I’m The One (cover) - Van Halen by Martin Smith

Paying respects to our dearly-departed, all-time Legend Edward Van Halen, with a cover of ‘I’m The One’ from the album VH1.

@DavidBrayAmps
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Big thanks to the amazing community of Van Halen freaks out there, including @jegauss @PeteThorn @tone-talk

[wassbot]

this is MENTAL. closest you could get without being eddie himself. well done.

[toneconsultant]

I give props for standing while play too. Social media players usually sit. Standing is oddly way harder so kudos to this chap. He burns too!

[BrettFunkGuitar]

This is absolutely the most difficult Van Halen song to nail.

Great effort. No one but Ed can keep the swing locked at full speed on that song.

You were really close, and the rest was fantastic.

Just watched your Brown Sound video too. Outstanding. You have a new sub.

[Rushan]

Just when you think you’re a decent guitarist, you watch stuff like this.

[DougB]

So glad I happened upon your channel! Stunning, stunning playing! Wow. Thank you!

[marramusic]

Definitely in need of more guitar vids from this channel! Killer playing, tone and execution.

[dspencer]

Dynamite. Just insanely good. Love the Fender, too.

[kimsullivan]

Edward absolutely meant true business. ❤

[fuheroes]

Totally nailed both the playing and tone .

[scottwilcox]

This is one of the hardest, fastest swing riffs ever. Well done just Wow

[GenXSkeptic]

Excellent quality. Tone and feel are spot on. I’m a bit taken back on how your able to connect with the music. A lot of technical guys out there but not so many that have a great touch. Well done.

[gregstraface]

Thank you….this is by far my fav EVH finger work ever n it’s easy to see you enjoy the hell out of it…badass bro!!!

[GearZenChannel]

The swing was a bit off at the start but it sounds like you got it going at 0:39 and forward. The tone is god-tier. The solos and fills were on point. Well done!

[davidbrucemusicvideo]

Holy fucking shit, that was surprisingly amazing! The last guitar solo blew my fucking mind. I couldn’t believe how are you are, dude!

I definitely hit the subscribe button !!

[sirgarence]

Holy moley, where have you been all our lives!? Still, better late than never. More please! It's also heartening to see that you tuck your pinky under the neck when playing two-finger power chords - I thought I was the only one who did that.

[TheCharlesAtoz]

I am not a guitar player, but that was bloody impressive! Eddie is watching and listening. Ooh, I even scared myself!

[shanemiller]

Sakes alive, it's been five minutes since the song ended and my feet are still moving. Did you do that in one take?

[AndyDion]

Killer playing and nailed that brown sound 🤘

[o.w.dobbins]

Best cover I’ve seen so far🔥🔥!! That swing is a real tricky one to master but you pretty much nailed it, great work!

[wxfreak]

I had to screen shot you channel at 1.05k subscribers because I think it is going to explode! Thanks for the content, you have nailed the tone and feel of EVH.