End Sequence of Spanish Fly by Van Halen

I recently acquired a webcam so I decided to do a (somewhat crappy, one-take, test-shot) recording of the tendon-snapping finger-tapping sequence from Eduard Lodewijk van Halen's "SPANISH FLY". I took what I consider to be the best licks from the original recording, as well as the '83 and '88 tour solos. Hope you like the compilation lol. The cam kept making weird clicking noises during the recording - sorry about this, but I'm still breaking the thing in lol. Btw, hope you like my cheap rip-off of EVH's Frankenstrat. Nothing special - I literally just put some insulation tape on my own 30th Anniversary Strat. Hopefully, I'll get some more sequences up here soon...in the meantime please let me know what you think, and please be gentle, as this is really more of a sound-check for future videos (which WILL be the dog's bollocks lol XD).

Category:

Music

Tags:

• EVH
• Eddie
• Van
• Halen
• Spanish
• Fly
• Tapping
• Solo

[agustin1193]

duuude you fucking rock

how old are you you look like 16

and that playing is good even for a 40 year old

srry 4 the craapy english i speak spanish xD

KICK ASS TAPPING!!

[Candystripedshredder]

Thanks mate!

I was 17 when I made this video - if you like this, please go see my other one "Hyperuption". I think it's much better than this lol! XD

Cheers for the comment, and for the record, your English is very good - trust me, I'm an English teacher haha!

[ghettochild135]

not to shabby, just keep practicing.. And get a new guitar. you owe yourself one. it would definatly sound better on a better guitar / amp.

[Candystripedshredder]

Thanks for the post mate.

Regarding a new guitar, I always liked the look and feel of this, my first one, but then just this morning my gran dropped a kickass ornament on the body and it's kinda shattered the paintjob lol.

Maaaybe you're right - could be time to get a new one! XD

[acdcballer]

haha NEWSFLASH!!! obviously you should shut YOUR trap because obviously you CANT TAP YOURSELF!!!! lol

[Candystripedshredder]

Well, I'd sooner listen to the above praises of all the REAL guitarists who actually know what they're talking about than the jealous needlings of some repressed piss-ant who couldn't tell one end of a guitar from the other. Have a wonderful day, I'm off to the Fringe Festival.

[sonicmann101]

this sounds like the ending version from eddies live tour in the 80s, am i right?

[wratchit]

@ghettochild135 i agree

[blasphemerholocaust]

dude you playing that cover like evh xD do you have the tab ?

greetings

and sorry for my shit english xD

[lidesnowi]

Use your ears. Tabs are always wrong and incorrect.

[yadhiebusra]

you rock..good job man !!!

[Guitarwannabee]

Good Job, I liked that you played it clean & you played the Live version...Nice...GW

[thojyout23]

im pretty sure hes ripping it apart cuase you could see the frankenstrat unfinished!

[Zoso7227]

how do you have a squier

lol

[tymeisterflex]

that was awesome, i like how you compiled some of his live playings of it, would love to see the tabs

[CACM95]

can i have the tabs to that part?