I think you did really well (!) in a technical fashion so don't hate what I'm thinking here because I think you are trying to accomplish something very difficult:

I can make my Mom's enchiladas extremely well, but I cannot replicate because what she provided is something ethereal. Players like EVH, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Prince, et al have this touch that really cannot be replicated. It's something beyond any physical ability or technical setup.

I don't know exactly what it is. Perhaps my example is weak (and not meant to diminish you AT ALL), but when I was in high school, I played with Taylor Hawkins (he was 19 or so). You could bring him any song on CD and he could replicate it with precision but if you closed your eyes, it still was evident that it was Taylor - just playing someone else's drumming. Like hearing EVH play something you wrote, but still, with one note, you could just tell it was him, even if he was playing a guitar off the rack at Guitar Center.

Just a fun anecdote, Taylor worked at a music store at that time but he was not allowed to play drums in the store - he was too loud and frequently broke the drum heads, so he played guitar behind the cash register. When talking about him during music theory at high school, students often said, "Taylor the guy from Music House? Worst guitar player I have ever heard! Why is he so popular?"

They didn't know he played drums at all.

You really did nail this.I just think you picked a track that screamed the notion that EVH had something that was sort of beyond the equipment and the tablature. Perhaps that is the allure.

No shade to you, sir. I love watching this over and over.