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John 5 shares what he learned about Eddie Van Halen after playing through the guitarist's rig
John 5 says hearing Eddie Van Halen’s ... Eddie’s live rig during the band’s A Different Kind of Truth era. That experience taught him something very important about guitar tone.
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Why Eddie Van Halen Buried His ‘Van Halen II’ Guitar With Dimebag Darrell
Indeed, the fact that both Van Halen and Pantera feature brothers on guitar and drums had led ... Dime even got to play Eddie’s rig at soundcheck. He was like a kid in a candy store.” ...
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How Eddie Van Halen Reshaped Rock Guitar
In just 102 seconds, Eddie Van Halen redefined the vocabulary of rock guitar — like Jimi Hendrix ... (leading countless amateurs to wreck their gear by doing the same), the truth was he used ...
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Eddie Van Halen’s 7 best guitar solos from ‘Eruption’ to ‘Running With the Devil’
A guitar solo from Eddie Van Halen was indeed an eruption. The legendary Van Halen guitarist, who died Tuesday after a long battle with throat cancer at age 65, will forever live on through solos ...
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Wolfgang Confirms the OFFICIAL Name of Eddie Van Halen’s Legendary Guitar
Wolfgang used some historic gear on the song "Take a Bow" — the Frankenstein guitar and the the original Marshall head and cabinet that Eddie used on the early Van Halen albums. As to why he ...
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Eddie Van Halen was more than a 'guitar hero.' He was a virtuoso who changed music forever.
Eddie Van Halen, of course, didn’t give up his guitar entirely; the album where the piano-heavy "Right Now" appears, 1991's "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge," opens with the sound of a power drill ...
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Two of Eddie Van Halen's Guitars Will Be Auctioned — See the Instruments Designed by the Rocker
Both guitars were hand-stripped by the guitar hero who died earlier this month Two guitars that were once owned by Eddie Van Halen are going up for auction. The two instruments were partly ...
Wolfgang Van Halen Used Eddie’s Frankenstein Guitar for New Song “The End”
The post Wolfgang Van Halen Used Eddie’s Frankenstein Guitar for New Song “The End” appeared first on Consequence. Wolfgang Van Halen has revealed that he used his late father Eddie Van Halen ‘s ...
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Eddie Van Halen's 'Hot For Teacher' Guitar Sells at Auction for Over $3.9 Million
Eddie Van Halen's original guitar from the 1984 "Hot for Teacher" music video was sold at auction on Tuesday, bringing in an impressive $3,932,000. The auction on Sotheby's website billed the ...
Sammy Hagar says Eddie Van Halen was preoccupied with the cello when he died – and has called on Wolfgang to form a Van Halen tribute with him
Eddie Van Halen was born into a musical family. His father was a Dutch jazz pianist, clarinetist and saxophonist, and the ...
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Eddie Van Halen, rock guitar god, dead of throat cancer at 65
Rock legend Eddie Van Halen — the guitar god known for his astounding solos and superstar band — died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer, his family said. The iconic Dutch-born rock-and ...