Gene Simmons claimed his encounter with the guitarist happened the same day Eddie tried to quit Van Halen and join Kiss ...

Eddie Van Halen's dynamic playing style and his unorthodox approach to guitar design are natural extensions of the inventions and breakthroughs of Les Paul, who passed away yesterday. Today, Van Halen ...

It took Jerry Cantrell nearly two decades to retrieve a guitar Eddie Van Halen had gifted him ... model axe with Gibson Guitars, a "Wino" Les Paul Custom. Watch a video down toward the bottom ...

Eddie Van Halen and his then-wife, Valerie Bertinelli, on Feb. 18, 1995, in New York CityGetty Images The official Twitter account of fellow guitar legend Les Paul, who died in 2009 at age 94 ...

The year before Van Halen put out their ... had his “Black Strat” and Les Paul had the freakin’ Les Paul, for instance — Eddie inspired the custom-guitar craze of the Eighties.

Eddie Van Halen spent ... A more revealing comparison is with Les Paul, a pre-rock guitar virtuoso who set the template for much of what followed. Like Paul, Van Halen was what I would call ...

Van Halen’s irresistible appeal came from the fact they were fun, and everything about Little Guitars is fun: the ...

The iconic “Frankenstrat” guitar that Eddie Van Halen played ... from Kramer Guitars’ Paul “Unk” Unkert, who custom-made this guitar to Van Halen’s demanding specifications in late ...

Guitar god and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Eddie Van Halen died on Tuesday at the age ... but they only came with single-coil pickups. The Gibson Les Paul, on the other hand, had a humbucking ...

"The legendary 'Hot for Teacher' stage used and filmed guitar, custom made by Paul Unkert of Kramer Guitars for Eddie Van Halen, including important innovations customized for Eddie's evolving ...