Tapping Chords with delay, Van Halen style

[RecycleGrinderGuy28]

Thanks for the kind comments here....you all rawk...wish I could tab it for you peeps. Also try using your volume nob to swell into each note, for more cool stuff...."clink"

[Oni64]

Awesome shit!

[ReeferFxhK]

fucking awesome!

[Muwt]

Way cool - kinda like a synth arpeggiator, but with the richer tone of the guitar.

[manontheroad]

this might make me start playing clean more often

[CrusTeek]

great and very effective lesson man, I kinda learned from this, although your playing still sound much better than me, but anyway, thanks a lot!

[kickalion]

old man still rocks

[rickfaw]

Beautiful sound. Magic shit!!

[VicRoseMusic]

I thought it was going to be extra lame but this was amazing!

[RedJimiGuitar]

Dude. I love doing this. the 'women in love" licks especially.

[slashkeifer]

OMG dude... You are a guitar magician..

[waupdood59]

thats sounds so awesome dude good job

[BlizzardRREVH]

Dude.... Your so cool!! You have alot of fun with guitar, anyone can see that. Your positive attitude inspires me alot, rock on man.

[gmick49]

Is that a Jackson your Playing. Very good. I have 87 CHARVEL. I love it..I have a DD6 boss delay,Gotta try your tunes,Good job

[exeter13]

reminds me of U2

[helachienne]

are u sure you didnt play for van halen? ;) ahah

[Burnoutjoe]

this is great!

[XxBlindedGuitaristxX]

How do you tap the chords? Like are you tapping the same notes in the chord with your right hand?

[MonsterZeroo]

@XxBlindedGuitaristxX Yes, just choose a pattern, or melody, and tap it 12 frets higher. Hope that helped. I t takes a lot of noodling to figure out, but once you get it....bingo.

[XxBlindedGuitaristxX]

@MonsterZeroo Hey that helped a lot! This is a really cool technique, thanks a lot man.

[sam2power]

Thank you very nice!!!

[balvarines]

can you tell me what chords your using?

[RickBlacker]

Hey, that was great!!! Going to play with that idea when I get home from work tonight.

[Btufty]

Whats The Chord prgression :)

[Sivels]

@Btufty use your ears

[joanim]

Wow! That is fucking amazing!

[Rich4rdiez]

/watch?v=ovpqrUGv9Ko

[geetar72]

Clean!!

[olekt1000]

Amazing:)

[TallonIV776V]

Please record a song using this progression!  I'll buy it.

[adfrocker133]

tabs pleassee!! this is beautiful

[jamess1282]

@adfrocker133 you honestly expect to learn this from tabs..? Think..

[LoGjustin]

@adfrocker133 If you can't learn something like this from just watching the video, you probably aren't good enough to play it yet, even though it is pretty simple. No offense.

[MonsterZeroo]

@adfrocker133 Wish i could tab it bro...just goof around with it...you will get it.

CHEERS!

rog

[keropiboy]

really nice sound reminds me of jennyfer batten

[LordVaderPOR]

WOW O_O Amazing

[Ploatic]

That sounded beautiful man, just beautiful. And you sound very down to earth, cheers for a great video!

[popstotexas]

This is pretty cool and fun!

[AtanasL]

holy mother F**K that was awesome

[RustyCage667]

this is great man !!!!!!!!!!

[Ghostman7777]

Sounds very 80's. Very nice dude.

[nic4423]

Awesomeness!

[benyeh01]

so cool, awsumness 5000

[Bodomguitarshredder]

Dude, that was really cool! Thanks a lot for posting this video! That technique sounds amazing.

[MonsterZeroo]

Thanks all for the kind comments....have fun with this.

CHEERS!

[008xtreme]

Holy christ.

[xIDEViLDRiVERIx]

Sweet man who thinks of shit like that lol

[Allarich75]

Dude you are awesome!

That´s cool.

