Eddie Van Halen
Latest about Eddie Van Halen
Floyd Rose: "Many people ask if this would have happened without Eddie Van Halen and I think it would have, but certainly not as quickly"
By Simon Bradley published
A rare 2010 interview with the locking tremolo innovator
Steal the signature guitar tricks of the greats including Jeff Beck, Eddie Van Halen and John Frusciante
By Leigh Fuge published
Incorporate their signature techniques into your own style
"I know in my heart, I want to hear that sound in my head" – Joe Satriani is having a custom 3rd Power amp built for the Van Halen tribute tour and it's based on Eddie's 1986 live choice
By Rob Laing published
"But the main thing will be, can you have that one sound that will carry you through?"
Andy Wood demos his ultimate Van Halen pedalboard rig and it sounds as spectacular as we hoped
By Rob Laing published
The gear and the chops
Has guitarist Andy Wood just made the ultimate Eddie Van Halen pedalboard?
By Rob Laing published
Expert choices here – and even the 'board has the stripes
“I don’t want to generalise and say that he made everything sound good, but he did”: Joe Satriani reveals his strategy for replicating Eddie Van Halen’s tone on upcoming Sammy Hagar tour
By Jonathan Horsley published
It's one thing playing EVH's parts, but for The Best Of All Worlds Summer 2024 Tour, Satch has got to recreate one of the most sought-after tones in guitar. He has a plan for that
Sammy Hagar shuts down talk of a shared Van Halen tribute tour with David Lee Roth, says he's not invited to the whole thing: "No f***ing way"
By Rob Laing published
Update: As feared, the Van Halen vocalists are outta love again: "He can come out and sing a song on a show or two, if he can remember the words"
EVH Gear launches the Frankenstein Relic Series – three heavily aged takes on the Frankenstrat in solid red, black and white colour finishes
By Jonathan Horsley published
From the distressed finish to the “dummy” neck pickup and Eddie-approved features, these are three of the coolest high-performance S-styles you’ll see this year
Watch Van Halen’s incendiary 1984 Monsters Of Rock set – and Eddie’s 10-minute guitar solo – at Castle Donington as pro-shot footage emerges online
By Jonathan Horsley published
A band and their trailblazing guitarist at the height of their powers blaze through an hour-long set of Van Halen classics
Wolfgang Van Halen on his approach as a multi-instrumentalist: "Drums are, to me, the most important part. It's the backbone of everything"
By Stuart Williams published
As Mammoth WVH II drops, Wolfgang tells us about taking his one and only drum lesson from Eddie, and why Travis Barker and Danny Carey shaped his playing
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