Legendary Guitarists on Eddie Van Halen

[@EnterTheJam]

Where does Eddie Van Halen rank among guitarists all-time?👇

[@ronvonk1118]

No 1, shared with Jimi

[@MichaelMcDaniel-hi7mo]

First easy

[@princeofpcos9804]

He is the GOAT. No weakness. He is more known for solos like Eruption and Beat It, but as Vai said, Eddie's rhythm is insane. Tone. Fills. Writing. Riffs. Not to mention building the best sounding guitars and amps out of spare parts. Musical notation and tab had to come up with new shit to keep up with Eddie. Marinate on that.

[@stacey_1111rh]

#1

[@-KingOfKhaos]

100% GOAT

[@j.fisher4263]

I've been fortunate enough to get to see EVH, Brian May, Steve Vai, Gary Ritchrath, Billy Gibbons on stage at different times. Each and every one of them were awesome, but...Ed's playing and stage presence were off the chart. He had the audience in the palms of his hands every single minute he was on stage. There was nothing like him anywhere. RIP EVH.

[@kendallneason3645]

Eddie Van Halen and Jimmy Hendrix & Brian May are all phenomenal guitarists each with immediately recognizable unique sounds. They were guitarists I am old enough to have heard of. I’m sure there are more but these guys I adored listening to. 😊You listen and know exactly who is playing. Amazing.

[@princeofpcos9804]

Have you heard the Starfleet stuff? Eddie Van Halen + Brian May

[@ronvonk1118]

No 1, shared with Jimi.

[@Wargasm54]

There’s are literally thousands of amazing guitar players. But very few change the game. Hendrix and EVH were two such guitarists.

[@billieboybuddha4238]

Right. The everlasting exhausting discussion about who is best, always a competition, so annoying. Bonamassa said it best, so many great players, but only a few where you can say, PRE and POST

[@ENGlishJELLo-yk7up]

"Thanks for reinventing the guitar" - Frank Zappa on Eddie Van Halen

[@Phlakaton88]

Fred Frith is one of my favs too. Approaching the instrument in so many different ways.

[@Jm-Gonz]

How many millions picked up a guitar wanting to learn after listening to EVH over the last 45 years

[@-KingOfKhaos]

Having been to more live concerts than I can ever recall at this point, I’ve witnessed ALL of the great guitarists in person … only one though remains etched in my brain as being above all others live… and that was EVH. You left a Van Halen show knowing you witnessed something both impossible and incredible. Sadly that era is over.

[@Antidisestablishmentarianism99]

Did you ever get to see Jeff Beck live?

[@killereverb3928]

Pretty humbling to hear some of the greatest contemporary guitarists of the last 75 years opining on Edward and what his contributions have provided to modern music.

[@rossmarlin4947]

It's love to the greatest guitar player of all time EVH

[@johnnymoraes23]

Chuck Berry - Jimmy Hendrix - Eddie Van Halen - Yngwie Malmsteen Those to me, are the four guys who revolutionized rock guitar.

[@vancewilson9413]

😁 I like Eddie's dad playing 🪕

[@danfuerthgillis4483]

There is a massive difference between playing an electric guitar and actually having fun playing the electric guitar that’s what he was doing. Adopting early locked guitar string systems and asking for improvements, his amp mods, the way they recorded the guitars he was breaking all the rules he was also a very physical guitar musician he was literally using all his upper body to control the guitar.

[@zookytar]

In that first shot with Brian May, he looks a little like Gram Parsons. Parsons didn't last long enough to join the 27 club. Glad we had Eddie around for much longer. Opiates are fast killers. Stimulants take longer to put you down.

[@VickyBrowning-nd8vx]

Tell me please I need to know? 😢

[@Nobody-ls3ez]

We all know The Beatles had song first guitars but come on....George Harrison. I wonder what Eddie thought when one of the Godfather's of rock music said that.

[@DrDeuteron]

$6.50 tickets.

[@larsqaqqaq9970]

My mom saw Van Halen and Ozzy Osbourne for $15 in 1980!