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Eddie Van Halen Guitar Rig 1978

In 1978, a young band burst into the mainstream with a guitar player that defied all the odds. This guitar player was a young Dutch man named Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, but you may know him better as Eddie Van Halen.

The group Van Halen were an American hard rock band who took pop sensibilities of the 1960’s and combined it with jaw dropping guitar virtuosity. Eddie popularised the two handed tapping technique in the guitar solo showcase Eruption. This technique pre-dates Van Halen, though Eddie is often mistakenly credited with creating this technique. He took it and brought it to the mainstream and it became a staple in most guitar players technique repertoires.