Van Halen Eruption performed by Ednerd

[gmos15]

Dude nice cover and I can see that you got lots of guitars,pedals,and half stacks haha awesome !!! Keep it up

[Sean2592]

but the real question is can he play smoke on the water??

[Spiderfer]

HEY MAN love yure cver is super cool! but you now what will be even cooler? IS YOU CAN UPLOAD SPANISH FLY PLEASE IS MY SECUND FAVORITE SOLO OF VAN HALEN :D!!!!!!!!!!

[Sean2592]

i know you haven't really posted any vids in need of it but would you recommend the phase 90 for ed's clean tone on the albums or go ahead and get a chorus pedal?

[Ednerd]

@Sean2592 MXR EVH Phase 90 (a must have!) technically he really only used it on the solos and was pretty clean the rest of the time. I tend to over use it because the MXR EVH Phase 90 has a script button that really subdues the phase.

[Pinman1973]

Hail to the awesome-ness

[darthvapir]

Stellar performance nerd. Millions can play parts of eruption but few I've seen can do it justice like that. No matter how talented, it just takes too many hours of focused practice to play it at that lvl. That's really why , looking back, Ed stormed the scene so big-time. He was absolutely insanely good by the time he put out that first album at only 21. That boy must not have ever done a lick of homework.

[WoWintosh]

Ednerd, I swear, I've seen you somewhere before. I believe I saw you smashing a similar looking guitar. Does that sound accurate?

[Ednerd]

@WoWintosh LOL that sounds like me. but, I don't think it was

[MrStealth9976]

Woah

[102manic]

WoW thats pretty badass! Acording to Sammy Hager Eddie cant even play that anymore

[motleycrue24]

dude u gots to do girls gone bad it amazes me u havent yet

[MrSantaale001]

Awesome! You can walk into any guitar center in the world, and theres bound to be some 15 year old kid who thinks that no one else plays this, so It good to see some one with actual playing this shit with soul :)

[scottguenard]

Awesome! Can you tell me what you are playing thru for effects, Scott

[Ednerd]

@scottguenard Marshall MGHDFX built in overdrive, delay and reverb. also using the MXR EVH phase 90. that's pretty much it. I do use an MXR smart gate to cut the noise a little.

[embplaysguitar1228]

haha id totally be down to be in a band with you. only problem is im not as goodAnd im only 15 lol. but im trying my ass of to get somewhat close to where you are. your totally bitchin on the guitar thanks for the inspiration!!!

[options4income]

@embplaysguitar1228 thanks! keep practicing and I'm sure you'll be better than me.

[dillonmcannnell]

this is spot on man vary nice ? why dont you use ur 5150 just asking? well lol to get older evh ''brown sound i guess the only way is a good old marshall

[deme7063]

do you ever wonder if Eddie has watched you vid?

[Ednerd]

@deme7063 No, I'm pretty sure he hasn't. I don't think he surfs around watching retards try and play his stuff. LOL I'd be really embarrassed if he did see it though.

[osfs3411]

Holy shit...I don't know if Ed can even play it like this anymore. Great stuff, brother.

[kylesalone]

your a freak

[jayjabo]

wow hell lota gear you got there

[TheJustme222]

and i thought kent carlevi was the best

[usuck165]

all i have to say is DAM!!!!!!!

[levicash]

The only guy that STANDS UP AND PLAYS EVH! Lil bit harder that way fella's. Your awesome Ednurd.

[SPEEDFREAK200008]

amp and no pedals?? then how earth are you geting the phaser sound and the reverb with delay ??

[Ednerd]

@SPEEDFREAK200008 I was commenting on the distortion pedal question. no distortion pedal. but definitely phase 90 in there

[SPEEDFREAK200008]

amp and no pedals?? then how earth are you geting the phaser sound and the reverb with delay ??

[zadabo99x]

Recorded any farts lately? How is your booger farm? Do u spit chip crums on hotel TVs? How is Floug Williams?

[TheGreatRichtig]

wow. Ednerd, you are a saviour of rock n' roll guitar. now get the fuck out there and form a rock n' roll band!

[Ednerd]

hey, thanks man. believe it or not, it's hard to get a group of clowns together that arn't too serious or not serious enough. a lot of flakes in this biz.

