Latest about Dweezil Zappa
"You can't just 'be' a guy that can play Yngwie Malmsteen stuff. You have to do that for, like, 15 years just to play one of his songs.” Dweezil Zappa explains what most guitarists don't understand about shredding
The guitarist virtuoso adds that it's vital not to worry about how you're perceived if you really want to achieve shred-level talent
Dweezil Zappa on the time he taught Eddie Van Halen how to play one of his dad’s most difficult riffs
Dweezil had looked up to Eddie all his life, but the apprentice became the master one night in 2010
Win tickets to see Dweezil Zappa in San Francisco
Frank Zappa’s prodigal son will play a set of his father's legendary music at the Warfield Theatre on August 4
Dweezil Zappa gets a “microphonic” signature Shabat guitar with some tricks up its sleeve
Equipped with a push-pull phase shift that replicates the charm of an Octavia pedal, Zappa says that the new model “feels alive”
Dweezil Zappa reveals the ins and outs of Frank Zappa's futuristic setup
Though guitar gear, of course, has advanced in leaps and bounds since Frank Zappa's heyday, the elder Zappa enthusiastically pushed its technological limits
"I showed Eddie Van Halen some of what I had to learn in order to pull off Frank’s music... Eddie said, 'Who would've thought that you'd be giving me a guitar lesson!': How Dweezil Zappa took EVH inside his father's playing, and left him in awe
In this vintage GP interview, Dweezil also reflected on the idiosyncratic nature of his father's soloing, and how the elder Zappa worked around his technical limitations
Frank Zappa's Favorite Guitars and Amps
“Frank rarely used anything stock": Dweezil Zappa reveals the custom gear behind some of his late father's greatest recordings in this essential read from the 'GP' vault
TWA Mk. III Triskelion Harmonic Energizer Review
Evolving from the Systech Harmonic Energizer as used by Frank Zappa, this parametric midrange filter boasts adjustable peak control and obscene amounts of gain.
