MasterThatRiff! 43 - Van Halen "Runnin' With The Devil"

[Leesherwood]

I believe Eddie recorded this song using an Ibanez Destroyer. In the beginning of the song when this guy is playing on the other side of the nut, Eddie's actually playing it on the other end of the guitar, on the bridge side, but the guitar in this video doesn't have the correct style bridge for that effect to sound similar.

[wrabit79]

@Leesherwood nah..he used a les les paul

[SDPickups]

Thankyou very much, what a time saver to have someone show us how to do it right....

[stone314687]

nice...very helpful, thank you sir

[jhep1]

Ive just been reading that EVH used to slightly detune his B string flat for this song to get past the limitations of standard intonation so that the chords are in tune higher up the neck. see metroamp com thread for details. wouldnt let me insert the link

[friskyisfat]

HOLY ACCENT! Please record a video saying 'me dads a striker for arsenal and I like to eat crumpets whilst drinking tea'

[mastertheguitar]

lol

TBF It'd be more "Ma da's in prison an' ah 'av a scotch pie wi ma Bru"

;)

[chimpshred]

@mattgsperm Thats pretty far from an Ibanez GIO

[YaoiLover11]

~_~

[mastertheguitar]

@mattgsperm As it says in Vid Info, Suhr Pro Series S3.

[redoscar21]

another awesome lesson

thanks

[andybaddley]

thanks alot man this vid really helped me out

[EAxisVideos]

Could you do a video explaining Scales?

[Ponferrada22]

Where is the hair? Bring back the hair!

[Maddolis]

Gotta say this is one of my favourite riffs ever- it's so damn simple, yet I could listen to it for an hour straight without getting sick of it.

[Dilanadu]

lol really good lesson, your accent keeps the video interesting =p

[HappySmilyGuy]

aw man, RIP the old hair do.

[JayBoge89]

Does he not remind you of Wes Borland like this?? Lmao

[steveinmidtown]

Ed used a Les Paul on the record & did the opening reverse rake from behind the bridge.

[riheg]

Finally a straight up walk through not by a fat teen who dont know what hes doing and w crappy sound.

[gmabilli]

Thanks man, I've been dying to know that riff, and you made it very easy to learn.

[ParagonX1X]

nicejob

[johndennerrocks]

Great job bro!

John Denner

[kyledawg92]

I don't think Eddie had a locking nut to do that sound effect in the beginning when he recorded this song. The Floyd Rose system wasn't even invented at the time I think.

[masondixonrocks]

He had a Floyd... He had one of the first ones. Floyd was making them in his garage at the time...

[sluyt]

He did not in the beginning, later he got a prototype Floyd, but this was on his Strat/Frankenstein/strat guitar. Runnin' with the devil was recorded with this Ibanez destroyer as I posted earlier.

[sluyt]

For your information this song was recorded with the famous Ibanez destroyer wich had a standard bridge. This guitar was later known as the shark guitar cause hacked a chunk out of it to make it look different.

[SparcoRX7]

Fantastic lesson, I've been meaning to learn this riff for YEARS now but your lesson made it totally easy and fun to do. The tabs are also very helpful, and I appreciate the extra effort. I have a question to ask too... is the Legacy combo closed or open back?

[mastertheguitar]

Thanks! The Legacy Combo comes closed back as standard, but that can be removed and currently I'm playing with it open back to reduce the bass thump a little.

[coolfundylan]

Is that quilted or a flame maple?

[mastertheguitar]

Flame.

[debakkertje12]

you have a haircut there~! :D

[guitarfreak141]

Yeah he did lol

[Misaiwin]

Great lesson !! Like always !!! But your haircut !! NOOOOOOOOO !!! Please let long hair !!!!

[johnkoke]

Very helpful!

[GuitarPlayer0213]

omg thanks great lesson

[danny00115]

Awesome vid and awesome haircut =)

50% of the songs i can play are learned from you :D thnak you man and keep on making us happy

[danny00115]

Another great vid man.50% of the songs i can play are learned from you =)

Nice haircut btw =) maes you look younger ;)

[Charedtothebone]

THIS IS INSANE!!!, btw u look so different with the haircut

[hubseltje]

nice job (nice hair too)!

[tosh74]

Happy New Haircut mate

[mastertheguitar]

Hah loving the Hair comments ;).

[sourpips]

nice taste in guitars thx 4 the lesson keep up the good work

[nmfmacgyver]

i bet a women made him do it?

nice stuff otherwise tho

[Pyr0Maniac01]

i want side burns like that lol great lesson again!

[magma9999]

yeah love your hair plz keep it like that xd

[bocianmadwienogi]

Aaaaaaa, wheres your hair? Did you do something from it? Like gloves or socks? xD

[dioXxXtyler]

omg he got haircut NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO he looked so much better before but great lesson man

[bubbleabee]

awesome but dude u shoudlnt of cut ya hair it was mad

[snakemaster7]

dude awsome vid. nice haricut as well :)

[ewoke685]

dude you rule

[theycallmehired]

lol every comment so far was about your haircut except the first. anyways, thanks.

[sk8terkid44]

omfg u got a hair cut !!!! why!

[SomethinWild]

Nay, british hairdressers aren't reliable it seems:D No ofense, man, the video was awesome as always:))

[hawksicken]

dude your hair!!!

[HATECREWrulz123]

Your hair! once again good instructional video.

[transformer1fan]

great vid thanks wow the hair thats crazy i thought you where hippie 4 life lol jk

[fullfatsalad]

He looks like a dog with no fur without his hair =P

Nice vid

[i450]

Hair =O offfffttt

lol

Great lessons =]

Always wanted to play this

Thanks

[Blade686]

You got a haircut eh? Pretty nice.

Nice video too...

[Linkinoe]

nice video! and haircut;P

[tincup90]

another nice video. thanks a lot