Watch Dweezil Zappa nail Eruption with the Kramer guitar Eddie Van Halen gave him when he was 12 years old By Jackson Maxwell published 25 May 23 It's clear that the vintage Kramer still has some mojo in it. Of course, Zappa's tapping and immaculate pickwork are pretty darn good, too
Six of Eddie Van Halen's stage-played Charvel EVH Art Series guitars – and a Masterbuilt Frankenstein copy – go up for auction By Matt Owen published 19 May 23 Each Art Series guitar was played and signed over the course of Van Halen's tours in 2004, 2007, and 2012, and are being auctioned off alongside a Chip Ellis-built model as one mega collection
Vito Bratta names 11 guitarists who shaped his sound By Andrew Daly published 18 May 23 The virtuoso behind White Lion’s platinum rock sound pays dues to the players who showed him what to do on guitar (and what not to do), and recalls an emotional encounter with Eddie Van Halen
Watch Eddie Van Halen explain how he figured out the two-handed tapping technique behind Eruption – all thanks to a little help from Jimmy Page By Matt Parker published 18 May 23 Guitar-in-hand, EVH demonstrates his most iconic technique and explains its origins in this insightful 2015 clip
Boss reinvents the SDE-3000 Digital Delay rack unit as two feature-packed pedals – and one is preloaded with Eddie Van Halen’s live settings By Matt Owen published 18 May 23 There is a standard delay and one co-developed with EVH – featuring the exact same presets found on the dual SDE-3000 rack setup that served as a key part of his Van Halen live sound
Maybury Cholla review By Dave Burrluck published 16 May 23 Most of us are happy with off-the-shelf guitar designs, but there’s nothing quite like ordering up your own custom-made guitar. We asked Maybury Guitars to build us one, and this is what we received
Gene Simmons: “Eddie Van Halen talked about being a fan of Eric Clapton. I’m sorry, I don’t see that. What he did was closer to classical music” By Matt Parker published 15 May 23 The Kiss frontman has been fretting over the guitar hero’s legacy, sharing concerns that “millennials need to know about the most important musician since Jimi Hendrix”
Vito Bratta recounts emotional meeting with Eddie Van Halen: "I was touched enough to where I had to leave the room, go to the bathroom, and cry" By Jackson Maxwell published 9 May 23 "I got a lot of s**t from people who said I was aping his style," the White Lion legend told Guitar World in a recent interview. "He didn’t agree"
Watch Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt play the Rise solo live for the first time By Michael Astley-Brown published 2 May 23 Spoiler alert: it’s scary clean
Eddie Van Halen was making plans for a farewell tour with the original Van Halen lineup By Matt Owen published 28 April 23 Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt revealed that Van Halen had been planning to reunite with Michael Anthony for the farewell shows
Michael Anthony confirms there is a huge archive of unreleased Van Halen material By Matt Parker published 26 April 23 The band’s former bassist says “there’s a lot more stuff” in storage at EVH’s 5150 studio, including extensive live archives
Eddie Van Halen’s Hot For Teacher Kramer sells at auction for nearly $4,000,000 By Matt Owen published 20 April 23 The Kramer exceeded its auction estimate by almost $1,000,000, and is now one of the most expensive guitars ever sold
Steve Lukather: "The bassline was easy. It wasn't like I had to be Jaco Pastorius" By Nick Wells published 19 April 23 How the legendary guitarist ended up playing bass on Michael Jackson’s Beat It
Nuno Bettencourt says Eddie Van Halen visited him while he was recording his Rise solo By Matt Owen published 17 April 23 Van Halen swung by the studio as the Extreme virtuoso was piecing together Rise’s mind-bending solo – but Nuno wouldn’t let him hear it
Eddie Van Halen's Hot for Teacher Kramer is going up for auction By Jackson Maxwell published 10 April 23 Used in the song's iconic music video – and extensively by EVH throughout the early '80s – the guitar is projected by Sotheby's to sell for between 2 and 3 million dollars
James Hetfield used a “legendary” head modded by Eddie Van Halen’s amp wizard for every track on Metallica’s new album By Matt Parker published 6 April 23 According to 72 Seasons producer Greg Fidelman, the Metallica frontman leant heavily on this revived guitar amp, which was modded by renowned tech José Arredondo
EVH expands its value-for-money 5150 Iconic Series with new 15W 1x10 and 60W 2x12 combos – hear them in action By Michael Astley-Brown published 5 April 23 The fresh launches bring the Iconic Series’ impressive flexibility to new affordable formats that run the gamut of clean and high-gain tones
Wolfgang Van Halen teases name change to Wolfgang Led Zeppelin following accusations he’s trading on the Van Halen surname By Matt Parker published 23 March 23 More than 30,000 of WVH’s followers voted for a new moniker after the musician informed a Twitter user: “Van Halen is literally my name”
Wolfgang Van Halen flexes his tapping chops on new Mammoth WVH single, Another Celebration at the End of the World By Michael Astley-Brown published 22 March 23 The big-riffing, big-soloing track is our first taste of WVH’s second album – which is arriving sooner than you think
"Don't practice it for too long, because you're going to get tendonitis": Watch Rick Beato break down Nuno Bettencourt's jaw-dropping Rise solo By Jackson Maxwell published 17 March 23 Go inside the inner workings of the volcanic lead break – the highlight of Extreme's recent comeback single – that has the guitar world abuzz