Eddie Van Halen - Wolfgang Guitar Series

Years in the making from Eddie Van Halen guitars, the new series of EVH Wolfgang Guitars. Join Eddie as he goes to the factory and discusses every detail of these amazing guitars with the top EVH guitar designers.
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[@Boogieplex]

Ive been smoking cigarettes for 30 yrs,and have had asthma all my life.Recenctly ive been diagnosed with emphysema/copd and still wasnt enough to quit. But since the day Eddie died I haven’t had a single cigarette. Im finally finished,and its my way of honoring Ed. RIP EVH

[@funkydixieland4055]

wow buddy!!! very cool! Fuck man...prayers ur way. 🕇

[@youreallygotmenow4855]

I'm glad you learned your lesson, mate. Better late than never.

[@Desincarne]

Badass, mate. Keep it up - I'm rooting for you.

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

Praying you can stay stopped, Boogie. That’s an amazing way to honor our hero. God bless.

[@debrasalinas2831]

👏👏👏

[@ronnie_5150]

Can honestly say the first time in my life I have ever been moved to tears by the passing of someone I didn't know personally and that I've never met. I feel I've lost a childhood friend. RIP EVH.

[@thetomschaeffer]

100% exactly how I feel. There's literally no one behind him to pick up the torch - it's a dead end. RIP EVH.

[@johnkoundouzis8677]

I feel you. It's like part of my youth has just gone. I have been listening to Van Halen since I was 14 and I am now 53. When I first heard I went to KZbin and started watching Eddie work his magic. Found myself crying for the loss of such a genius.

[@thetomschaeffer]

Roxanne Daniel yeah but to be played by who? EVH was so unique and I don’t see ANYONE like him nowadays.

[@jaspersjoint7433]

Ditto. Couldn't agree more. A lot of famous people, musicians, actors, etc. have passed in these last few years. NONE of them moved me. But when I heard that EVH passed, I literally pulled my truck to the side of the road in disbelief and sadness. You nailed the feeling- "like I had lost a childhood best friend". If you haven seen the "What it Means to be American" interview from the Smithsonian, do watch it. It was very well done. Sad and tough to watch but its a must for any EVH fan. Rest in Peace Ed, we all miss you man.

[@jaspersjoint7433]

Here's that interview if you're interested. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXKygIawf954f8U

[@StreetsleeperUK]

The bit where he said “I want it to outlive me” made me sad. But the wolfgang is a classic guitar. Amazing instrument

[@tjbrenna]

Was thinking the same thing....

[@chrisknowlton9460]

What really made me sad was seeing him smoking that cigarette and knowing that's what killed him. In fact it makes me a little mad, too.

[@Chikimefuiki]

Came here to make the same comment. His legacy will live on and so will his guitars! I dont think people really understand who died here. This was EVH he is literally as big and important than almost any other guitarist or musician you can put him next to. He stands shoulder to shoulder with all of them living or dead.

[@Chikimefuiki]

@@chrisknowlton9460 I am quitting because of him, I am currently 29 started at 19. I hope we can all reach 65 with how things are going...

[@guntherachterhof4876]

@@Chikimefuiki Good, do quit, this will benefit you tremendeously! Coming from a former RN. Good luck and all the best!

[@liambeers8458]

Rip Eddie. EVH was one of the most badass and innovative guitarists ever.

[@BRO77TX]

Not ONE of...THE most badass and innovative guitarist ever!!

[@WellStudied]

BY HIS OWN ADDMISSION DRIVEN TO THE POINT OF OCD... HE LITERALLY LIVED HIS GUITAR 24/7.

[@patyong7506]

Anyone alive who smokes . Drop the cigarette !

[@kwasmanthebarbarian]

@@BRO77TX Fuckin' right brother . There is only one G.O.A.T. His name is EDWARD LODEWIJK VAN HALEN , and he shall forever hold the title and sit on his throne atop the mountain . R.I.P. EVH , you will never be forgotten .

[@shannonwindsor8947]

He supplied the soundtrack to our youth. Your legacy remains. Forever loved on various levels. Rock on EVH.

[@SoapinTrucker]

🏆

[@daviddyches2319]

@@SoapinTrucker wm.

[@DVincentW]

Indeed Shannon, watch The Wild Life (1985) he did some cool music in that movie. Take care♫.

[@jamesmorgan2064]

Unparralled excellence RIP

[@waggz0439]

Agreed

[@dieselburner4461]

Anyone alive who smokes . Drop the cigarette !

[@MAshire3]

Why?

[@Liam-vt3il]

MAShire3 you’re joking right?

[@MAshire3]

Liam 17 dead serious. Why? Because it will give us cancer?

