After yesterdays announcement of the new 5150 models, Van Halen fans are in for a treat in 2019. EVH are commemorating the 40th anniversary of Van Halen II with ’79 Bumblebee tribute guitar, with that classic yellow on black stripe paint job. EVH Van Halen II ’79 Bumblebee Yes, it I step 40th anniversary of Van […]
Summer NAMM 2019 – EVH 5150 Series Guitars launching
Published on :EVH has just announced a new range called the 5150 Series Guitars, the latest model from Eddie Van Halen’s guitar company., These new modern rockers sound pretty epic and are available in both standard and deluxe finishes. EVH 5150 Series Guitars Hands down, if anyone knows how to build a guitar to rock out with, […]
Jimmy Page lends his ‘Stairway’ guitar to the Met in New York
Published on :Jimmy Page is lending his ‘Stairway’ guitar to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for a major music gear show that’s going to include 130 other instruments played by various rock icons. Jimmy Page’s Guitars The Led Zeppelin guitarist/rock icon has lent some of his most iconic guitars to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. […]
When does ‘brown’ guitar tone get too brown? Dropping voltage to get the EVH sound
Published on :Eddie Van Halen used a Variac to get his legendary ‘Brown Sound’ – by dialling down the voltage of his Marshall Plexi heads he started a quest for rock tones still followed by players to this day. When is brown sound too, well, brown? We love Johan Segeborn and his crazy YouTube channel. Why? Because […]
Jacques Pedals Bête Noire – Classic Plexi tones plus modulation = Van Halen?
Published on :The new Jacques Pedals Bête Noire pedal combines natural distortion and analogue phasing modulation into one pedal. Part of their professional effect pedals range handmade in France, this latest unit looks very interesting indeed. Jacques Pedals Bête Noire Over the years Jacques Pedals has made loads of cool boutique effects pedals and I’ve owned loads of them myself […]
Summer NAMM 2018: EVH Eruption ’78 models celebrate 40-year anniversary
Published on :Before the Floyd Rose locking tremolo system, before the red and white stripes, Eddie Van Halen was assaulting the rock world’s ears with Eruption – and did it on a guitar just like this one! EVH Eruption ’78 I’m pretty sure that when every guitar player in the world heard Eruption for the first time […]