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“A painstaking tribute to the guitar that changed music forever”: Kramer’s MIJ 1983 Baretta reissue offers a detailed recreation of the shred guitar that, with a little help from Eddie Van Halen, made it the biggest guitar brand of the ’80s

Maple body, Floyd Rose and a Seymour Duncan ‘59 – what else does the discerning shredder need?

Guitar World

Sammy Hagar says it's "ugly" that a tribute concert in honour of Eddie Van Halen hasn't taken place

Red Rocker Sammy Hagar thinks a concert in Eddie Van Halen's memory should happen – but says it's not his job to arrange it

Metal Hammer

A heavy solo debut from Mick Mars, a double-neck fretless tribute to Eddie Van Halen and a brand-new Beatles song: This week’s essential guitar tracks

Also: massive new singles from Helen Ibe, Spiritbox, Deap Vally, Iron Axxis, Unprocessed… oh, and did we mention the Beatles?

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Kurt Cobain’s Last Show Guitar To Fetch $1-2 Million At Auction

The Fender Mustang played by Cobain before his death is set to go under the hammer, along with other iconic rock memorabilia.

Zenger

Music Review: Sam Halen or Van Hagar? Box set showcases Van Halen's magnificent Sammy Hagar years

Was Van Halen better with David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar on lead vocals

The Independent UK

10 diehard rock and blues guitarists who boarded the pop train

The megastar crossovers where guitar met box office pop and made magic happen

Guitar World

From 'The Pale Ones' to, erm, 'Gwaaarrrgghhlllgh': 10 legendary metal bands that used to have incredibly goofy names

Before Slipknot, Black Sabbath and Linkin Park became stars, they had names that no one would have ever taken seriously

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“It was like watching Old Man Halen”: John Wines returns to America’s Got Talent – and his new routine is even more electrifying

Having nailed his internet-breaking audition, the 59-year-old guitar teacher (aka Old Grey Guitarist) returned with yet more Eddie Van Halen-flavored fretboard pyrotechnics to smash the show's qualifier round – despite Simon Cowell's misgivings

Guitar World

Universal Audio’s latest UAFX pedals trim the size and the price, but still seek to recreate more “timeless” historic effects – including a delay favored by Eddie Van Halen, Brian May and Joe Walsh

A pedal based on a compressor used by Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones and a reverb from one of rock's most famous recording studios also make up the drop

Guitar World

Kramer’s Eruption humbucker aims to bottle Eddie Van Halen’s iconic ’80s guitar tone with the help of his former luthier Jim DeCola

Get a humbucker befitting the 'brown sound' in Gibson’s latest pickup shop drop

Guitar World

“People would tell me, ‘Oh, you sound and play just like Eddie Van Halen.’ It got under my skin enough that I called Eddie”: Vito Bratta, one of the definitive ’80s shredders, looks back on a career of world-beating solos with White Lion

The legendary White Lion guitarist sits down for a rare interview to share the stories behind the solos, what it’s like to record with Jimi Hendrix’s Strat plugged into Leslie West’s Marshall, and why his recording career began with disappointment

Guitar World

This year’s most unexpected guitar solo? Lil Wayne wields an Eddie Van Halen Frankenstein for a crossover collaboration you probably never expected to see

Jon Batiste's new single Uneasy, which hosts Weezy's solo, seems to tip its cap to Van Halen and Michael Jackson's watershed song, Beat It

Guitar World

Watch Van Halen’s incendiary 1984 Monsters Of Rock set – and Eddie’s 10-minute guitar solo – at Castle Donington as pro-shot footage emerges online

A band and their trailblazing guitarist at the height of their powers blaze through an hour-long set of Van Halen classics

MusicRadar

“Ladies and gentlemen: Edward... Van... Halen!” EVH’s full nine-minute guitar solo at Van Halen’s legendary 1984 Monsters Of Rock show surfaces online for the first time ever

Pro-shot footage of the band’s iconic Monsters of Rock performance – one of their last with David Lee Roth – has appeared on YouTube

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At last! The "holy grail" footage of Van Halen's full set at Donington 1984 has unexpectedly surfaced online

Watch it before it gets taken down

MusicRadar

Lil’ Wayne channels Eddie Van Halen on new Jon Batiste single Uneasy – but it’s not quite our 21st-century Beat It moment

The NOLA rap superstar picked up an EVH Striped Series Frankenstein for a guest guitar solo spot but goes easy on the shred

Guitar World

“I was playing a Van Halen solo in my mind”: Post Malone trips up during Tiny Desk performance – because he was busy thinking about Eddie Van Halen’s playing

“I can," the pop-rap superstar quipped in regards to playing a Van Halen-like solo, "I just don’t really feel like it”

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This Chinese zither cover of Michael Jackson’s Beat It comes complete with a rework of Eddie Van Halen’s epic guitar solo

You’ll wanna be startin’ guzheng after watching this

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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

Guitar World

Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page are some of guitar’s greatest trailblazers – learn their styles and level up your playing with this rock guitar deep-dive

The styles of Slash, Eric Clapton, Ritchie Blackmore and a suite of other rock gods are placed under the microscope for this comprehensive lesson – tabs and audio included

Guitar World

Steve Hackett called him “probably the most proficient tapper out there”: Watch underrated tapping genius Stanley Jordan apply his masterful technique to Stairway to Heaven – on two guitars at once

The visionary virtuoso put a jazzy and classical spin on a technique most often associated with hard-rock, and applied it to a bold reimagining of the Led Zeppelin classic

The Independent UK

15 terrible albums by classic bands, from Led Zeppelin to Aerosmith

Even rock’n’roll heroes can have a bad day at the office, writes Kevin E G Perry

Guitar World

“I think it's fairly impossible to be a guitarist without loving Steve Vai”: Nili Brosh names 10 guitarists who shaped her sound

The Ibanez-toting instrumental virtuoso shares her thoughts on “one of the best improvisers in the history of the instrument”, why Eddie Van Halen's rhythm playing is underrated and the shredder who “brought a new sound to the Shrapnel era”

Guitar World

“That’s just a wacky, fun solo”: Wolfgang Van Halen reveals his favorite Eddie Van Halen guitar solo – and it’s not one you’d expect

Rather than opting for one of the usual suspects, the Mammoth WVH leader cherry-picked a far more unsung cut

Guitar World

Wolfgang Van Halen’s new single has a monster tapping solo – featuring his uncle operating his wah pedal

On the latest preview from the forthcoming Mammoth II album, Wolfgang shows that – when it comes to chops – the apple didn't fall far from the tree

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