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05AIN’T TALKIN’ ’BOUT LOVE VAN HALEN

(1978)

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How to turn a basic exercise into a world-conquering anthem

Proving that arpeggio homework can pay off rather handsomely, this early Van Halen track was built around a simple A minor shape, played palm-muted half a step down, and ended up becoming one of their most famous recordings. On the game-changing debut, EVH was using his self-made Frankenstr­at, built out of factory reject parts, then fitted with a 1958 Stat tremolo system and a Gibson ES-335 PAF pickup in the bridge. The swirling effect came courtesy of his MXR Phase 90 before the signal was fed into the late 60s Marshall 1959 Super Lead that was used on all the David Lee Roth-era albums.

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