Dweezil Zappa unveils VAN HALEN's 'Rasta' guitar

[@RastaSaiyaman]

Eddie is probably the nicest, most supportive guy out there. When Alice in Chains were opening for Van Halen during the "F.U.C.K." tour, Jerry Cantrell was there during a sound check and he was going "Aw man, you have the most awesome stuff man!" And Ed went "Wanna have a go?" and handed him his guitar. Well you'd have to be galactically stupid to say no to such an offer. Cantrell played Ed's guitar through Ed's amps and just wailed away. And went "Thanks man, it was a blast, too bad that I can't afford any of it." The tour wraps up, the band members go home and Cantrell is met by his landlord "Ah finally, now you can help me get rid of this stuff which was sent to you!" A huge crate containing three Peavey 5150 full stacks and two Musicman Eddie Van Halen signature model guitars had been send to Cantrell, compliments from Eddie.

[@drewbruzzer]

wow. crazy story to read right now. hurts deeply

[@det.frankdrebin668]

I saw that tour and 'Alice In Chains' blew me away. Cantrell is a force to be reckoned with regarding his tone. Incidentally, one of those EVH guitars was stolen from Jerry in 2001, it was the Ernie Ball gold-top EVH model. Two guys tracked it down and returned it to Jerry in 2018.

[@TheJimburke]

@@det.frankdrebin668 I saw that tour. One thing that was odd where I saw the show, the main house lights were not turned off during AICs set. It was like seeing AIC playing at a trade show or something.It was very strange. I wonder if that was a screw up at The Thunder Dome or something that happened through the whole tour.

[@det.frankdrebin668]

@@TheJimburke Incidentally, that is the way I remember it also......there were no spot lights during their entire set for A.I.C. and the house lights stayed on throughout the set.....it was definitely unusual.

[@TheJimburke]

@@det.frankdrebin668 That is an interesting choice for lights for a rock concert. The only other thing I remember about the show was Layne's voice being incredible. I remember he was bending over and just belting it out and he was awesome. Sadly I have no memories of Van Halen's set.

[@Pewtooyou]

I strolled in to local music store in Hanover, Mass. called Crossroads few years back to try out a new rack mount processor they had there. I pulled up on my motorcycle and could hear screaming guitar riffs coming from the store. I walked up and the door was locked and my buddy that owned it let me in. The owners of the store were good friends with the band Extreme and Nuno was out here with Dweezil because he was producing Dweezils new album at the time. Anyhow I got to hang there for a good 2 hour with the 2 owners, Nuno, Dweezil, their bodyguard and a dude named Chuck that was always there and listen to these 2 guitar animals trade riffs back and forth and learned alot of stuff in those 2 hours and it was an experience I'll never forget. ;)

[@Gma7788]

You're not allowed to introduce yourself to me. Realise this problem you have.

[@Pewtooyou]

@@Gma7788 Go to sleep. You're getting delusional again...lol

[@bradpirochta9293]

Dweezil is a hell of a musician. That Crazy Train video... he's spot on with his playing. And I've seen him do Hot for Teacher... he's quite good. Of course he was taught Hot for Teacher by Eddie so... getting it straight from the horse's mouth.

[@Heaven-dy9lj]

Dweezil is amazing, he's too modest also. Makes him endearing.

[@Gma7788]

Sorry, but pink Floyd existed.

[@fernandes5986]

Awsome. The Fair Warning is to me the Holly Grail of VH albums. Tone wise, songwritting, etc. and I mean all the band not just Edward. It's also a joy to hear Dweezil, a great guitarrist in his own right, and an Eddie personnal friend and fan, owning this guitar. He truly deserves it. Greetings from Portugal.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

It's not

[@MrSmiley1964]

Fair Warning is good, BUT I'm going to have to say Women and Children First wins the prize for me. It was the first concert I went to, so I'm biased.

[@clintwilson6380]

Yeah Jorge it's my favorite VH tone of all their albums.

[@musicalSFCat]

Well agree. Cheers.

[@michaelehlert9]

Fair Warning is the best for me and all my musician friends as well

[@user-er4xo2zl4r]

Dweezil is a really lovely guy. A terrific guitarist too

[@stephenpemberton9943]

That guitar is now PRICELESS Long live the King Edward Van Halen✌💛🤘

[@shawnwright5332]

👍🇨🇦

[@cleawox]

Right! And it's worth even more with the Dweezil Zappa connection. INCREDIBLY good vibes with this guitar.