Thanks man.

[TheSirdraven]

Anymore videos?. Thats awesome.

[lilbfeo]

nice way to make music for commercial's

[stratomaster41]

ahhhh I was wondering how threat signal did it in A New Beginning...Thanks man! Kickass video!

[Octane2009]

that. is. sick. man!

[AflameBeforeLong]

some sublime tunes

[MonsterZeroo]

Thanks so much for the kind words. Hope you have fun with the idea.

[Gavin776]

few questions :)

im looking to get an PR 400 or 1000, should i just for for the 400 and save some money?

are you useing any other petals?

last question, what amp are you useing?

i love this video and i cannot play without delay :)

[MonsterZeroo]

Gavin, and all. Any delay that will give you 360 ms or more will do. Same goes for a bit of reverb, and phase shifting...very light. The 300 on up will get you there.

[airjamin8tor]

@Gavin776 Not to mention, just about any delay pedal will do. It may be a hair slower or faster but you will still get the general effect ;-)

[guitardude969]

That is simply beautiful! I have an rp300 and imma go try that right now. Thanks alot for a cool technique :)

[Wildchild880]

Once again superb video, and that guitar is beutifull. 1986 model, man so much cool stuff came out of 1986 and a jackson sl1 from that year.... that is just legendary

[MonsterZeroo]

Your rt..it's my clone! Dang it you caught me!!!

[zubestr]

sounds like the theme to a cheesy 80's show

[MonsterZeroo]

Thanks all, for great feedback. The fiddle is a Jackson SL1 1986 model. Old like me...cheers!

[hersafox6]

cool what kind of guitar is that plz reply

[jtone20]

Wow! I've a lot of your videos, and I'm just in awe of this one!!!!! So all your doing is tapping the octave? Amazing, all this sounds harder then what it actually is. Your awesome! :)

[KeithCanisius]

VH Style

[TheDragonMF]

wooo it's cool

[lukejin]

this is really cool and inovative!! i love clean chorus with delay, and this video has opned doors, thanx for posting

[JakeyRhoads]

do you think you could do it with an rp250?

[MonsterZeroo]

Yep...just set it up like I show, in more info. Cheers!

[JakeyRhoads]

okay thanks :) do you think youl be posting anymore videos like this soon?

[Epiphonefan]

@MonsterZeroo

Edge would be proud:D

Awesome effects maan

[MaidenPriest420]

sexxii

[guitarislife99]

too bad they discontinued the RPx400. you basically made me want to buy it. great job

[brucewbowser]

Very nice instructional video ! ! !

[frankenstrat25]

i wish i had a delay pedal and a flanger and a phaser i mean EVH used delay on the #1 album u can hear the delay easily on "aint talking bout love" also the phaser and flanger are needed on that too but too young for a job i just gotta wait for christmas then my birthday a few weeks later

[hughlaw1]

daamn that sounded amazing! all your videos have inspired me greatly man :)

[MonsterZeroo]

Thankyou...so much. I hope you can do some cool stuff with the ideas.

[camiloco448]

WOW great!!

You can put the chords please..

Very cool man..

[DionMarinos]

That would go great over some trance stuff .

Sweet idea man

[MonsterZeroo]

Thanks for all the cool comments folks. Check out the info on this vid, for effect help, and settings. CHEERS!

[lyingdead17]

nice george lynch esp in the back. love it, sure it sounds awesome

[bassandguitargreg]

so what kinda delay note is this? eight, dotted eight, quarter....

i would love to do this with my setup (includes DD-20)

[Addiction747]

Cool sound.

And that's a really cool room you got there... just the right ambience to hang out and chill y'know

[escaflowne3]

shit, this sounds beautiful

[serge933]

Wow thats so great! going to try this out today. Great video and playing.

[BlackWolfgang70]

great ! you play very well the guitar ! 5 stars !

[EricGlassMusic]

ohhhh Women in Love.... nice tone brah!!

