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Steve Vai is a talented guitar player, but when a guy like Steve looks to EVH as one of his inspirations you must take notice! RIP Eddie, you are the GOAT and your music will live forever!

Keep in mind, Van Halen's debut album came out in 1978. Every guitar player since then has been influenced by Eddie Van Halen since. He was a living legend. No one had ever guitar playing like that before.

There's no other like him.......Legend, innovator, infinite talent......r.i.p man❤🤘😢

Millie, you're the ONLY reactor I have ever seen who noticed that he was turning the volume up and down with his right hand during that "cello" section. Good job.

When Eruption came out. It was out of this world. Very unique

Ppl forget that not only was Eddie self taught, but by his own admission, he couldn’t read music and was also a self proclaimed tone seeker. Eddie was, is, and will forever remain the greatest. We love and miss you Ed.

I wished more realize his brother's awesome drum set in this video and that Alex was just as talented as Eddie was.

Back in the early 80's, Van Halen played a concert in my hometown, Tucson, AZ. USA. They were riding high on their third LP release, and one of the local TV stations interviewed Eddie. 90 percent of his answers were just guitar licks, and it was crazy. He made his guitar talk like a child and scream like a baby. Then an elephant. It was great.

Eddie built that guitar himself from a body from the seconds bin and parts scrounged from other guitars to do just exactly what he wanted it to do so he knew it inside and out. The paint job is the result of 3 or 4 separate different paint jobs. Up close, it looks like hell but its been through world war 3 and is one of the best ever played. RIP Eddie. You gave a 14 year old kid a bunch of great rock and roll! Something I could live for!

I absolutely love watching younger generations watch in awe, smile, cheer, wonder, and ultimately raise a glass to a man I grew up listening to (and yes, saw him live 4 times).

Edward was a once in a century talent. I was fortunate to see Van Halen 8 times and I was able to meet Ed once. I took my dad with me to see VH on Nov. 1st 2007 for the DLR reunion at Verizon Center in Washington D.C. I purchased the 5 star VIP package with backstage access. There were 125 of us out of 19k people who were lucky enough to get that deal. They allowed us entry into the venue 3hrs before the doors opened to the general public and I will never forget hearing him play Cathedral to an empty arena while doing soundcheck as we entered. They split us up into 3 separate groups and we took a backstage/stage tour one group at a time. We were each able to peak our head into his makeshift guitar hut on the side of the stage (where his guitar tech would change strings/tune etc..) and laid our eyes on the original Frankenstrat hanging on the inner wall. This was the first tour he brought that guitar back out to play since the 1984 tour. Eventually, we were able to shake Ed's hand and chat with him for about 90 secs each (there were alot of people for him to get through before showtime) and luckily, he autographed my Ibanez RT650 guitar and took a pic with me. Make no mistake, IT IS my most prized possession and I am so very thankful that my dad and I have that memory of Ed. He was such a nice guy and very humble. We had front row and Valerie Bertinelli stood next to me on my left with her fiance' at that time to show support to her and Eddie's son Wolfgang who was playing bass for the band. Incredible experience I will forever cherish.

I'm so glad we have these videos of great musicians to preserve forever just how talented they were , cuz words can't describe their ability.

Why do I watch these reactions... I get teared up every single time.. RIP Mr Van Halen..

He is tapping Harmonics and the Neck Vibration and turns it into a Concerto!! This is and was and will Always be The Greatest Guitarist in the World.

eddie came along and showed everyone how to play the guitar to it's absolute maximum. guys like Vai and Satriani learned everything they could from him and they (like many) were huge fans of eddie techniques.. eddie wrote two music for two films.. Twister and the wild life. his playing was famously featured in the bedroom scene in Back To The Future where it was portrayed as music from outer space...

He built a famous guitar they call The Frankenstrat. You gotta look it up to see everything he did to it and how he built it. He also played through a Marshall amp turned all the way up but had the voltage turned down with a Variac. It was a secret for many years.

I'm glad you noticed that he's rolling the volume knob up and down during the Cathedral part of the solo. There's a reason he was awarded the first EVER Guitar God Award. He changed the way sheet music had to be written though he couldn't even read music. He was and will always be the GOAT that changed everything about rock and roll in 1978. I saw the 7 times and was always blown away. RIP Ed. Thanks for the memories...❤

Eddie never stopped asking, "What if..." that's his greatness. He didn't just play guitar he explored everything about the guitar.

I have gone to ten Van Halen shows and the thing I associate with the live show more than anything else is the shaking of the concrete at the show venue.

