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  1. 05-20-2004, 11:01 PM #1
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    The Top Jimmy rumor

    People have said for years that the reason VAN HALEN never performed "Top Jimmy" live is because Ed almost got shocked to death recording the song. I can't remember the exact details, but everything I hear is about Landee leaving a lamp unplugged or something. Anyone got the lowdown?
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  2. 05-23-2004, 05:32 AM #2
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    So thats how he got those harmonics !!
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    LOL!!!

    Too bad he didn't die, we would have never had this Van Hagar bullshit and Eddie couldn't have ruined his own life and career the way he has...
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  4. 10-24-2005, 01:04 AM #4
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    I would guess it had to do with guitar tunings.... top jimmy requires different tunings IIRC
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  5. 10-24-2005, 01:29 AM #5
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    Originally posted by Crops
    I would guess it had to do with guitar tunings.... top jimmy requires different tunings IIRC
    He could have just had a guitar for that one song though.

    It was recorded on a stereo guitar...that may have had a little to do with it too.
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  6. 10-24-2005, 01:35 AM #6
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    That's right.... stereo...w/ an early Kramer ripley?
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  7. 10-24-2005, 01:49 AM #7
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    Thats it...
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    Or maybe this one...it looks dangerous.
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    Originally posted by Big Fat Sammy
    Or maybe this one...it looks dangerous.
    LOL...it looks like ed was much too hammered on stage to use all the switches and knobs properly...
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  10. 11-02-2005, 07:36 PM #10
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    Originally posted by Big Fat Sammy
    Or maybe this one...it looks dangerous.


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  11. 11-06-2005, 06:15 PM #11
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  12. 06-05-2007, 01:17 PM #12
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    Cool

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOobTjD7ecc
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    ha funny video
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    Pretty damn funny!

    Pretty damn good too!
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    Originally posted by binnie


    Pretty damn funny!

    Pretty damn good too!
    If the pinball machine is part of his effects board, that dude's got alot of gear to haul around!!
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  16. 06-05-2007, 08:46 PM #16
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    Originally posted by rustoffa
    If the pinball machine is part of his effects board, that dude's got alot of gear to haul around!!
    LMFAO!!!!!!!!!
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    Originally posted by rustoffa
    If the pinball machine is part of his effects board, that dude's got alot of gear to haul around!!
    So, does that mean he gets a replay whenever he plays the solos right?
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    Originally posted by Coyote
    So, does that mean he gets a replay whenever he plays the solos right?
    Not at all, it doesn't mean anything!! You know, now that I think about it, and if that pinball machine is old? The dude could slap a fusible link between his delay, and all the bumper circuits on the pinball machine, and send the entire rotating cast of King Crimson, and himself, to a shallow grave!!!
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    Originally posted by Golden AWe
    LOL!!!

    Too bad he didn't die, we would have never had this Van Hagar bullshit and Eddie couldn't have ruined his own life and career the way he has...
    True that. Had he died suddenly in 1985, he'd be considered one of the top five guitarists to ever walk the planet and he'd been utterly fucking revered today as a genius of the instrument...the whole Jimi/Randy reverence would apply, essentially...

    Of course, he's given us all so many reasons to avoid those sort of comparisons over the years...
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    Originally posted by Big Fat Sammy
    He could have just had a guitar for that one song though.

    It was recorded on a stereo guitar...that may have had a little to do with it too.
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