Dweezil Zappa

The virtuoso loved to play guitars, but he didn’t give them any special treatment

The heavily modded guitar is showcased across his 2015 'Via Zammata' album, where he demonstrates the value of its unusual features

He’s mused on how songwriting has changed over the years, which has come at the expense of the riff and people’s exposure to the instrument

The guitarist says Eddie's quickfire lesson is “burned into” his mind and reveals an important aspect of Van Halen's personality

The guitarist virtuoso adds that it's vital not to worry about how you're perceived if you really want to achieve shred-level talent

Dweezil had looked up to Eddie all his life, but the apprentice became the master one night in 2010

Frank Zappa’s prodigal son will play a set of his father's legendary music at the Warfield Theatre on August 4

Equipped with a push-pull phase shift that replicates the charm of an Octavia pedal, Zappa says that the new model “feels alive”

Though guitar gear, of course, has advanced in leaps and bounds since Frank Zappa's heyday, the elder Zappa enthusiastically pushed its technological limits