Eddie is just Mozart and Paganini in one person on the guitar ... there is nobody else who can create those sounds like him ... and every guitar player after him wasnt able to reach that level ... i love Steve Vai too, but Eddie is another level, always was ! RIP5150

Eddie and Steve Vai share some qualities like the double tapping, the Floyd Rose tremelo bridge (whammy bar) the delay and distortion pedals, and a variety of other pedals to create spacey, and or repeating sounds (the cello, or )violin sound was a delay pedal repeating each note played more than once. The big difference was Eddie's ability to make more fan friendly melodies, and more cohesive mainstream, relatable tunes.

Love how much fun Eddie always had while playing the guitar! RIP

Unlike a lot of guitarists who use blues scales, he incorporated a lot of classical music scales into his playing.

I’m 78 this was so mind blowing and introduced the finger tapping style. Eddie is the GOAT!! Such a great solo!!

Rip the king. Missed so much. The goat. Eddie never had any guitar training. Eddie didn’t have to learn the guitar. The guitar had to learn Eddie.

Hi Millie! Also, Eddie was an accomplished piano player raised on playing classical music. In his guitar solos, he throws in classical pieces. His guitar, early on was called the Frankenstrat, a totally reworked Fender Stratocaster with his electronics and his paint job, tape etc he put on there. It will be many many years for another Eddie Van Halen to explode on the scene. RIP Edward, we love and miss you!! Oh, Millie, In the movie back to the future, Marty McFly went into his father's bedroom as an alien and played Eddie's riff to scare him and convince George McFly to take his future Mom to the Prom so they could fall in love and not mess up the time line and cause a paradox. lol Check it out. Back to the Future 1. in 1985. Thanks and cheers from Motown.

Steve Vai's idol is....Edward Van Halen 'Goat'🎸🎸👑👑

The original solo Eruption was on the first album in 1978. It was under two minutes long and everyone who heard it the first time can tell you exactly where they were.

Glad I was able to see them around 94-95 in Sacramento, California. It was a killer concert from what I remember😁 I may have had one too many beers at the time, but it was a killer performance. Also Steve Vai transcribed some of Eddie’s playing, which he could do, Vai is an awesome guitarist in his own right, but he said he couldn’t play what Eddie was playing. Eddie later confessed and I’m paraphrasing, that he was so bombed drunk out of his gore that he didn’t even remember playing that solo.

I saw him (Van Halen) live 7 times going back to the early 80's. RIP Ed, The Legend Lives On. There will never be another Eddie Van Halen.

Saw them. I've seen him do this. On stage, Capital Center, Maryland. Absolutely amazing. No sound effects in movies, just music. Legendary.

Eddie was an inspiration to all guitarists in the world! RIP Eddie, you're not forgotten, dude!

One thing to note,EVH was completely self taught. All the extraordinary things he did on the guitar came from his own mind.

Every time I see reactors watch music from this era, I am reminded that I grew up with the best music of all time.

Steve Vai was incredibly fascinated by Eddie's amazing ability to make the guitar sound like so many different instruments and Eddie's incredible finger speed when he was playing. Steve Vai is a great guitarist but he doesn't come close to King Edward. That is why Guitar world magazine named Eddie "THE GUITAR GOD! of all guitarist that has ever picked up a guitar. Dive into Van Halen's extensive catalog of music. He even has a song that he used an electric drill to play his guitar. "Poundcake" by Van Halen. Eddie was a true musical genius when it came to the guitar.

EVH made this guitar called the Frankenstrat. He combined different parts from other guitars. He added a humbucker pickup and a Floyd Rose tremolo system with locking tuners to accomplish dive bombs. Basically he was experimenting to find different sounds because he couldn’t afford to purchase an expensive guitar in his beginning years.

Jimmy Page used an actual violin bow. Eddie used his volume knob and Alex Lifeson of Rush used a Morley volume wah to achieve that violin sound. Eddie put that together. It was kind of beat up and he just started taping it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstrat. A lot of parts on this are bits and pieces of intro/outro's of songs over the years. Listen to the original Eruption from 1978 Van Halen debut album. The violin/cello bit is from 1982's Diver Down album and track is called Cathedral which leads into Secrets. Another bit the fast kind of slapping is from the intro to Mean Street from 1981's Fair Warning. And then a bit from Spanish Fly from Van Halen II. Great reaction.

I was there, both nights. Van Halen played two nights in New Haven Connecticut. They recorded Van Halen Live Without A Net. Amazing!!

You mentioned his improvisation. When they put Van Halens songs to sheet music, it needed extra notations for what he was doing. He rewrote the book, lol.

