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Rabs Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Or how about EVH with :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx_LkeannBc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Now how did Eddie ever perform his signature dive bombs with a stop bar and a regular bridge??? Ooooh the humanity! LOL! OTOH, as a conversation point... not that I'm an expert, but I don't think I have ever seen a pic with EVH performing with a les paul. Btw.. loved the black box clip with Lester. such a great entertainer. they don't make em like that anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Loved that video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 OTOH, as a conversation point... not that I'm an expert, but I don't think I have ever seen a pic with EVH performing with a les paul. That is surprising. There are lots of pics out there. He used the LP a lot in the early days. He was, after all, an admitted Clapton freak. His earlier band Mammoth would perform whole cream albums note for note (reportedly). Anyway... some pics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Now how did Eddie ever perform his signature dive bombs with a stop bar and a regular bridge??? Ooooh the humanity! LOL! Like this? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 It doesn't matter what that guy uses. He is in complete command of the instrument, comfortable being himself with a guitar. What he does as a band member, did anyway, is what guitar players should strive for. Not the tapping and wang bar and horse whinnies and elephant trumpeting. The ease, the sense of humor, expecting the others to do their part as you do yours, harmonize and don't miss your parts, make it look easy and like you are having a ball. He is truly a pleasure to watch play, and the time I was lucky enough to spend a couple hours around him he was just the nicest guy. I try as hard as I can to be as he is, not playing wise because I'm just not that way, but being as he is. We agreed on two main things, never tire of practice and never tire of playing the same songs. They are why anybody at all is sitting front of you and they are why you get to do what you get to do. rct, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 It doesn't matter what that guy uses. He is in complete command of the instrument, comfortable being himself with a guitar. What he does as a band member, did anyway, is what guitar players should strive for. Not the tapping and wang bar and horse whinnies and elephant trumpeting. The ease, the sense of humor, expecting the others to do their part as you do yours, harmonize and don't miss your parts, make it look easy and like you are having a ball. He is truly a pleasure to watch play, and the time I was lucky enough to spend a couple hours around him he was just the nicest guy. I try as hard as I can to be as he is, not playing wise because I'm just not that way, but being as he is. We agreed on two main things, never tire of practice and never tire of playing the same songs. They are why anybody at all is sitting front of you and they are why you get to do what you get to do. rct, not sure if you are responding to my tongue in cheek comment, but, yea,, I was kidding, EVH is one of my hero's. When that first album came out, it was a total game changer. I considered quitting, (ok not for long, like maybe 10 seconds, but I did...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
american cheez Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 It doesn't matter what that guy uses. He is in complete command of the instrument, comfortable being himself with a guitar. What he does as a band member, did anyway, is what guitar players should strive for. Not the tapping and wang bar and horse whinnies and elephant trumpeting. The ease, the sense of humor, expecting the others to do their part as you do yours, harmonize and don't miss your parts, make it look easy and like you are having a ball. He is truly a pleasure to watch play, and the time I was lucky enough to spend a couple hours around him he was just the nicest guy. I try as hard as I can to be as he is, not playing wise because I'm just not that way, but being as he is. We agreed on two main things, never tire of practice and never tire of playing the same songs. They are why anybody at all is sitting front of you and they are why you get to do what you get to do. rct, good post, even though i'm not a giant evh fan, what you say is true. i don't know about the nice guy part, i never met him. but the man is undeniably a consummate professional, who took all aspects of his craft very seriously from the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 It doesn't matter what that guy uses. He is in complete command of the instrument... +1. He's not my #1 'go-to' guitarist by any stretch of the imagination but he is absolutely 100% supreme in his self-invented field and effectively re-wrote some of the rules of 'How To Play Electric Guitar'. Arguably no-one since Hendrix had stretched the guitar's limits to the extent he did at the time. Complete, unalloyed Respect! Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 It's funny, everyone focuses on the pyrotechnics... tapping... whammy. Like it was sports or something. I guess that's just how guitar players are. But hey, listen to the man's rhythm playing. He's so solid and in the pocket. And the songs on those first few albums were just killer pop songs through a blasting Marshall with cool riffs and tasty little fills. Fun stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twang Gang Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I love the photos where there is no neck pickup in the Les Paul. Just so you're not tempted to play through it, or if you hit the switch by mistake - just rip it out leave a big cavity there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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