[EJRocky]

@Ednerd

I dream of making it big as a guitar-playing/singing frontman one day, but, to be honest, I'd be more than happy to be your bassist. If I had a bass. And if I lived in the US :P

Sorry bro, haha... hope you find a band, man, you deserve one :)

[TaylorGilmour]

@Ednerd dude i totally agree

[PJHAIGHT]

@Ednerd You're telling me, getting a band together that actually works is hard as shit

[frankenstrat25]

@TheGreatRichtig look at those amps those guitars and all the pedals. i wudnt wanna leave that place either

[pisceseanmuse]

wow that was awesome!!!! :)

[officialmaxguzzo]

really great! nthing to say! *****

[TejasShane]

Great job ! Sounds good, keep it up.

[SkaterToby13]

amazing you must be loaded with money to afford all that

[PJHAIGHT]

You're one of the best players of this song that I have seen, man! Definitely keep it up. Check out my videos sometime and tell me what you think.

[skiffguard1996]

What are the settings on your mg I have the same amp.

[acdcfan54]

how does the sound at 0:45 work???

[007monkeyman2]

Whammy

[lilrocker12346]

really good wammy bar action

[smorphify]

sick job man, i was just wondering how did you get that kind of distortion?

[Ednerd]

thanks. it's all amp overdrive...no pedals.

[willyleeman]

Fantastic guitar picking! In some places it sounds like an organ playing. Your speed and precision is amazing, and the music is very pretty, also.

[Ednerd]

hey, thanks willy. I can't take credit for this. it's my all time geetar hero Eddie Van Halen. By the way, I was quite impressed with your playing. I've recently been playing a lot of acoustic guitar and I love it.

[Winterlore]

DUDE... THAT WAS F*CKING AMAZING!!!!

[MCWaxMax]

You... are... freakin... awesome!  I hope, that sometimes I can play this song too... but the probability is really low xDD

[Ednerd]

thanks McWax. no reason you can't play this. just takes time. no magic, just keep at it, you'll get it.

[MCWaxMax]

Well, yes, if you ask me again in 20 years, I might think different about it, but see, I am 20 years old and I began to play e-guitar a year before... ah, it doesn't matter! I'll get this riff! Thanks for encouraging, dude!

[sadnane]

Man, in addition to Ednerd's advice, i encourage you to learn technique before trying to learn Eddie's stuff! Take 1 hour or 2 a day and work only on technique (alternate picking, legato, arppegios...) you'll notice an improvement in only few months!! You'll get it in the end!!

[frankenstrat25]

ednerd in estimation how did all those pedals the charvels and the kramer pacer and the amps cost you

[pango14762]

awesome but you should of used your black and white one like eddie used on the record.

[12345678ix]

you played that thorough the marshall fucking awsome man hey man what pedals? whats the pup in the bridge

[mairava1996]

i taped my guitar too but my parents dad gayed out and made me take it off cause hes a neat freak when it comes to possessions

[hotrod9983]

that was pretty F'n badass...nice setup ya got too!!

[Kimberfignugen]

Holy shit! omg. u r as of right now the only guy on youtube who can cover eruption so well. rock on, man!=D

[Dazsturbed]

If I understand corectly your using a marshall HDFX half stack when you could use a 5150 right there! thats just madness!

[Ednerd]

5150 is way too loud for that little room

[Dazsturbed]

Ah I see tis too powerfull for the room. It would probably blow the windows out anyways, so probably for the best. Still wish I had a 5150 head.

[Ednerd]

yeah, the 5150 with that Marshall 1960X cab is awesome, but the volume needs to be around 3 and that is freaking loud! :)

[EJRocky]

Amplifier... too loud?

What?! xD

[zadabo99x]

what camera do you have?

[Soldano88]

Sounds badass.Ignore the dickhead comments.You shred big time!

[Ednerd]

hey thanks Soldano! I know I'm not pro level, but maybe one of these days....humm.. I still won't be. :)

[MrLuthergarcia]

Not bad kid, not too bad. Reminds me of my youth when I first started playing guitar...

[axemanand]

Great playing. This is another one on my 'To do' list which I never have the patience to finish learning! Nice work!

[frankenstrat25]

ok rock on man

[frankenstrat25]

neither are any of ur other vids just kiding ok tell me when u get the new vids done

[Ednerd]

cool. thanks

[frankenstrat25]

but why did u delete them

[Ednerd]

I didn't like em. They weren't that good.

[frankenstrat25]

i think u had some more vids and another vid of eruption and another vid of cathedral wut happend to them

[Ednerd]

I was gonna redo a few of em and add a couple new ones. one of these days I'll get to it.

