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Kevin S. posted a comment on the song ALL-INCLUSIVE - 5150 Bundle

Allen I love all your posts/content, especially the fact that you pore over live vids as well to document the actual way Ed played.  I appreciate that the actual riff is "easier" than what Ben was trying to do, what I thought......Read more
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I’ve just completed my “On Fire” transcription and I thought I would share it here with any of you guitar players that are interested. As I always do with my transcriptions, I used all available footage and the raw mic track......Read more
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Kevin S. posted a comment on the song ALL-INCLUSIVE - 5150 Bundle

Dweezil, I know you mentioned that we are coming to the "end" of this great series of podcasts in the one you did recently.  (I second the "Push Comes To Shove" deep-dive, BTW) But I was wondering if you thought about Ben......Read more
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Hi everyone! Most or many of you may already be aware of this, but I thought I’d post it here for those that might have missed it… My pal Greg Renoff did a historic interview with Dweezil’s pal and quantum level engineer......Read more
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Yes indeed I am! I’m a Peterson endorsed artist and they had heard of my research on Ed’s tuning offsets using my Peterson strobe tuners and they approached me. Eventually, they created their “EVH” preset using the tuning......Read more
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Kevin S. posted a comment on the song ALL-INCLUSIVE - 5150 Bundle

Allen's episode was awesome and should make it up to those whose episodes were less of a deep dive.  Looking forward to Pete as well, great stuff. Allen, are you familiar with the "EVH Sweetened" setting on the Peterson......Read more
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Just stumbled upon this gem on YT.  It's Jas Obrecht's first interview with Edward in 1978, what a chance encounter...  just golden.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mID7L1B92vA......Read more
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Wow! Fantastic episode of 'Runnin' With the Dweezil'! I am SO glad that you had Phil X on board. This is PRECISELY the type of stuff that I love about this wonderful podcast and interview style...we hear two guys who love Van......Read more
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Well, while I think it was a good thing that Dweezil finally answers the many comments over here, his email brings nothing new, and I'm sorry but still isn't answering specifics questions like: 1) Fractal presets?? 2)......Read more
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Wow-I paid $3. per episode for stuff I would have given my left nut for when I was 10. Epic content ! If I never hear another second of interviews, what I have heard confirmed the genius of Ed Thank you Dweezil!!  ......Read more
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Hi Kenny, I hear you. I'm sorry you didn't enjoy the 1984 episode. I always try my best with all of my guests to bring out different perspectives about Edward Van Halen and Van Halen's musical influence on my guests. It's......Read more
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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......Read more
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Hi James, You didn't miss anything. The new episode is coming along. It requires some very tedious editing to remove delayed audio caused by zoom. I have to make edits every couple of seconds throughout an entire 2 hour......Read more
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I hate to add more wishes to the wishlist, but this video made by Ben Eller a few days after Eddie's death is great.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krHLP-DN1OYHe'd be an interesting and knowledgeable interview as well, I......Read more
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Kevin S. posted a comment on the song ALL-INCLUSIVE - 5150 Bundle

Just listening to the bonus episode with Greg.  I have mentioned before that "Push Comes to Shove" is my favorite solo, too.  And that story from Don Landee about the 3 takes is amazingly cool.  It makes me wonder if the fact......Read more
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Speaking of Wolfie ... the stuff he's putting out is so impressive.  His song writing is really solid ... his vocals are great (I appreciate them much more for the stuff he is doing as opposed to trying to fill in the Michael......Read more
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Dweezil !!!  Please do not buckle to any perceived 'pressure' of sticking to your originally stated weekly release timeline. Though it may be disappointing for most of us to wait longer than we thought we would have to .........Read more
Kevin S.

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So Dave just forgot the lyric, made something up and they left it in?  Sounds about right.  They were not perfectionists, that's what we love about them.......Read more
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Another great episode! Mark was super cool and was a great guest. Hearing all these great musicians that you bring aboard gush over Edward is so heartwarming. Gives me a sense of validation to why I’ve always exclaimed that......Read more
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Finally listened to both Nuno's and Billy's takes on my favorite album Fair Warning. Was so psyched to hear you break down When Push Comes To Shove's solo with Nuno and to learn it's your favorite, too.  Corgan was not as......Read more
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I got a similar emails a couple of days ago.  The one thanking me for the 5150 Package purchase had the "coupon below" message with no coupon. The "coupon" came in another email with the subject line  "Congratulations You've......Read more
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Hi Robert, Sure thing. It has always intended to be a weekly podcast. I had a computer hard drive malfunction a few weeks back that threw off the production schedule, then I got sick which threw it off even more. I've been......Read more
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Hi Kevin, We go pretty deep into "Push Comes To Shove." That's my favorite EVH solo of all time!......Read more
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Haven't even got to the Fair Warning episodes yet, but I can't wait to hear what y'all think of my favorite solo, "When Push Comes To Shove"...to me, it featured everything about his playing at a time BEFORE something like......Read more
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I just got the 5150 package for my birthday.  I feel like I got a box of Godiva chocolates and I am savoring every bite.  A co-worker turned me on to Frank's music in the early 90's (grew up in a strict Christian house,......Read more
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