really something that is even in your imagination that could somehow top this??.

[@marshall4me2]

Eddie Van Halen is hands down the G.O.A.T. of great guitarist who have ever lived in the history of man. The are probably 20 great guitarist in 7the last 75 years but non could come close to Eddie's natural gift of spontanfeity or seemed hasif he was born with a guitar in his hands coming out of his mother's womb. HE WILL FOREVER BE MISSED. Music hasn't been the same since you left us.

[@michaelmarrone8753]

A- And you said he is pulling stuff off you never seen before. This is from 36 years ago. WOW...

[@jenniferwickliffe169]

Nice! Check out Van Halen ~ Dirty Movies song off their Fair Warning album.

[@robertyoung2807]

for catherdral, he is retuning the strings...in real time....to sound like an organ....

[@richm622]

The moment you realize that most rappers have no talent worth mentioning

[@conorhayes8818]

I don’t like rap and I know there’s more talent involved in people such as Eddie, but I wouldn’t say rappers are talentless. Most people can’t do what the true legendary rappers do

[@richm622]

Nothing personal , it’s just that I think that most rappers want to go the easier route with sampling and copying.Where as Van Halen put not only serious time but also had one of a kind talent @@conorhayes8818

[@conorhayes8818]

@@richm622 you are right there my friend

[@dorarie3167]

@@anthonyv6962 I agree that music evolves and takes many different forms. Personally, I do feel that playing a guitar extremely well is a lot harder than switching on a synth or a drum machine and putting a few layers of sound together. Even my kids do it on their iPads. The problem is when you can put any vocal over a decent beat and call it music on a par with actual virtuosos and practiced musicians. I have great respect for solid beat producers and lyrical rappers, but let's also admit that a lot of the rap we hear today is based on the trap beat and "I've got money/girls/cars/guns" lyrics, not on the hard work and talent of the artist. Verse, chorus, verse, chorus, verse, chorus with a beat isn't that hard to achieve, but to do it with artistry is. Timbaland, Dre and their ilk are titans, but we also our share of Lil Yachtys et al. Just my two cents worth.

[@jackteppo9633]

The drummer is Alex his brother. The Bestest guitarist. R.I.P Eddie!

[@foley15136]

I see this vid is two years old at the time of this comment, but if you like drums, check out his brother’s drum solo in this same show.

[@AndersHopkins-pc3yl]

This is a live extended version of the studio version. We lost the greatest ever

[@charlesmorristhewriter4863]

Yeah A- Eddie is with out a doubt the greatest I know you know Ali so you wouldn't say A- 🙂

[@michaelemery1497]

This is what greatness is all about!! Eddie was the best and Thanku for the video

[@The_Jasonian]

The solo is “just” Eddie’s guitar solo during the concert. He places his cigarette beneath the low E string just behind the nut

[@timsterrockstar]

One of the best parts of this video is that he is smiling the whole time and just enjoying what he was born to do. RIP EDDIE

[@certautoserv]

He changed the way guitars and amps are made by invention they invented new way to write music because of him and changed the way to play guitar that most if not all guitarist imulate some of today

[@QualKAHN]

Check out the music video for Van Halen - Hot for Teacher!

[@edwardpfingston876]

An. A minus????? Show anyone that can do half of what you just witnessed

[@robertyoung2807]

he combined eruption with a instrumental called Cathetral and mean streats

[@bruced8893]

You have to be great to have Leo Fender call you for advice or opinion. Eddie was a pioneer and innovator.

[@darinrodriguez8551]

His picks are on the body of the guitar

[@Frank-o2e1s]

He has the picks velcod to the guitar.

[@robertyoung2807]

yes! that is the VH sign..his brother (alex) is the drummer

[@bhutchin1996]

The 'Cathedral' part is the hardest to play. He's basically coordinating turning the volume knob up and down with his picking hand while hammering on each note with his fretboard hand. Slow, not too hard, but he did it so fast. Check this one out: *Eddie Van Halen plays Hendrix* - kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4jdgJZ9ereKgrM

[@aramhamparian9641]

RIP to a GOAT.

