the kid is still on fire...

[Anonymous]

This to me is him at his peak. This is nothing but kick ass !

https://youtu.be/A2I0a7EwWa8

 

[Anonymous]

This to me is him at his peak. This is nothing but kick ass !

https://youtu.be/A2I0a7EwWa8

Here's the peak to me:

Steve

 

[mdc1mdc11]

Same solo he's been playing for almost 30 years....

Yeah, you would think it might become routine and perfect after that many years.

 

[mdc1mdc11]

This to me is him at his peak. This is nothing but kick ass !

https://youtu.be/A2I0a7EwWa8

Here's the peak to me:

Steve

Yes, and I was in that audience watching it.

 

[Badronald]

Same solo he's been playing for almost 30 years....

Yeah, you would think it might become routine and perfect after that many years.

He doesn't work 50 hours a week, all he has to do is play guitar. Can't he come up with a couple new parts? Over 30 years?

 

[Anonymous]

I just prefer the live tone from that 5150 tour. SLO ??
Wasn't that when he started using them.

 

[Anonymous]

I just prefer the live tone from that 5150 tour. SLO ??
Wasn't that when he started using them.

Still Marshalls on 5150 tour... Lots of them...

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

This to me is him at his peak. This is nothing but kick ass !

https://youtu.be/A2I0a7EwWa8

Here's the peak to me:

Steve

Yes, and I was in that audience watching it.

I wasn't at that show, but I saw every tour from '79-'84...

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

Really? Sounds like he has a slight more gain, warmer tone. Marshalls and nothing else?

 

[7 Stringer]

I've definitely changed over the years... I can barely sit through 60 seconds of a guitar solo nowadays, let alone 9 mins.

I think the best ever live solo in terms of keeping it interesting, not too long, and full if fireworks was Randy Rhoads. At least the one he did on the Tribute album. I think of that as the best big arena live solos ever.

Rik Emmett from Triumph did a live solo that was like 30 fucking minutes long, it was soooo overdone. Yngwie as great as he is gives you everything he has 100 times over so he even gets boring.

I imagine myself being in a normal person's shoes when the drum or bass solo starts...............time to take a piss.

The suicide solution middle solo was a study for me groing up. Best entertaining solo i heard. Clean, precise and very catchy. Best live Marshall tone i heard too.

That whole album is gold.

Chris

 

[Anonymous]

Really? Sounds like he has a slight more gain, warmer tone. Marshalls and nothing else?

Yup, only Marshalls:

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

I looked it up and saw those pics today also. I guess his signal by that tour was much more processed? Just seems fuller to my ears that the link from largo you posted.

I also thought that I read he used SLO's in the studio during that time?

 

[Anonymous]

I looked it up and saw those pics today also. I guess his signal by that tour was much more processed? Just seems fuller to my ears that the link from largo you posted.

Yup, LOTS more Eventide H3000 harmonizer. Micropitchshifting - -9 cents left, +9 cents right. Then delays set 250ms left, 500 ms right. Lots of dry signal as well. Give an incredibly huge, full tone. Some people like it and some don't...

I also thought that I read he used SLO's in the studio during that time?

Could be, but I thought the SLO was more prevalent on OU812...

Steve

 

[romanianreaper]

I've definitely changed over the years... I can barely sit through 60 seconds of a guitar solo nowadays, let alone 9 mins.

I think the best ever live solo in terms of keeping it interesting, not too long, and full if fireworks was Randy Rhoads. At least the one he did on the Tribute album. I think of that as the best big arena live solos ever.

Rik Emmett from Triumph did a live solo that was like 30 fucking minutes long, it was soooo overdone. Yngwie as great as he is gives you everything he has 100 times over so he even gets boring.

I imagine myself being in a normal person's shoes when the drum or bass solo starts...............time to take a piss.

The suicide solution middle solo was a study for me groing up. Best entertaining solo i heard. Clean, precise and very catchy. Best live Marshall tone i heard too.

That whole album is gold.

Chris

I actually teared up the first time I heard that solo. It literally made my heart hurt.

 

[Racerxrated]

At this point I think VH is going to do what he is known for. His days of innovating on guitar are long gone. He still plays very well live. You can't be young and hungry forever.....

This. Give him a break...he's like 60...

 

[Racerxrated]

I just prefer the live tone from that 5150 tour. SLO ??
Wasn't that when he started using them.

I think he started using SLO before the FUCK album. Then recorded most of the rhythm tracks with it.

 

[Racerxrated]

I've definitely changed over the years... I can barely sit through 60 seconds of a guitar solo nowadays, let alone 9 mins.

I think the best ever live solo in terms of keeping it interesting, not too long, and full if fireworks was Randy Rhoads. At least the one he did on the Tribute album. I think of that as the best big arena live solos ever.

Rik Emmett from Triumph did a live solo that was like 30 fucking minutes long, it was soooo overdone. Yngwie as great as he is gives you everything he has 100 times over so he even gets boring.

I imagine myself being in a normal person's shoes when the drum or bass solo starts...............time to take a piss.

I learned part of Randy's live solo back when I was stationed in South Korea in 87-88. Got up on stage with some DOD band that they used to fly overseas to 'tour' the NCO clubs and played it on set break. I had my solid state Marshall combo and Ibanez Destroyer shipped over lol..

 

[squank]

I've definitely changed over the years... I can barely sit through 60 seconds of a guitar solo nowadays, let alone 9 mins.

I think the best ever live solo in terms of keeping it interesting, not too long, and full if fireworks was Randy Rhoads. At least the one he did on the Tribute album. I think of that as the best big arena live solos ever.

Rik Emmett from Triumph did a live solo that was like 30 fucking minutes long, it was soooo overdone. Yngwie as great as he is gives you everything he has 100 times over so he even gets boring.

I imagine myself being in a normal person's shoes when the drum or bass solo starts...............time to take a piss.

The suicide solution middle solo was a study for me groing up. Best entertaining solo i heard. Clean, precise and very catchy. Best live Marshall tone i heard too.

That whole album is gold.

Chris

Indeed.

 

[Racerxrated]

Really? Sounds like he has a slight more gain, warmer tone. Marshalls and nothing else?

Yup, only Marshalls:

Steve

Awesome. But wow..EVH had a mullet! Ahh the 80s...

 

[Anonymous]

Really? Sounds like he has a slight more gain, warmer tone. Marshalls and nothing else?

Yup, only Marshalls:

Steve

Awesome. But wow..EVH had a mullet! Ahh the 80s...

At least it wasn't a skullet!

Steve