"Guitar hacking with Eddie Van Halen

 Guitar hacking with Eddie Van Halen

Boing Boingby Gareth Branwyn

In this reprinted piece from Popular Mechanics, 2015, the late, great Eddie Van Halen talks about how he modified his early guitars and amps to help create the unique guitar sounds for which he became famous.

My playing style really grew from the fact that I couldn't afford a distortion pedal.

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