[@horrorkungfutheatre0]

Long live the King? The king is gone, friend. May he rest in peace. A friend of mine knew both of the Van Halen brothers well before they made it big. He said they came from a Catholic home. I hope Eddie made it to Heaven. Now everyone is saying he was a nice guy. I only met him twice and he seemed like a nice person to me.

[@JohnnyHeartbreaker]

He sold it. Turns out its almost priceless.

[@rhugh02]

Only Dweezil Zappa deserves it... The love and respect for EVH is so apparent when ever he talks about him. What a great guy to carry on the EVH history and legacy. And what a great player he is.

[@justinb2924]

No offense to Frank, obviously he was a visionary artist, but I love hearing Dweezil going 80's. His shredder guitar mode is way cool.

[@VangeliRock]

Dweezil is a monster guitarist.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Average by today's standards

[@SaberToothGary]

@@Frankincensedjb123 - with that reply, you must not have ever seen him live, eh?

[@themotocrossmodchannelWulfMX]

@@SaberToothGary This is in no way any true representation of DZ skill, ability, etc he is noodling...he is one of the most amazing players and musicians ever. Talent pool runs deep in that family, he is an absolute beast, period.

[@damianfranciscoizquierdo2566]

@@Frankincensedjb123 What a moronic comment.

[@drlarrymitchell]

If he was ever gonna pick up a plank of wood, he was gonna have to be.

[@jjones8817]

Met Dweezil after the Experience Hendrix show in Chicago last year. What a class act!!!

[@ziggylayneable]

Frank would have told you to get the hell out of his face....lol.... I grew up on Zappa because of my father.I like Frank's rants at audiences. Telling people to put their fucking joints out because the smoke was bothering him. Calling them a bunch of"Drunken assholes".... Frank was the best.

[@sammccomiskey5882]

@@ziggylayneable yet the man chain-smoked relentlessly 'til his death. Sometimes you don't need drugs, you just need to be on that level between bat-shit bonkers and genius :')

[@ziggylayneable]

@@sammccomiskey5882 yeah Frank had a cigarette hanging off of his face constantlyI really wish I could have got another 10 or 15 years of Frank Zappa albums(although I already have like 30) before he died.hey man I'm not shiting on anybody who smokes pot cuz I smoke weed my damn self.I don't do any other drugs.I was one of them people that got caught up with heroin in the '90's.But I got clean about 15 years ago. Frank was one of those people that was on that level between batshit bonkers and genius. I'm not a genius I'm just batshit bonkers.....

[@jfo3000]

@@sammccomiskey5882 Although nicotine is a drug. Alegedly he drank coffee continuously as well.

[@sammccomiskey5882]

@@ziggylayneable yeahman, I agree with whatcha sayin, my phrasing was probably off in the initial reply 👍👍 and props for getting clean man, that's a struggle and a half pal

[@Lynchfan88]

This is awesome. Not only is it always cool to see Dweezil play, but he's been gifted Eddie's Rasta project guitar!! Nice vid and a nice piece of Eddie history here.

[@danriley5848]

That guitar just oozes Ed's tone for sure and it's in great hands with Dweezil.

[@alwaysopen7970]

Dimarzio X2N pup. Got one in 1982 and it's still in the same guitar.

[@josephno1347]

fair Warning is also my favorite VH album!

[@mariadelosangelesmarinpenu981]

The guitar of the King! Magic! Love ya' Dwezzil!

[@lawrencelerner6817]

Can this be edited without Mark Agnesi in it? That would be great.

[@eggsmahoney2402]

You Love His Cock???

[@stratcat9432]

I wholeheartedly agree, cannot stand that fool.

[@evhvariac2]

Lol

[@evhvariac2]

Because of the eyeliner?

[@huntergatherer4223]

Both of those douchebags

[@b.scottfarthingsworth]

Pickup - it's a Schaller Hot Stuff. They were made in the early 80's and installed on Kramer Pacers. My Kramer Pacer came with the same pickup, still have it.

[@tstanf]

So much more special to have the Rasta now. RIP EVH!

[@mothercalifornia]

They talk about him like he's already gone. In a way, that shows a lot of respect for a living guitar legend. He changed a lot of peoples life. Guitar designer like Brian May and some few others, he's a page in Rock history. They're all getting old but not in the mirror of music.

