EVH Eddie Van Halen - Panama *GUITAR TRACK*

[changeofaddress1]

whoever played this is a real student, but fail on the dupe attempt

[MrSchusnap]

I love how does this in one take. Flawless, A+, 100% pure amazingness

[vanhalen1975]

Can anyone get me the guitar track for Dance the Night Away? Please and thanks.

[pwyndam]

Eddie is one of the true masters.

[lasange]

Magical.

[fuzzjunkie]

What's strikes me about this isolated track is that is sounds like Ed did the whole thing one take. In other tracks can here a definite punch in on the solos. Nothing but a volume knob.

[144wychwood]

These guitar tracks show what a brilliant rhythmic guitarist Ed is. Always bugged me how he was often dismissed as the guy who just soloed. Lots of guys can bang out a million notes but few hard rock guys who can play rhythm like Ed.

[MrSchusnap]

@144wychwood i have a guitar world article on Eddie titled EDWARD VAN HALEN THE RHYTHM KING. it had tabs for panama, mean street, and unchained. Hes so AMAZING

[nitedrive]

@MrSchusnap -Exactly. I've always thought Ed should have been as renowned for his rhythm palying as he was for his leads. The dude was a rhythm beast on those tracks you mention. Mean Streets in particular is just unbelievably tight.

[marinovic019]

watch?v=xybqHwBIj8E hi guys, i would like to hear your opinion about my playing.

[84cutlass]

I almost shed a tear!!!

[Yapostadodat]

The STEVE JOBS of guitar!

[DOGGYSAW]

The King. Period.

[Trace7173]

Eddie has a cast on his right arm {1:14} ..he injured it on the Diver Down tour 1982

[MrSchusnap]

@Trace7173 And he still played guitar? AWESOME!!!

[ApeLikeCreature]

Notice how he just uses his volume knob to get a cleaner sound in places. No studio trickery or overdubs. Pure Brown sound!

[vitor68]

@ApeLikeCreature I think they said Eddie actually used a flying V for this track. I think he switched to the front pickup for the quieter passages! Kinda' like a Les Paul, flipping the switch on the top of the guitar. Anyways, great song!!

[guitarzforsale]

@vitor68 I think your thinking of Hot For Teacher.

[vitor68]

@guitarzforsale That's right. I was thinking of the wrong song.

[144wychwood]

@vitor68, Not sure which guitar Ed used for Panama but I'm almost positive it was not the "V" Ed used Flying V on "Hot for Teacher", "Girl Gone Bad" and "Drop Dead Legs".

[alwaysopen]

@ApeLikeCreature

When I started playing in the 70s - back before mom&dad bought everything you wanted, the best stuff you got was worn out second hand crap that fell off a garbage truck and you had to learn it all by ear - the volume control was a must learn. If you didn't use that you basically sucked as your sound was shitty. There was no need for two channel amps for clean and dirty sounds. I had a 78 Marshall 50w and a Strat w/Dimarzio X2N pup. The volume knob was the key.

[spawnofwheezedog]

I liked the part where he played Panama.

[EvaSlash]

thanks so much this will slice about 10million hours of driving my self nuts trying to learn this. how the hell did u get this?

[TayzzScottBerr]

@EvaSlash It find it quite easy. :S

[Luckums135]

This tone is so great it could put you in a coma, i know , i just woke up!!! \m/

[falquest]

hearing this... I know how many mistakes i made... I learned many parts actually wrong.

[paisleyization]

These tracks really show the raw talent, no mistake about it. The confidence, the skill, it blows your head off.

[Z3NBEAT]

The tone of the guitar gives the impression that is about to explode.

[philosovitz]

it's like he's right here in my office!!! fuckin' awesome man

[motleycrue24]

ed was on the top of his game on 1984 everything was building up to it

[Clefty09]

I just shed a tear, it's so good.

[foreveralive]

For years, I've been looking for someone to teach me that patent EVH flurry of notes in the guitar solo between 2:08 to 2:11, but NO ONE has EVER nailed it precisely. I've never seen it accurately transcribed or played live by anyone other than EVH. There's just something elusive about it, and some people get close, but no one ever nails it as Eddie does.

[wilneal1]

@foreveralive I think i got it he does that pattern a lot...i slowed it down using a tape recorder u could try that.

[EVHStraat11]

I love how you can just hear eddie playing.

[sw1tched]

@EVHStraat11 that would be the point of a isolated guitar track ... but yeah i got ya!

[DJRckwl]

@EVHStraat11 uhhhhhh that's why it's called "Guitar Track". I hope you were kidding. And 32 thumbs up? What's wrong with you people? lol

[sholstein]

Man, I've tried to play this song on my guitar since 1984. I hit all the right notes, but I don't sound no where near as good as Ed does!! Badass!!

[stripes5150]

@sholstein That's because you dont have a Plexi Marshall and a 10 band EQ boosting the preamp with a frown curve eq setting and a variac dropping the power setting of the amp to 95 volts...

and you don't have ed's fingers...lol

[shadowknight561]

damn thats so a good song!