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  • Nice! What guitar is he using? It looks like a California carved top but I'm not sure

  • Michael J. Fox!!

  • @flashy5150 stupid humans? their stupid do to your forgetfulness makes no sense

  • I want to know, if you just keep the EVH Button on, will it alter the sound? I have been plugins it into my pase 90 EVH and when I turn it on, it sounds like stuff is being altered. There is a huge story I have about all the problems I had with the flanger, not about it working just dealing with it. MXR should of made the EVH button the same size as the silver button they have on the pedal. Please MXR fix this pedal so us musicians can play gigs without screwing up!

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  • how come paul cannot play evh riffs if he can use an evh product?

  • i think he added a lil reverb to help the pedal cuz it sounds great. great shredding dude

  • wow it sounds great with the EVH switch engaged

  • HEY!! I just heard you play at least 3 notes that I SWEAR Eddie has played

  • Seriously what's the different between this and a standard MXR 117R flanger?

  • is he kidding? never thought anyone could own a guitar riff

  • This pedal won't work using I spot adaptor I've tried it and it's no good, swirls like a plane. Ether go through 9 volts like crazy or buy the 18 volt adaptor. I have since bought the adaptor.

  • It would have been really nice if someone would have explained that when you put batteries in this pedal, unplug the input because I've just wasted 2 Duracell 9v Bats by leaving it plugged in all night. They should write it in the instructions----then again----they should have fixed this problem with all pedals---- its only 2011 and pedals have done this since the 60's and '70's--- they haven't found a way around this yet???----- only stupid humans forget like this---what a joke.

  • @flashy5150 I agree that pedals should have some kind of idle shutoff like many electronics have these days that save battery life.

  • Put everything at 11:00 o'clock and the Regen all the way 5:00 o'clock and that is the real EVH setting !!!

    EVH is GOD

  • is a flanger better than a wah pedal?

  • MICHAEL J. FOX

  • flanger sounds so much better than the faser

  • lol at 1:16 i thought the line that goes around the knobs and stuff on the pedal was an annotation box!

  • PAUL FROM GUITARWORLD?

  • lol l ike how it starts off with michael angelo batio

  • Not much signature sound about it... All the "EVH" sound is doing is pushing the level a bit... If you crank the levels you get a slide whistle sound out of a flanger, its funny, but you can't actually use it for anything.

  • god forbid evh makes more money from his riffs..

  • evh is the biggest douche bag on the planet. great pedals very poor character .

  • @TheMikoolio fuck off

  • Is just me or he looks like Marty Mcfly??

  • @jrmrock hha ahah a yeah :)

  • @jrmrock He actually is Marty McFly - back from 1985! 

  • @jrmrock you mean micheal j fox?

  • @jrmrock and talks like too!

  • stop talking and play dammit!!!

  • Music industry stinks but we already knew that , didnt we? Fuck them all

  • There is a grey area in the law, especially when it comes to ASCAP/BMI contracted artists. You could credit the artist, you could get permission from the artist, but ASCAP/BMI could also still sue you for royalties. They've done it over such things as ringtones being played in public, and other silly things of that nature that are non-profit performances. Would the law be on this guy's side for playing an EVH song to promote an EVH product? Maybe. Still, better safe than sorry I suppose.

  • he obviously cant play any Eddie VanHalen stuff anyway !!

  • burn

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  • The people laughed till she said, "Burn!"

    I fucking love Deep Purple

  • did ozzy stuff your balls in a bat and eat them? just wondering....

    :D

  • Who gives a monkeys whether he plays EVH riffs or not.

    I'd much rather hear someone playing their own riffs than copying someone elses.

    Probably why I don't go and watch cover bands. I wanna see people creating new and exciting music that they can call their own.

  • Hello i got problem, i got this flanger and the sound in clean is amazing, but when use the crunch chanel of mesa dual with the flanger active the sound is really bad...how i can configured to use whit the distortion of the chanel 2 and 3 of my Dual rectifer? thank you...

  • Am I the only one that finds good within the fact that he can't play some Halen? It sux, but it can show that it's useful for more than VH, showing the pedal's versatility.

  • Whoa!!!! How is it even legal to say you can't play evh riffs? WHAT?! So if I played a show and covered a VH song and posted it on youtube... I could be sued?! I don't think you can get sued for playing evh riffs.

  • @freezazoid You understand absolutely nothing about the music business. Eddie Van Halen is not the one to give permission, it's the music companies. Yes, you can play as many VH songs as you like at your gig and post them on YouTube. If you're an effects manufacturer, no, you are not allowed to use VH songs to sell a product.