Great reaction, I just SUBSCRIBED! I first heard Van Halen when they opened for Santana in Long Beach Ca. They were a new band to me, they sounded great and then I noticed that Carlos Santana was standing off to the side of the stage as Eddie started playing the original, shorter version of Eruption. He had a huge smile on his face and I knew that I was witnessing history in the making because even that early in Eddie's career, a guitar master was watching and appreciating the greatness of Eddie Van Halen. 💖✨🔥⚡🚀

The look on your face is priceless! Imagine what guitarist thought in 1978 when he blasted on the scene. I have to comment again on the way he thanks the crowd after the mean street portion of the solo. He don’t have to speak, he does it with his hands. Thanks for the video.

Few guitarist are innovators most of us are traditional no matter how fast or wild our techniques it’s been done. Hendrix, EVH & Tom Morello found new sounds and tricks. RIP Hendrix and Eddie

RIP Eddie, VH music will live on and its great to see this music is hitting a younger audience.

Greatest guitar player in the history of rock ‘n’ roll. RIP Eddie 🎸

eruption has been my alarm clock ringtone for over 10 years and I first listened to this song in 1978.

There is a jazz guitarist named Stanley Jordan who uses a little different tapping technique where he taps full jazz chords and incorporates a melody into it. There is even video of him playing two guitars at once. He has multiple videos on KZfaq. I haven't seen them all but the ones I have seen have all been amazing. You will enjoy his playing.

This is Terry VonCannon. Love your reaction. Eddie is on the Mt Rushmore of guitarist. His guitar is called a Frankenstrat. He started with a Fender Stratocaster and modified it himself until he was able to achieve all those incredible sounds. Keep reacting to hard rock and heavy metal videos. 🤘🤘

I have seen him like 6 times he is THE KING

I didn’t even bother watching Eruption. After seeing that opening clip I immediately searched The LimeSublimes, subscribed to the channel and added “To Work it Out” to my Spotify playlist. I really like that song

Hes THE master of all guitar playing. He figured it all.

Out of all the people I've seen watched this video, you're the only one I've ever heard call it a cello. Good job.

Greatest rock and roll guitar player ever. Period. RIP Eddie

Eddie masterd feed back and it created his own sound like no other. Eddie is the guitar god himself

I’ve loads of reactions to this video, maybe 30-40 and your only the second person to notice his using the volume control 👏👏 fantastic 😊

The man was a genius with a guitar and was epic to see live in concert.

Are you new to this? Where you been? The greatest guitar player that ever lived.

There will never be another Eddie! RIP.

It's HILARIOUS to see your mind get blown! Eddie just shredded everybody's FACE OFF!

I still get chills no matter how many times I’ve seen this. It never seems to amaze me. Always hear something new in this performance. 😢Rest in Peace legend. You were a king among men. The world lost something beautiful here. Dime and Ed are jamming in the heavens now. And I’m sure it’s heavenly.

Saw him and Van Halen, seven times, including this "Live without a net," performance

No words.... Talent from something ...God given

EVH designed and painted the guitar. He had another guitar with a similar design that is black and yellow (The bumblebee) from VH II. It is buried with Dimebag Darrell from Pantera.

I love it when I see she is so in tuned and invested in the music!

Unfortunately, there are no more live guitar solos on rock stages like this anymore. The era of the great guitarist has come to an end. RIP EVH

First time seeing your channel appear on my feed, and feeling genuinely grateful that it did. Love your reaction to the late, great Eddie Van Halen's stellar playing. Subscribed!

Great reaction!✌🎸🤘🙏🙏👍👍👍❤❤❤

I saw this tour, I was 14, had been playing guitar for a bit over a year, and to see Van Halen onstage playing was just mind blowing. Guitar was a big mystery to me then, I had no idea how to play anything like this, so it was something else to see it live in person. Ed was a brilliant player, a real game changer for the instrument, any guitar player worth their weight in soap back then worshipped at the temple of Ed.

I had the pleasure of seeing 3 shows on this tour

I've seen VH live 2 times. Ed was such a great gutarist. RIP. Ed did indeed 'design' the guitar himself, back in the 70s by experimenting with different pick ups and tunings. The line design in red white and black is iconic Ed style. The Singer is Sammy Hagar, also a great musician.

Saw them live in '84 , in Vancouver. Great concert!

YES! Eddie was aaaaall over the 80’s, 90’s etc - Back to the Future - his guitar playing is what Marty plays to his dad (Darth Vader scene when he puts his Walkman headphones on him) - Bill & Ted’s Excellent adventure - etc etc etc

"Was he making sound effects for 80's movies?" Not that I know of but he did have a solo in the movie "Back to the Future." I was actually at this concert. It was the last night of the tour in New Haven Connecticut. Not far from Yale University. My buddies and I, minus the gf's and wives , had a night.

I was at that very show! It was my first time seeing evh live and I was blown away!

I'm so happy you got to see this 💓

Part of this guitar solo was in the movie "Back to the Future" when Michael J. Fox is trying to make his dad think he's being contacted by an alien.

