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Hey guys, Jacob Draps here and today I
want to talk about the guitar solo in
Junk. I just decided to revisit the solo
to see if I previously missed uh any
details because I've been playing that
song for a long time, but I like to go
back and find new details and it's just
it's very satisfying when you perfect
something that uh you thought you were
playing right. Turns out I was playing
it completely wrong. It also made me
realize that it's one of the weirdest
and most Van Halen thing that they ever
did. talking about Eddie and Alex. It
just got me thinking how good and
creative Alex and Eddie were. It's
insane to come up with parts like that.
And I'm going to show you exactly what I
mean right now. The first major thing
that I noticed that I was doing wrong is
I was in a completely different tuning.
So Eddie is actually a little bit higher
than half step up on this song. So the
tuning is is uh actually
this. Okay. What made me realize that it
was higher in the tuning is the tapping
part cuz it goes like
this. Okay. So, he's playing open
strings. He's
doing Okay. Uh and you can't do that any
other way. It's impossible. You have to
tap
here, which is just not possible. He's
definitely doing
that. So, it has to be open strings.
I've never seen anyone play that part,
right? It's just one of these one-time
licks that he just randomly did on the
song, but never really really played it
again. And even live, he was playing it
in a different tuning, so he never
played it like on the record. I'm going
to take it from the top. It starts on
the 17th fret on the E string here.
That's the first lick. Very bluesy,
really tasty and and soulful and just
great. And then the second
lick, very vanalening thing to do to
repeat the
harmonic like that. Okay.
So, okay, he's hitting that note
twice, like that. And then the tapping
part goes like
this. Goes up, right after the tapping
part.
The next lick is another one that's
completely unorthodox and different and
something that only Eddie would do
because it makes absolutely no sense to
come up with something like that, but
somehow it sounds amazing on the
record. That's what's happening
there. Who would do something like that?
Who would think about a lick like that?
It makes perfect sense in the song. It's
just not something that you would play
or come up with, but he did. The final
lick is a typical Van Halen lick.
Uh, okay. So, you just go up the strings
in the same position. You stay on the
14th fret
here. Usually, he plays that lick with
the triplet picking pattern like this.
But this time it's full
legato. So you just want to pick the
first note of each run. Basically that's
how he plays the solo and jump. So what
I'm using is a Gibson Flying V Marshall
Super Lead 1959 HW handwired. And then
I'm using the cab simulator from the
Oxbox with greenbacks and SM57s. Okay.
So, we're going to listen to the drum
tracks that are playing underneath the
solo and the keyboards. Also, to come up
with something like this is absolutely
unreal. It's insane. It's insane. Just
listen to that. Listen to that
drums. Crazy.
It's insane to play something like this
in a pop song with a solo like that. I
mean, that's that's insane. It's
insanely good musicianship and creative
and unique and unorthodox. I mean, it's
pure signature Van Halen. There's no one
else that would do something like this.
No one would think about something like
this except the Van Halen brothers. And
that that snare sound. I mean, that's
fantastic snare sound. It really
showcases the Van Halen musician
Now, we're going to check out the
keyboards. There's a mistake right
there. Okay. Okay. So, I don't know if
you noticed, but there's actually a
mistake in the recording and they left
it right there. Um, right in the middle
of the solo when he's changing octave.
He's going
down. Right there.
The musicianship is unreal when you
listen to that. I mean, this song really
is some of the most creative and
signature Van Halen stuff they ever did.
This song can really touch anyone cuz
it's catchy, it's a pop song, it's easy
to listen to, but then you have absolute
musicianship in the guitar solo, the
keyboard solo, the drums. Just it blows
me away. Let me know your thoughts in
the comments and if there's any other
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enjoyed. See you next time.
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