“EVH would be so proud”: 16-year-old shredder nails Van Halen’s Live Without a Net solo at school talent show – and captures Eddie’s tone with a budget modeling amp

Flakeybiskits and Eddie Van Halen performing EVH's signature split jump.

Most guitarists are pleased if they can perfect the riff to Van Halen’s Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Love, let alone tackle any of Eddie’s most famous solos. But a YouTube video that has racked up 14k views in two days shows a 16-year-old absolutely destroying Van Halen’s mythical Live Without a Net solo spot. And he did it all with a digital amp costing just $250.

YouTube user Flakeybiskits, whose seven other videos are about how to make electronic beats, performed the jaw-dropping shred feat at his school talent show.