[@Aceroxx02]

@@MAshire3 What doesn't give us cancer these days? I smoke. Been doing it for 20 years. I know its bad for me. I am well aware of it. I enjoy it. Period.

[@MAshire3]

Jeremy Santos that’s what I’m getting at, the fuck does it matter if you smoke or not, only get one life live it how you want and send it

[@madbear860]

Rest In Peace, Ed. I’m not done crying yet.

[@MrARCANGEL81]

😭

[@thebeanmachine4369]

Me either

[@LaRockstar77]

You didn't even know him. Don't be a cringey loser all your life.

[@madbear860]

Victor Rockefeller your asshole misses the cucumber.

[@Olds79Starfire]

Pathetic

[@Alchemyrecordingstudioatl]

“The Wolfgang better out live me “ RIP EVH

[@brentedwards1018]

He was a musical genius. To be able to play like he did and create his own guitar with the sound he wanted is pure genius.

[@Born2RiffRock]

He lived with a cigarette in his hand. That sucks they killed him.

[@TakeFlight]

Very sad. Psychics and alien contactees say that negative spirts feed on you when you smoke tobacco. It was engineered by a negative alien race.

[@tonyiacomi4822]

I saw that. I'm trying to quit right now. Having a hard time. But yeah I saw that. And he blamed his cancer on using metal picks and putting them in his mouth. He got killed by tobacco.

[@TakeFlight]

@@tonyiacomi4822 I stopped smoking weed to take care of my lungs. I miss it. I was using a water pipe with ice cubes in it and essential oils sometimes. Lol. I smoke a bowl a day but after many years that can't be good.

[@MultiPoseur]

@@TakeFlight I've heard that it sucks in the Djinn straight out of the Omega Vortex and charges your soul with negative omicrons.

[@skylineXpert]

Have you heard the story about the metal picks ed used. He held one with his mouth

[@dannahinojosa1934]

The GREATEST guitarist of all time! Eddie Van Halen was addicted to smoking. Addiction is understandable and with work can be overcome. Over the years it is apparent how it affected his health, voice and life. While we're missing him and celebrating how he touched our lives, let's also learn from his smoking addiction and how it took him away from us way to soon. RIP Eddie Van Halen. Thank you for the memories.

[@twhitten828]

R.I.P. Eddy Van Mozart... We Love You ❤

[@joe6096]

Man, Eddie was not only a shredding God, he was basically an engineer. Maybe he didn't have a PhD in electrical engineering on paper but hell if he didn't grasp all the concepts of electronics and how magnetic pickups work, how potentiometers work, how power supplies work, how vacuum tubes work, how speakers operate, how the physics of harmonics work, how sound can be manipulated with tone controls, all the electronics and physics behind it all...... he was a master of his complete domain. No joke. And those guitars, besides having the monster EVH tone, are absolutely beautiful to look at. RIP Eddie. You pushed the boundaries of playing guitar beyond anyone's wildest imaginations and you brought along with it your own electronics for your own sound. You'll never be forgotten.

[@joe6096]

@@calsurf21 Eddie said when he got his very first amplifier, it wasn't loud enough for him even though he had every knob turned all the way up. So he went to a local electronics store and asked what he needed to make an amplifier make more power. The guy at the shop told him he needed a variable power transformer to boost the voltage up from the 120 volts in the standard household electrical supply in North America. So he bought a cheap used one, plugged it into his amp, cranked it up, and that was the genesis of the EVH sound! Eddie said when the movie Spinal Tap came out he laughed when they said they go to 11 because he'd been going to 15 already for years lol!

[@thisbogo5356]

Wow! Some of you people are pretty mean! Thanks Eddie for your contribitions as a player and innovator.

[@nephilim55]

@@joe6096 You've got that story all wrong fella.

[@joe6096]

@@nephilim55 Lol you’re funny

[@nephilim55]

@@joe6096 Dude your story is bullshit, no point saying i'm funny. You're the one posting misinformation. You want schooled? OK son... EVH had a Marshall 100W SLP. It was FAR too loud to be used, was always causing complaints and no matter what he did, it was too loud. He purchased a second one used and when he plugged it in, it didn't come on properly. After a while once it warmed up, it was operating but quieter. It was set for UK 220v not USA 110v. Lucky because the opposite in UK would result in a blown Marshall... So he went to an electronics place and asked if anyone made anything to control the voltage to the amp, industrial even. Then they suggested the Variac. So EVH would have the amp at 110V and run it a bit lower from 80V upwards. Resulted in slightly lower volumes but a saggy/spongey type feel from the amp with ability to still distort. There's a lot more to that era EVH signal chain than this though but it's defo a part of it.

[@theblakex]

I'm glad most people are pointing out the dangers of smoking. Seeing Eddie smoking in this video immediately made me think that it led to his death. Patrick Swayze was another chain smoker than got cancer and died way too young. It's not worth it.