[@LuneyTune72]

Now he is gone :(

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

RIP EVH

[@3rdstone1]

RIP Eddie :(

[@creeper2054]

I love watching this video. That guitar was made to reach out and grab the audience. A true treasure.

[@Gma7788]

We've got pink Floyd instead.

[@Patcd89]

Dweezil states that he doesn’t know how Eddie got in contact with his Dad but Steve Vai recently said in one of his facebook live chats that his roommate was the one who gave Eddie franks contact info by mistake, not knowing it was Edward Van Halen on the phone with him and Steve freaked out because apparently Frank didn’t like anyone giving out his phone number without asking him first. That’s how Dweezil first met Eddie.

[@Ibaneddie76]

Actually the way Eddie ended up at Frank and Dweezil's house was Eddie met Steve Vai first and Steve being the young hired gun for Frank told Eddie that he could introduce him to Frank. Eddie called Steve Vai's house but he wasn't their and his roommate gave Eddie Frank's number witch was apparently a big no no and Steve was worried that Frank would be upset with him but when he was about to call Frank and tell him what happened Frank called Steve first and told him Eddie was already at his house and would he like to come hang out with them and he did. He said it was an amazing experience because they just sat around listening to music and of coarse busting out the guitars and jamming. Steve even mentioned Dweezil being their and being a kid. Imagine your dad is Frank Zappa and you get to hang out with him, Steve Vai, and Eddie Van Halen and listen to them bullshit and jam all night. No wonder Dweezil is such an amazing player. Not to mention his insane guitar collection, he has a Hendrix and an EVH? Good Lord! By the way I heard this story straight from Steve's mouth so it's legit.

[@robertgould9381]

That's a rad story bro!

[@michaelledford4751]

Anybody besides me want to puke knowing Frank Zappas house,his music Vaults and the UMRK Utility Muffin Research Kitchen studios are now owned by Lady Gaga and occupied by her unknown artist loser friends ? It makes me sick that Mowtown Studios are a national landmark but California couldnt work a deal with the Zappa estate to purchase the home & historical studios,especially since the UMRK studio was the very 1st 100% digital studio in the US while even Electric Ladyland studios were analog .

[@Za7a7aZ]

@@michaelledford4751 Dweezel has to ask permission to his half brother if he can use his fathers music. That must be zum kotzen... Dweezels mother gave all the rights of franks music not to dweezel but to his half brother who is doing his utmost to make a buck from it...I am not sure but dweezel probably has to pay his half brother so he can play his fathers music..just insane.

[@stephenpemberton9943]

Right on man!..WOW is all i can say and Dweezil is a blessed individual for not only owning an EVH guitar but also a Hendrix strat ✌💛🤘

[@michaelledford4751]

@@Za7a7aZ No,Dweezil can legally play every last piece of music of Frank Zappa 100% free of charge as long as the music is played live & no recordings are made for sale ,the whole rift Ahmet & Diva Zappa caused was over pure greed demanding Dweezil continue to pay the Zappa trust the 1/3rd share of all ZPZ concert sales that Dweezil had been giving to his mother to help support her,the Zappa trust then sued Dweezil for Trademark infringement due to Dweezils band using Frank Zappas Trademarked image and mustache logo ,the trust won so Dweezil can no longer call his band Zappa Plays Zappa,nor can Dweezil use Franks mustache logo or his likeness in any way without the permission of his broke ass baby sister Diva who knits sweaters for a living,so to avoid paying Ahmet & Diva one thin dime he now calls his band Dweezil Zappa ,as for playing his fathers music live , Dweezil & all bands are allowed to play other artists copyrighted music live free of charge ,now that Dweezil isn't using Franks mustache logo he don't have to ask Ahmet & Diva for permission .

[@joeylopezthaskinns100]

Wow...... That is too cool. To be able to own that would just be insane.

[@TheOriginalArchie]

Dweezil has some of the sickest historical guitars. Frank's SG and Performance, the Hendrix burst and this, and that's just four guitars. Im so jealous of this fucking guy. Also, I just saw him three months ago and the gig was fucking amazing, a lot better than I thought it was going to be.

[@thesaunders8]

The bassline for 7 Nation army playing at very low volume in the background is something

[@gkniffen]

thesaunders8 you heard that, too? Good. I thought I was crazy.

[@markgabriel5797]

That's the only reason I'm here😂😂😂

[@tammichenard1024]

something annoying.

