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A new mini-documentary charting Eddie Van Halen’s pre-Frankenstein electric guitar journey has been released online. Masterminded by Simon Alkin and narrated by old audio of Van Halen himself ...
The Electric Guitar’s Long (And Louder), Strange Trip From its gentle 16th-century acoustic origins to the souped-up ‘Frankenstein,’ a Smithsonian scholar strums the historic chords of the ...
Eddie Van Halen's "Frankenstein" guitar became a symbol of his pioneering attitude toward electric guitar design. Always experimenting, Eddie made the guitar a work in progress in which he ...
The concept of an electric guitar, ... This 2007 remake of Eddie Van Halen's iconic 1977 guitar, "Frankenstein" is a symbol of the self-designed and custom-built guitars of 1970s and 1980s rock, ...
Wolfgang guested on the Shred With Shifty podcast. It's hosted by Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett and, during their conversation, he asks whether the guitar is named "Frankenstein" or ...
The electric guitar might be a relatively new instrument in the grand scheme of things, but Jeff Beck felt no one did it ...