[@youreallygotmenow4855]

Unfortunately, those damned cigarettes did lead him to an untimely death. It's a very, very sad truth. I hope some people learn from Eddie's passing, which is an immense loss for any avid music lover.

[@dougg1075]

Yule Brenner

[@johncharleson8733]

I'm not; he wouldn't have been who he was without doing what he did--ditto for all the others mentioned. Why don't you 'efficiency experts' leave the art to the artists and get on with your own lives?

[@youreallygotmenow4855]

@@johncharleson8733 So you're basically saying that without the cigarettes he wouldn't have been the same Eddie Van Halen that we all loved? Mate, what the hell are you talking about? Were you drunk when you wrote that comment? I sincerely hope so.

[@mattharris2398]

You can hear his voice is strained

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

I bet these will sell like hot cakes now. RIP Eddie, you were a genius and inspired us all.

[@FantasyFilms100]

Glad i got mine months ago

[@finck2208]

Dylan Rutherford how do u like it?

[@FantasyFilms100]

B F i love it, favorite guitar ever. Gunna be main one for rest of my life

[@suprchickn7745]

Not expensive either, thanks Eddie!

[@backstage4035]

Price will get jacked up. Wolfgang's are 1300 right now. 5150 100 watt head is 3500. Let's see.

[@davedrd8829]

Best part of Eddie's playing is the happiness he exuded, the smile that he had while playing- which let us all in on the fun & the wonder of rock music!!

[@deekngofive6860]

You nailed it, that smile was infectious

[@badsanta518]

no distortion pedal? No shit! He's playing a 5150! It's not exactly a twin reverb.

[@jarnokoivula1370]

What does this mean?

[@brianjones8432]

@@jarnokoivula1370 It means the overdrive is built into a channel of the amp.....

[@shucksful]

YEAH, REALLY!!! Lol. WTH???

[@Mark-gn5rw]

Twins are best amp i ever played. Made it stereo with Celestians too 🙌

[@Diggerdog2nd]

Yeah now but he played a hot rodded Marshall on the early albums. I'm sure everyone knows that.

[@countvond233]

Crazy. I bought a Standard 3 weeks ago. And now Ed is gone. The guitar is crazy good quality. I've owned most everything and my go-to's are a '82 LP Custom and a handful of Fenders - namely strat's and tele's. The EVH stands up to and surpasses some of these. I'm blown away. This is the entry level Wolfgang and I picked it up for $380 used at Guitar Center. Next is a Stealth and a Bumble Bee striped series. Rest easy Ed. Always in my heart.

[@mainlymusicman]

i bought the original one in around 1998 i believe. vintage gold. great guitar.

[@joekonehead3563]

Wow! Some of you people are pretty mean! Thanks Eddie for your contribitions as a player and innovator.

[@markhawksford785]

Garegh62 he's stopped both of those things now.

[@positivecommentman9037]

Joe Konehead I agree

[@positivecommentman9037]

mark hawksford he’s 65, give the rock legend a break

[@e.l.norton]

@@markhawksford785 The guy invented an entire vocabulary and language on guitar that never existed and advanced the instrument about as far as it can go. He's also largely responsible for much of the major technical evolution of the electric guitar over the last 40 plus years. He's done enough.

[@dimejuniordarrell6666]

@Sam Beckett yes they will be running with the devil

[@perspellman]

The Wolfgang guitar survived you, Edward, but your guitar playing will never die.

[@8Junio76]

The VH background music is too loud compared to Eddie’s talking.

[@golgothaassassin5035]

I hope his gear is continued to be made. EVH gear be it amps or guitars are very quality pieces of equipment. EVH was right, and he didn't overprice his stuff. He never forgot where he came from

[@hawaiianshirtguy_29]

You were, always have been, and always will be my Hero Eddie. You were the one that got me into music, and you were the one that made me pick up the guitar. Thank you for everything you have done. I love you and miss you Eddie. Rest In Peace.❤🎸🤟🏻

[@podcastparlor4128]

“I’m doin 275 on stage, the wheel bearing better not go out” A TRUE LEGEND, King Eddie

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

It’s been a month and 10 days and I’m still incredibly sad. You will never be forgotten, Ed.

[@ezragonzalez8936]

People don't smoke! its a terrible way to go and if a loved one is addicted please do everything you can to help them quit! I have lost so many dear friends and family my uncle was chubby lovable man when he died he was 72lbs! still traumatized from seeing him like that! rip everyone

[@ryankelsey9646]

Waiting until I make it to 70, then all bets are off. It certainly will take major years off your life if you start in your youth.