[@zackvanhalen]

That passage from 12:34-12:39 is one the coolest things ever.

[@dagsct]

lol wow had to go back to catch what was happening there I'd never seen that...obviously Dweezil knows what he's doing.

[@ryansuma9959]

Arghhhhh, is anyone else being driven crazy by who ever is playing seven nation army on bass in the back round???

[@Libertarianist2112]

YES

[@PapaWheelie1]

It fits like a square peg in a round hole

[@thedizzydj6623]

My son just learned that song on the bass and I thought it was him practicing until I paused the video...LMFAO!

[@l8tapex]

I hate that riff with a passion.Like achey, breaky, heart

[@lehardeu]

yeah and he sucks

[@davidenders9282]

Dweezil's right on, Fair Warning very underrated & my 3rd fav. after the first 2 albums. never knew about this guitar.

[@dezionlion]

Dweezil ends up with Eddie and Hendrix’s guitarsfrom pieces to glory! What are the chances

[@dezionlion]

robert proctor I didn’t say why I said what are the chances? I know who his father and sister are! I think it probably has more to do with who he is.

[@BezerkerBert89]

Chances are pretty high.....considering his dad is Frank Zappa.

[@dezionlion]

BezerkerBert89 really, that’s his dad, had no idea

[@theyearoftherat]

pieces to glory?

[@dezionlion]

yearoftherat yeah he got them in pieces and put them back to their original glory

[@davewhiting5038]

In Oakland 81, Ed used that guitar on Unchained but not on Is this love or any other song that I know of. Unchained has the low E string tuned down a full step. I always wondered what happened to that guitar, and now I know.

[@humanbeing2420]

Hear About It Later is also in Drop D. Not sure which guitar he used for that one in the Oakland video....

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

Great interview with Dweezil...!! RIP EVH

[@johnmoser2689]

Thank you Dweezil fair warning is my favourite too..... awesome guitar

[@erichhitchcock3368]

Years ago, I saw a video interview with Dweezil..and he had what looked like a Charvel "Star" shaped guitar ( orange body), and he stated that Eddie had given that to him as well.

[@drewbruzzer]

glad i watched it. awesome to the end. wanted more riffs!! awesome job man

[@djmylesmatisse]

Dweezil is such an incredible guitarist. I wish he'd release more full on guitar and rock albums. An all instrumental affair in full on killer sound and form (like his solo doodling here) would be insanely good. He's incredibly underrated.

[@rrdlr2]

He also got lessons from Steve Vai too. Lucky kid. It helps to have a rock star for a dad if you want to meet other rock stars.

[@rrdlr2]

Also he own's Hendrix Montreux guitar that he torched. Damn, dude has a serious axe collection. Luckily he can actually play. I hate MFers that have really expensive crap and can't play while these kids that really have talent are playing oh cheap Korean knock-off that have action so high you can use it as an archery bow.

[@mixodorians12]

Great sounding guitar. It barks, pops, sizzles. How Eddie met Frank and his son and the rest of his family was through Steve Vai (who was playing with Frank at the time). Steve Vai was supposed to take him over to see Frank, having met Eddie back stage, and was going to introduce him (arranging it with Frank first, as Zappa didn't like people showing up). Eddie phoned Steve the next day (who wasn't in) and so got Steve's flat mate to give him Frank's number and then went over himself that same day, so desperate was he to meet and jam with Frank.

[@flashy5150]

Ed has always and will always be my Master of guitar. I only dream to meet him, say hello and show him how much he has taught me.

[@Xcorgi]

Frank and Eddie used to actually be neighbors back when Dweezil was just a little kid. I read a Guitar World magazine interview where Eddie said he remembered when he used to go over and visit Frank and Dweezil would be running around the house in his Spider-Man pajamas. When Dweezil got a little bit older, Eddie would come over and give him all the free guitar lessons he wanted as a favor to Frank. There’s a reason Dweezil can totally nail Eddie’s playing and tone like no one else!

[@supexavi0424]

Whoever’s playing 7 nation army in the back on a loop is killing me

[@PapaWheelie1]

Are they in the next room from a kid getting a bass lesson?

[@rickeymitchell8303]

This is free good stuff be grateful

[@freddyloper7839]

I thought my neighbor's were playing it lol then realized it was the video.

[@yesbwana]

@@rickeymitchell8303 Shut up! Just shut you f**king mouth!

