Ted Templeman “First of All, There Was No Guitar Player Who Had Ever Played Like That”: Van Halen Producer Ted Templeman Tells ‘GP’ How It All Began Van Halen might not have been the same group without Ted Templeman, the man who discovered and signed them, then produced their greatest albums “I’d Never Heard Anything That Brilliant, and Ed Said, ‘No, It’s Nothing’”: Producer Ted Templeman Reveals How He Helped Turn Eddie Van Halen’s “Warm Up” Into One of the Greatest Solos of All Time, “Eruption” “He said, ‘It’s just something I warm up with before each show.' And I said, ‘Donn, roll tape!’” recalls the hitmaker Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1Davey Johnstone explains his greatest guitar moments from Elton John’s ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’2“Joe Walsh insisted that I buy it”: Jimmy Page on his “Number 1” 1959 Gibson Les Paul3Jake Kiszka pulls his car off the road to listen every time this song comes on the radio 4David Gilmour says he couldn't pick out his legendary Black Strat in a blindfold test5“I said, 'Well, Lee, I've been using a lot of Black Sabbath–style moves in Sonic Youth.'" Thurston Moore reveals an unlikely influence on his unique guitar style