[@frenchbulldogdad1003]

My grandmother passed from cancer when I was 12yrs old... I worried about my mom and told her to stop smoking, she never did! Fast forward to 43yrs old....sitting holding my mothers hand, back in the same heart breaking situation I remembered as a kid. On 7-21-2013 @ 530a, the woman that watch me take my first breath....I watched take her last. CANCER IS PURE EVIL

[@ezragonzalez8936]

@@frenchbulldogdad1003 OMG I am so sorry I can only Imagine!! she was only 43?? thats how old I am taken way too young! makes me sick that government demonizes weed yet prescribe narcotics opioids that will kill you! cigarettes killed 480,000 last year the only deaths attributed to weeb was driving or operating equipment under influence ! the sheer hypocrisy from government makes me sick!!! its all the pharmaceutical and big tobacco money and lobbyist at work! no one cares for a life when your worth more sick and dying .. my condolence to you cheers from Salt Lake City!! stay safe!

[@frenchbulldogdad1003]

@@ezragonzalez8936 No, I was 43yrs old..... she was 67yrs when she passed. Sorry if my message is confusing.

[@ezragonzalez8936]

@MegaJdizzle27 You can do it put a picture of a Evh or even better a loved one that died from smoking related cancer and turn it into a cigarette case that way every time you feel the urge you see what you have lost already because of it! Then slowly ease it off with vaping its such a difficult addiction too stop do it for your health but more importantly for your 👪 family just imagine the pain your family would indure seeing like I saw my 72lbs uncle before he died just heart wrenching ! Cheers from Salt Lake City take care brother

[@Job.Well.Done_01]

I love eVh man RIP to a music legend

[@Declare57]

He's hard enough to understand without the music soundtrack. We know he does music. Shut it off! He might say something worth hearing!

[@xarch7208]

the fuck is your profile pic dude

[@craigharrison5406]

I'm assuming this is around 2010 and he was still smoking...insanity. I remember he said he thinks he got tongue cancer from putting metal picks in his mouth (yeah right...eyeroll). My dad has smoked for 50 years and tried to stop a few years ago and said he got colitis from quitting and then started smoking again and the colitis went away. So in his crazy justification he said that (eyeroll) smoking is helping him cure colitis. It's amazing how people will justify something that's killing them. RIP Eddie, gone too soon.

[@yaimavol]

Sad truth is if you've smoked that long and quit, the tissues in your lung harden and it can be worse than not quitting.

[@craigharrison5406]

@@yaimavol Glad I quit smoking in my 20's then. Don't miss it at all. It sucks because my dad is 67 and he has even started talking about leaving me his stuff when he dies. He thinks he won't be here much longer, I hope he's wrong.

[@yaimavol]

@@craigharrison5406 Vitamin D3 is the most important supplement to fight cancer. He needs to be popping 2000 mgs a day.

[@craigharrison5406]

@@yaimavol Ya I got him on those and multivitamins

[@merricat3025]

My father died of emphysema. Used to smoke a lot and started an early age. He quit but it was already too late. I have no memory of him smoking cuz he already quit by the time that I was born. Decades of heavy smoking damaged his lungs. Weird thing is I had asthma I've never smoked in my life. I wouldn't wish not being able to breathe on anybody. smoker say stupid things like you have to die of something. I wouldn't wish cancer or emphysema on anybody. My dad couldn't play with me as a kid because he couldn't breathe

[@donwinslow522]

Eddie gave us such an amazing gift. He is deeply missed.

[@Underhills]

When the Van Halen's moved from The Netherlands to the USA in 1962 Eddie didn't speak any English. There's alot of European musicians and artists that people think are born Americans.

[@cariwilliams6876]

I am so blessed too have my beautiful Wolfgang!!!! Thank you Eddie you are such a GENIUS 🎸🎹🎤🎧...RIP Now Eddie 😪😔 We Love You 💙💔💛☮️🙏✝️

[@twoshady518]

i got a Wolfgang used off CL because it was a lefty and a good price. all around comfortable to play and that sucker screams when it wants to.

[@Incomudro1963]

I'm quite certain Ed knew about his throat cancer at this point, but here he was smoking away. It sucks, because it didn't have to happen. Smoking and drinking (both of which Ed did in copious amounts) causes throat, tongue and mouth cancers.

[@syfman6]

Listen to his voice...my Dad died from lung cancer. He would reach for his pack of smokes while in the hospital...

[@psi-ops1397]

Incomudro yup, my dad had the same voice and the exact same cancer. Playing guitar with a cig in my mouth for 25 years, I figure it’s just a matter of time for me too.

[@fernandoramirez8297]

I heard he got tongue cancer from the copper pick he put in his mouth and it spread to his asophagus

[@syfman6]

@@fernandoramirez8297 He believed that.

[@mmonkeyman1403]

@@fernandoramirez8297 crazy what denial will do to people.

