Interesting Eddie Van Halen guitar demonstration

[KJJ]

Always love listening to the guitar but could never play one. Met Stevie Ray Vaughan in Austin Texas in 1978 and he was amazing! Never got to see Van Halen play live. Eddie Van Halen was one of the great guitarists.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

Always love listening to the guitar but could never play one. Met Stevie Ray Vaughan in Austin Texas in 1978 and he was amazing! Never got to see Van Halen play live. Eddie Van Halen was one of the great guitarists.

If i had to pick one player it would no doubt be EVH. Saw him 12 times starting in 1979, especially in those early years when he was innovating and coming up with something new on each album{Eruption, Spanish Fly, Mean Street, Cathedral} he was hard to be beat. Hard to believe he is gone.

 

[KJJ]

If i had to pick one player it would no doubt be EVH. Saw him 12 times starting in 1979, especially in those early years when he was innovating and coming up with something new on each album{Eruption, Spanish Fly, Mean Street, Cathedral} he was hard to be beat. Hard to believe he is gone.

Wish I would have seen him live. Had some opportunities but something always came up. A number of the great guitarists are gone. Tragic endings for most of them.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

Wish I would have seen him live. Had some opportunities but something always came up. A number of the great guitarists are gone. Tragic endings for most of them.

Got to see Randy Rhoads 6 weeks before the accident which was very sad and unnecessary. He was a phenomenal player as well.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I have watched that video a number of times. Still a good video.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Got to see Randy Rhoads 6 weeks before the accident which was very sad and unnecessary. He was a phenomenal player as well.

Saw him just a few days before. Couldn't believe less than a week later he was gone.

 

[Creeper]

I was never a big Van Halen fan but there is no denying he was a great guitarist.

He makes an interesting point about customer guitars. It is an added level of understanding of the instrument to design a customer guitar for a new sound. Brian May of Queen also designs and builds his own guitars to get more sounds from them than he could get with an off the rack guitar.

The first time I heard a rock guitarist use hammers and pulls was Hendrix. I don't know where he learned it but I am guessing blues guitarists have been doing it for a long time.

 

[KJJ]

Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze guitar solo. This is crazy!

 

[Pass2Run]

Saw Eddie play a few times in Austin.

Used to go with my uncle to watch WC Clark..

Eddie was full of it though.. He claimed he "invented tapping."

Nope.

He just listened to older musicians.

As far as I can tell, Roy Smeck invented tapping.




Who Really Invented Tapping? – It’s NOT Eddie Van Halen – Rock Pasta

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

Saw Eddie play a few times in Austin.

Used to go with my uncle to watch WC Clark..

Eddie was full of it though.. He claimed he "invented tapping."

Nope.

He just listened to older musicians.

As far as I can tell, Roy Smeck invented tapping.




Who Really Invented Tapping? – It’s NOT Eddie Van Halen – Rock Pasta

Edward never claimed he invented tapping, a ton of players did it before Edward. The guy you posted above, Steve Hackett, Harvey Mandel, and Terry Kilgore who was a local LA legend. Edward supposedly learned it from Kilgore. What Ed did do however was bring it into the spotlight bigtime.