Van Halen | Pleasure Dome | Guitar Cover

I recorded my version of the classic Van Halen Pleasure Dome song from their For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge album.

There are no guitars from the original recording in this mix.

#evh #vanhalen #vanhalencover #eddievanhalen

℗ 1991 Warner Records Inc.

My gear
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Guitar - EVH Wolfgang Special 2016
Pickups - Pariah Pasadena Series "White"
Amp - Kemper Profiler

Thanks to Van Halen for writing this great song and thanks to Eddie for inspiring guitarists around the world.

[chrisp]

I take my hat off to you sir. That was amazing!🎸

[Threbasementguitarist]

I've found that the more I you work on Eddie's song's the more I realize that I'm on the right track with my own style and method. Not saying I'm even remotely on Eddie's level, just that I just start noodling with no pressure like some of the videos of Eddie in the studio and a riff will start and I'm off to the races. My music is etched with many influences from my teen years. I'm self taught but was always stifled at my limited ability when I was a teenager. Now at 53 going on 54 and writhing (with my phone and Presonus program as I can't read or actually write music) my own music for the last 6yrs. I truly appreciate your abilities and can't wait to see more !! Inspiration can come from anyone, not just Rock Gods !! Thanks for the kick in the ass !!

[tomwolfe]

Wow! Amazing! Thanks so much for posting this.

[DavidHartwig]

Whew! Man, have to admit this wasn't one of my favorite VH songs...guess I didn't listen close enough. Had no idea how technical it was. Fun rediscovering this one. Excellent work, thank you!

[Mossy]

Amazing job, the rig sounds great! Definitely a tough one with that bizarre galloping beat. I think Eddie really changed his sound during this era to be able to do more in the studio. So much of the brown sound was based around playing live, but by the time he had a home studio, I think he wanted to hear more guitar parts on a track and not do as many one-pass singletracks. That kind of increased production effort doesn't lend itself well to a fire-breathing high-gain approach, and I think the result is this much smoother sound we got. He also played on the neck pickup a LOT more once he got the EBMM in his quiver, and I think that sound doesn't play nicely with the '78 Plexi thing, necessarily.

[Dingbotz]

Really well done! Killer tune that is not only massively underrated but also has a sick swing that is hard to replicate.

[A.s.i.s.i.o.]

Cuanta alegria!! hay en esta ejecución tan única energética, , , , gracias!!

[anthonyb]

Wormoth Nice! I say Trip, a, let, , Trip, a, let, Trip, a, let, to my self as I play to get the beat right.

[Quasi_Stellar]

Awesome to hear this gem. For me, this is the Ed unleashed song off Carnal Knowledge. One of those “break from the norm” hard pop songs on the Hagar albums. “5150” on 5150, “AFU” on OU812, “Amsterdam” and “Aftershock” on Balance. Thanks for keeping the memories alive 🤘🏼

[rugxulo]

I loved this album, but this song in particular was my favorite for a long time. I don't know why. Reminds me of "Little Guitars" a bit, too.

[KingGrio]

Oh man am I looking forward to hear this one.
You're covering the material from Live Right Here Right Now and F.U.C.K. man !
I love Roth Van Halen but man, to me the songs on F.U.C.K. really rock, very happy you are covering them.

[mikebeechey]

Awesome job, and such a hard tune. When this album came out this was my favorite tune off of it immediately. Probably one of the most complex tunes in the Van Hagar era. I always thought I heard Ed playing this on the neck pick up on his EBMM EVH & that was some of the tone. Thanks for sharing & again great playing as always!!

[breakabletape]

Nice one! Crackin' job as usual. Such a bangin' tune. Alex's syncopation is top shelf, too.

[--BeeOne--]

Awesome!!!! Wish i could play this good

[jessetryon]

That's a ton of work bro.... nice (killer) job 👍🏽
Thank you!

[garymitchell]

Holy cow !! Great job ! Sounds killer.

[camhalen]

Fantastic job as always man! I dig that custom Ibanez too! 🎸

[axev]

Great job on this. Like you said, not an easy track. I remember requesting both this and Girl Gone Bad, sorry to put you up to that hahah. GGB is so much fun to play once you get that rhythm down though.

[dperk]

I have to laugh, If this was actually a VH video with Eddie playing I would probably would have left after 30 seconds. But since it's you I watched it 3 times so far, All the way through!!! LOL I can tell how bad I thought this song was that I couldn't even remember it off the F album, I always skipped it. LOL

[graywhaler]

One of my favorite tunes on that record. That and "Spanked". Of course "Judgment Day" is a killer one too. I never liked the drum sound on that record thou. What about you? I think Al was going for a more boomy John Bonham tonality. Nonetheless, you rocked this one again dude. Talk about nasty, Ed is so tasteful and that's such a provocative and sexy solo. I love F sharp. Hell ya man. Keep on rocking!