[@errantcondor9349]

I was looking for this comment, it was so funny when it kept going

[@rolandjgutierrez5839]

This dude is a player he used the same tapping finger as Eddie and Mr Zappa is another great American player he is up there with skills and knowledge of guitar when he taped that descending lick that got me... Thanks

[@SombraPiloto]

My favorite EVH stripe guitar!!! Pics are kind of hard to find online and I've always wondered what happened to it.

[@Pun2404]

Dope guitar, plus Dweezil is among the humblest Guitar Geniuses of the Modern Era

[@RobTackettCovers]

OK so when I listen to commentary I sometimes put the youtube video speed on 1.5 X's just as a time saver...so I did that on this video...and because I do it so much I get used to the speed talk and don't even notice that it's weird...in this video all was cool...until Dweezil started playing, and I was like "what the...????, I've watched a bunch of Zappa Plays Zappa, and I never saw Dweezil play that fast"!!! It was only about 3 seconds after it got really crazy and then I realized I had it sped up, hahahaha! Thanks for posting this cool video!

[@Diggerdog2nd]

Eddie has talked about this guitar being heavy as hell also being the first one that he put a floyd on even before Frankenstein . I first saw this guitar in 1980 when Eddie was in Guitar Player magazine. He's on the cover holding the Dragon guitar but inside there is the now famous picture of him in that jumpsuit holding a pick axe with most of his guitars at that time & this guitar Dweezil has is the unpainted strat type laying in front on the ground.

[@anthonym612]

Rick Harrison: "Best I can do is $500"

[@bevo65]

Also acceptable: "I can give you like ten bucks."

[@jimmiepiranah]

'I'm taking all the risk here'.

[@kevindemattia]

LOLOLOL

[@christopherwashington663]

@@jimmiepiranah Lol, the answer to that is simple, "That's why you own a pawn shop, and I have Jimi's guitar.'

[@guitargold100]

Soooooooooo. Awesome!

[@dchapman75]

I got to see Dweezil and his band play back in 2017 and got to meet him as well! Not only is he a monster guitar player and musician he is also very down to earth and a cool guy to talk to, next to Eddie he's my favorite.

[@danielwoodford6086]

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[@Chaunceylola]

I remember obsessing over those photos in LIFE magazine and seeing that guitar. I always wondered why I never saw him play it.

[@nazmoking3171]

Very cool and fun interview and guitar overview!

[@frankiechan9651]

The spalted maple of that neck is just amazingly beautiful. The contrast of that with the negelct of the body is a perfect yin/yang dichotomy.

[@Chaunceylola]

That’s not spalted Maple. It’s figured with birdseye. Spalted Maple has black lines running through it from pests and rot.

[@bradking1107]

@@Chaunceylola is the neck a charvel? Hope you are well God loves you deeply Shalom 🤗🐼❤️✝️💐 Philippians 4:8

[@MrJonswift200]

If you look at some pictures of that circle guitar from fair warning, look really closely at the input jackets, actually flipped around backwards, only I would notice something crazy like that

[@brianyount7291]

I didn’t know the whole story but I knew you had it. Thanks for sharing. These stories are so great and I really hope they keep flowing. EVH 4EVR

[@drprick7432]

Met both Frank and Dweezil and (Lemmo at Norm’s). Really nice guys. Dweezil’s band is killer!

[@mikewallace1270]

Yes, Fair Warning was the pinnacle of Ed’s genius.

[@samuelherman4859]

This guy is so humble , up the Zappas

[@JimmyBurkard]

Great vid! Are the White Stripes rehearsing in the next room? I'm listening on headphones and hearing Seven Nation Army

[@JohnnyBeane]

That guitar is a part of rock history!!!

[@Farazkhurshid]

Yes Indeed!

[@Frankincensedjb123]

So?

[@JohnnyBeane]

@riley morgan Hey man!

[@JohnnyBeane]

@@Frankincensedjb123 yup

[@JohnnyBeane]

@@Farazkhurshid Yo Faraz!

[@monsarad888]

6:18 Marc calls me back my goal moment after watching Carlos Santana for the first time in the early 70's. Still influences my playing significantly nowadays.

[@scott917]

Dweezil has some awesome guitars. He has one of Hendrix's guitars and this guitar from Eddie. I also like his Madonna guitar that paint job is pretty cool. Then of course his fathers guitars. Crazy collection.