One thing that I haven't seen anyone comment on is how beautifully clean Eddie's guitar sounds in this video. When Eddie first started playing he couldn't afford the toys used to make guitar sounds, like a Wah Pedal so he invented ways of making the sounds with his hands and fingers as you noticed in this video. One of the most amazing facts about Eddie is he could not read sheet music. He learned by watching and listening. Because of his unique playstyle sheet music was rewritten for guitars. The guitar in this video Eddie made it himself out of at least 3 different guitars. He couldn't find a guitar with the sound he was looking for so he made his own. It's called "The Frankenstrat" and it has an estimated value of over $3 million. This solo is dubbed the greatest guitar solo ever.

That volume turning, cello sounding segment is actually another instrumental song from their album Diver Down called Cathedral....Eruption which came out of their debut album in 1978 was heard in the first few minutes of his solo. All other parts were improvised but the structures and styles of those parts you can hear in various songs from their catalog.

Not only seen it live but got to go back stage and then went and got drunk with them after the show

When Eddie was a child taking piano lessons, he only played by sound, and was embarrassed when his teacher asked him to turn the pages for he, because he didn't know when. After Eddie, an entirely new way to write music for guitar had to be written.

I saw this concert live in 1986 in Rockford, Illinois. It was my first rock concert and it WAS epic! I've probably seen between 100 and 200 concerts since then (I lost count), but this was my favorite!

I saw this tour live in Toronto in like 1986? I'm thinking?? It was a long time ago but I can always say I saw Van Halen!!

So glad you can appreciate Eddie’s talents-he is/was a genius- May He RIP- you spoke on the sounds he can have his guitar make and -as He has said many times, it was out of necessity because he couldn’t afford all the “ bells and whistles” when first started out so he has to expire immediately “ destroyed” many guitars trying to find the sounds in his head and transfer to and through his guitar AND also he built that guitar and I love the way you picked up on slot of his signature sounds and his own style of playing - well done on spotting his “ freedom” on playing 🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

The "volume swells" are usually paired with a delay effect. It sorta randomizes the notes being heard in different moments. A good example of this other than in this solo would be "Echo Etude" by Yngwie Malmsteen.

It was just a Sunday walk in the park for Edward Van Halen! I seen him live more than a handful of times.

I was fortunate to see him live 6-7 times....his solo's never got old. To see your amazement is priceless...Everytime a new album came out I'm sure I looked the same way.

One thing that most commentators seem to miss is that "Eruption" contains a lot of references to classical music, as do a bunch of Eddie Van Halen's other songs (such as his "Für Elise" guitar solo in 1986 based on Beethoven's famous song) since he first learned how to play music when his parents enrolled him in classical piano lessons beginning at the age of six. His middle name, Lodewijk, is the Dutch equivalent of "Ludwig" which his parents named after Ludwig van Beethoven. When he himself produced a son in 1991, he named him "Wolfgang" after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Late for the show I am again, Eddie (RIP) was a classically trained pianist who could not read music. He started by playing drums but switched to guitar early on while his brother Alex played drums for the band. Eddie built or modified his guitars to suit his playing and the sounds he discovered they made. He made the "tapping" famous playing many of their songs, it's almost as if he's playing piano on the guitar neck

Eddie played with his Heart more than Anything! This man played strait from his Soul!!!! His playing with be forever ringing in my ears!

02:25 - this first bluesy part is indeed another piece , played originally on acoustic guitar, -> 316, from the album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge and i'm proud tosay it was played during my wedding religious ceremony. almost no one knew they were hearing van halen inside the church!!!

Another Dutch Master …….. Rest in Peace Edward van Halen

I saw this live at the Monsters of Rock concert in 1988 in Florida. Eddie was the GOAT. RIP.

So good to see you listen to Eddie Van Halen. I am also thrilled that you actually love Steve Vai . Vai and Van Halen are my two favorites bar none. Eddie is the innovator, and Vai took it to another level.

That was the brilances of Eddie Van Halen. He made the guitar sound like anything but a guitar! His rymth and timing were unmatched. There will never be another Eddie Van Halen. RIP Eddie

Depending on your age and interests, there are certain significant things a person never forgets. They remember their wedding and birth of children, grandchildren. They remember historical things like the space shuttle blowing up or 9/11. They remember their first love or their first car. And they remember the first time they heard Eddie Van Halen, the greatest musician of our time.

Seen them 8 time's each time blown away

You're critiques are spot on. You're awesome!

very creative and wiring up his guitar his way and using less voltage to run amps to get the tone he was lookin for.

Eddie was the originator of that whole style of guitar playing.

If you know the first 6 Van Halen records (David Lee Roth era) he plays all the instrumental pieces here that are on the first 5 albums