[MonsterZeroo]

HAHA!! Close....but this is NOT VH. Kinda got that feel, indeed. This is the failed VH,lol, my own lame idea. CHEERS! It is, and shall be part of , brush storkes, in song building blocks, in a long forsaken 80's style tunage. Glad it reminds you of a true God in the art. I just share the same colors in the water box. You Eric, are a true writer of epic tunage. "clink"

rog

[mrklenrd]

this video just made me buy the Digitech RPx400, seriously.

[MonsterZeroo]

Thats great. Nice effect unit. Let me know if you need help settin it up...CHEERS!

[metaldisorder1]

You aint to shabby for an ol broken down axe player :-)

I would sing for ya anytime .......Again :-)

[deomartinez77]

That sounded like the kinda thing you hear in a Genisis song. That was very cool. 5stars

[FranciscoTheGreat]

that is amazing. i didn't realize you could do things like that with delay. wen u tap, ur tapping each chord notes octave?

[MonsterZeroo]

Yes...CHEERS!

[Stopfollowingme646]

DUDE THIS IS BRILLIANT

[sexyduck69]

that is savage

[deathrider7777]

you are the best man!

[magicchief66]

thats awesome man!

[ebealienhead]

Brilliant! i used to mess with "Cathedral" years ago....this is so cool, i have to try it again...thanks for the inspiration! 5starz

[jazzpsalti]

dotted quarter delay is the coolest ever... my tune binary star is the only song I've used delay on so far... and I am going to town with harmonics on it... harmonics with delay just kick ass

[jazzpsalti]

cool idea man!!!! Maybe we'll use this for our fingerstyle band!!!

[MonsterZeroo]

We shall me friend!!

[cinquade]

That sounded so cool, Im going to go try this now

[visiting31]

That sounds awesome (kind of reminds me of the theme in Zora's Domain in Zelda)

What did you mean by 'tap it on the octave up'? Is that tapping the fret 12 frets above the fretted note?

Thanks man

[MonsterZeroo]

Yep, 12 frets above the fretted note. "clink"

[visiting31]

Cheers :p

[MonsterZeroo]

Thanks Dave...and all, you peeps rock. Have fun with this goofy trick...CHEERS!

[popstotexas]

Cheers my friend CLINK!

This one is up on my big screen hehe

Thanks for the photos!

[shredfix1993]

i never even looked at using delay like that thanks!

[duff81]

What chord shape are you tapping out? That sounds really cool.

[supershiva11]

i was looking at the comments for a while, and i thought that was a backing track. I can't believe a guitar can make that awesome sound! It sounds soooo 80's

[firewaterjem]

THAAAT IS SOOOO AMAZINGLY COOOL!!!

God Bless You for sharing it sir.

am gonna try that =D

[Dmaster50394]

can this work on the dp 500?

[MonsterZeroo]

I think you can do this with any delay unit or effects processor. Just set the delay and effect level close to what I show here. Catch the groove...and your in.

[stevierayvirus2]

heey brother...you're sharing a very good musical technique bro...keep it up. and thank you very much!!

[eccentriceivar]

thanks man! this trick sounds really cool! im getting addict to it now...

[MonsterZeroo]

Thats cool bro...."clink"

[eccentriceivar]

alright!! im studying this right now! thanks man!!

[stevethorpeblues]

It's a good thang that I'm so purty... you hogged all the cool guitar licks...... you are the man.....!

[MonsterZeroo]

Come tew think of it yew am's purty.....Steve...and you be's dah man...!

[NathanThorpe]

kick ass!!! I'm going to have to steal this!

[MonsterZeroo]

Nathen!! Dang it....give it back...lol.

[Singlekoil]

Thank-you so much!

Your video helped me crack the delay code. I finally figured out how to create that "cascade" of notes that I was searching for...

Thanks again, great post and great playing!

