Maybe an idea came to him. Cool story.

You lucky bastard you xxxxxxxxx

You glucked his dingle didn't you

he just write a new idea in his head and try to memorize it

This!

Boom Goes the Dynamite! LOL

There's a video on the web somewhere of, i think, John petrucci playing the hell out of a bullet strat and he kiled it! Like OP said, it's the driver

There is an interview with steve vai he said he played through eddies rig and it sounded like him steve vai not eddie its all in the hands nearly impossivpe but robert you the man still such a great video man love your vids too good long live eddie great job man

That's right, some drivers can play and sound very close to Eddie playing through completely different equips than Eddie

Cool

68Strat that’s rad!

If only I didn't wear glasses maybe this sort of thing would happen to me someday.

Were the grunge guys in that city already shitting on guys like Eddie at the time, or did all that come later?

Hard Luck grunge was in the 90s, and I don’t think any of them actually shit on Eddie

Hot take

Maxx have to make a correction. You cant forget the one who started it chuck berry.

@@bobpugliese4428 even Chuck would tell you, I'm no Jimmy.... And sure as hell no Eddie!!!

@@bobpugliese4428 but definitely one of the greats who started it all

I don't think it was so much to intentionally throw anyone off, it was more of a sarcastic answer to a stupid question. Assuming that some modification to his guitar is what makes him good? He worked hard for a long time to sound like that. There was no youtube, no internet tab, There wasn't even good loopers and jam tracks. Like if he was a painter and made amazing paintings and then everyone asked "You paint so well, what's the secret to your brushes?" Eddie would have been like "The only good bristles come from the anus of an elephant." Just to watch people shave elephant butts.

@@JC-fj7oo Lmao Goddamn

@@JC-fj7oo right, and he only turned his back to the crowd during some licks so that we could get a better view of his back. Are you really under the impression that eddie doesn't know the difference between being asked about his sound/ tone ( gear) and being asked about his technique/ playing? Of course he lied to INTENTIONALLY throw people and create a false sense of mystery ( common in rock marketing at the time and still is) . He knew how a variac works and how he was using it, so the whole " use it to boost power to the amp" bit was a willfull lie man, not a mistake, not a joke. That said, to imply gear does not contribute and shape sound as well as impacts playing style is absurd. All in the fingers? That's why all amps are made the same and sound the same, because all the tone/ sound comes from fingers and style of playing. That's why guitar players dont have favorite amps, pickups, wood combinations etc.? Because those things have no impact on sound.... or maybe eddie is as full of crap as most of his legend. Eddie did what every generation of musicians does. He watched others, took their ideas and ran with em so that was not unique. If gear didnt matter he would have had no reason to mod his guitars and amps or use very specific effects, as many before him and after him have. Eddie just beat yngwie to claiming he invented it all hahaha.

@@rowdyjohnson6026 god I fucking hate yngwie what a trash heap. eVeRyOnE lOoK hOW fASt I cAn pLaY sCaLeS. There was hardly ever "music" in his "music". Just a bunch of fancy techniques and using simple music theory to put the right scales at the right times, and just play them fast. I never once listened to him and was like "wow I can't even picture what notes he was playing I've never heard that before ( like Eddie and Jimmie Hendrix still do to me this day ) it's just like "Hmm that was impressively fast and clean but man I can't stand how it sounds" Like most youtube metal players, just playing the same baritone guitar with the same overdrive tone as everyone else, over double bass pedal drummer, with really fast scales and tapping. Wow what a rant

@@quistador7 It might be a rant but it's spot on lol! There are some 'KZfaq' guys who have the right kind of swing and feel though (I'm looking at you Pete Thorn), actually I have both of Pete's albums and none of Yngwie's :-). I'd like to see Rob do a video on George Lynch too, I've listened to Dokken over the years but only recently put the Lynchmob album 'Wicked Sensation' on and it instantly dropped into my top three 80's style metal albums (actually it did come out in 1990 tbh).