[@scottdunn2178]

Dimarzio X2N was one of the only real hot replacement pickups available back then. Seymour Duncan's were just getting popular, but were relatively unknown, so it was a Dimarzio Super Distortion, Bill Lawrence L500 and L500XL, Duncan Distortion or JB (and Duncan's were relatively unknown in 1981-82) - those were about it for high output replacement pickups. It wasn't like today where you have a bazillion choices for replacement pickups.

[@scottdunn2178]

@Rufus T Firefly The Invader came out in 1983. This Van Halen "Rasta" Strat would have been from from late 1980 to 81. I had an Invader for a couple of months in '84 after seeing Jake E. Lee with one in his white Charvel... I hated it. It was harsh, way too bright... and didn't sound anything like Jake's killer Marshall JCM 800 tone on Bark At The Moon. I started using a JB (SH-4), and later the JB Trembucker (TB-4), and occasionally the Duncan Distortion (TB-6), and the Duncan Custom V (TB-14). Seymour Duncan also made a short-lived bridge pickup call The Stag Mag... that had dual slug polepieces instead of the traditional slugs on one coil and screws on the other. I think Duncan stopped making The Stag Mag, except for special order around 1985-86. And the Invader is ugly and sounds like shit... that's why hardly anyone uses them. Regards 🎸

[@alwaysopen7970]

X2N is around 500mv; hot raw passive goodness and tons of tone. Don't dare pervert it with a soulless pussy pedal.

[@scottdunn2178]

@@alwaysopen7970 Michael Romeo from Symphony X uses the X2N.

[@kip6963]

Heard this before and great to hear it again. Dweezil is cool dude and fuckin amazing on guitar, almost like Edward himself

[@verrysmusic]

Amazing stories!!! I believe that's a Schaller "Hot Stuff" pickup...i had one back in the 80's

[@lanceraustin]

Dweezil is cool as fuck- the perfect ambassador for Eddie's continued legacy.

[@Adoraborealis_MikeMesserMusic]

where in the panama video does ed come to the door with this guitar in pieces? I looked for it but i can't find it

[@johnkramer7161]

It's not in the actual video. It's a bunch of outtakes from the video. I saw it a while ago here on YT

[@antony5365]

Does anyone know where the riff is from that he plays from 12:33 to 12:40? I need to learn that.

[@jeffdevore6653]

Eddie Van Halen was an artist in more ways than one. First and foremost as a highly skilled guitarist. Secondly, as an artist in refinishing his guitars with a one of a kind finish of his own design. That takes a combination of imagination and skill. He was absolutely awesome at both.

[@taopagan]

Just grinning my head off over here! Thanks for this.

[@chrischoir3594]

The Soul of Frank and the Technique of Eddie

[@patricwarnick3257]

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[@InternetSavage]

I feel like I've seen someplace where they knock on Ed's hotel door room with the guitar in pieces but it's not in the Panama video. In the outtakes maybe?

[@dmdavidmiller]

Dweezil should do a cover album of Van Halen songs and playing just the way he would play them I think it would be very much appreciative to the Van Halen public Dweezil is a great guitar player I've seen videos of him cutting heads with Steve Vai Steve Vai did not come out on top

[@Les537]

I have that same pickup in my bass guitar I build a million years ago. Yes, bass.

[@hardrockrelics2157]

As authentic as it gets... Ed’s finger grease in the fretboard and Jizz holding together the neck joint...

[@solarismoon3046]

GODDAMNIT!! I wondered what the hell ever happened to that guitar. Sadly this was at the height of Eddies' drug days and explains why he painted it this way. He used to carry necks and bodies around just to have backups in case something went wrong but sadly they usually became black and white strats with the usual red in between. I know that has his favourite motif but the black and white Charvel that he repainted later was my favourite along with the unchained guitar. Sadly neither now exist in their original form. Eddie is always experimenting but I wish that he would start over with a new guitar rather than butcher the ones that he played and are now legendary. Thanks for sharing. This is one of the few things that no one knew about.

[@erichhitchcock3368]

Is the pickup on this one an X2N maybe?

[@clamdigr]

Man, I don't remember this guitar from back in the day, I like it better this way than the circles paint job tho.

[@cantstartafire]

Wow... Dweezil looks so much like Frank.... Really cool to see.

[@nightkatlxx2748]

Forgot how good Dweezil is, really workin the EVH mojo of that guitar. Good to see he's still around.

