Michael Jackson - Beat it solo

[iSnipingEra]

Tabs :)

[MyJazzyMac]

ON STEVE VAI'S GUITAR THAT IS!

[xarunot]

Damn! That's awesome man!

[dampcanon]

กาก

[diametre60]

bad

[fieldofblues]

you are very fast and out of rhythm

[Chingobongo]

schonmal aufgefallen, dass die besten FAST alle ibanez spielen xD

[mapleblackdrums]

Just think, Eddie came up with that off the top of his head. I'd like to hear the other version he cut that Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson didn't use.

[Murakamizo]

out of rhythm... socks

[OfficialSMILO]

JEM <333

[eddiegab]

satchbooggy cover is more better

[Galamonenterteiment]

jackass jjajajajajaa

[roggerdiegokottak]

Bravo!!!

[BboyFiZiX]

bill s preston esquire????!!!!!!!!!! :D

[kjn5991]

tempo was little off, but Eddie would surely accept this :D

[fedess25]

by eddie van halen !!

[pgil]

That's out of tempo, but your technique is top notch, totally worth another shot

[MrIndeeply]

that is a 4k guitar u have there it kick butt

[r2kpogi]

ibanez~!!

[loucodocorredor]

vc atropelou a musica ¬¬"

[00tOOl00]

tempo man!!! tempo!!!

[Darknismo1]

Looks like a 1960s dude but rocks out like a 2011 dude

[jorge84094]

muito liko.....

[RedBAkid]

if you all take a look at the pictures on the wall *points with stick* we can see that the awesomeness radiating from the amplifier seems to have a flotational effect on non grounded objects.

[TheFuggedaboutit]

i love that gold on white

[DominicSantiago123]

errr you raped that up. im fucking strugling on highway to hell solo haha dont listen to these cunts on here mate they havent posted so fuck em.

[AxerJk]

@DominicSantiago123 lol thanks man! Funny comment for sure. :) And never beat yourself up over struggling with something, it's frustrating, but we've all been there!

[magnatron2010]

man, this is crazy talented playing; i haven't picked up a guitar for 10 years (family, work commitments and surfing have got in the way), but watching this video makes me wanna get back into playing. thanks for posting this...

[AxerJk]

@magnatron2010 Man, your comment makes me want to take up surfing! Too bad I live in Michigan. :D I sure hope you pick up the guitar again, we need more people who play good music!

[magnatron2010]

@AxerJk Thanks man! Take it easy!

[metallol123]

what kinda guitar is is this?

[Rock7Power]

very good man

if you improve your rhythm u will be perfect

[telboy1966manu]

@Rock7Power I agree, excellent tapping but your rhythm is a bit off (just saying, from a distinctly average player to a very good one). Keep it up man, great stuff.

[AxerJk]

@telboy1966manu Hey everyone! Thank you so much for the comments and feedback. There is no argument that my timing is off in this take. EVH's solos are free of time, so they are difficult to have good timing when there is no percussion. I have posted a video response of me playing this solo MUCH better (and it's live too!)

Thanks again for all the support and feedback!

[DianaNguyen05]

Omg, can you do a tutorial? or skype me? Im trying to learn this and its soooo hard.

[AxerJk]

@DianaNguyen05 PM sent!

[getrich21]

what kind of guitar is that

[theguitarguymike]

great solo...i love the guitar....did u change the floyd, and the lock on it??? cause ive seen that guitar a few times and there were always black.

[AxerJk]

@theguitarguymike The floyd on my gutar is stock. This particular model (the JEM7VWH) has gold plated hardware. You may be thinking of a different Ibanez model.

[theguitarguymike]

@AxerJk maybe...cause the local guitar center carries a few Jems like that...just none with the gold. very nice piece of art u have there my friend!

[AxerJk]

@theguitarguymike Thanks man! I'll have to take a look, this JEM is 11 years old and so many different JEM models have come out since then.

[theguitarguymike]

@AxerJk Ya. haha cause i think there were about 3 or 4 different models that i saw at GC....one was like yours...but instead of gold it was black. then i saw a black and silver one. and a rainbow one.

[AxerJk]

@theguitarguymike Haha a Rainbow one?? Too funny. Ever seen the mirror one from around 2005-06? The whole body was a mirror, pretty cool!