[Aneurysm22]

amazing

[dennjack1]

really cool

[koppergtr]

you should make more videos all of your videos are really cool

[myworms]

I like this video because a) the performing and explanation are well done, and b) you seem like a decent, friendly person. Also, I've always been a big fan of experimenting with delayed sounds and some of my favorite players work like this. Eric Johnson, Michael Hedges, Steve Hillage, The Edge (obviously), and others. Thanks!

[ibnz93]

van halen women in love intro.sick dude.

[gameoverrf]

I have seen ALOT of people playing guitar / teaching on videos. I have to say, I think this is the greatest thing iv heard. I love sweeping etc but this..so creative just makes you feel at peace when you hear it.

Awesome videos man, please please make more you are great!

[MonsterZeroo]

Thanks, so much X a million. You and others are why I post these goofy vids. This is an intro to a song I wrote, and will be completed soon. I know it sounds like VH...but it's not...trust me..lol. I'm gald it made you feel at peace....thats the meaning of the whole tune coming soon. Use this concept and use it, yourself. Makes my day bro, that you get it...cheers!

[gameoverrf]

Awesome, cant wait to hear the finished song, you'll have to put it somewhere for us to hear / buy it! I will definatly this this technique a go! dont know how well i'll get it down haha, practice makes perfect i guess :) so good.

[MonsterZeroo]

Thanks for all the kewl comments on the vid. I hope you all get some creative ideas from it.

Cheers

[UxNxIxVxExRxSxE]

Very Nice Teacher Showman Ship!! :)

I Think You Teach Better That Most All The Other Guitar Videos Ive Seen,Cause They Talk To Much,,Very Good Work, :)

100* Stars!!

[MonsterZeroo]

Thanks so much...."clink"

[ou23309123]

your awsome

[Drumboy27]

That sounds SAWEEEET

[Tege590]

That's awesome man. Good lesson.

[Soldano88]

Sounds killer bro!I'm a fellow hacker from the 80's too!

[als2rt]

Yeah, well it helps a lot if you have a guitar that was made by GOD! Yes, I have played his guitar. It's AWESOME!

[SpeedMetalSymphony92]

what chords are? i like that sequence, can you tell me please? :D

[daleh717]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

[Tokiohotelmurderer]

nice sound:)

are you taping 12 frets higher than the chord?

[MonsterZeroo]

yes :)

[JustLeigha]

Hey dad found u

my favorite video is u tappin chords. I love your hair too!!

[mattjazz3]

what is that first chordial tapped thing? Van Halen?

[townstra]

Sounds awesome!

[MonsterZeroo]

Thanks for all the kind comments here peeps. I hope I didn't confuse anyone. Play around with differnt ideas and let me know if it helps. CHEERS!! "CLINK"

[LeopardJoy]

Oh that is beautiful!! Thanks for the lesson...

Cheers...erm, CLINK!,

Joy

[screamer4charlotte]

whoa.

[satchbooggy]

thats awesome bro...heres a "clunk"...(i dont drink so the diet pepsi can make a different noise haha)

[TARHEEL67]

Excellent, my friend. Quite effective. 5/5...*click*

Jdub

[MonsterZeroo]

THX me boy.."clink"

[PDXguitarlegend]

Awesome, you really got that down smooth. Don't think I have heard anyone do it better. But I am little distracted by the sexy babe on the couch.

[MonsterZeroo]

Thats nice to say bro. Yep the flyin pig on the couch, is watchen over the noodlen...lol.

[kar98ksniper]

wow dude ,amazing 5/5

cheers

[MonsterZeroo]

CHEERS!

[guitarplayeraustin]

sweet.

[MonsterZeroo]

"CLINK"

[guitarplayeraustin]

whats that mean?

[MonsterZeroo]

The sound of us clanken our beer or wiskey glasses together...CHEERS!

[guitarplayeraustin]

Ohh haha..well then CLINK!