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 ...

Credit: Fin Costello/Redferns via Getty Images A new mini-documentary charting Eddie ... Les Paul Jr. and an early 1960s ES-335. Other oddball instruments that further facilitated Van Halen ...

"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 ...

Guitar legend and musician Eddie Van Halen died following a battle with ... "Innovative, like his hero Les Paul, Eddie reimagined the sonic possibilities of the guitar and became an inspiration ...

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 ...