[theguitarguymike]

@AxerJk Haha ya the rainbow one was like pink red orange black and green...it looked like someone just threw paint all over it...and mirror one...that sounds epic!!!!

[insidegoodoutsidebad]

@AxerJk evo has chrome hardware while flo has gold

[welshslash]

@AxerJk your a class player mate...well done 5 stars

[daviid52]

@theguitarguymike is the steve vai signatuer,one of a few

[theguitarguymike]

@daviid52 which one?? the one with all the colors??

[daviid52]

@theguitarguymike nah nah,that one he use in the video is the JEM7V Prestige steve vai signature model

[theguitarguymike]

@daviid52 one of few? theres 4 of them hanging in my local guitar center now. aha

[daviid52]

@theguitarguymike gift me one :D

[theguitarguymike]

@daviid52 aha ill take 3....but going off of what u said earlier, ive seen alot of people with this model..at least i think...same look to it..and the ones at guitar center maybe available to the public...but there a good $2000-$4000

[daviid52]

@theguitarguymike you have a good store :D

[theguitarguymike]

@daviid52 haha true. well then again i never looked up the model...i just saw the gold hardware with the birds on the fret board.

[svartsaft]

@theguitarguymike gold = orignal that steve vai uses. black = crappier cheep edition

[theguitarguymike]

@svartsaft ahah probably true!

[alan6333]

@theguitarguymike the one you see its the RG350Dx

[MrStagdude]

that was epic

[MrStagdude]

that wasepic

[RIPmichaeljackson61]

holy shit that was good.

[Msagr]

hehe it's ok :p But not the real deal :p you left out many notes compared to the original :) I know it's not easy to play it completely :p

[PersianPrideTime]

Nice job! What brand and sting gauge you usin with the tremolo system?

[AxerJk]

@PersianPrideTime Thanks! I am using Ernie Ball, gauge 10 strings.

[Bigulozzo]

cool ;)

[KevinJianoran]

You rock so hard the posters are flying off the wall :L

[senecide]

you look like a black guy on the cover of the video

[ironmaidenfan007666]

fucking ibanez JEM OOOMMMGGGGG LIKE A 2K pound guitar u got there mate mmmyyy gooooddddddd i love your guitar!!!!!!

[frickenchickencookie]

whooaaaaah steve vai guitar

[Toastchee1035]

Amazing just off by one little miny tiny beat but other than thatamazing

[telboy1966manu]

Dude, nice one and I don't mean to criticize because I'm a fuckin rank amateur compared to you (your tapping is excellent) but your rhythm and timing are way off. Just sayin.

[AxerJk]

@telboy1966manu No argument there my friend. The timing is definitely sloppy. But I find that with EVH's solos being so free of time, it is very difficult to nail the timing without any percussion to back it up. Thank you for being polite about it though!

[Ozzillica101]

Great solo playing dude!!

And sweet guiitar too!!

[Nasosdag]

Dude, cool attitude but your timing's way off...

[DarkRising12]

weyyow mind blowing!

5/5 epic bro

[MrUnknownreplay]

Nice Job bro !!!

I think One of the best in youtube !

[sulutkin]

Nice technique and speed and sound also, but timing was a awful mess, this is not music, just a repeating tabulatures and really fast picking. Exercise more in fourth of this speed by heart and correctly and after that the normal speed is a almost peace of cake, you´ll see and get it then. But still very good and nice try, thanks.

[telboy1966manu]

Nice one dude! I'll just go strum my old six string now...seriously, excellent playing.

[lou0713]

nice job! 

[dimestoresymphony]

Holy crap! What a breath of fresh air! I get so tired of watching videos of people who really don't have a clue how to play what they're advertising they're playing. Nice work!

[chunkypooh12]

im officially ur bitch

[monkypunishr]

even your posters are bowing down to your godliness!

[rockmaster002]

do, you think this guitare have a so light song soft i don't like the song with this guitare

[KirkHammettWanabe]

Really great man! u may also wanna check cover!

[10empregado]

time sync fail!

horrible solo!