  • @WarmothStrat : No I do understand that it's because they're selling a product that they can't use a riff. So F U. I just think it's really ridiculous. Some exec. at MXR could easily review this pedal on his personal page and play EVH riffs and no one would care. Even though he's promoting the pedal. PLUS there's the business side of it where: why wouldn't Eddie and the record company and MXR all want to hear VH riffs to sell their products. It's contradictory.

  • @freezazoid Well your first reply seems as if you were wondering why. And there's no need for the FU stuff either. I agree with you 100% that it's silly that they can't use VH, or any other artists, riffs for these things. It'd be much easier for us, the consumer, to make a decision on the product. I apologize for the first line in my previous message.

  • @WarmothStrat :  tru dat.

  • them fucking bastards should let the poor man play evh riffs. god damn pricks

  • i prefer the paul gilbert flanger tbh

  • 2:30 i'm gonnaaaaaaa..... what Paul ??????

  • is this true bypass?

  • blame the record label not eddie geez

  • he looks like marty mcfly

  • You can play EVH riffs. You know how I know this? Because Weird Al Yankovich won a very important lawsuit for music copyright that was ruled that you are allowed to record covers as long as you give credit to the original artist. So he could just say "I am going to play riffs created by EVH" and that's it, he's legally allowed to.

  • @vaibanez17 That's not exactly true. The lawsuit was Campbell, aka Skywalker vs. Acuff Rose Music. It dealt with 2 Live Crew using the riff from Pretty Woman. 2 Live Crew & Weird Al are protected because their work constitutes satire. Satire is protected by the 1st amendment. The purpose of this demonstration isn't satirical. Although they could make a "fair use" argument, I'm sure GW would rather play it safe than get sued for copyright infringement.

  • @vaibanez17 ehhh... close. Weird Al made "parodies" which are considered a fair use of the original work under sections 107 through 118. One of the exclusive rights of a copyright holder (Van Halen) is the reproduction of the composition itself. Anyone who wants to record a cover of one of his song's must have a mechanical reproduction license, or, if considered a "live performance" of the song, as this video might be considered, must pay the proper Performing Rights Organization.

  • @OceanArchitectureTV even still... no one's gonna say anything. i mean... come on...

  • @vaibanez17 I don' t it could be the same way with all these guys making frankenstrat's or copying anything else he does, without the EVH emblem on it. By technicality when you buy this flanger the phase 90 etc. your paying part of that patent with the EVH name. So technically he could sue oh i dunno, millions and millions of people lol

  • @vaibanez17 Maybe he can't play them at all

  • @Dtish21 That's what I was thinking...

  • @utube9000 paul plays evh stuff on the evh 5150 vid

  • @vaibanez17 yeah but you cant sell, whereas Guitar world sell the DVD with the magazine, so you cant make money on someone elses stuff, weird al doesn't sell his covers on cd's

  • @vaibanez17 It's an excuse. He just can't play EVH riffs.

  • Point taken.

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  • @xXxEMeehan100xXx Don't be naive Brother. Of course Eddie cares about money. He, like many other muscians, is concerned about being ripped off because it has happended in the past so he's especially sensitive to matters like these. You think he's branded everthing from guitars to strings, straps and pedals because he doesn't like money?

  • @superstringbender of course your right! everyone wants money! and he is rightfully concerned about being ripped off... im just not sure that he would specifically say you cant play part of my song in an ad for my stuff. The maker of the vid is probably just being cautious to avoid any trouble anyway. :)

  • i thought a true artist is the one who share his talent / music to others and make them inspired.

  • hella trippyXD

  • yo vh didnt evan use this pedal i hope you know that he used the mxr flanger doubler

  • i hope you have rights to Burn by Deep Purple

  • should i get a flanger or a phaser ?

  • @raquel1234ful phaser i bought it and its amazing

  • It's EVH who's resposible for that copyright thing. In these Guitar World reviews they can't use any band original material. They always play 'close enough' riff's. If he's playing a Dimebag guitar or amp he plays kind-of-pantera riff'sand you even know what song he is trying to emulate. (As in this video also) So it's not EVH being a dick, it's the music business being a dick. They don't use any band's riff's even if they could.

  • poor fuck looks gay, shouldnt be playing any kind of van halen material.

  • that switch is useless

  • Hey McFly!"... LOL

  • @almac62 lmao so fuckin true. best comment ive seen here.

  • Mean !

  • the evh swich is put some drive too ?

  • he looks just like Spock from star trek:D

  • this sounds like a awesome flanger pedal, the best in my opinion. i have to get this evh flanger, & it will be the last pedal i will need.

  • i rather the MXR ZAKK WYLDE OVERDRIVE pedal look it up ndd mail mee wat u think :D

  • @Troopy10 Save your money and get a real, boutique overdrive pedal or the Danelectro Cool Cat Drive.

