Dime loved everyone from Blues Saraceno to Eddie Van Halen to Mick Mars – all kinds of different guitar players and he really wasn’t afraid to speak his mind.” Dimebag wasn’t only a ...

“Dime was just so special – not only as a guitar player, but also in the way ... It’s as if he took Jimmy Page, Brian May, ...

Eddie Van Halen has left his mark on the guitar world as both a player and a designer. You can read about the History of Eddie Van Halen's 12 Most Famous Guitars below. For many fans ...

Heavy metal veteran Nick Bowcott of Grim Reaper fame has reflected on his friendship with Dimebag Darrell, and recalled the time Eddie Van Halen promised to personally paint a Charvel EVH Art ...

That, sadly, never came to be, as Dimebag was killed just weeks after the exchange. The guitarist was then buried with Van Halen’s original black-and-yellow-striped Bumblebee guitar.

Dimebag’s dad was country & western ... Dime was buried with one of Eddie Van Halen’s historic guitars. Eddie offered up the original 1979 black and yellow Bumblebee Charvel Hybrid VH2 guitar ...

In eighth grade, I’d have said Dimebag Darrell or (gulp ... maybe the only classic rock guitar legend whose playing approached Van Halen’s larger-than-life immediacy and mind-boggling flair ...

But as Dimebag recalled in ’94 to Guitar World, his father was not a fan of Pantera ... and shamefully still struggles with rhythm figure one of Van Halen’s Panama. "I remember showing up at 10 or 11 ...

They are among the most famous guitars in rock history. Eddie Van Halen’s legendary “Frankenstrat” guitars, known by their black, white and red striping — painted by Van Halen himself — ...

Guitar god and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Eddie Van Halen died on Tuesday at the age of 65 after a long battle with cancer. Throughout his five decades as lead guitarist of the rock band Van Halen ...

(CBS/AP) Rocker Eddie Van Halen has donated 75 electric guitars from his personal collection to Los Angeles-area high schools as a way to inspire music in kids. Tricia Steel of the Mr. Holland's ...