[TheRealPoptart]

Dang U R GOOD

and thats so real

[joffrey37]

Hey guys, this solo is awesome, please check my cover :D !

/watch?v=3Y4ZloEDMxg

[TheNico44]

Tes doigts vont si vite sur le manche qu'ils font bouger les posters derrière :) beau travail :)

[mangoakda]

nice JEM, beautiful guitar

[BedroomRockstarr]

whats up man, nice job! I just posted this video of my rendition, check it out!

[elmetal100]

NICE COVER! I think you should practice artificial armonics

[ChristophMikael]

Great job on the solo! But the Red Wings poster ruins it for me. ;)

[davypeep]

Love the Steve Vai guitar man

[fatherhades]

Beautiful!

[Ibik]

awesome1

[joeyby]

no soul

[ilovedreamtheater1]

That a nice guitar you have there i had a steve vai Jem florial very rare and about a year ago or so someone ripped it off so now i am playing with a 7 string Ibenez but i love those guitars your awsome too

[maxflyingcowboy]

wow, awesome man! is that an ibanez right?

[sunnyjim98]

the posters in the background are trembling in fear of your mad skillz!

[SuperMrSinger]

awesome job !

[roy2hatake1]

YEAAH

[ComeGetSomeDinner]

Nice!! What type of guitar is that? I really like it, please answer!

[PepsiRawks]

why does everyone covering this solo have that guitar?!

[estivaliz155]

wooow se esforzaban por allar el doble de rafa markez y aqui esta xd

[PerfektGentleman]

Awesome is definately the word! Now I'm gonna watch it over and over until I can do it too!

[rockerdude29]

nice JEM.how much did you give for it?

[arjehvos]

quik fingers dude!! AWESOME!! I'm gone practice it!! :))

[prasinos37]

great job man,I really liked it.

[Tex93lovep]

have you got the laney tfx1?

[stefanzumare]

watch out for your posters;D but great solo

[sirlionprince]

Im not a guitar player but even i can hear that this is really good :D :D :D

[Aaron04051992]

cheak out my cover of this solo

[nkbigdaddy]

awesome guitar what is it

[D4RkM0e]

WHY THE HELL DO SO MANY PEOPLE PLAY THE PART FROM 0:26 to 0:29 WAY TOO FAST???????????????????? IN EVERY SINGLE SINGLE VIDEO THE GUITARIST CAN'T PLAY THAT RIGHT!!!! UAAARGH!!! LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

[AxerJk]

@D4RkM0e Interesting pet peeve.

[D4RkM0e]

@AxerJk mate...its just wrong...i hope you realized that.

amazing cover no doubt...but the last part sounds just wrong!!!

i bet this is pissing you off..that you dicked the end up!!

[dwignut]

check out my take on the beat it solo

[mccredspot]

Really good guitar playing man! Probably one of the best beat it solos out there. :)

[BigFriendlyNinja]

@mccredspot

check out "happyguitarplayer" his solo is amazing, 

[scottconnatser]

@mccredspot i totally agree i just watched like 15 different video and yous is by far the best ive seen. still i personally believe no one beats the original. but awesome job guy

[OsyProductions]

Dude that's the best guitar in the world. I can die for it !

[RickyLeeGuitar]

Absolutely awesome playing Bro!!!

[RASPADOS100]

muy muy estupido

[newtimes2]

dam everybody and they mama is playing this solo.. this is the third and most have the concept down pretty good rather they move a few notes or not. Never tried to learn Eddies solo.. just gave it that feel and did my thang

[shamh55]

thats one expensive guitar right there

[papasmirfff]

is that a Steve Vai signature guitar?

[cgorkemcakir]

not fluent enough. you have to work a little

[Eloctic]

i have seen three people have the same guitar now ...

[alexvandrummer]

Very nice man.

[MyEvilValentine25]

hahaha loved it!!!

[markwoodland1]

that's awsome and ur guitar SO cool!!!

[faka37]

THIS IS STEVE VAI)))))))))OH goood

[miguelinino]

no llevas el ritmo tio te adelantas en algunos sitios recuerda k el mejor solo no es el mas rapido!!!

[austinisme2477]

i tested out that exact guitar at guitar center. very nice. too bad im terrible at guitar lol

[MorganRNReid]

JEM..