[@NormBa]

All the factory guys look like 80s metal hair dudes while Ed looks like a crew-cut factory worker.

[@rgreene152]

Eddie looks great here!

[@johnnysuede3156]

I like how they let him smoke in an area where they probably dont let anyone smoke. Who's going to tell him no?

[@eugeneolszewski6062]

Johnny Suade? Is that you? It's your brother Speedy.

[@johnnysuede3156]

@@eugeneolszewski6062 speedy?

[@eugeneolszewski6062]

One amp and one Guitar

[@jamiekelo]

Incredibly talented& was sooo handsome!!!💔

[@kimmessinger4343]

That shit eating grin my mom called it. So cute.

[@bobgil3464]

Scrapped the Fender for the Wolfgang, will never return. Thanks again Eddie.

[@jlb5532]

EVH was one of the greatest musicians of all time. He was a musical genius. Rock on Eddie Van Halen, you'll always be with us.

[@___David___Savian]

Eddie not only left us great memories and songs. But, he also left us an incredible guitar just like Les Paul.

[@devinw5150]

I was fortunate enough to have met Ed at NAMM 96 at the first unveiling of the Wolfgang. Along with my Peavey rep, we spent a little over an hour with him while he was getting ready to show the guitars to about 50 different dealers from across the country at the Peavey booth. He was such a humble guy and super nice. I did notice that he went thru almost a full pack of cigarettes in that short amount of time. If you’re a smoker, use this as a reason to quit now. It might add years to your life! R.I.P. Ed! You’re gone but you’ll never be forgotten. Thanks for all the great music and innovations! You were one of a kind!

[@BorisTheSpyder]

Damn, tragic loss...... just dont smoke, just dont do it! RIP Eddie.

[@scottcummings8602]

Ed looked great here.... if only he could have gave up those damn cigs.

[@ckmoore101]

Ironically, they didn't kill him. His metal guitar picks from 70's-80's did. True story.

[@Vichedges]

@@ckmoore101 Why do you guys keep repeating that? That's just what Eddie said. There's nothing to back that up. What's more likely...a non-carcinogenic pick giving him cancer or decades of chain smoking? He claims he got it exactly where he put his picks? Yeah? How many hundreds of thousands of cigarettes did he put in his mouth over the decades? But sure, it was a metal pick. I mean come on.

[@ckmoore101]

@@Vichedges Ok, you win the internet fake dick measuring contest. Congrats. Feel better fuckstick? It was his opinion, from his two cancer scares.. buy hey... you're the expert of EVH's health history. So I submit your obviously higher qualifications to judge his health, then his.

[@Vichedges]

@@ckmoore101 I don’t need to be an expert to know cigarettes give you cancer and metal picks don’t. The dude chain smoked for decades. I get he’s your hero but reality is reality. I had chain smoking relatives too, some of them died from cancer, none of them were in good health pay around 60. Hi you talk about my “qualifications”? I forgot Eddie was a doctor. And I’m sure all his doctors told him to quit smoking but he kept right on smoking like a chimney. My aunt who raised me (I called her “mom” but she was actually my dad’s brother’s wife, my real parents died when I was 2) died from stokes and basic bad health, all brought on by decades of smoking. She was only 66 but a heavy smoker her whole life. My grandma had to have oxygen bottles the last years of life and could barely move. 2 of my chain smoking aunts died from cancer. This isn’t 1950 where doctors smoked cigarettes on TV. It literally says they can cause cancer right on the fucking pack.

[@LD-qj2te]

He said it was the metal guitar picks

[@domjohndemarco]

JESUS CHRIST ED! With all the smoking, you now sound like Marge Simpson.

[@aritzcracker2814]

Dominic Demarco, true but we love him anyway

[@musicmaestrodj]

Shit, he does!

[@EyeShotFirst]

Eddie Van Halen doesn't need to do solo albums, because he pretty much gets his artistic say in Van Halen. The guy changed the way people play guitar, love him or hate him.

[@davidtrueslayor7474]

He sounds like every New York Irish guy ive ever known, and Hes Dutch ???? wow that's cool though I'm not sure it has anything to do with Cigs though he just sounds like a mobster a music mobster !

