Yeah, the cool thing about having all these tuning offsets now, or the ones Allen Garber has shared, is being able to try those out. Eddie wasn’t keeping a spreadsheet of tunings or anything. After a while, you kind of figure out how to tune it so everything sounds intonated as best as possible. I like to also do what he was showing here, check the Bs, and Ds on the neck, open chords, making sure the B and E strings are nicely intonated with each other at the 5th and 12th, things like that. I’m sure if you analyzed things like that, that a lot of us do, it would be similar to what Eddie was doing. You can’t do that live, on the fly. So, having the exact cents to tune to would come in handy. Even though I’m not doing all that in my tribute band. The only song I sweeten the tuning is with running with the devil, and I could do that with my fine tuners, without no reference at all. I’ll the B string a nice quick counterclockwise turn, and it’s right there.😝🤘🏻🎸🇺🇸
@heyjarrod3 сағат бұрын
He doesn’t like the Origin 50 I just got, but at least I use those black jazz IIIs also, ha ha. I hadn’t played through Marshals in a long time, so I’m digging the Origin for the tone-and for what I am mostly playing now, in my Van Halen tribute.
@samwaters11463 сағат бұрын
Going to see the show this weekend, and can’t wait! And I agree this may be the last time we get to hear these songs live! I hope not, but you just never know! And lets be honest, their will never be another Edward Van Halen, but Joe is fully capable of doing the songs justice and for one, I hope the guitar parts aren’t note for note the way Eddie did them. I’d rather here Joe do them justice than try and copy Eddie note for note
@gr8gazoo77720 сағат бұрын
I wonder if Jizzy is still friends with Skid Their first 2 albums are awesome.
@paulanderson538923 сағат бұрын
The black and white is my favorite. No Floyd Rose, not that I don’t like the Floyd Rose. I have couple of guitars that have them but there is something about just a fender bridge that I love.
@daveyboy8907Күн бұрын
Did you find the little old lady?
@daveyboy8907Күн бұрын
Thanks for all you do for the VH community. 🍻
@mdlandry28Күн бұрын
Great interview. I took guitar lessons from Mike back in the late 80's at "Strings and Things" . Super cool guy.
@jerryfrance66762 күн бұрын
Love Mike. Just not crazy about how he said , Sammy wants to be his friend now, I mean why not? Sammy is cool as F. Is there something we’re missing? Or did I hear it wrong? If so, my apologies. Other than that comment. Mike is the real deal. Love Mike
@mikehickeyguitar2 күн бұрын
I think you misunderstood what my point was. I was saying that if I could burn through those tunes, it doesn’t mean Sammy wants to be my friend and give me the gig. their current lineup is made up of close musical friends.
@Metalcop51502 күн бұрын
I’m the Metalcop mentioned in this video. Thanks, Mike!! Check out my channel for the Music Man to Peavey Wolfgang video that Mike mentions and tons of other great guitar vids. More insider vids upcoming… stay tuned!! 🤘😎🤘 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/br1nipeDupecj4E.htmlsi=PlL8Jx1kj_VjnO8l
@BaronQ2 күн бұрын
Great interview; and Mike so interesting! I'm from Newcastle, England where Mike lived when in Venom/cronos, and like most rock musicians of my vintage in Newcastle, know Jim Clare and Jeff Dunn, both also great guys. Was on a bill with Mike in 92 when he was in Cronos and he was as down to earth then as he seems now too. Been subscribed to you for years Jeff, great to see how your channel has grown 🤘
@FinalResonanceTV2 күн бұрын
@@BaronQ thank you! More to come you’re gonna love!
@BaronQ2 күн бұрын
@@FinalResonanceTV Cool beans! Looking forward to it 🤘
@g.m.64172 күн бұрын
In reference to Dave wondering if Ed used a JB on fair warning. It actually was a Custom Custom he used on the fair warning album that was revealed in an article about him and Seymour Duncan.
@ThorsonWiles2 күн бұрын
I just had 5 minutes of unskipable commercials for this 3 minute video, never actually got to the video
@FinalResonanceTV2 күн бұрын
@@ThorsonWiles this video was claimed by the record company. I do not control any of that. Once it’s claimed they control ad revenue.
@TheRealGLW3 күн бұрын
😂 Let me play a Stevie song.. Oh wait, there's Stevie! I'll just keep 🎸killing and we'll catch up in the mean time. Can't waste a multitask moment! WTH😮👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@Fukna693 күн бұрын
Great story, I like Damon, I really like eddy, Dicky Betts taught eddy alot
@digitalwavetalent3 күн бұрын
I dont know man.... he said the "Guitars serial number is #1505"coincidence? I think not! (...and the answer is...5150)
@1972bacosta4 күн бұрын
Really enjoyed this video!
@lawrencechristiansen98574 күн бұрын
Great interview!
@lawrencechristiansen9857Күн бұрын
I have a comment on Ed's guitar set up. I have a friend who played Frank and the action was quite high. I played his Peavey WG and the action was real low and played amazing.
@dennispitkofsky60264 күн бұрын
every time i see nat with ec on tour that smile he has playing its still there
@MrMike-fm8bp4 күн бұрын
Great interview !!
