It seems like you’re involved every step of the way with every piece of gear that goes out with your name on it. Which is a great home, it’s a great team.” “It doesn’t seem that long! Well, I first started off with Music Man, and then I went to Peavey, and when they stopped, kind of… doing what I asked, we moved to Fender. It’s been nine years since you started the EVH brand - how did it first come about? "If I’m going to use it then it has to be my way, you know what I mean?" Working for a guitar magazine means that you get to meet a fair few rockstars, but I can honestly say that the Eddie Van Halen that I met was not only the biggest, but the nicest to boot. He was genuinely amazed. Here I was, the editor of British guitar magazine who was given access to one of the greatest players to ever pick up a guitar and he couldn't believe or comprehend that we had made a trip to Los Angeles "just to talk to me". "Nothing! We've come to talk to you!" I told him.
Asking, "So what else are you guys doing out here?". Eddie chatted after the recorder had stopped and left me with an overwhelming sense of his humility. "Before I knew it, our time had come to an end. Then explained that many people overcomplicate guitar-playing and his guitar parts (apparently Slash plays Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love wrong"). To demonstrate some of his techniques, Eddie grabbed a Wolfgang off the wall and began to play parts of Eruption. In between asking me about Wales and remembering playing in Cardiff, to recounting how Floyd Rose brought him prototypes of his vibrato to try, Ed graciously answered questions about that guitar, that amp, that tapping technique and many more.Ħ guitar tricks you can learn from Eddie Van Halen (opens in new tab) "The interview went by in a blur, and the fear vanished as soon as Eddie started to vape. Of course! You're Eddie Van Halen! Why would that even seem unusual?! "He's just done his first magazine cover…he'll be on the cover of GQ with George Clooney" Ed told us proudly. They're indelible, godlike entities, not guys who shake your hand and pick up their dog. They exist on album covers and posters and giant screens at gigs.
"People like Eddie Van Halen don't just walk in. A few moments later, in walks Eddie Van Halen. Next thing, a small pomeranian dog came running in, followed by Eddie's wife, Janie. There we waited in the lounge area - the walls lined with signature guitars. The gates opened and we went into the studio.
To demonstrate some of his techniques, Eddie grabbed a Wolfgang off the wall and began to play parts of Eruption Then I noticed the sign that said 'Private Property: Armed Security Will Be Called". 'What if I say something that makes him angry?', 'What if the recorder breaks down? What if the spare recorder breaks down? What if both recorders break and my phone runs out of memory?'. "We sat in the car outside the electronic gates, and I still remember the fear. There was a lot riding on the next conversation, and if it went wrong, the 11-hour flight home was going to feel a hell of a lot longer. "You see, there are plenty of tales and accounts of Eddie Van Halen - a guy whose excess was matched by his outspoken, no-shit attitude, particularly towards interviewers who he didn't engage with. There are many TG contributors who were - and still are - more qualified to interview Eddie Van Halen before me, but as requested by EVH, it had to be the editor. "The interview was confirmed to take place at 5150 - the studio building adjacent to Eddie's home. This is Eddie's company, and he had a hand in all key decisions and designs.
The instruments are built and distributed by Fender, but it's way more than a logo on a headstock. "In 2016, Total Guitar was given the opportunity to realise that cover interview via Eddie's guitar company, EVH. Not since Jimi Hendrix has there been a guitar hero who revolutionised the electric guitar in so many areas, and most importantly, he did it through songs rather than inaccessible technical compositions tailored towards a niche audience. From tone to technique and the gear we use to do it. "Eddie Van Halen is the cover star that every guitar magazine wants," says Stuart, "a pioneer who changed the way we approach pretty much every aspect of the instrument.
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