Stumbled across this video on Instagram and thought it would sound like a violin trying to play Eddie Van Halen’s iconic Eruption. It doesn’t! It sounds almost exactly like Eddie playing Eruption! Even down to the dives and finger tapping. This violinist, Nina M DiGregorio plays a 7 string fretted violin, which is uncommon in itself, but she also uses distortion effects and reverb, and can replicate the dives and sounds of the original in a way I didn’t think I’d be hearing. Check it out:

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