@MrMike-fm8bp4 күн бұрын
Somebody ask this guy when Bonamassa is gonna buy norms rare guitars when norm decides to retire ….
@davewielhouwer114 күн бұрын
Phil X is such a genuine cool, nice, fun dude. He is a phenomenal guitar player. He is who i would have play guitar if there was ever a VH tribute show/tour
@davewielhouwer114 күн бұрын
Dave litterslly could not sing "Love you call real". He would sing it with a different vowel sound. I think he blew out his vocal cords because he never got voice lessons when he was younger
@sethstout28924 күн бұрын
Wow, great conversation guys! I saw Mike with Carcass back March of 94 in Berkeley, Ca Heartwork tour. He was the perfect foil to play along with Bill Steer. I know how it was moving past VH once you got into the heavier music, went through the same at that same time; altho Fair Warning was still sacred to me even then!
@mikehickeyguitar4 күн бұрын
Thanks, that was a smoking night, I just saw the vid after a million years. And that venue was amazing
@bobc.56984 күн бұрын
Terry Kilgore said no to the slaving.....but the slaving sounds like $$.
@stevesuv4 күн бұрын
Can either of you guys talk about the great Mase Bailey?
@mikehickeyguitar4 күн бұрын
I had one Mace Bailey made Ghostrider. I got it on ebay and later sold it on ebay 😂 But I never met him.
@davewielhouwer114 күн бұрын
Jas is such a kind man. Nice Michigan Man.
@michaelr.48784 күн бұрын
This is going to seem random..but in the last 15 or 16 minutes, the guys mention Christone Ingram. Man..that dude can play. I remember when and how I was introduced to him. It was on Nikki Sixx's old radio or youtube showoo (I can't remember which one)..but it was years ago. The dude is an amazing young talent. However, the cat needs an intervention. People who care about him need to talk to him about getting his health in check. We need that dude around making music for many more years. Already being morbidly obese in your early 20s does not turn out well. This might seem random...but I only say this because I am a fan of the dude and I care. He needs serious help...and NOW.
@heyjarrod4 күн бұрын
I don’t know, Eric Gales really stood out when I saw him up there jamming and battling with Joe in this one video. That may have been where I first discovered Eric, just a few years ago online. A more pure Blues player like Eric, his tone will always cut through more than a heavier type of shredder ‘blues,’ like Joe.
@heyjarrod5 күн бұрын
He said that someone named Keith owned that black guitar… that Brian Adams used on tours, I think? Is Keith a guitar player, or a tech for Brian? I might’ve missed something there. Thanks! 😝🤘🏻🇺🇸🎸
@mikehickeyguitar4 күн бұрын
Keith Scott who is lead guitar with Bryan since forever.
@newfie66xbox765 күн бұрын
On my Mesh Cymbals I bought the Windshield Washer Wiper robber hose and split it down the middle with a razor blade for the edging of the Cymbals Sounds a lot better than Door the Trimming is to hard,
@msw8125 күн бұрын
Another great guest and discussion! The brief topic of Ed’s guitars (Frankenstein) in particular being out of whack- I have a theory that guitars that are laboring to play lends to having to struggle giving the performance a more dramatic or emotional quality. Same with the feel SRV gave us with his main guitar based on info I’ve read over the years having ridiculous action with heavy gauge strings.
@michaelr.48785 күн бұрын
If Mike Hickey isn't the most down to earth guy in the music business, I don't know who is. I've never listened to a boring interview with him...they are always awesome. The dude has passion for our instrument.
@mikehickeyguitar5 күн бұрын
Thank you. I love electric guitars!
@heyjarrod5 күн бұрын
Great title! That’s right! If someone doesn’t like Ed or Van Halen, then something’s wrong. 😝🤘🏻🇺🇸🎸
@FinalResonanceTV2 күн бұрын
@@heyjarrod Mike Hickey is right!
@shawnbayless7775 күн бұрын
I agree with Dave, I respect and admire all of Ozzy’s guitarists but Jake was his best, he was so versatile and his phrasing/nuances and soloing was amazing. His style has always been one of the most influential in my opinion.
@shawnbayless7775 күн бұрын
I thinks Ed’s earlier sound is unmistakable, everyone knows that sound and it is incredible…however, my favorite tones he had was 1984, 5150 and then the F.U.C.K. era were his best.
@davewielhouwer115 күн бұрын
Roth said, "Earth people are weird." This was during the VH1 session
@tanneryordan5 күн бұрын
It's not really a debate if ed was "systematically" sweetening his tunings. He specifically tuned up 25-30 cents for many albums and tours, and there are several pictures clear enough to at least make out the fact that his Peterson was set to that. As for "systematically", he may not have totally nerded out on the cents for each string (definitely not to the tenth of a cent) but he was definitely sweetening by ear which just comes naturally with a ear-tuning and a good ear. Allen's offsets look daunting when you don't understand them, but if you do a little math you will find that most of them are just a standard tuning, transposed a certain amount of cents up or down, and then a few strings are slightly tweaked to make chords sound better. The offsets are simply a way to get in tune with the recordings.