[MegaBravo01]

it is JERK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EscalaCer0]

all the people just improvised in some parts but u faking nailed that solo

[DoDsaami]

sounded pretty good, just don't use the whammy bar so much, it ruined it

rock on

[DtRockstar1]

That's exactly how it's done. The whammy bar was used in the same places that EVH used it.

[steveperryteamo]

is a steve vai?? excelent video

[Kesantula]

Awesome work dude. Nice playing.

I used to have that exact same guitar too, but my playing days are over. Damn I miss that baby though. Don't ever get rid of it.

Keep up the good work, look forward to more vids ;o)

[AxerJk]

Really? How come you stopped?

[Kesantula]

Band drifted apart, started a family, so many things, hehe

[Kesantula]

@AxerJk Our band just drifted really. 3 of us are back together and are best mates but we just mess around here and there now, and I started a family and my own business. My mate has some recording equipment set up at his home so as I say, we have a little mess around here and there but that's it now. Had some great fun though back in the day. ;o)

[FURRY1995]

@Kesantula yeh how come you stopped man :(

[lees2oo8]

give me your guitar!

i have an ibanez :)

not as good as this one, mines an artcore :D

awesome solo!

[austinisme2477]

hey me too lol

[Maxxthreat]

hahaha i love that you actually look like eddie does now

[AxerJk]

Haha! I didn't think of that, but you're not far off! But I actually have longer hair now, so I'm about halfway to the way Eddie USED to look.

[Maxxthreat]

haha either way you're amazing.

[AxerJk]

Thanks man!

[kratekratto]

i think thats steve vai's signature guitar with monkey grip. that thing is soooooo sick.

[moeps2]

yea it is it is a jem 555

[AxerJk]

It's actually a JEM 7VWH

[iseeyouburning]

I think this was the best one that ive seen so far. I mean aside from the quality of the video recorder you were using, which wasnt bad or anything like that, but if i were to hear it in person im sure it would be much clearer and sound even more bad ass. Slick axe too, by the way. Great job 10/10

[AxerJk]

Hey there, and thank you for the kind comments! No argument about the video quality - my videos are taken from a digital still camera. They take great pictures, but video capability is just a bonus. I have actually been looking to get a digital camcorder, because I like taking lots of home videos too, so hopefully the videos here will be better quality soon. Thanks again for stopping by and commenting!

[jhaverijay]

hey awsum bro.........hey can anyone tell me which guitar is dat????????

[UltimateStratocaster]

Ibanez jem7V

[kratekratto]

awesome cover man. don't listen to those nit-pickin' haters, the're just jealous of your mad skills brah. you are a shreader!!!!

[DtRockstar1]

Thanks man! I appreciate the kind comments! Some of the comments you're referring to are valid, there were a few timing issues with my take on it. But I agree that some people just go too far. Thanks again!

[AxerJk]

Whoops, that above comment is me - I accidentally posted on my cars account. Sorry about that.

[Bodomonist]

Great man bro, did a good job!

[cjmooney9]

Everyone who does this gets the second tap section wrong, and misses some notes at the end.

It's a hard solo, but everyone does it the same wrong way!

Must be some bad tab, or it's just too hard the way eddie plays it

As in, some songs, you just need huge hands to do it

This may be one

[TheLimelightTheRush]

You want to post a video with the tapping correct?

[fenderplayer234]

great job, i want that guitar so bad

[jckbac9]

I've heard some other covers, but this is my favorite. its raw, real, and very well played.

[aks73]

Pretty much nailed that.

[TrashedClown]

nice gem

[MrGuitarXX]

I just got into playing music (guitar). it would be really cool if you guys could watch some of my vids comment and rate. you don't have to subscribe but that would be nice. I really would appreciate it if you could! :) thanks everybody!

[thedavezammitproject]

awsome cover

this is the best ive heard besides eddie himself and i dont kid, u havent screwed with it for the sake of 'originality' and i like that.

i gave this solo a shot... i didnt do as well as u :P

what sort of amp u use? i need a new one, the one i got at the moment is a cheapo and theres no tone.

awsome job tho :)

[PaRtYi3r]

why do most people playing this solo have this guitar lol?