Eddie Van Halen Archives

Summer NAMM 2019: EVH resurrects the ’79 Bumblebee, 40 years after Van Halen II

18 Jul in Guitar

EVH are commemorating the 40th anniversary of Van Halen II with ’79 Bumblebee tribute guitar, with that classic yellow on black stripe paint job and loads of Van Halen goodies

Summer NAMM 2019: EVH 5150 Series guitars will get you ready to shred

17 Jul in Guitar

The new EVH 5150 Series Guitars of guitars is launching at Summer NAMM this year and they all look hot for shredders. Available in both Deluxe and Standard finishes, with EVH branded hardware throughout.

Jimmy Page’s iconic Stairway To Heaven guitar to go on display

Jimmy Page lends his ‘Stairway’ guitar to the Met in New York

04 Apr in Guitar

A major new rock and roll gear show at the Met in NYC called "Play It Loud: Instruments Of Rock And Roll" will include equipment owned by Page, Moon, Clapton, Emerson and EVH.

Johan Segeborn When is your brown guitar tone, just too brown?

When does ‘brown’ guitar tone get too brown? Dropping voltage to get the EVH sound

10 Feb in Guitar

When does the 'Brown Sound' get too, well, brown? Guitar tone chaser Joan Segeborn has taken an old Marshall head and cabs and run them through a Variac, taking us brown sound tone adventure.

NAMM 2019: EVH Striped Series Shark gets its teeth into NAMM

24 Jan in Guitar

A cool modern-day recreation of Eddie Van Halen’s famous striped guitar from the Van Halen World Tour back in 1978. Will you be able to catch the EVH Striped Series Shark and make it rock?

Jacques Pedals Bête Noire – Classic Plexi tones plus modulation = Van Halen?

08 Aug 2018 in Guitar

This new pedal from France combines classic rock amp tones with phasing effects and tries to emulate that infamous 'Brown Sound' of all those classic Van Halen records.

EVH Eruption '78 models celebrate 40 years

Summer NAMM 2018: EVH Eruption ’78 models celebrate 40-year anniversary

29 Jun 2018 in Guitar

Eddie Van Halen turned the guitar world upside down in '78. Now EVH celebrates the 40th anniversary of THAT debut album with three new versions of the infamous black and white Strat!

NAMM 2018: New mini EVH 5150 III 6L6 amp heads and combos

25 Jan 2018 in Guitar

Utilising dual-concentric controls to save space and make these already popular amps that bit smaller, will the new EVH 5150 III 6L6 amps be too small to use easily on stage?

Eddie Van Halen’s original $100k FrankenStrat stolen!

17 Nov 2017 in Guitar

Eddie Van Halen's iconic striped Franken Strat has been stolen whilst on display at the Hard Rock Cafe in San Antonio USA.

EVH 5150III 50W EL34 Head and matching 212ST Cab – with new dual controls

27 Oct 2017 in Guitar

This cool new EVH amp and cab setup looks like it could be a lot of fun to play your riffs through - but you may find the new dual concentric controls a little fiddly...