I’ve destroyed a lot of vintage guitars over the years. "People trip when I do things like that right in front of them. Everybody looked at me like I fell out of my tree, but it was by necessity. I hacked off the horn on the treble side because I couldn’t hit the high notes with the slide. He asked me what I was going to do, and I told him not to worry about it. I kept recording takes over and over, and finally I asked Donn Landee to get me a hacksaw. "I took this guitar to Sunset Sound when we were recording ‘Dirty Movies’ for Fair Warning. The neck joint on TV Juniors often break, but this one never cracked or broke, which is surprising considering all of the abuse I put it through. I didn’t play it for very long because it’s uncomfortable to play a guitar when you have to support the neck and play at the same time. "I used to play this TV Junior in the band’s club days, but it was a bitch to keep in tune. See I can do it.’ That was a special moment-me, my son, and Les in the tune-up room." ’ He almost tried it, but then he went, ‘Nah, I can’t do it.’ Wolfgang said, ‘It’s easy. He said, ‘Show me how you do that finger stuff. Les came into the tune-up room before the show, and I introduced him to Wolfgang. "The last time I saw him was when we were on tour and playing a show at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. But it was the first Les Paul ever built with a Floyd, and I’ll always treasure it as a gift. It was such a beautiful guitar that I didn’t have the heart to ask Les why he fucked it up by putting a Floyd on it. David Gilmour, Waylon Jennings, and the Stray Cats guys were there. Les had a guitar made for everyone who played. It was filmed for Cinemax, and I came out and played ‘Cathedral’ and ‘Hot For Teacher’ with Tony Levin on bass and Jan Hammer on keyboards. "Les Paul gave this guitar to me in 1988 when I played at his tribute concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. The book will hit shelves tomorrow, October 5. You can find plenty more of Eddie's Oddities and other previously unpublished information about the rocker's life and work in Eruption, which is available for preorder here. ![]() Below, we've collected a few of our favorites. Throughout the book, readers will also find an excellent collection of "Eddie's Oddities"-guitars that Eddie Van Halen has played throughout the years in various places and for various projects, but that you may not remember him wielding. The new book is comprised of more than 50 hours of unreleased interviews with the legendary musician-most of them conducted at Van Halen's 5150 Studios-and examines everything from his beginnings as a young Dutch immigrant through to his signature guitar playing techniques and innovative builds. ![]() ![]() Tomorrow, on the anniversary of his passing, Hachette Books will release Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen by music journalists Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill. Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen
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