Rig tour: Eddie Van Halen's guitar setup for Van Halen's final shows By Chris Gill On September 6, 2015, GW was invited to Bethel Woods Center for the Arts for an access-all-areas look at Ed's gear
Why Eddie Van Halen was told to stop throwing picks into the audience By Richard Bienstock Guitar tech Tom Weber, the keeper of Ed’s plectrums, reveals the truth
The true story behind Van Halen’s infamous out-of-tune Jump performance has finally been revealed By Richard Bienstock Guitar tech Tom Weber explains what really went on at the fateful 2007 Greensboro, North Carolina show
Yngwie Malmsteen pays tribute to Eddie Van Halen: “I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I was so f**king blown away“ By Guitar World Staff The titan of neoclassical shred explains why it was fruitless to copy a style like Eddie's – just enjoy it
Nancy Wilson’s first-ever solo album to feature Eddie Van Halen tribute, Sammy Hagar and Duff McKagan guest spots By Richard Bienstock You and Me, with Pearl Jam, Simon & Garfunkel and Cranberries covers, is due out May 7
Wolfgang Van Halen recalls the time a bug “the size of a phone” landed on his father’s pedalboard By Richard Bienstock He also names other bizarre onstage moments in his career in a new interview
Eddie Van Halen in his own words: “I locked myself in my room, played guitar, wrote songs, and hoped to God I got somewhere’’ By Guitar World Editors Collected from interviews through the years, Eddie reflects on a career spent chasing fresh tones, new songs and good times
Luxurious new Eddie Van Halen photo book – with guitar-shaped slipcase – celebrates the life of the late guitar hero By Richard Bienstock "Edward Van Halen by Ross Halfin" also features an introduction by Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi
Watch Wolfgang Van Halen and Mammoth WVH give first-ever live performance By Richard Bienstock The band appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to play Eddie Van Halen tribute "Distance"
Marty Friedman pays tribute to Eddie Van Halen: “Eddie’s guitar sound was a mammoth. It was by far the biggest thing we’d ever heard“ By Guitar World Staff Eddie's greatness? It was the “brown sound“, how he attacked the guitar, and the magic of the live show, says Friedman
Steve Lukather pays tribute to Eddie Van Halen: ”The worst thing that could have happened to Eddie would have been guitar lessons” By Guitar World Staff The Toto guitarist reflects on his friend's unique guitar style and their collaborations
Rivers Cuomo is disappointed that Eddie Van Halen won’t get to hear Weezer's 'Van Weezer' album By Richard Bienstock "He could have seen his influence bearing fruit decades later,” Cuomo says
Steven Wilson issues apology to Wolfgang Van Halen over EVH comments By Matt Owen "No disrespect was meant to your father, an extraordinary musician"
The 25 greatest classic rock guitar tones of all time By Jonathan Horsley The electrifying tones from EVH, Hendrix, Gibbons, Page that lit up rock’s second evolutionary leap
Steve Vai pays tribute to the innocent genius of Eddie Van Halen By Steve Vai ”You can hear and feel that joyful inner light beaming in the harmonic structures of the songs he wrote”
Interest in Eddie Van Halen guitars and gear has spiked in the months since his passing By Richard Bienstock The online marketplace reports that EVH searches are up as much as 80 percent
Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth WVH to debut Distance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! By Sam Roche February 11 will see Wolfgang's solo project hit the stage for the first time
Steven Wilson explains why he was "never a fan" of Eddie Van Halen By Richard Bienstock The British prog musician on EVH's shred legacy, and why he feels the classic-rock guitar vocabulary "is absolutely exhausted"
Eddie Van Halen showed a 12-year-old Dweezil Zappa how to play Runnin’ With the Devil at his school talent show rehearsal By Richard Bienstock “It was the craziest experience,” Zappa tells Gibson TV
Eddie Van Halen’s former guitar tech has plans to erect an EVH statue in Pasadena By Richard Bienstock Longtime tech Rudy Leiren is heading up the project to pay tribute to the guitar great in the city where he was raised
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