Elephant Whammy Trick ala' Eddie Van Halen JSX

[MrAppolo777]

Monster Guitar. Us Strat with Floyd Rose and Buckers it looks Superb. . . .

[monta72]

"a doll's eyes..."

[BFahz]

@monta72 LOL it seems I may not have had a soul that day.

[monta72]

@BFahz hahaha! nice work though.

[sewerrat18]

SHIT I had my volume up full and that thing scared the shit otu me!!! D*:

anyways,good...

[BFahz]

@sewerrat18 LOL thats hilarious!

[reynawhill]

how sad. :)

[gwrAr67]

where did u get the replica from??? thats the perfect price for a van halen guitar im going to get... btw do u have any ibanez jems or ibanez guitars?

[BFahz]

@gwrAr67 Do a search for Meanstreet guitars. He makes custom replica Frankies, and they are perfect IMO. He has some pics posted of my actual guitar on his site. His guitar (Mitchel, the luthier) plays better than any of my guitars... tell him Brett sent ya.

No Ibanez guitars here, never been a fan of the tone.

[gwrAr67]

ur faceless expression plus the 2nd time u tried to do the sound was so funny i always laugh everytime i see it... btw nice strat u should think about getting a van halen strat

[BFahz]

@gwrAr67 LOL thanks bro. Actually, I just got a new Mean Streets custom Frankstrat, with a SD '78 pup in it. I will post soon, but it is the nicest sounding and best playing guitar I have. A replica for $1600. Not too bad...

[0AllForNaught0]

Lol - those are the same harmonics I use in my Spaceman song (the first three) the way those harmonic notes mesh makes some unique frequencies.

[Humanius93]

u look kinda deppresed :< Common smile man smile :'D

[mezol1zee]

he cant talk. lol

[guijam94]

google "van halen unleashed part three" and watch at 7:30. actrually all three are cool

[SplitHoof]

Smile dude...life is good...so are Elephant sounds...

[ezequieldavid]

If I heard the Elephant Whammy Trick in the middle of the night I'd probably shit myself

[Paloupaz]

Lmao, "although you wouldn't say that by my faceless expression" :")

[Nonchiie]

actually its doable with a fender-type trem, but you cant go a high :) I have tried. but be careful wtih high he, tends to break :)

[bslz65]

Hey man, i want to put a floyd on my fender strat. do u know if its a good choice cuz im trying to make an iron maiden-ish style strat. does it have bad sound? rite me back man. i wud appreciate it

[BFahz]

I would not put a Floyd on a Fender that is not designed for a Floyd. All of my Fenders with Floyds were built that way. Go on eBay and look for Floyd Rose Fender strats.... you wil have to get one used, but that is the way to go IMO.

[bslz65]

can i like order one from fender or something?

[guitarzan7898]

@bslz65

actually if you want a floyd on your guitar, you can have a proffesional luthier to put it on. I had that done to my strat and I can dive bomb all day!

[skategio23]

that sounds scary dude lol

[BFahz]

Ill pass your comments along to sir Edward Van Halen:)

[country123424]

6th E or 1st E

[X3MUSEWOOO]

have a look at the video you idiot he's doing it

[avenged95]

Wow -.-''

[Hardbandit]

You dont look to happy

[DrewFloyd]

Dude, add the harmonic on the fourth fret of the E string, and the fifth fret on A and d, and do that pattern. cause i remember seein eddie do it that Way from E to e Int he unleashed video, Sounded a bit more fuller . Just a tip

[oreoburrito]

how beast is this guy?? how FUCKING beast is him??!!!!! ur awsome!!!!!

[BFahz]

lol thanks (i think).

[firepenguin414]

whats that black thing on the bridge

[BFahz]

you mean the tuning pegs on the Floyd Rose trem?

[firepenguin414]

yea

[BFahz]

Old school Floyd Rose...

[matthewcross]

Thanks for this nice concise tip! sounds great!

[Kaaawa2000]

Sounds more like a choo-choo train. 

Just my opinion: you need to copy Louis Armstrong more and "speak through you're instrument".

It doesn't seem like you're doing that, but I'm sure you can.

Playing a piano shouldn't be like playing a typewriter, you need to add feel like Disney added to Mickey!

[jryan123]

Geez listen to his eruption track, or any other for that matter. Don't judge by this one single video... lol

[Sp4Rk3x3]

In my opinion best is only use harmonics on 5-th fret D string, and 7-th fret G string.

[heartagram112894]

dude when the first "elephant" was produced my cat jump so high she hit her head on the table

[BFahz]

LOL thats hilarious!

[heartagram112894]

it even jumped alittle

[FloydRoseDiscovery]

Its will sound better if you didn't hit the harmonic on the 12 fret. and if you turned the volume and the floyd rose up slower.

[BFahz]

But thats not the way Ed played it...

[FloydRoseDiscovery]

Yeah I know but it sounds a whole lot better.

Could try it at least and let me know how you like it?

[aguascarnal]

If you have a sucky job, then you found the best therapy. If not,then tell us where you are and we will come get you.

[firefd3]

Yeah bud you look pritty depressed must be a sucky job lol I know how ya feel Cool sound though might have to try that out.

[CantaloupePeople]

are you being forced to do this video?

[BFahz]

If you look closely to the left, you can see the guy with the gun - "Make elephant noises with your guitar or else!".

This was upon request, and I did it right after I got home from work. I was feeling numb more than anything else...

[turdios]

lol

[Bambi32D]

You look like someone was forcing you to do this LOL.

[xLesPaulGibsonx]

just watch how he looks at you when he does it

[BFahz]

LOL I just got off work when I recorded this.  Must have been a bad day!

[xLesPaulGibsonx]

lol i know what you mean

[jaijai8]

I KNO LOL

[Matt123ttam]

thats in guitar player

[Goump1295]

ROFL

[ede09]

You don't need a free floating trem.

Eddie doesn't have one at all. You depress the whammy bar further down towards the guitar, that way you dont need to pull up and damage your strings.

[BFahz]

I have a locked trem, and the free floating sounds better. Eddie at one time did use the free floating trem....

[djjiles]

Good job man.

Herman Li does a really good version of this too.

search for the video game effect video dragonforce.

[IamTheRedneck]

Holy crap dude where did u get that awesome guitar???

[BFahz]

Its a Made in Japan Hot Rod Floyd Rose strat, they dont make em any more. Found this one on eBay.

[TheOCDan]

I have one too. Bought it in '94. Great combo: Fender & Floyd. I'll never get rid of it.

[BFahz]

Made in Japan too? Made from basswood? To me they sound like a Peavey Wolfgang.

[thatemokid24]

dont compare ANYTHING to eddie

(not that you were)

[BFahz]

man just recognizing the master...

[thatemokid24]

i know i know i wasnt trying to be a dick or anything

great playin

[BFahz]

didnt take it as that. Thanks bro!

[thatemokid24]

coo

[rushdown24]

cheers 4 that mate thats quite simple good job

[AnfoMerc]

Coolness! I remember freaking when I first saw Eddie do that.

[PDXguitarlegend]

Well, I guess if you made one of those "O" faces while doing it, it would have been better, hahahaha. I know, you are saving the posing for me.

[PDXguitarlegend]

Bravo, that is the best tutorial I have seen yet on that.

[paulscape72]

Cool man! We should do a 'rainforest' sound effects on guitar collab ;)

[TuskerKevin]

Nice, but smile a little... :-)

[BFahz]

LOL this is my "i am serious about my elephant sounds" look...

[evhfan17]

nice job man, yea i did that at the end of my cathedral video, the noodling titled one, it really turns heads!