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Dweezil—a sincere thanks to you for making this amazing podcast. I know a lot of us are more than eager to hear the next episode, I myself have been checking daily to see if Joe’s episode has been posted.  I found myself starting to get frustrated that it’s taken so long—but then I stopped and realized that my eagerness is a testament to how amazing this podcast really is and that I am beyond grateful for what you are doing here. The Van Halen fans around the world appreciate this wholeheartedly and thank you profusely.

I know that there have been audio issues with this episode, and that you’ve got a personal life and other things going on — so while we wait, I personally am re-listening to your previously released episodes, cranking the VH on vinyl and am listening to Wax Audio’s excellent podcast episode on Van Halen, talking about the rare and unreleased tunes (highly recommended, btw).

So please, take your time...but hurry up!   Thank you so much for everything!

This series started so well.
Steve, Paul (what a greeat guy), Blues, Nuno, they were all very interesting.

I had high hopes for the 1984 episode.
I mean, 1984, 'need I say more?
Man, what a deception...

First, a 20 minutes presentation of Jennifer Batten.
Great player, but no offenses, this is not what I pay for.
And after that, Jennifer "returned the favor" by becoming a Dweezil groupie for an hour and a half.
I think 1984 deserved more than this...

Since then, I've completly lost hope.
And with more than three months since the last episode, and counting, well, what can I say.
It is indeed 5150 ($51.50???) time...

It’snow been over 3 months since the last episode. Will we see the next episode before the end of the year?

Any updates on the Satriani episode?  Love all the episodes..  missing my fix!. Thanks

Puddin' pie banana!

Hi Dweezil!  Hope you're well.  

I think in an episode you said that you were experimenting with thin picks.  Just wondering, what thin picks are you using at the moment?  What material and gauge are they?  

Thanks!

Have the modeling presets been created yet? 

had this quote for years. never fails me

I don't know if it's the song that Sammy said he borrowed from but Cabo reminds me a lot of "Make It Last" from the first Montrose album...

Hi Dweezil,

I don't know if you will read this, but I just want to say Confessions is one of the greatest records ever. I must have listened to it 5000 times. I recently sat down and figured out a bunch of the songs and it made me love it even more. It's mind blowing you + Nuno were so young when you made that album. We are around the same age and that one has been with me ever since it came out. Please consider doing a vinyl release someday.

Also, Purple Guitar has some of the best guitar tone ever. Did you play that on a mini guitar, by any chance? Something seems slightly "off" when I try to figure it out.

Thanks for everything through the years. God bless you and everyone in this comment section. 

-Lian

Hi Everyone,

Just letting you know that I haven't forgotten about all of you in this community. I've struggled with the Joe Satriani edit because of audio anomalies. I'm finally in the home stretch on the episode. So much has happened as of late as well. Mostly very good things! The one not good thing is that my dog has been very ill for the last week and finally has started to improve. Happy Halloween, by the way!

There is a version of Ain't Talkin Bout Love on the first pressing of Best Of . . Volume 1 where the arrangement has been chopped and placed out of sequence.  It's been awhile since I heard it bit I think the bride, solo and second verse are mixed up. Does anyone remember this and/or why this happened?

Dweezil, thank you for putting this podcast together.  I get totally immersed with each episode and it's a bummer when they're over.  On the latest podcast when you and James Valentine talk about OU812, not much is mentioned of the time between 5150 and OU812. The band toured the 5150 album and then Eddie worked with Sammy on his solo album.  And, I read an interview with Michael Anthony where he said Eddie was playing more keyboards than guitar around this time.  I really enjoyed Sammy's solo album from 1987, I Never Said Goodbye,  which I believe got it's title from an MTV contest.  Ed plays some very cool, slippery,  funky bass and unlike OU812, you can hear bass in the mix. And, Eddie's guitar playing on the last track is icing on the cake. When OU812 came out in May, 1988, I played that album over and over that entire summer.  It was a Van Halen album . . EVERY Van Halen should be played over and over. But, as the podcast revealed,  it wasn't a huge leap forward on the lyrical side and a few of the guitar parts were conservative compared to earlier recordings.  Could this album have benefitted from more writing time? Did they have a time restraint getting the album out in time for the Monsters Of Rock tour? 

I have been re-listening to the episodes because enough time has passed and in the Paul Gilbert episode Paul was asking you what the "familiar disco bass line" (around 22:10 in) and I think the song Paul's looking for is "Shining Star" by Earth Wind and Fire.

Hope all is well with everyone ( you to dweez).  All the podcasts have been insanely entertaining and enlightening. A true testament to Eddie and even your relationship and insight into his overall musicianship. 

Dweezil, when you were talking with James Valentine about when he saw Sammy Hagar perform at Cabo Wabo, you mentioned how it was probably with The Circle since it wasn't with Van Halen. For some deep reason, I got the immediate feeling it was Sammy Hagar and The Waboritas which was his long standing band BEFORE The Circle.

Also, with VH's song, SOURCE OF INFECTION, my take away from the lyrics is that Sammy is going all in with a lady sensually and sexually and he's falling deep in LOVE and that his source of infection is her when it comes to that L-O-V-E. He's been infected with LOVE and she's the source of that infection. Matter of fact, the lady's actual name that Sammy is having a blast with is probably literally "LOVE". Pretty ingenious and fun lyrics. 

I thought I’d share a couple of very low-tech iPhone videos I made yesterday and today where I try to explain Eddie’s use of tuning offsets throughout the catalog and live. I also go through how to download these offsets straight to any Peterson Strobo HD series strobe tuner and how to tune to any individual Van Halen recording that I’ve notated and shared a tuning offset for on the Peterson website. 

Please excuse my totally inept videos…hopefully they can be of some help in some way to anyone that’s interested in learning more about how Eddie tuned his guitars!

https://youtu.be/M0iCPW3tO_A

https://youtu.be/BfXGV_Tj-2E

Hello! New member and I'm enjoying the episodes very much. I have a question and I don't see any way to search the forum, so... can anyone tell me how to access the Axe-FX presets referred to in the "marketing" material? Thanks,

Karsten

Question: 

How do I get the presets for Kemper and Helix? I purchased the 5150 bundle and I cant seem to locate them.

LOVE this, BTW. Such a fantastic place, with great interviews and insight to the most influential rock guitarist ever. Thank you, Dweezil for bringing these stories and artist perspectives to the world! 

Hi Guys, how often do new episodes come out? I’ve been stuck on the James Valentine episode for a few weeks now.