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EVH offers more affordable alternatives to its 5150III amps with the all-new 5150 Iconic series

By Sam Roche

The new, James Brown-designed series comprises a 40W combo, 80W head and 4x12 cab, and offers new features including XLR line outs

Four electric guitars surrounded by 23 electric guitar humbucker pickups

Watch Pete Thorn put 23 pickups through their paces in a bid to find the ultimate Eddie Van Halen-sounding set

By Matt Owen

The 80-minute epic sees the session guitar guru take a deep dive into a range of Ibanez, DiMarzio, EVH, Motor City, Seymour Duncan, Suhr and Pariah pickups during his quest for the holy grail guitar tone

Best lunchbox amps 2021: 8 great portable amps for gigging

By Chris Schwarten

Offering big sound in a portable package, these compact amplifiers are perfect for the live circuit

The 8 best amps for metal 2021: play loud and proud with the best metal amps on the market

By Guitar World Staff, Jonathan Horsley

These powerhouse metal amps from EVH, Peavey, Orange, Hughes & Kettner and more will have you primed to seek and destroy straight from the word go

Eddie Van Halen stage-played and signed Charvel EVH Art Series guitar hits the auction block

By Matt Owen

The provenance of the striking yellow and black striped guitar, which was wielded by the late guitar legend at a concert in 2012, is backed up by a certificate of authenticity and video footage

Eddie Van Halen's 1986 Kramer Custom, used on the 5150 tour, goes up for auction

By Matt Owen

Van Halen's “Tic Tac Toe” Charvel, “No Bozos” Custom model and an EVH-played Frankenstrat Kramer copy, all hand-signed by the late guitar legend, are also up for sale

Foo Fighters bring the noise in an extra-huge new issue of Australian Guitar, out now!

By Australian Guitar

Ready to rock? Well, let's roll...

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

This stop-motion animation of a Jawa playing Eruption is an out-of-this-world Star Wars-themed tribute to Eddie Van Halen

By Matt Owen

YouTuber uses stop-motion animation to painstakingly recreate EVH's Eruption note for note, frame by frame

How Fender recreated Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstein so accurately that he mistook it for the original

By Rod Brakes

Brian McDonald tells the story of how Fender built the ultimate EVH tribute – the original tone monster

EVH honors Eddie Van Halen's legacy with new 2021 guitar lineup

By Sam Roche

New 5150 Series, Wolfgang Special and Wolfgang WG Standard models unveiled

ArtWalk San Diego is auctioning EVH Wolfgang guitars

30 stunning custom-painted EVH Wolfgang guitars are up for auction – and you might just be able to afford them

By Richard Bienstock

Bidding starts at $600 for the one-off guitars, which benefit nonprofit ArtReach San Diego

Dunable Guitars raffles off EVH-themed Yeti model to support out-of-work tour crews

By Sam Roche

Entry to win the prototype guitar costs $25, and a winner will be drawn on November 8

Two guitars customized and played by Eddie Van Halen are headed for auction

By Richard Bienstock

The guitars, an EVH Charvel Art Series electric and a red-black-white model built by Ed himself, are expected to fetch between $40,000 and $80,000 each