Eddie Van Halen Eddie Van Halen didn't like John Frusciante's choice of wah pedal. His advice was priceless Guitar tech Dave Lee says the plastic wah pedal was Frusciante's favorite — and the easiest to break Quincy Jones, who died Sunday, never forgot his infamous phone call with Eddie Van Halen or the hit track they created The celebrated producer was also behind George Benson's Grammy-winning album 'Give Me the Night' David Gilmour talks soloing in Guitar Player's guide to the Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time Behold the genius of Gilmour, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Brian May and many more — as voted by the readers of Guitar Player Latest Eddie Van Halen Watch newly unearthed footage of Van Halen performing Top of the World in 1991 By Phil Weller published 14 June 24 The previously unreleased video shows Van Halen shred the biggest hit from ‘91’s For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge at the West End Marketplace in Dallas, with a newly remastered extended version of the album set for release next month Pro-shot footage of Eddie Van Halen and Leslie West jamming emerges online By Phil Weller published 6 June 24 The pair were joined onstage by Mountain drummer Corky Laing for a rendition of Mountain's Never In My Life, with West later revealing that Van Halen knew the track better than he did John 5 on being gifted a guitar by Eddie Van Halen By Phil Weller published 5 June 24 The guitarist says no one shaped his playing more than Van Halen, making the instrument a gift that he will always cherish Is Joe Satriani ditching Ibanez for the upcoming Best of All Worlds tour? By Phil Weller published 29 May 24 Newly released rehearsal footage shows the shred legend playing an EVH Strat, with a revised pedalboard, as he goes on a Van Halen tone dive Eddie Van Halen on Frankenstein, and why he never apologized for modding By Jackson Maxwell published 15 May 24 Always keen to take his sound into new territory, the late guitar hero never viewed any guitar – even the none-more-iconic Frankenstein – as a great treasure, never to be altered or touched Why Eddie Van Halen stopped throwing guitar picks into the crowd By Jackson Maxwell published 1 May 24 People, it turns out, often went to extreme lengths to get their hands on one... “I've tried to avoid playing like Eddie. I've never learned the songs on purpose so I didn't steal anything. Then I had to learn the songs – I was like, ‘This is gonna be torture’”: Joe Satriani on his preparations for this summer's Van Halen tribute tour By Jackson Maxwell published 2 April 24 Satch is intensely studying the intricacies of the late guitar hero's technical quirks and tone, while trying to avoid outright mimicry. The fine line between paying tribute and copying is an act of needle-threading the virtuoso says he also faced during his tenure in Deep Purple "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 By Jackson Maxwell published 16 January 24 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 "I was playing an ES-335 before we got signed, but the guys said, 'Come on, you look like Roy Orbison' – this little punk kid playing a Ted Nugent axe": Why Eddie Van Halen left Gibson's famed semi-hollow behind, and how he would've built his ideal ES-335 By Jackson Maxwell published 10 January 24 "When I pick up a stock 335, you probably wouldn't even recognize my playing," the late guitar legend told GP in this classic interview Eddie Van Halen soloing on I Fought The Law, joined by John Mellencamp, Bryan Adams, Richie Sambora, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge and more? Watch “the greatest garage band ever assembled”... By Jonathan Graham published 23 November 23 "The show that was never supposed to be seen." Watch an all-star lineup perform classics by The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and more in this little-seen show from 1996 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Archives Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1"It does a great job in front of any amp and has become an MVP in the studio.” Joe Bonamassa and Joe Perry name the best guitar gear of the year. Their choices surprised us2“I get disrespected before I even play. People take one look at me and immediately get a thought in their head of what I am." How teen blues guitar sensation Grace Bowers is winning over critics one gig at a time 3“Prog-rock was king. 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Watch newly unearthed footage of Van Halen performing Top of the World in 1991 By Phil Weller published 14 June 24 The previously unreleased video shows Van Halen shred the biggest hit from ‘91’s For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge at the West End Marketplace in Dallas, with a newly remastered extended version of the album set for release next month
Pro-shot footage of Eddie Van Halen and Leslie West jamming emerges online By Phil Weller published 6 June 24 The pair were joined onstage by Mountain drummer Corky Laing for a rendition of Mountain's Never In My Life, with West later revealing that Van Halen knew the track better than he did
John 5 on being gifted a guitar by Eddie Van Halen By Phil Weller published 5 June 24 The guitarist says no one shaped his playing more than Van Halen, making the instrument a gift that he will always cherish
Is Joe Satriani ditching Ibanez for the upcoming Best of All Worlds tour? By Phil Weller published 29 May 24 Newly released rehearsal footage shows the shred legend playing an EVH Strat, with a revised pedalboard, as he goes on a Van Halen tone dive
Eddie Van Halen on Frankenstein, and why he never apologized for modding By Jackson Maxwell published 15 May 24 Always keen to take his sound into new territory, the late guitar hero never viewed any guitar – even the none-more-iconic Frankenstein – as a great treasure, never to be altered or touched
Why Eddie Van Halen stopped throwing guitar picks into the crowd By Jackson Maxwell published 1 May 24 People, it turns out, often went to extreme lengths to get their hands on one...
“I've tried to avoid playing like Eddie. I've never learned the songs on purpose so I didn't steal anything. Then I had to learn the songs – I was like, ‘This is gonna be torture’”: Joe Satriani on his preparations for this summer's Van Halen tribute tour By Jackson Maxwell published 2 April 24 Satch is intensely studying the intricacies of the late guitar hero's technical quirks and tone, while trying to avoid outright mimicry. The fine line between paying tribute and copying is an act of needle-threading the virtuoso says he also faced during his tenure in Deep Purple
"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 By Jackson Maxwell published 16 January 24 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
"I was playing an ES-335 before we got signed, but the guys said, 'Come on, you look like Roy Orbison' – this little punk kid playing a Ted Nugent axe": Why Eddie Van Halen left Gibson's famed semi-hollow behind, and how he would've built his ideal ES-335 By Jackson Maxwell published 10 January 24 "When I pick up a stock 335, you probably wouldn't even recognize my playing," the late guitar legend told GP in this classic interview
Eddie Van Halen soloing on I Fought The Law, joined by John Mellencamp, Bryan Adams, Richie Sambora, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge and more? Watch “the greatest garage band ever assembled”... By Jonathan Graham published 23 November 23 "The show that was never supposed to be seen." Watch an all-star lineup perform classics by The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and more in this little-seen show from 1996