  • I have one in the loop of my 5150 III and it sounds too loud when I kick it in and really intense. Anybody use theirs before the amp ???

  • Use it thru the front in of your amp, not in your fx loop.

  • one question......when you have the EVH button down and you mov ethe knobs-does it make any differece?

  • @claudiodifazio14 thats a great question, i was wondering the exact same thing. Anybody have an answer?

  • @claudiodifazio14

    No it doesn't do anything while the button is on, but when you turn it off you will have whatever you changed the knobs to....

  • he is gay

  • if your not going to play evh, then why the fuck would you buy a $200 signature by him.

  • @codyjt5150 its actually a good price for this pedal its a great analog flange pedal!

  • @hiian123 i mean why dont you play some evh on it. it would make a better demonstration, after all its his signature pedal

  • haha  nice job fucking with his riff!

  • When bands sign contracts, they usually lose the rights to their songs. I'd bet money it's the label or publishing company that is refusing. Just about the only band that decides for themselves is Zeppelin.

  • i hope you guys are right. EVH is a boyhood hero of mine and I hate to think he was that much of a wad. If it wasn't for him I never would have gotten in rock or guitar.

  • cause eddies a cock sucker

  • .......evh won't let him play evh riffs to sell an evh product???? What the hell?

  • @jhuggins27 It's less EVH won't let him play EVH riffs and more Warner Bros won't let him play EVH riffs. I think Eddie would be okay with it but Warner Bros have the legal rights to the songs.

  • @sirsteven88 yup those scabs will do anything

  • @jhuggins27 im pretty sure eddie wouldn't give a shit. It's more complicated i think but hey

  • way too much reverb on this recording. most of us just want to hear the "pedal" on a demo.

  • flip080210 why would you even pay for it if you use it once a month thats your loss not the pedal wise guy

  • sweet

  • I have the EVH phase 90 and I have to say these things are pretty much a waste of money. They sound amazing but I use it like once a month. Plus sound pretty much the same.

  • ROCK ON GOOD PEOPLE ~

  • hey wat guitar is that ?fuck ive been looking for that one!?

  • I bought this pedal on 2-2-09, n here I sit, less than 1yr later, and its already took a shit! No one touches my rig, it hasn't been abused in any way, and its absolute junk. Worked fine @1st, started hissing, then died. I will NEVER buy ANYTHING EVH again if this is representative of what he puts his name on. A $189.99 JOKE! If i knew where he lived, I'd go return it... by throwing it through his window! VERY dissapointed in what such a great guitarist is willing to put his name on for a buck!

  • if i have the evh phase 90 and evh flanger, what order should i put them in?

  • @CJCRaCK 1. Phaser ---> 2. Flanger (my opinion)

  • he reminds me of mcfly in back to the future :)

  • i like the burn cover by mike angelo. very appealing

  • Whats the difference witn MXR Flanger M117

  • I want this for Christmas . how much do they cost?

  • I hate that he can't play Van Halen Riffs it sux!!!!

  • @Ajbadboy252 He did a good job of imitating Unchained though :L

  • how much time do the batteries last with this pedal?

  • Oh. Crap. ..... Sorry. I thought this was a girl. Thats what I get for commenting with out watching the whole video first.

  • hahahaha

  • BOUT TIME I hear a female doing a pedal demo. I dub you "Gear-Girl-Gal".

  • yeah , his contract ran out for the use of his name, you know the guy made a killing in his life, but business is business

  • It's weird that EVH is being a dick about copywrite when this clip is promoting the pedal that bears his name. It would be in his best interest to allow GW to use VH's material for this clip.

  • @superstringbender I'm sure Eddie Van Halen would love him to play his riff, I think it's might be the productor or the Label that don't want, or may be MXR. Eddie Van Halen won't get so much benefits or money from that pedal, but MXR will benefit.

  • @superstringbender Its honestly probably somehow or another not his fault. he might not even own the rights. alot of times musicians sell the rights to their music, sorta like the beatles deal.

  • @superstringbender you really think its evh its the companie that they recorded with that wont let them do it they own the rights to the songs and there ofr the riffs

  • @superstringbender if you watch a lot of pauls videos youll notice he brings up sometimes that he cant play exact riffs

  • @superstringbender your fucking retarded they can't play anybody's music not just halens's

  • @LocomotiveRockers From your limited vocabulary I'm guessing you're still working on that law degree. You're typically allowed to use 10 seconds of copywrited music, if you credit the writer(s). So I'm guessing someone along the line made a legal threat for them not to use the music. Why don't you get in on the conversation when your GED comes in the mail.