Fuck I wish I could've partied in the 70s

Kevin Stiles -THIS~

Broto theWilliams Take Some ‘Good Grade’ Acid -Go to Sleeping...,And You WILL *

Yeah, none of this is new. I want to put the words in his mouth when he starts to speak...never heard of Paraffin Wax, lol.

of course it had been talked about but 90% of the fans don't know that. I talked to Eddie about it in 77, at a Pasadena party . Still, i forgot a lot of it by now. I'm an old fucker as well.. Kudos to the video guy who got of his ass and did something cool not just talk and correct everything..lol

blackcamelify - Wildly inaccurate, there were top mounted floating Floyd Rose Kramer guitars loooong before there were flush mount tremolo Ibanez guitars & those Jems with extra routing for pulling up. Steve only innovated the extra routing for pulling up more than a usual Floyd setup, but Floyd style tremolos were as a rule always floating. Even the original Fender Strat trems can be set to float for a half step pull up.

@@j_freed Floyd roses are always floating? Are you nuts dude? I literally own a Kramer Barretta w/ a Floyd, and it’s flush with the body. All EVH guitars are non-floating Floyd’s. The initial comment was correct, it was Vai and Satriani that popularized a full float.

LMAO

When they completed the replicas, they brought three for four to Eddie to evaluate. He couldn't tell the difference between them, and he freaked out. Once he figured out which one was the original, he wrote on the back of the headstock in sharpie so he could tell his from the replicas.

@fastguitar if you watch the video and see the condition he was in at the time, it wouldn't be a big surprise.

@@Phreddyfoophred Yea, he was still in bad shape at that time. If you listen to the interviewer, he asks Ed about putting the guitar together, and Ed either didn't hear the question right, or something else popped into his head and he started talking about the paint job, lol. Yes, they did a great job on the replicas, but 25K for one? Yea, no thanks!

Wow

Ace Freely stole that move from Clapton. Check out Concert for Bangladesh and you’ll see the same practice 👍🏻

ihate names I don’t think he meant it in an attacking sort of way, I think what he meant to say was that Eddie drew influence from Clapton in using that idea. Eddie was a huge Clapton fan after all.

Yeah, Keith Richards does it, too....

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There are a lot of things that Eddie didn't invent that he still gets credit for. That's because he brought it all to the masses. Potting was one of the many things. Just like how he gets all this credit for the hammer ons and pull offs...he didn't invent it but VH brought it to the mainstream.

Rowland Straylight Potting waxes are much better but it’s tough to buy them in small quantities.

Eddie mentioned doing the wax thing with his pick ups in an interview and said he ruined so many pickups by burning them up with the hot wax

@@stevestringer7351 You can't get paraffin wax hot enough to burn up a wire coil.

@@TexanUSMC8089 You can melt/burn the plastic bobbins though.

Gary Heighway is that true? If so that is really cool!

@@AB-vn2jc yeah in a interview Eddy said it was buried with Dime because it was his favorite.

It’s true...

Ed Hated that guitar! That's why you didn't see him often with it. (the yellow Stripped one)

skyprop okay now thats one that I didn’t hear.

Nope, Team 5150 here *\_('-')_/*

@@An2oine Ahh I can definitely I understand that choice my man

Not a mess but I know what you mean

@@kerryhyder1980 From an aesthetic standpoint, some might call it messy. But for others, it's amazing and beautiful

That guitar was way ahead of it's time!!!

Facts

Brian Mason years ago, Guitar World magazine did a piece on Eddies Frankenstrat and they mentioned something similar, however if I recall correctly (and it’s entirely possible that I’m wrong...it’s been years and years ago) it was the Fender Custom shops who discovered something similar when they had Eddies guitar in to be taken apart and measured and poured over so they could begin the process of making the replicas. If memory serves, they mentioned that the pickup basically functioned as a single coil due to the damage or broken wire or something like that. Again, it’s been at least 15-odd years ago or so, so I may have part of that messed up. But your reply definitely rung a bell. :-)

Different woods do contribute to different sounds but it’s only noticeable in acoustic guitar. You can only hear it in an electric if you’re lying about it.

The 335 pick up is not a piece of shit, lol! But I agree otherwise!

agree, Give me Eddies guitar, Steve Vai's guitar or Yngwie Malmsteens and I would still sound like shit.