[@tjclt250r]

insanity...that he still does it.....I saw them on tour with Sammy in the early 2000s just after ed had half his tongue removed from cancer...he was doing solo stuff on stage while the rest of the band went backstage for a drink or whatever and he must have been on a no cigarette lockdown cause he said on a microphone dahm I really need a cig...then fans were holding up Marlboro lights and he grabbed one and ripped it and was sooo thankful to the guy...then you could tell wolfie and others were pissed at him when they came back out....hell of a chain to break as they say

[@ArtGuitarLTX]

“Tail piece”.... wow. My dad and I use that same lingo til this day! 😂. All my other friend call it “trem” . I’m 34 and the pops is 66. I actually haven’t used the term “tail piece” in years... man... that brings back memories though 🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍. Some younger guitar friends of mine do not know the term “tail piece” 😂🤦‍♂️

[@volgg]

Bought his line of guitar and it's awesome. Felt like a muscle car of guitars. Thank you for everything you did, gave and sharing the joy of rock n roll. Rest in peace eddie

[@angieanderson2161]

Everyone that grew up on VAN HALEN, has to agree that we lost a great guitarist

[@groovee63]

please stop smoking ,Eddie!!!! We need you around as long as possible!

[@screamndemon6094]

Greg Inman a little late he is fighting cancer again

[@frankthespank]

I came here to post this. His cancer returned? God damnit.... 😢

[@acprado67]

Nor his voice is the same, due to cigarettes and problems with cancer, maybe

[@anthonyherron2242]

=(

[@slippy8813]

@@anthonyherron2242 😔

[@diatonicjon]

RIP you legend. Thank you for everything.

[@STSGuitar16]

You just have to imagine how invincible he must have felt for most of his adult life. I mean he was a god from the time he was a young adult. He just thought, "Fuck it, I'm Eddie Van Halen, I can have a cigarette [or ten] anytime I like." I mean why shouldn't he think that way? He was a young man who owned the world; it would happen to many of us if we were put in that situation. Sad that it finally caught up with him, as these things usually do.

[@backstage4035]

Prob more to do with all the coke and speed than the cigs

[@STSGuitar16]

@@backstage4035 Well, mouth and esophageal cancer would suggest that cigs had a LOT to do with it; he even continued smoking while he had cancer as far as I know. But you’re right, it goes along with what I said about him feeling invincible. That hard living lifestyle caught up with him in the end.

[@backstage4035]

@@pdag4685 drugs make you feel awesome. It's no secret. Eddie lived at volume 11. Those who burn the the brightest, burn half as long.

[@janalong2702]

Was this video really from 2012? I thought he had quit smoking by then

[@TheDmonet]

@@backstage4035 Nah, the things he died from were related mostly to smoking and drinking. His heart probably didn't have many years left in it either with all the stimulants he'd done, they would have gotten him eventually too. Sad for his family, and I'm sad as a fan. The smoking was something I never had any interest in emulating, thankfully, because he was the closest thing I had to a teenage idol.

[@matthewryan9391]

He is beyond right I learned too I loved. Adored The sound of a certain pedal But with (barring guitar) the right amp and knowing what you’re doing That’s key Either a player or not You’ll get it But like Hendrix above all and Page Contributions are waaay much more than a hit song with a catchy melody Mofo Hendrix Slept Slept He slept at ladyland What’s ur dedication? You are not above a sound You are not above your instrument Eddie V Thank you

[@m3lanchol1a60]

I had a seizure reading this

[@saltpeter7429]

I like the way you process. It is artful, If I am allowed to use that word. Wouldn't know the first thing about what the experts consider "art". To me its Eddie and Randy, Blackmore and Young, the list go's on and on.

[@faheykj]

And there you have it right from Eddie. stainless steel frets are a major breakthrough and DO NOT CHANGE THE TONE OF THE GUITAR!!!! I'm sure luthiers hate them because it wears their tools out much faster and prefer working with nickel because it's easier. I'm not Eddie, but they not only sound the same, but the slick playing experience of SS frets is superior to nickel. Find a luthier with a Plek and go stainless steel frets. RIP EVH

[@sspbrazil]

Sad to see him still smoking.

[@hugedoof]

Eddie was a heavy smoker. Such a loss.

[@PETERODZZ]

We are going to miss him badly. RIP.

[@amp7224]

No pedals!!!!!!!!!!!TRUE EDDIE VAN HALEN!!!!!! It's gonna take a while to get over Eddie's death

[@orionsierra5343]

Ive been smoking cigarettes for 30 yrs,and have had asthma all my life.Recenctly ive been diagnosed with emphysema/copd and still wasnt enough to quit. But since the day Eddie died I haven’t had a single cigarette. Im finally finished,and its my way of honoring Ed. RIP EVH

[@youandwhosearmy6339]

I'm not particularly into metal or hard rock especially, but for some reason i was gravitated towards buying an EVH WG guitar after reading a few things online. As a lefty in the UK I had to settle for the Mexican made "Special" stealth, the black one (no USA made to be seen here anywhere) Fuck me people, buy this bastard instrument by hook or by crook . When it's in your hands you just seriously forget it's there, it is so comfortable . Thank you, EVH and the guys for this beautiful thing.