[@insearchofthetruth2843]

He was pulling on the springs underneath

[@srt8rocketship241]

True words , not easy. This is master class. Only a few in a lifetime if you are lucky.

[@dkpet61]

A minus???

[@robertyoung2807]

catherdral is to sound like a chello

[@jeffshenk2490]

That was A+ all the way man!

[@robertknapp8328]

HE GETS AN AAAAAAAA+++++++

[@donaldriddle230]

He is working tone knobs, when he reaches under the guitar he is plucking the Springs for the Floyd Rose Tremolo( whammy bar) to the uneducated. That's the bang sound. He also picks at the strings above the nut or top of the neck. Also in answer to the cigarette thing, there is a gap under the strings where they go from the tuners, over the nut, and down the neck. It makes for a great place to stow a lit cigarette.

[@bobtenhagen3809]

Goat

[@rafaelcolon6635]

Eddie is the G.O.A.T....period. Btw the drummer is his older brother Alex Van Halen

[@anibalmontanez2876]

THE 🐐 🐐 🐐 GOAT

[@robertwalker6723]

Watch a master work his craft. Eddie and his brother Alex were taught piano as children. Their father was a professional jazz musician. Then Alex started playing guitar, and Eddie on drums. Then one day Alex said," Hey Eddie let's swap". And music history was made.

[@cvogelagent]

Hard to watch since he died from throat cancer.

[@cvogelagent]

@@fred2903 I guess he’s the first and only person to get cancer from a metal pick.

[@HoonaticsMCNiko23Crowe]

You can buy actual used Eddie Tour picks on Ebay. The band hard them made every tour

[@maxfields2400]

The hand gesture is the sign for 5150...the first album with Sammy Hagar and the that particular tour they were on

[@thomasburt8995]

Lol@A- If EVH is an A-, who is an A? You've probably listened to Eddie without even knowing it. For example.....the iconic guitar riff in Michael Jackson's "Beat It" was the GOAT himself...Eddie Van Halen.

[@JohnGunn-o6l]

You need to lison to Gary Richraft flying turkey trot live REO Speed wagon guitar solo then you will know who is better I like Gary better early 70s

[@abidababida7096]

one of the best live shows i’ve ever seen was Van Halen in 1984

[@davidoconnell1680]

Great reaction 👏. He custom made his guitar. If you watch closely at the beginning you'll see he has like 8 picks on his guitar. Pick holders, he just chucks one and grabs another. I may be bias because I grew up with these guys in socal but you just watched the greatest Rock and Roll guitar player that's ever lived! RIP Eddie ❤

[@michaeltammaro482]

That sign you think is the Van Halen sign is actually a recognition of someone's TALENT. Eddie is the G.O.A.T. A MINUS. Is this guy for real?? SMH.

[@russellw7785]

I've saw lots of guitarist imitate others, SRV, Hendricks, Clapton, gibbons, slash etc etc. And do a great job with it. But I've never saw anyone even attempt to try Eds playing. Not on a very big scale. They can pick out pieces, but they know they can't do it

[@michelmassicotte8925]

This comment is in reference to the section starting at 10:56. How is he getting these sounds? Eddie is plucking the springs at the rear of the "Frankenstrat" as called the guitar, and then he would pick at the string thread above the tuning pegs. Normally, you would not hear these parts of the guitar when playing an electric guitar, but Eddie set up his amplifiers in an interesting way. He would set the amplifier to "full" and then, "back it off just a bit". Side notes: 1. The sound effect of this part of the solo is known as, "Cathedral". 2. He was able to use the whammy bar as the guitar would not fall out of tune for the Floyd Rose locking nut (he places his cigarette directly above it). His logic was to use the whammy bar to not break the guitar strings when pulling them or plucking them too hard. 3. He viewed solos as a workout (practice) for him and the guitar. 4. Eruption was not considered a track for VH1, but producer Ted Templeman heard Eddie playing it in the studio and included it as a track.

