Interesting Eddie Van Halen guitar demonstration
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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.
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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.
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I have watched that video a number of times. Still a good video.
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Saw him just a few days before. Couldn't believe less than a week later he was gone.
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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.
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.
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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
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
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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.