Little Guitars-Performed by Scott Szeryk, written by Van Halen and featured on the Diver Down album, the song was released April 14 1982
Always liked this song, a nice upbeat summer vibe.
Originally written on a smaller scale Les Paul Style guitar with mini humbuckers and played in the key of F major. I always wanted to play this on a full size guitar. So here it it transposed down a minor 3rd into the key of D major. Bass part has also been also transposed. It definitely sounds pretty heavy!! This is what Eddie plays live. Drop D tuning, verse section played with middle and ring finger, producing double stops on the D, D/C (C add9) and F chords. Has a keyboard vibe.
Diver Down is the fifth studio album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released on April 14, 1982. It spent 65 weeks on the album chart in the United States and had, by 1998, sold four million copies in the United States. It is their shortest album to date.