Dweezil Zappa

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Dweezil Zappa [left] and Jeff Beck, both playing Strats. Zappa recently recounted a costume part at which both were dressed in chainmail, when Beck dinged a vintage Strat
When Jeff Beck damaged an impossibly rare vintage Stratocaster – while he and Dweezil Zappa were at a party dressed as knights

By Jonathan Horsley Published

This Fender once belonged to Steve Marriott or something… But Beck? He wasn’t too fussed. People pay for these dings nowadays!

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Dweezil Zappa performs on stage at The Magnolia on August 02, 2024 in El Cajon, California AND Jimmy Page performs onstage during the 38th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Barclays Center on November 03, 2023 in New York City
Dweezil Zappa has Eddie Van Halen, Brian May and Yngwie Malmsteen on his ambitious instrumental project – but wants to recruit more guitar greats

By Matt Owen Published

Albert Lee, Steve Morse and Steve Vai have also recorded for What The Hell Was I Thinking?, which Zappa began work on back in 1989

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Dweezil Zappa plays a cardboard Fender Stratocaster in Hikari Studios, Los Angeles.
Dweezil Zappa finally gets his hands on the viral cardboard Strat and cooks up a crazy psych-rock rager for the occasion

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The Cardboard Sessions come to Dweezil’s Hikari Studios and he cooks up a track on the spot with his band on cardboard instruments

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Dweezil Zappa playing his custom electric guitar during The Eruption Challenge
Dweezil Zappa devises the ultimate tube amp versus modeler test – using both the shred an Eddie Van Halen classic

By Phil Weller Published

Zappa put two distinct setups to the test to see if listeners could truly tell the difference between tube amps and their digital counterparts

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Dweezil Zappa has some absolutely wild guitars in his vault – but his insane one-of-one fretless Gibson SG is one of his favorites

By Phil Weller Published

Zappa has an eye for weird and wonderful instruments, and this heavily modded example – which began life as a Roxy SG – might be one of his finest

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Dweezil Zappa and Jack Black
Footage of Dweezil Zappa and Jack Black’s cover of Crazy Train, featuring Eddie Van Halen’s ‘Rasta’ guitar, was never released – but now it's been unearthed

By Phil Weller Published

Filmed on the set of On The Spot, it brings together two pieces of gear with interesting stories to tell

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Dweezil Zappa tells Gibson TV about meeting Eddie Van Halen
Dweezil Zappa showcases the Kramer Eddie Van Halen gifted him when he was 12 years old

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Zappa was set to perform Runnin’ With the Devil at his middle school talent show, and was struggling with his guitar. Then, somehow, Eddie Van Halen showed up at his band's soundcheck...

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Dweezil Zappa and Eddie Van Halen
Dweezil Zappa shares the surprising beginner guitar lessons he learned from Eddie Van Halen

By Matt Owen Published

Zappa first met Van Halen when he was just 12 years old, and it wasn’t long before he was receiving lessons from the guitar god – on his legendary Frankenstein

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Eddie Van Halen and Dweezil Zappa playing guitar onstage
Dweezil Zappa says he recorded Eddie Van Halen playing a “greatest hits guitar solo” at 5150 – and had to give EVH pointers

By Matt Parker Published

The session was the result of an unreleased ‘audio movie’ concept of Zappa’s in which he envisioned solo contributions from Brian May and Angus Young

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Left-Dweezil Zappa performs at The Bombard Theater on March 05, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky; Right-Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen performs at Music Midtown at Piedmont Park on September 19, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. (
Dweezil Zappa on the first time he met Eddie Van Halen – after the guitar great unexpectedly called him

By Phil Weller Published

A Van Halen-obsessed 12-year-old Dweezil Zappa was minding his own business on a regular school night, when he received a call from the guitar legend himself...

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