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Watch Eddie Van Halen and Sammy Hagar Share the Stage for the First Time at Farm Aid By Guitar Player Staff Watch the two future bandmates jam on Led Zeppelin’s “Rock and Roll.”
Eddie Van Halen Shares the Guitars Behind His Quest for Tone By Chris Gill Ed explains the roles that various guitars in his collection have played in his quest to find the ultimate tone.
Watch Eddie Van Halen Show Off His Elephant and Horse Tricks By Christopher Scapelliti Eddie clowns around, and demonstrates some of his most famous guitar tricks, in this 1986 MTV clip.
Eddie Van Halen Talks Revolutionary Gear Mods and the Death of Rock in his First-Ever Interview from 1978 By Jas Obrecht Jas Obrecht's classic Eddie Van Halen interview from the November 1978 issue of Guitar Player.
David Torn on Making Space for Improv in Collaboration, Future Projects and Wrangling 90 Fuzz Boxes in Search of Tone By Michael Ross Long known as a soloist and sideman, David Torn solidifies his union with Sonar on the new 'Tranceportation, Vol. 1.'
30 Years On: Remembering Stevie Ray Vaughan By Tom Nolan In 1988, SRV was clean and sober, and sat down with GP to talk recovery, Hendrix and a future that ultimately wouldn't come to pass.