[nmfmacgyver]

dude two words...FUCKING "A"

well maybe 4 alltogether..."YOU ROCK"

[lisannhodges67]

Killer shreddin man!!! Im just curious, why use the MG when you got a 5150 III?

Love the guitar too!!!

Rock on!

-Tyler ♠

[Ednerd]

thanks! actually its a Peavey 5150 block. Its a great amp, but way too much for the bedroom. plus i like the reverb and delay built into the MG

[lisannhodges67]

Oh the stripes on the grill threw me off. but yea I agree, I like reverb and delay on the MG, I just wish you could choose how many repeats.

[Ednerd]

yeah, I painted it last time I had it apart. it's yellow and black. I wasn't even thinking about making it look like the 5150 III. just turned out that way. I like the delay and reverb as a subtle effect on the MG, and really more the reverb

[lisannhodges67]

Well its killer and unique since its yellow. MG's all I can afford at the moment but I like it! I just posted a beat it solo and Little Guitars intro if you wanna check it out.

[v1a1b1]

dude it is good u should send me the tabs ive been trying to learn this for months thats the reason im watching these vh videos

[fowcircle]

you can do better, is good very good but you are great making VH covers and this is very low from you level men.

of the tab you practice is wrong or something but is not the best you can do.

[Ednerd]

I can do better and worse. this is somewhere in between. Mostly, I feel the timing wasn't quite right.

[CRCB00M]

Hey you got to try "Fools"

[CRCB00M]

what kind uv pickup is that a seymour duncan?

[Ednerd]

no, it's from my earnie ball EVH musicman

[touchmebabe93]

beautiful job on the tapping. makes me wanna cum hahaha

[partyboy420420]

sweet dude!!!!!

[mikirojo123]

The link doesn´t found! :S

[Ednerd]

sorry, try it now. or go to my channel and try the link in my info section. thanks

[MetalFeast9]

lol if you pause it at 0:43 it looks like your flicking us off lol great job though

[LWRCftw]

wrong finger

[CC007]

OH SHIT!!! at 1:06 *raises 20 bic lighters* Go on EdNerd!!...WELL DONE!! :)

[MountainDew231767]

wheres the pickup selector swtich? you've got a neck p'up but i dont see a switch

[Ednerd]

the neck pu is not hooked up, not to mention the damn selector was in a bad spot. i kept bumping when I was playing

[MountainDew231767]

yeah i thought so

[brianmaysspawn]

not bad at all, mr. nerd:) i'd pair it against the original any day

[PhantomKode]

You blow me away once again Ednerd.

[sistermoonshine13]

Wooooow Your AWESOME!!! *********

[Imler70]

wow only 1500 views u should have like 100,000 your great

[MusicFan4202]

shit man your awesome i love the strats man!!

[TonyN737]

Don't ya wish you could go back in time to 1978 and hear this again for the first time?

[Ednerd]

I'd love to go back and see em at the Whiskey or a backyard party.

[TonyN737]

Hi Mike! It's been a while.

Man, if I had a DeLorean and a Flux Capacitor, I'd go back and see =VH= play the clubs then tell them DO NOT BREAK UP! I'd show them a video of Nirvana and say "This is what happened when you guys broke up! Don't let this happen!"

[hurricaneofrock]

Id go to them and the old Gnr.. show Axl a picture of buckethead and see if he said, "wow what a freak". then show him a video of Axl singing with him playing... he'd probly cry.

[Sikxhazzard]

Where do you get all your different van halen guitars?

[LWRCftw]

NICE! GREAT SOUND and wow you're boss at guitar-playing

[boston655]

awsome

[zaigar11]

Don't tell me you're doin that shit thru a single coil? Are the humbuckers dummies? Still-Badass sound bro..

[Ednerd]

thanks man. no it's got a humbucker from my Earnie Ball Musicman in the bridge. the neck pickup isn't hooked up.

[madmax46863]

You got it down but it is so whiny try adding some bottom end to that!

[Ednerd]

bass is on ten...no more bottom end left. not to mention the overdrive on my amp is crapping out. if you can figure out a way to get studio quality from a flip cam in your bedroom. please let me know.

[lakersanians]

vwey coo!!how did you get it?

one of the best in youtube..

cool/////

[terryhendrix6]

fucking excellent man. one of the best on youtube.

[123jozef]

badazz!!!!