@@WeDontWantYourWar Steve vai and Joe satriani both tried , I think Brian Mays guitar.. and guess what… they did not sound anything close to Brian May. Just goes to show . Music comes from the fingers , the individual. Not the gear

Still, Eddie is the same guy that said he regretted carving the teeth in his Ibanez destroyer because it ruined the tone 🤷

If you play the song exactly as it was recorded. While still impressive. It’s not getting anything new in terms of soul. So make mistakes add your own soul

Amen that's exactly what Eddie Van Halen said Eddie Van Halen didn't play the parts right didn't play the guitar right he played his way one of the most important things to remember about honey Van Halen cuz he said you play it your way Everyone's an individual the same Riff to be played a million different ways as long as it's your way

Yeah, I'm guilty of not playing a song perfectly. I can get the basics within a few minutes but more importantly is how you sound like you and not someone else.

people get really angry whenever you dont play something exactly the way the original artists played it. Cover master of puppets by alternate picking and you will get lots of angry butthurt purists telling you its all down strums.

@@ashleyjohansson230 and THOSE people can go shit in a hat. If you're looking to play something perfect like it was recorded, great. If not who gives a fuck? I don't

Tarrell Freeze if you turn the ball end while you’re winding the tension, it’s just going to unwind eventually I would think. I never tried it though. You could put a pin through the ball end somehow and that would keep everything wound up and taught

Ed didn't hold the ball end still, that would CREATE a twist. He turned the ball end as he wound the string to try to avoid any twisting. The theory is, if a string was under twisted tension and he did a dive bomb, the string(& ball end) could untwist a bit and the string would then be a hair flat. FWIW, He doesn't sound sure it even helped. He was just trying everything he could think of. That's why Floyd Rose was such a God send. He removed the problems on both the nut side and tremolo side. Plus, Ed decked his Floyd. That makes it sound more like a fat, sustainy hardtail. It also does away with the whole Floyd balancing act and if you pop a string, you can still finish the song. I've played a decked Floyd for around 35 yrs and I wouldn't trade it for gold. I'm always in the tune and my bands have loved me for it.

@@blazelarson1427 Sorry, I just reread your message. I see you do get that Ed was turning the ball end. Bottom line, Ed obviously noticed that when he wound a string, it also caused twisting of the string. When he turned the ball end, he wasn't forcing it to twist, just the opposite... He was letting/helping the string untwist.

Thank you for remembering that. He said the guitar sounded like shit after that mod which makes me wonder why anybody would buy the new evh model in that shape for 900 bucks

LOL... I know right? When it comes down to it, Eddie was a prick, misleading everyone about his guitar and gear. I remember being like 13 and boiling the shit out of my strings, he could of said, “put your guitar in the freezer” and I would of asked, “how long?” Young guitar players now would be lost lifting the needle up 100x to get 3 notes. We might’ve all played it a different way, but damnit, it sounded JUST LIKE the album. It was a very special time to be a guitarist man.

@@nonsenseinmyhead9016 Nice! So true

randy ferri could HAVE would HAVE 🤦‍♂️

Reno thats cool could you please explain what would happen if you used a chainsaw to cut a guitar

@@bobpugliese4428 It would ruin the tone and you have to get another destroyer from Chris Holmes to record with the one with the harmonica bridge)

This! :)

Patrik Sjöstrand This what?

Thanks so much!

Gary Thomas there’s a lot of evidence to challenge this statement. Eddie always lied about his gear in the early days to throw people off. There’s a pretty solid theory that the Frankie was originally a black strat routed for a humbucker (lots of pictures etc.)

@@charlesperry671 very true. But, Wayne Charvel and Ed were friends in this era, and Charvel was doing lots of early custom works for up and coming guitar players like David Gilmour and Alan Holdsworth to name a few. Karl Sandoval was also a friend of Ed's at the time and painted the later bumble bee Charvel for Ed. I actually bought one of the batch circa 1980 bumble bee Charvels in mid 1981 before Ed and Grover Jackson had problems. It's true what you say about Ed guarding his inventions, but there is word of mouth from Ed and Wayne that Ed bought the cheap body and routed it out in the shop floor with hammer and screwdriver. Only Ed knows.

Gary Thomas yeah true. I never really like talking about the black strat theory or his tone in general because there’s so many different theories, and in the end unless there’s photos of exactly what we want then I guess we will never fully know the stories behind his gear :)

I tried this a few years ago and it simply didn't work. Strings came out naaaaasty.

