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Post by nitrobattery on Oct 11, 2020 14:56:28 GMT -5
I've just been super bummed all week. Tuesday felt like getting punched in the stomach, and I had a lump in my throat all day. Diver Down was the second cassette tape I ever owned, and I totally wore it out within the first 6 months. The first concert I ever saw as a kid was Van Halen. For the past 20 years I've been able to carve out a living working in/managing music stores, teaching in music schools and lesson studios, and working as a guitar repair guy. None of that would've been possible without Ed. The Frankenstein guitar was what inspired me to rip apart my old Memphis Strat when I was 12 and figure out how to put it back together. Just absolutely gutted. I thought I'd turn everything up way too loud in his honor and hack my way through one of my favorite tunes.
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Post by briman on Oct 11, 2020 15:09:17 GMT -5
Hey Juan, yeah i feel the same way. Just can't beleive it. I have been in the dumps since hearing the bad news. I have been tearing apart guitars and building partscastors or super strats since i was 16 because of Ed. He was literally my idol since i was 13. I am now 49 so it is really hard to digest his passing.
Another player that i really liked was Vito Bratta who was heavily influenced by Ed but had really beautiful melodic touch to his playing. Unfortunately he gave up guitar all together.
I am a subscriber on your YouTube chanel. Keep up the great work!
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Post by nitrobattery on Oct 11, 2020 20:28:18 GMT -5
Hey Juan, yeah i feel the same way. Just can't beleive it. I have been in the dumps since hearing the bad news. I have been tearing apart guitars and building partscastors or super strats since i was 16 because of Ed. He was literally my idol since i was 13. I am now 49 so it is really hard to digest his passing. Another player that i really liked was Vito Bratta who was heavily influenced by Ed but had really beautiful melodic touch to his playing. Unfortunately he gave up guitar all together. I am a subscriber on your YouTube chanel. Keep up the great work! The silver lining in all of this, is that Ed may have just changed the future of rock'n'roll yet again. It was such a catastrophic loss, that young kids everywhere took notice. I teach guitar lessons through a music school (currently from home via Zoom) and I taught more Van Halen this past week than I have all year. Kids are hearing Eruption for the first time and it's completely blowing their mind. The future of rock looks bright. May he inspire a whole new generation. |
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Post by briman on Oct 11, 2020 20:31:58 GMT -5
Wow that would be awesome! I sure hope it happens! Great to hear young generation getting into VH! We really are lucky to have been on this earth the same time as him!!
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Post by cvogue on Oct 13, 2020 0:09:31 GMT -5
I've just been super bummed all week. Tuesday felt like getting punched in the stomach, and I had a lump in my throat all day. Diver Down was the second cassette tape I ever owned, and I totally wore it out within the first 6 months. The first concert I ever saw as a kid was Van Halen. For the past 20 years I've been able to carve out a living working in/managing music stores, teaching in music schools and lesson studios, and working as a guitar repair guy. None of that would've been possible without Ed. The Frankenstein guitar was what inspired me to rip apart my old Memphis Strat when I was 12 and figure out how to put it back together. Just absolutely gutted. I thought I'd turn everything up way too loud in his honor and hack my way through one of my favorite tunes. Nice work man! Yeah I hear you, it's just been kind of surreal since I heard the news... |
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