[@kitoyobeni1]

He had a real good thing going with Zappa Plays Zappa until his own family sued him. Weird but true.

[@malcolmpearson6304]

So wicked cool, Dweezil Rocks Out !!!

[@rondobondo6600]

I think that zappa has some of the most iconic guitars in the whole world

[@levigarrett8674]

Dweezil owning his fathers legendary Jimi Hendrix Strat is the coolest thing on earth to have a Hendrix/Zappa guitar,now Dweezil busts out a 1 of a kind Eddie Van Halen guitar that is now a Van Halen/Zappa guitar is icing on the cake ,Dweezil needs to aquire a 1 off Steve Vai Jem next.

[@billyhughes9776]

Was the playing from around 10:52 to 12:57 authentic enough for Mark? Almost ruined but thank god Dweezil is not only one of the nicest and coolest MFers on the planet but a amazing player. Listening to his stories and the playing just put the biggest smile on my face.

[@jeffbeck6501]

Dweezil has the hands and knowledge his dad only dreamed about. Dweezil has got some hands.

[@innnews6299]

Anything on Van Halen is awesome!

[@OniDasAlagoas]

I could not understand what they said about jack white; what was it?

[@Fearzero]

That guitar is not in the Panama outtake vid. In that vid Eddie has the red and white striped guitar

[@legatomisterioso7]

Just for anyone that wants to know, the body is a 2 inch Mahogany Body, since Ed thought when he put the Floyd on that the guitars sounded “thin” so he ordered two bodies, the other one becoming the Rude.

[@bradking1107]

What kinda neck is it?? Hope you are well God loves you deeply Shalom 🤗🐼❤️✝️💐 Philippians 4:8

[@carlbamburg7439]

Geez Dweez, clean that vol pot!.. Love the rig

[@eldredjoyner2556]

Thank You Dweezil

[@johnnyringo8174]

What a cool guitar. EVH needs to issue a guitar with this finish and color scheme.

[@jamesstewart8054]

Wow you guys are lucky. I would love to meet Eddie one day. Cheers James.

[@bryanshirley3264]

I was lucky one day at the Birmingham INTL Airport. he was flying back in from playing golf. I had him sign a copy of 5150 everyone else had just random stuff. He looked at me and said at least you have a Fn cd. bahawaha. It was a great day and the show later that night was awesome.

[@davidbrucemusicvideo]

For those of you who dig this video but got a little bit tired and didn’t wanna watch the entire thing, make sure that you at least take a look at 12:25 before you leave. Oh my God, this guy can play! 😳

[@derrickcunliffe7334]

can someone tell me wat is the pickup I always thought eddie made his own

[@keithpartridge7147]

I just can't watch this guy without thinking about the "Play Authentic" debarcle.

[@SteveAaron]

An epic douche... makes me puke.

[@bazzbazz7640]

Keith Partridge don’t watch him then ?

[@SteveAaron]

bazz bazz I don’t. I stopped the video as soon as I saw his face

[@drippinglass]

I like Mark.

[@guitarofdestiny]

@@drippinglass hi Mark

[@matty6strings131]

That was awesome!!

[@dougsteeleguitar]

Jeez...I think I want a 7 string of THIS one.

[@lorenzo6mm]

Imagine being able to play your Father's killer music. Music that will survive the eon's of time. 400 years from now they will study two Classic Rock era acts: The Beatles and Frank Zappa. add..... A son that Frank Zappa said would eclipse him in the future of insane guitar shredding and musicality. A he IS. There is nothing he can't play and read, any speed, style, time signature tone Dweezil has it going on. Amazing.

[@_vixen_4504]

The pickup looks to be a Dimarzio X2N which came out in 1979 and it's a pretty popular pickup around old hair metal bands like for example Jeff Labar used to use a X2N in the nights songs era of cinderella. Rest in peace Eddie Van Halen and Jeff Labar.

[@knightfall9394]

Thats a schaller humbucker, i dont think ed or dweezil were gonna go for a x2n

[@toddeaton3269]

He before used the MightyMite high-output pickup (for more treb content without overdrive) and this guitars pickup was modelled after that but with an Alnico instead of Ceramic magnet... It later became the Floyd Rose pickup (another rarety)!

[@anthonyfinch550]

🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽. This is awesome. Dweezil is a stand up guy. That Mark guy.... not so much