Latest about Van Halen
Universal Audio’s new Anti 1992 amp-in-a-pedal aims to emulate the Van Halen-loved Peavey 5150 amplifier
The latest addition to the California firm's UAFX pedal collection, the high-gain creation packs a host of features designed to excite rock and metal guitarists
Joe Satriani on the key mod he’s made to his Best Of All Worlds EVH guitars
The guitarist has given a rundown of the guitar arsenal he’s assembled for the Van Halen-honoring tour, which kicks off this weekend
Michael Anthony says there’s unreleased Van Halen material – but we “probably” won't hear it
Though the band’s final album was the only record the bassist didn’t feature on, Anthony says ideas he helped develop in Van Halen's early days were revisited for the album
Watch newly unearthed footage of Van Halen performing Top of the World in 1991
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
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
Is Joe Satriani ditching Ibanez for the upcoming Best of All Worlds tour?
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
Expand your arsenal, and channel Lindsey Buckingham and Mark Knopfler, with this lesson in fingerstyle
Fingerstyle playing can be used in a wide variety of settings and genres, and can inspire new songs, riffs, and solos. Heck, it can even boost your creativity when you return to using a pick
“The Brown setting is the closest you’ll get to playing one of Eddie Van Halen’s Super Leads – at least in a pedal”: UAFX Lion ’68 Super Lead Amp review
The Lion’s ability to replicate the attitude, pureness of tone and touch responsiveness of vintage Marshalls, and then combine it all with emulations of the right speakers and cabs, makes it one impressive package
NAMM flashback: Watch Eddie Van Halen shred classic Van Halen riffs as he unveils and demos his Peavey EVH Wolfgang signature guitar in 1996
In a rare NAMM Show appearance, Eddie Van Halen rocked the Peavey booth in 1996 when the guitar legend stopped by to promote his brand new signature model: The EVH Wolfgang
"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
"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
