Originally Posted by: RedZepIn the middle, as in, I actually had the guitar in my hands when I wrote that post.

You can learn Jimi in half an hour to an hour, eh? I want an MP3 of "Castles Made of Sand", you playing it of course. Is two hours too soon?

Went and had a listen to Eruption again. As soon as the strat is out of the shop, (say two weeks or so), I'll set forth to learn that song, and then i'll video record it, and post it, sound cool to you? Of course, you'll have to give me 1 week from the day I get my strat back to learn it, but i'll have it done earlier as my friends tell me, but say a week just to polish off that nice tapping thing Eddie has going on, which I've never done before.

I love it when people challenge me to play songs that are the genre of music I like, because even if I don't like the song in general, I'll learn whatever anyway. Proving people wrong is so much fun. :rolleyes:

BTW, "Cumming on the guitar" is my expression for doing really fast randomness that sounds good and feels good, makes sense doesn't it? ;)

RedZep

First you said your guitar was in the shop, but now it was in your hands?
Which was it? In the shop or in your hands? Or were you in the shop with it in your hands writing the post? I'm confused. :confused:

As far as Castles in the Sand, I learned that when I was a teenager and it took me much longer than an hour. If I were to learn it now (if I hadn't learned it before) it would probably take a an hour.

While two handed hammer-ons are the main feature of Eruption, it's the easiest part of it. You've never even done them before and you're going to mimic the master of them?!
I would LOVE to hear you play Eruption note for note, as it's played on "Van Halen 1" (not the mp3 schmannge posted;Eruption was done on the first take.) Take 18 sounds like it may have been recorded after Eddie had 18 beers. I'll give ya a month, sound fair?

All apologies if you prove me wrong. But you won't.

Good Luck!