[@benmiddleton9984]

Still very much a Peavey man. I love my 6505 Plus!!! However, I'm glad that Fender picked up the 5150 line. Still a very good amp. I just happen to like the Peavey tone more

[@ConstantineJajas]

This comment section sucks. A featured video like this used to make people drool. We used to get magazines just to get a glimpse of an artist. Smoking comments in a EVH video...lame. People complaining about the music in the background...you're also lame.

[@strothermartin5368]

You can hear it in his voice, he was fighting it.

[@tonyiacomi4822]

WHile smoking

[@riforgiate74]

Reminds me of a recording of Babe Ruth at the end of his life.

[@Vichedges]

Yeah, he was fighting it with more cigarettes. The dude survived cancer once just and kept right on smoking.

[@johnmetzger7646]

I sold all my petals and racks and go straight amp. MARSHALL AND JACKSON

[@dailyflash]

He sounds funny because they had to remove a cancerous part of his tongue. And there's his ever present cigarette. Zappa never did any drugs or drink, but was also killed by non-stop cigarette. George Harrison too. And a ton of others I'm not remembering right now.

[@Chef-Really5365]

dailyflash pro my knowledge Frank Died From Prostate Cancer ;George Brain Cancer David looked unwell for along time and I am sure it was some kind of Cancer But we hope to Respect him and EVH for not eluding us to knowing. Cancer strikes every walk of life no reason some times what root cause and sometimes yes known . I've lost many to many types over 60 yrs and I am most saddened when The Best of EM are taken away such as the men you mentioned , most of all David all Iconic Genius 💖💖💖🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😎

[@jerryporter1700]

Sad day for music...this to me is the day the music died...RIP Edward...

[@Cards-In-The-Closet]

Man, what a relief when the music stopped. You could barely here the conversation.

[@headknocker8999]

I've played the Music Man, Peavey Wolfgang & the new Fender EVH, Without a doubt the Peavey USA models felt the best with the raw maple neck.. Just about all the new EVH guitars I've come across had the fret ends sticking out sharp & felt like $#!+..

[@christopherperry487]

file down those sharp frets I use those wal mart nail file combo blocks buy , the different grain colored kind just put tape on the wood , then file off those sharp fret edges

[@sn95_mustang_garage]

Eddie the Wolfgang will last forever. People will buy more of them and hold onto them forever. You all did a great job on this guitar. If it had a rosewood board I’d probably buy one. RIP Eddie, your gear will last the test of time.

[@Sideler74]

SN95 Mustang Garage play something with an ebony or maple board...

[@vladv5126]

Holy shit this dude talked like a mafia boss.

[@wade11menard]

I bought one when they 1st came out. Eddie was right on about this guitar I have many guitars but the stealth is the one I play the most. Thx EVH

[@tommynikon2283]

Let's call it what it really is....a fucking "suicide" by living a lifestyle that is causal to an early death: SMOKING. So to see Ed in a swirl of cigarette smoke, hearing his croak of a voice, it's all too much. I prefer to remember him at his best: in the 80's and the height of his game; I saw 4 shows= AMAZING. #GuitarGod

[@bloc01]

This whole thing looks like a mob meeting

[@chipmcdip8629]

Eddies rasp certainly doesn’t help!

[@chrisstrobel3439]

Charlie M Yeah the cigarettes don’t help either.

[@aihsjabsuans6569]

I just realized it haha

[@TheMarkness]

Yeah it didn't feel like a normal guitar promo, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it, you're exactly right :D

[@rimamukherjee5874]

Can honestly say the first time in my life I have ever been moved to tears by the passing of someone I didn't know personally and that I've never met. I feel I've lost a childhood friend. RIP EVH.

[@mmonkeyman1403]

No offense here, but me and the boys loved to make fun of his smoker's voice

[@bonzodog67lizardking15]

Such a pity Eddie didn't do a Don't Smoke ad before he died. God knows he promoted it enough.

[@jarrodschroeder5297]

Eddie you have changed the way Guitar playing is! Thats Extremely cool!!

[@asmaangel1088]

Wow! Some of you people are pretty mean! Thanks Eddie for your contribitions as a player and innovator.

[@thomasmorrismusic]

This is a really good point about the Cancer Sticks-Edward is a really smart fellow and should know that his friends and fans would listen to him about quiting-my friends have used the vapor-type cigarettes-and it appears to have saved their lives.I have been fortunate in that I have a biology degree and know like everyone else-that tongue cancer is not from putting his Guitar Pick in his mouth during *Eruption* no matter what they are made of. I have a EVH Wolfgang-Sunburst-Love it Best!

[@shellywatson9845]

Love these old comments supporting vaping as a good alternative to smoking. The medical community and most of intelligent society now knows that vaping is also bad for your health. Talk to pulmonologists.