@heyjarrod5 күн бұрын
I don’t remember him tuning ‘up,’ on any early albums? The only song that comes to mind that was tuned up (to standard… from the usual detuning), was Hot For Teacher. Maybe you were referring to something else, as I can see that you’re obviously well-versed in tuning offsets. I was just wondering. Thanks! 😝🤘🏻🇺🇸🎸
@msw8125 күн бұрын
I had been doing that all along since I first picked up the guitar as a young kid. I never liked how my tuner set that B string up. So I instinctively tweaked it to sound good to my ear and just figured it’s cuz I had a piece of sh## guitar. But Garber’s findings are fascinating and like an official standardization for those who never “sweetened” the tuning by ear like you said.
@tanneryordan4 күн бұрын
@@heyjarrod Almost every song on the first few albums is tuned above half-step down, by either 15-ish cents, 25ish cents, etc. His live tuning was closer to the 25-30 cents above half-step down range. 25 cents above half step down is a massive difference and is the reason so many people sound out of tune to the backing tracks. Like I said in my original comment, there are a few pictures showing ed backstage with his Peterson strobe tuner. while none of them are clear enough to see the exact cent setting, you can at least make out that he has the knob set to 25-30 cents above "A440". The worst offender of this would be "Push comes to shove". If you try to play that in standard, you will be way out of tune.
@tanneryordan4 күн бұрын
@@msw812 Yes! if you have a decent ear it should be noticeable that guitars are "out of tune" when you play triads in the 7th position area. Like I said, allen's offsets at a first glance are daunting because it's tough for people to grasp, but in reality it's just a standard tuning (not standard as in E tuning) with slightly tweaked strings.
@mikehickeyguitar4 күн бұрын
I think he tuned down, but I am just a tuning hobbyist.
@armandomorenotherevival78275 күн бұрын
Exactly they’re bros and they got history with satch. My preference as far as authenticity would have been dweezil or Nuno or Al Estrada. But at the same time dweezil and Nuno and Al Estrada do the vintage era well, nvr heard them do vanhagar era riffs on KZfaq .
@NeilAloha5 күн бұрын
And that’s the thing about the Floyd Rose everybody wanted to get one when Ed started using them, but the truth is not everybody is Mickey Mantle not everybody can hit a home run every time and was the one guy that make it sound good everybody else is just imitators and second
@Gorilla.Guitar5 күн бұрын
if you wanna see the effect of too much volume on the first 10 rows, look at the footage of Hendrix opening for the Monkees for the first few gigs on that tour, lol, its true! some of the 13/14 y/o teeny boppers were crying non tears of joy & the rest looked.ike they just came downstairs on christmas morning & discovered 0 gifts under the tree, lol
@Gorilla.Guitar5 күн бұрын
a lot of these notable players who take flack from the community, IMO, it seems to have more to do with their personalities, level of humility, entitlement etc. hell it even comes down to personal charisma. eds guitar playing got him to the top of the heap, the other stuff , grin included, kept him there.. yngwies playing made players go whoa. the other stuff made you wanna slash his tires. i think most of us realize that our personalities come out in our playing. it factors in to our regards more than most realize. what we all should appreciate is that these guys are all still strapping it on & slinging it night after night. if not for them taylor swift would be on the cover of guitgod magazine.
@DANTHETUBEMAN5 күн бұрын
I say Eddie like to tune flat a little bit go remove some brightness from the open chord sounds, then he had to tune to the chords being used, and if that down tune drifted a little bit, it was just Michael on bass to tune to him. 😊 the strobe tunner will show you the inconsistencies of guitar tuning, 😊
@These_go_to_eleven_19595 күн бұрын
Charvel, ibanez, Marshall, Friedman, Gibson Burst's, etc,etc Me and Mikexwoyld get along great!🤘we like the same ezaxt gear and pkayers.
@dorfsteen5 күн бұрын
If Wolfgang wasn't Van Halen and I heard don't back down, I would love it just the same.it's a great song it's my favourite song from Wolfgang.😊
@avarose3162 күн бұрын
Wolfgang is the real deal.. He sounds fanfuckintastic live as well.. Distance is my fav but wow all his music sounds amazing..
@10alexa105 күн бұрын
Great interview once again
@99percentirish645 күн бұрын
Great interview! Thanks!
@FinalResonanceTV2 күн бұрын
@@99percentirish64 thanks
@shanesthief5 күн бұрын
That was amazing 👏 What a interview amazing stories thank you Jeff and Mike
@FinalResonanceTV2 күн бұрын
@@shanesthief thank you!
@RedMedicineRecording5 күн бұрын
That poor guitar…
@hollylewis53025 күн бұрын
You guys have dispelled the myth that women say more words than men! 🤣🤣🤣Maybe men say less words to women but not to each other. 🤣🤣🤣 I had to take and intermission. This was GREAT though! I really like Mike! He's an encyclopedia of knowledge. Tonight, I learned what a Dumble is. Where is your =VH= necklace is my biggest question? jk. I know it's somewhere. Mike is right "Everybody loves Ed!" I sure wish he would have been able to get up to 5150. Oh well. Thanks guys!