Its so weird the comparassons between the Van Halen Sam and Dave versions...but I go with Sammy here...for Dave, Eddie had to tune down a few steps because Dave didnt have the range...and it resulted in sloppy playing...and when Dave went...so did Ted Templeton...and Eddie self produced...
...but Daves band with Steve Vai was much better than Van Halen ever was...as is Sammys band with Joe Satriani...
I shoot video for bands...you can tell the sound was the feed from the board...decent quality...sometime I hope to shoot a LZ tribute...heres some of the stuff Ive shot...