  • @superstringbender wow your cool i wanna be just like you

  • @superstringbender Maybe Eddie thinks the guy speaking is a tool? Just listen to the voice man.

  • @superstringbender He's a great guitar player, but he's always been a douchebag too...

  • @superstringbender he probably gets royalty on it anyway

  • @superstringbender Its not Van Halen thats being stringent about copyrighting laws, it will be the record company that owns his material, which is most likely going to be Sony... who seem to do the same with most artists, if they wanted to play any Van Halen songs on this demo, they would have had to fork out a ton of cash for every song they use. :/

    Sucks right?

  • @superstringbender i thought a true artist is the one who share his talent / music to others and make them inspired.

  • @superstringbender Eddie isnt the one who cares about copyright, its his managers... Eddie said that "music is not a competition" but his managers care about money.

  • got this pedal for 109.99, lucky me! great pedal

  • whats the song at the beginning ?

  • Batio's cover of Deep Purple's burn

  • something by Michael Angelo Batio.

  • does anyone know the actual settings that EVH used on his flanger? I'm thinking of getting a normal MXR flanger and I want to know what Eddie's settings are so I don't jave to pay extra for the EVH version

  • Just pay the $20 more and get the EVH. Trust me. Its just a better pedal.

  • ok, but how is it better?

  • built better, looks cooler, has eddies sound, and true bypass.

  • ah right. what is true bypass by the way?

  • where when the pedal is off and your tone is unaffected. Many companies like boss and other cheap companies dont have it and it wrecks your tone.

  • In more technical words. When the pedal is on it is sending the signal through the whole pedal circuit including the buffers. And then when the pedal is off it does the same thing.

    if the pedal is True Bypass then there is an alternate signal chain that your guitar goes through instead.

  • ok thanks for the info. love your channel BTW

  • What about it? Like the favorites?

  • Yeah, your favourites are awesome.

  • Yeah im influenced a lot by Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani, Ted Nugent, Alex Lifeson, and of course Angus Young. Looks like we share share a lot of musical tastes in common.

  • yep, I like all those people you just listed. My top guitarists are: Eddie Van Halen, Angus Young, Jimmy Page, Joe Perry and Joe Satriani. In my opinion, Ed is the best, but that's just my opinion

  • EVH is good but he definately is not the best guitarist out there. Did you know he didnt actually invent tapping? George Lynch did. Just wondering, what gear do you use. I use: EVH 5150 III Dunlop Zakk Wylde Wah Ibanez Tube Screamer Vox Satchurator EVH Flanger EVH Phase 90 Vox Time Machine MXR Chorus and an MXR Smart Gate and Korg Tuner. Ill tell you my guitars if you would like to know, i have like 9 or something.
  • @gibsongod15 Hold up,,, I thought Jimmy Page did.. Atleast that's what Ed VH said ?

  • Nah George Lynch was the first to be regognized for doing it. BTW. what song would Jimmy Page tap in anyways?

  • @gibsongod15 Jimmy Page tapped on the solo section of Heartbreaker on Led Zeps 2nd album from 1969.

    Don't know if Jimmy was first but EVH has cited Jimmy Pages tapping as the original inspiration for his own tapping.

  • sorry they weren't the first Jimmy Webster was the first guitarist to use finger tapping in the 50's. I'm sure Eddie or Geroge weren't influenced by Webster but he was the first to use the technique.

  • how did you afford an EVH 5150 III?

  • a lot of time earning money. What gear do you have?

  • Fender Strat

    EVH Flanger

    EVH Phase 90

    MXR Distortion 3

    MXR Boost/Linedriver

    Boss DD-3 digi delay pedal

    A small 20 Watt practice amp (don't laugh)

  • Youve got it all if you just had a good tube amp! You should try the satchurator. Its a great distortion pedal. my guitars are: Fender Strat MIM Fender Strat w/ Floyd Schecter C-1 Classic PRS Custom 22 Gibson Les Paul ESP Kamikaze PRS Tremonti PRS Modern Eagle 2 Squier Hello Kitty Strat Epiphone Thunderbird Bass Gene Simmons Axe Bass (SO COOL)
  • @gibsongod15 Squier hello kitty guitar? wtf? lol

  • They could of used the origional version of Burn, MAB is impressive but its just not the same

  • one of the best demoing jobs I've seen yet. well done

  • Insanely awesome in the last two minutes! A new "must have" added to my list.

  • that is a pretty fucking dumb hagt

  • this guy shreds he has one of the best paying gigs he does all the guitar world reviews. That means he gets paid to play with all the new toys. Who cares what his freekin voice sounds like you must hang with gays to know what they sound like.

  • i want that thing xd buth i have to save up for a new guitar xD