I’m sure they probably used some additive to the water, something common like vinegar that would cut through the grease and grime and eliminate corrosion/rust. I’m also sure any real results were more than likely in their own heads. Interesting artifact from a time where strings were much more expensive( in relation to income) than they are now.

also John, in the same interview, BB noted that he never clipped his strings, but would wind them all up on the tuner.( he then showed Lucille and sure enough there was a big ball of wire on the pegs) he said this was because if he broke a string he could unwind it and “tie it off” so he could continue playing... that sounds horrifying ( if not impossible)to myself and my fingers. Not truly sure what he meant or how he would do this... would love to have seen him do it though.

an alcohol wipe works wonders while string are on the guitar even.

In 1993, Ted started using Peavey 5150 amps too!

Ted sed you put the magic box away,,lol

Exactly the same with Nuno from Extreme

This actually doesn't prove tone comes from the fingers, this just obviously means van halen and ted nugent play different things. Ted nugent will still sound like himself but with van halen's tone. Its like getting a blues guitarists to play a metal guitarist's setup, he will still play blues style music but with a metal heavy tone from all the high output gain.

Retro-fit a Floyd. Problem solved 👍

That's no fun. Floyd Rose's are pain in the ass. But they are effective. But I hear you. I never did buy a Floyd Rose guitar.

@@guitarocd9984 oh yes lol I totally understand that setting them up is a pain! I have three fiddles with Floyds cause it saves a lotta time if I want to play in a different tuning 😒

They both have their own advantages. I've gotten too lazy to change strings on a Floyd. But of course a Floyd is the only way to go if you are doing excessive whammy bar stuff. We agree. But I do love to argue. But not today. LOL

​@@guitarocd9984 What do you mean lazy to change strings? It takes about the same time to change strings as with a guitar without a whammy bar. The only excessive work is the screwing but it takes just few seconds for each string.

Even Eddie said he very rarely plays his solos note for note , just goes with the feel , Monsters Of Rock interview .

That's what makes it unique to your own talent and style

NFE strong that’s what I heard too

lots of stuff like that from his early days when they'd hound him for his secrets. he'd just make things up on the spot then you'd see all the young guitarists looking for like a variac to burn their amp out because he said in some magazine that he ran his really hot.

EVH used it 25% of the time!

Yup

That's also true ! Eddie didn't like to see people following him (all other guitar players from big groups). The paint job (red-black-white) was done (and a mess too) to stop people from copying his guitar. It became a trade mark... Eddie was also good at telling bull shit to guitare magazines and MTV journalists about his gear in general. He started being honest about it only a few years ago. Finally, even though he was a genius at creating many things on a guitar that became standard features since, his talent is coming from his hands, his ears and his heart ! Eddie Van Halen is a killer !

Kinda but also no. It was originally in a blank unpainted body and used for Women in Love but when he moved it the Franky he didn’t know how to wire it along with the switch, but he kept them there. Originally had a tele pickup in the middle but was taken out in 79 and the switch got moved to its famous spot where it’s been since.

Yeah he said that in an interview when they were manufacturing the Frankenstrat replica. The neck pickup was just there to confuse people according to him.

he didn't know how to solder a three position switch with the humbucker, the single coil and volume pot so he just soldered the pot to the humbucker.

He's the man you are one of the few who really have that EVH feel to your playing. I've never been able to get his swing.

@@RobertBakerGuitar Wow, that's the ultimate compliment bro... especially coming from such a great player. You made my day :)

The quarter wasn’t ever used that way. When originally installed it had one screw in the center. Which wouldn’t allow it to rotate out of the way. The screw eventually snapped off and it was gone all of 82. Then in 83 he put the quarter back with 3 screws. Only one remains today. It looks like it moved because Tom Anderson moves where the Floyd was installed. Because it was mounted too far back. The guitar wasn’t correctly intonated all those years. That 1/4” move toward the neck made it seem like the quarter moved but it didn’t.

He used a lot of different guitars both live and recording but everyone seems to be focussed on the Frankenstrat.

There's a 12 string electric in that song I think.