Tabs
Here's yet another addition to my collection of hard-as-hell Van Halen tabs. But this one is probably the easiest of the bunch. The interesting thing about this song is that the main riff is played on a special six-string bass/guitar. The bass/guitar is an instrument that Ernie Ball/Music Man makes (as far as I know, they're the only ones who make em') that is supposedly "the guitar for bassists, and the bass for guitarists". It's BASS-ically (ha, ha) a guitar with open strings that are tuned an octave down from normal guitars. The strings are the same (E-A-D-G-B-E), but they're an octave lower. It's a pretty cool idea, I wish I had 1200 bucks to spend on one. Anyway, apparently Van Halen's producer (whose name escapes me at the moment) brought this thing into the studio one day and Eddie decided to plug it into his 5150 stack and liked the sound it got so they decided to use it for the ominous verse and chorus riffs to "Spanked". For live performances, Eddie uses a hybrid double-neck with his signature guitar on top, and this bass/guitar on the bottom. I'm not entirely sure how they arrange the parts between him and Michael Anthony when they play live, but here's the album version of "Spanked" from For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge: Some notes on my b = bend a little bit :) bf = bend full br = bend and release back to pitch pm = palm mute until the end of the "..." h = hammer-on p = pull-off "Spanked" by Van Halen tab by Paul D. [email protected] First, there's this nifty intro utilizing the infamous "E-Bow" (nice little $70 electronic guitar gadget). The E-Bow part is tabbed in between the brackets (>> to
