Wolfgang Van Halen
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“With its tone knob backed off this thing gets sasquatch-hairy without losing clarity. It’s a surprisingly killer stoner rock machine”: EVH SA-126 Standard review
By Phil Weller published
Wolfgang Van Halen’s adventurous high-gain-friendly, semi-hollow signature gets a budget build – but does the magic carry across?

Wolfgang Van Halen used Eddie’s legendary Frankenstein to track the two-hand tapping sequence in his new single
By Phil Weller published
Wolfgang Van Halen has shared a clip of him using his father's iconic electric to record his latest song – which channels his love for contemporary greats while keeping Eddie’s guitar flame burning brightly

Wolfgang Van Halen goes big on the tapping in new single – and drops music video loaded with an Eddie Van Halen Easter egg
By Phil Weller published
Mammoth – now without the WVH tag – returns with a statement video that features rock royalty, Hollywood-level special effects, and one hell of a song

EVH delivers on its hardtail promise and launches the Wolfgang Standard T.O.M.
By Janelle Borg published
The firm's newest model puts a radical spin on the traditional Wolfgang template

Eddie Van Halen's former wife, Valerie Bertinelli, rules out Van Halen biopic
By Janelle Borg published
Bertinelli reveals that she told her son, Wolfgang, to not approve any biopics until after she's dead

Bill Corgan on the time Eddie Van Halen asked him to play guitar – during a Guitar World interview
By Janelle Borg published
Turns out EVH was impressed by the Smashing Pumpkins frontman's guitar skills

How a teenaged Wolfgang Van Halen helped bring Van Halen back from the brink
By Chris Gill published
In 2008, Eddie and Wolfgang Van Halen sat down with GW to discuss how the latter came to join the band, the euphoria of their first show together, and the moment Wolfgang first heard Hot for Teacher

EVH delivers on its hardtail promise with two new models that vow to take Eddie's legacy to new heights
By Janelle Borg published
The Wolfgang Special T.O.M. and Wolfgang WG Standard T.O.M. join the SA-126 Standard as the three new guitar offerings that EVH launched this NAMM

EVH brings Wolfgang Van Halen’s signature to a more affordable price point with the SA-126 Standard
By Jackson Maxwell published
EVH kicked off the SA-126 line last year in the mid-price range, but its Indonesian-built counterpart keeps more of its big brother's kit than one might expect

The hottest guitar gear launches of 2024 – from Wolfgang Van Halen’s long-awaited semi-hollow signature to UAFX’s Dumble-in-a-pedal
By Amit Sharma published
There was an onslaught of new guitar products released over the past 12 months. Here are the ones that had us all talking (and checking our bank balance)
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