[@edwardwaldron7813]

Is this at his factory

[@alone15151]

Van Halen, synonymous with the 80's. Rest in peace EVH. ♡

[@kpec3]

It didn't matter what guitar Ed played. He was the best, other than Eric. You could go to a pawn shop and give Ed a beater and it would sound awesome.

[@geraldhartley]

I didn’t know John Mellencamp created the Wolfgang guitar.

[@patrickfoster4586]

Seems like he knew he wasn't long for the world with the comment "I hope it out lives me". A very poinent moment. Cheers P[>

[@note2owns]

He truly looked healthy here and the spiked hair cut was his best look.

[@tanyahopper1883]

Agree - he looks great here and I really loved that haircut on him.

[@MatChew75]

gone from being a God on this planet to a demi God in the universe....... Like the other legend we lost not to long ago Neil Peart.

[@TheSonsofHorusx]

hell yeah no distortion pedal just a bitchin guitar and a 5150

[@jerryyin7249]

Best part of Eddie's playing is the happiness he exuded, the smile that he had while playing- which let us all in on the fun & the wonder of rock music!!

[@matthewmp111]

So true! When I think of Ed I think of him on stage with the red, black and white stripes and a smile on his face.

[@dennisn1672]

You people think ed is reading these comments. Get a life.

[@toasttoasted3492]

I could give a F . He knows. There is no more Van Halen Thanks Eddie and Alex .

[@alexslater6456]

Now he never will because he lost his.

[@susanhscarboro1139]

These folks are paying respect to an amazing musician and also bringing back great memories of his music. I was lucky enough to see Van Halen in the early 80’s and it brought back so many memories of seeing them. Also, Dance The Night Away was a hit when I graduated and was at the beach for senior week. Get it???? Probably not. Smh

[@Switzer911]

No we do not think he is reading these comments, but his family might be. R.I.P. Eddie

[@slothfinn1892]

The bit where he said “I want it to outlive me” made me sad. But the wolfgang is a classic guitar. Amazing instrument

[@ivorharden]

He used a Boss Overdrive during the 90s. It's on a Rig rundown.

[@karlbaird3385]

Those are killer guitars!!!

[@stevestringer7351]

Probably a certain tone blend he was looking for.

[@carliebeau5329]

Eddie Van halen didnt take no shit from anyone. He new he was the man. Love u RIP.

[@nordicomsystems8841]

After so many years of smoking Eddie sounds like the guy in the a trench coat and fedora that accosts you from out of nowhere on a rainy, foggy night and says something like "Hey, hey buddy, wanna buy a watch?"

[@MetalMayhem1978]

Nordicom Systems 😂😂😂

I've wanted to build a lefty Frankenstrat for a long time now. Think I am going to do it. RIP EVH

[@mrzed2349]

I've never seen Eddie without a smoke in his hand

[@Vichedges]

He doesn't have one in his hand now.

[@JokersWild70]

The Wolfgang Special is a very user friendly guitar, and is just great. Eddie built them to last, and last they will, just like Ed himself!!! He may be gone, and of course, that makes all of us sad. Part of my youth died along with Eddie. But he will never be forgotten! Long live the King!

[@thomashood252003]

still smoking after having some of his tongue removed from cancer? very strange

[@massapower]

Exactly.. No damn Distortion Pedals Required.. i keep saying it !! ROCK IN PEACE "EDDIE VAN HALEN" Oct. 6th, 2020

[@massapower]

@@peter3334floyd I stand behind my comment !😎✌

[@Vichedges]

Yeah but not everyone can crank an amp to ten either. I mean I have a Marshall that sounds great when cranked, but on 4 it's not so hot distortion wise. If I cranked my Marshall (100 watt) to 10 the neighbors would burn my house down like it was the windmill in the final act of Frankenstein..

[@guitarbeaver9819]

Who can afford one they are over $3000 here in Canada eh

[@ZombieGamer-vq3xf]

It's the same in the US. It's him being lucrative even though he has a successful business with the 5150 amps and his pedals.

[@BAND-MAID-USA]

His 3k guitar is lightyears better and ahead of a Fender or Gibson 3k guitar. It's worth every cent.

[@stevestringer7351]

How are the more affordable models?

[@acegibson9533]

@@BAND-MAID-USA I would agree with that Les Paul Customs are about $5k and is not even in the same league as the Wolfgang.

[@sunlion8866]

Eddie Van Halen was in that very small group of players who will leave their legacy to the later generations of guitarists out there. One of the pioneers who had their own signature style and sound, developing it, and taking it further, inspiring anybody to pick up the guitar. Thank you for all the great music and inspiring guitar playing. You will not be forgotten. RIP EVH

[@BrianTrimble]

stop smoking Eddie.