[@supertal6074]

Don't want to be critical but you don't know very much about guitar at all - I think you alluded to that. EVH is the greatest that ever and ever will live. He changed everything on the electric guitar in the Rock world. His technique, his sound, the guitar itself, and so on. He had very limited equipment - when other famous guitarists saw his Rig (amp and effects) they were shocked. He was the GOAT - this performance can't even be graded because of how awesome it is/was. On top of all his, the band had incredible music. EVH is the GOAT - no doubt about it!

[@mikemiller3069]

Eddie uses a lot of a tapping technique throughout the solo but he is not the only one to use a similar technique. There's a guitarist named Stanley Jordan who taps whole chords and uses the tapping technique in a slightly different way than Eddie. It's worth checking him out, not necessarily for a reaction but just because he's amazing. Also, for more Eddie Van Halen, check out the guitar solo on Michael Jackson's "Beat It".

[@rubendelgado1865]

The guitar solo that he plays live is a bunch of instrumentals he has play on records over the years. Eruption is the intro to you Really Got Me. Other pieces include Cathedral, 316, Intro to Mean Street and many others. He was and is my inspiration. Every time I pick up my guitar I'm always playing something from Eddie. Every time I see this solo I am blown away. Eddie said himself, he did not event tapping but he most definitely took it to a whole new level. He was amazing.

[@kdm71291]

To clarify, “Eruption” was a piece of his guitar work that was recorded during the sessions for their debut album in 1978….there are portions of that in this solo placed throughout it, but there are many other riffs and techniques he’s used from many of their albums put into this….it is just being called “Eruption”. There are also techniques being used that he made up just for this tour! His cig is placed under the strings between the top of the fret board and the tuning posts…..which is the part of the strings he was plucking later when you asked.

[@deannakitchen5568]

Love watching y’all enjoy the man who made us all mesmerized back in the day! Enjoy the GOAT!

[@Confare]

Thee best. Period. Check out some of their studio albums.

[@hubrisnaut]

I haven't played quitar in years but I taught myself many of Eddie's techniques and played covers of VH. The sound you hear at about 10:43 in your video begins from above "the nut" of the guitar (you can see him hitting the strings above there ) Then he hits the harmonic spots which would exist in the excited strings on the neck (the whole guitar is " tuned"). His guitar is super energized and tuned to the auditorium, so why he can wave at it and continue to get that sound.. Super fan here, I looked him in the eye, and he grinned at me, when VH led in for the Grateful Dead, cccc Maine.

[@yaimavol]

A guitar is easy to play, but it is VERY hard to master. Anybody can play 3 chords and the truth and pick and grin on stage. This is the culmination of literally thousands of hours of EVH playing and practicing and experimenting with different sounds. He always wanted to push the envelope to be unique.

[@bonniesmitth9744]

Originally his brother Alex played the guitar and Eddie played drums. He then bought himself a guitar while in high-school and Alex started playing the drums. Eddie was classicly trained on the piano.

[@michaelpaz5052]

A-!??! You high!?!? That's his brother on the drums, Alex Van Halen. A-.WTF

[@robertyoung2807]

He is re-tuning it for the CATHEDRAL solo...to sound like an organ or cello.....

[@williamstevens8587]

Listen to Atomic Punk. And. Spanish Fly. And Mean Street

[@monimouse2222]

EVH is the GOAT. No doubt about it. If you question that? Then you don't know guitar or music at all.

[@aurelius903]

Eruption is a song in and of itself that last for about 3 minutes but in this performance he stitched together about 10 different really good guitar shreds from his other songs. Electric guitars all have a spot at the top of the neck where the strings attached to the metal coil winders. At that point the string sit really low to the wood so you could just wedge a cigarette in there, and it's out of the way. I play guitar for 30 years. I can't do the stuff Eddie does. The only two other guitarist I know that come close would be Steve Vai and Joe Satriani.

[@tommythompson7941]

Don't forget that Jimi might have influenced this young Dutch-Indonesian man!!

[@russellw7785]

He built his own guitars himself, out of spare parts because he couldn't afford one that sounded like he wanted. And he couldn't read music

[@troyhoaks1576]

He puts the cigarette on one of the smaller string. Basically stick's the cigarette through the filter

[@friendme12345]

Eddie was Eddie...he filled in for Prince on Michael Jackson's Bad.