evh gear

Brian McDonald tells the story of how Fender built the ultimate EVH tribute – the original tone monster Fender launched its EVH brand in style with the release of the Frankenstein in 2007. This Custom Shop limited-edition run included 300 replica instruments, each rendered in fine detail to recreate Eddie’s iconic guitar with astonishing accuracy.  Now highly […]

Best of 2020: In 2016 the legend and gear maverick looked back with Total Guitar on his remarkable legacy In 2016, then-Total Guitar Editor Stuart Williams visited Eddie Van Halen at his 5150 studios to talk about his EVH brand and his pioneering history as a player and tone-shaper. It was a rare chance to […]

Eddie, The one and only,. What’s can you say about him that hasn’t already been said.  He was a gift that change the face of rock music with his tone, his finger board playing, tapping on the fret board, no one did this until Ed came along and totally blew everyone minds. He has truly […]

The guitarist Eddie Van Halen, who died on Tuesday, of cancer, at the age of sixty-five, was the sort of musician who only seems to appear once every generation: a true savant. His aptitude felt uncanny, as if he had been touched by something extraterrestrial. Whatever sorts of chops gets a person voted “The Best […]


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