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“The fact that my name is also Kramer is a happy coincidence”: an amateur luthier has created a tribute to Eddie Van Halen’s striped 5150 tour guitar that replaces the paint stripes with solid wood

A hobbyist woodworker from Boulder, CO is auctioning off this one-of-a-kind tribute to EVH’s 1986 Kramer

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“The last person to really play it like that was Ed”: Eddie Van Halen personally gifted this guitar to Jason Becker in 1996. Now Norm’s demo whiz Michael Lemmo puts the #69 Peavey Wolfgang through its paces in a killer EVH-style demo

The guitar is headed to auction later this month and was brought down to Norman’s Rare Guitars for a preview

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“He just could not be contained. That was what was so beautiful... If you’ve been tasked with the job of imitating him, it’s like, ‘Well, which moment?’” Joe Satriani says the biggest challenge in covering Eddie Van Halen is pinning him down

The virtuoso has been sharing his thoughts on how to tackle covering one of the world's greatest guitarists – and how to find the sweet spot in EVH's rigs

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“The whole idea of being a great guitar player is nobody can do you like you… Mean Street is the perfect storm of why people don't f**k with Edward Van Halen”: Nuno Bettencourt explains why you’ve gotta give Joe Satriani “a pass”

The Extreme guitarist explains the key to nailing EVH’s tricky intro and says its time to cut Satch some slack

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“I royally screwed up, which hurt like a thorn in my side, but I’ll get over it”: Joe Satriani says he slipped up playing Van Halen’s Mean Street on Howard Stern – but it’s taught him a valuable lesson about EVH’s tone

Satch nailed most of what was thrown at him on the show but says one track proved more of a challenge than the others

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“Other guitar players could hear what he was doing and go, ‘Oh my gosh, this guy's amazing’”: Alice Cooper says Eddie Van Halen asked him to set up a guitar lesson with Glen Campbell

The guitar hero was keen to learn from the Wrecking Crew regular and six-string ace

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“I was close to being kicked out of school. A therapist suggested guitar playing would help me with my behavior and grades…”: Peruvian shredder Charlie Parra had an unlikely path to success – but Eddie Van Halen was always his guiding light

The Kramer signature artist was raised on pop-punk and nu metal, but there weren't enough guitar solos for his liking. Discovering EVH and Randy Rhoads was “mind-blowing” for the young guitarist – and his career hasn't let up since

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“The Franken V is literally a dream come true. It’s the best guitar I’ve ever had”: Scott Ian always wanted a V-shaped version of Eddie Van Halen’s Frankenstein – and Jackson made it a jaw-dropping reality

One of 2023’s most awe-inspiring builds, the Franken V is the result of a close collaboration between Jackson and EVH, but has so far flown completely under the radar – we got the lowdown from the Anthrax legend on his new prized possession

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Boss SDE-3000EVH Dual Digital Delay review: an Eddie Van Halen live staple returns in pedal form

This digital delay boasts presets containing the exact settings from the two SDE-3000 rack delays in Van Halen's live rig – and a lot more besides

Guitar World

EVH 5150 Iconic Series 15W review

A giant-killing combo that delivers classic 5150 sounds in a compact, affordable package

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EVH Gear unleashes another hybrid monster electric guitar design in the shape of the limited edition Star

Putting a retro-style coke-bottle headstock on an offset Charvel body, this high-performance electric references a classic Eddie Van Halen guitar from the early '80s

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Inside the new issue of Total Guitar: Wolfgang Van Halen – Believe The Hype!

Also in issue 373! Interviews: Nita Strauss, Jake Kiszka, The Lemon Twigs and more! Reviews: Gibson Kirk Hammett Greeny Les Paul Standard, Walrus Audio Fundamental Series, EVH 5150 Iconic Series 15w 1x10 Combo, IK Multimedia TONEX Pedal, Two Notes ReVolt Guitar, Apogee Jam X. Learn songs by Kiss, Red Hot…

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A Star is re-born: EVH’s limited edition offset is inspired by Eddie Van Halen’s mad Charvel and Danelectro combo

The single pickup Star reprises Ed’s 1980 fan favorite, The Star, as seen on that year’s World Invasion tour

Guitar World

EVH deconstructs the Frankenstein’s iconic striped colorway in three all-new Relic Series models

The famed red, white and black striped aesthetic of Eddie Van Halen's original Frankie has been stripped down for three heavily aged throwback models

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EVH’s MIJ Signature Wolfgang applies high-end Japanese craft and Eddie Van Halen’s touring specs to one seriously cool guitar

This aspirational shred platform is kitted out with a pair of EVH Wolfgang Alnico 2 humbuckers, an D-Tuna for Drop D on the fly, and is being offered in cool Ivory and Stealth finishes

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EVH pays homage to Eddie Van Halen’s Japanese guitar history with the MIJ Series Signature Wolfgang

The latest version of Van Halen's specifically spec'd signature sits between the US-made and Mexican-made Wolfgangs, but shares more similarities with the former

Guitar World

The biggest pickup drop of the year? Seymour Duncan unveils new Alex Skolnick, Warren DeMartini signature sets and the EVH-inspired Little '78

Also new from the pickup firm is the Exciter humbucker, which takes its sonic cues from the glory days of glam rock

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Wolfgang Van Halen used Eddie's Frankenstein through his original Marshall amp rig on one track from the forthcoming Mammoth WVH album

“It's kind of crazy – there are certain notes where it's like, ‘Wow, that sounds like Van Halen I,’” the Mammoth WVH leader said

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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

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

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Boss unveils two digital delay pedals based on the classic Roland SDE-3000 rack unit – and one is a special edition Eddie Van Halen model

Dual delay the digitally authentic way with the SDE-3000D and SDE-3000EVH

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The 50 best Van Halen songs - the ultimate American party soundtrack

Eddie Van Halen was a game-changing guitar player, but it was his band's exuberant songs that gave his genius the power to soar - and here are 50 of the best

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Hear the first known recording of Eddie Van Halen playing Jump's iconic, band-breaking synth part: "If I want to play Bavarian cheese whistle, I will do it"

"This is something I did last night"

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EVH expands its value-for-money 5150 Iconic Series with new 15W 1x10 and 60W 2x12 combos – hear them in action

The fresh launches bring the Iconic Series’ impressive flexibility to new affordable formats that run the gamut of clean and high-gain tones

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