Guitar Player on MSN24d
“Eddie asked me to show the solo to him, because he’d forgotten it”: Jennifer Batten recalls re-teaching EVH his 'Beat It' solo
One of the greatest guitar solos of all time, Eddie Van Halen's sizzling lead break ... so I had to use heavy-gauge strings,” ...
Guitar World on MSN1mon
New Eddie Van Halen documentary traces the guitar journey that led him to create the Frankenstein – and it's narrated by the man himself
The tale begins way back in 1967, when Van Halen purchased his first-ever guitar – a $40 Teisco Del Rey – at the age of 12.
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“The world’s greatest guitarist is what everyone says. It’s kind of a dicey title”: A deep dive into the Van Halen catalogue proves the point
yanking his strings up four frets at a time like a jet-fuelled Albert King. We’ve somehow got this far without mentioning Eddie’s explosive tapped harmonics, so just check out this intro. Van Halen’s ...