[TonyN737]

I'd love to see ya do a guitar version of "Big Bad Bill"! haha :-)

[tullynewyork]

Haven't seen that guitar since 82 tour!

[frenchfried007]

that was amazing!!

have u ever considered doing Beat it?

i think u could definitely pull it off

[Ryan781]

Holy shit man sounds EXACTLY like it . Awesome job!!!!!!!

[Epiphonefan]

ur wicked man... im gonna try this stuff with my fender strat;P

[Ednerd]

:) I play this on my strat. sounds pretty good, a little thin. Just need to throw a good humbucker in it and it'll be good to go.

[huhjustin]

This is one of my favorite eruptions in your vids.

way better than anyone i've seen online!

Keep the videos comming man!

[Ednerd]

hey thanks! I think I'm gonna slowly start replacing my old vid and maybe do a couple new tunes.

[Guitarchordhelper]

cool, what kind of amp is the marshall? mg?

[Ednerd]

yep, MG

[Guitarchordhelper]

REALLY?!?!?! then please tell me how you get your EVH tone with it. I cant get any EVH tone without using a distortion pedal on top of the OD2

[Ednerd]

just running the MG overdrive and some phase 90 should get you really close. i use some MG delay and reverb with it. but that's it.

[Guitarchordhelper]

hmmmm, i do have some reverb on it. did you use the MG in this one? i just cant seem to get enough gain for eruption and tapping in general.i do use the phase 90 but it still does not get me there

[Ednerd]

then it might be the guitar. I used a little MXR micro amp, but it's not necessary.

[Guitarchordhelper]

whats an MXR micro amp? i use the EVH charvel so i dont know. in your unchained video, did you use the mg?

[Ednerd]

I've used the MG in all the vids I've posted. micro amp is basically just a boost, I sometimes kick it on for the solo part of a song, but that's it.

[Guitarchordhelper]

can you please message me your settings? and what does the micro amp boost? gain? volume?

[guitaraddict211]

SICK cover man.

[naguitarhero]

do u like the MG? i have one and i think it is the best sounding solid state thats on the market. i use a compressor and it sounds awesome.

[Ednerd]

yes I do. the 5150 / Marshall cab combo blows it away, but the MG is great for the money.

[naguitarhero]

i have a 5150 and an MG also. I dont use the 5150 for Roth era music because it just doesnt have the same sound in my opinion. is this the same case with you

[Ednerd]

I think I would agree with that. the MG overdrive is more vintage VH. it just sounds a bit thin compared to the 5150.

[naguitarhero]

ya i use a marshall compressor pedal and i have to crank the bass to try to get rid of that but i can still tell a little.

[Guitarchordhelper]

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT! I sold mine for a line 6 stack which sounds like amazing VH. I just gotta save for a 5150

[axltyler]

do you use the 5150 for the Hagar era? Hehe!!!

[Guitarchordhelper]

hey dude, another abnormally good video of your eruptions! but i have to say that my favorite part of this was seeing some of your gear. i already know you can kick my ass at guitar any day!!

[Ednerd]

thanks GCH. I think I have the phase 90, micro amp (for a little boost) and the smart gate (to cut the effects hum).

[thejman483]

sick dude keep it up, love your gear.

[guitarjim5150]

the fucking tone is the beast man!! totally unreal

[Vanhalen1014]

is that the original 5150 or the second edition?...i just got the original and it is a fucking beast, i love it, a little loud though

[Ednerd]

it's the original and yes, it's way too loud for this room. but it definitely kicks ass!!

[satchbooggy]

King of the eruption videos! love the new backround BUT...its missing 2 things.....the 5150 needs to be on and the EVHMM back there too :) rock on nerd!

[Ednerd]

I'm just gonna end up giving you that damn EVHMM. what's left of it at least. :)

[guitardude1309]

i'll take it!

[dirtydeeds73]

niiiiiice! did you build that?

[Ednerd]

bought the geetar off of satchbooggy, painted it and replaced the neck and pickup. so I guess, kind off.

[JohnnyStorm2007]

Great job Eddie... you always make me want to pick up my axe...lol

[Ednerd]

thanks bro. whatever it takes. keep at it!

[EVanHalen]

Amazing as usual :)

[feliceyyz]

epic

[HomieTheHomelessHero]

Ensaine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gibsongold1970]

nice rip brother guitarman ednerd!

the other version that you posted

kicks ass too!

[Ednerd]

thanks brother GG1970

[komoru]

sick!