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GMC Forum _ CHILL OUT _ Article By Evh In Popular Mechanics

Posted by: AK Rich Aug 14 2021, 07:01 AM

I ran across this cool article written by Eddie that was republished so I thought I'd share it here.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a15615/how-eddie-van-halen-h

Posted by: Phil66 Aug 14 2021, 09:46 AM

Great article, thanks for sharing buddy

Posted by: Todd Simpson Aug 14 2021, 10:16 PM

Very cool stuff indeed! Thanks for the share

Posted by: klasaine Aug 14 2021, 10:22 PM

VERY COOL!

Posted by: AK Rich Aug 15 2021, 02:33 AM

Glad you guys enjoyed it as much as I did.

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Aug 15 2021, 08:27 AM

The level of innovation is mind blowing, it seems the actual music making was just a small portion of his genius.. Maybe that's the key? He was also heavily exploring the backend of the technical side of music production.

Figuring out some catchy riffs must have been a walk in the park for him.

Posted by: FreePizza Aug 16 2021, 04:06 PM

Great article, thanks for sharing. He experimented and innovated so much. I don't think I've ever seen that bracket that allows you to play the guitar like a lap guitar shown in one of the patents. Very cool stuff. The loss of EVH is one that continues to be painful.

Posted by: AK Rich Aug 17 2021, 07:24 AM

QUOTE (FreePizza @ Aug 16 2021, 06:06 AM)

My pleasure to share.. Yeah he was amazing and I am really missing his playing. He is definitely one of the main guys that inspired me to pick up the guitar and probably my favorite guitarist.
I don't think I have ever seen that bracket either. One thing I related to was how he preferred an unfinished neck. I have an 80's Kramer with an unfinished Warmoth neck and I absolutely love that neck. Sooo slippery! I like it better than the necks of my Prestige and S series Ibanez guitars because of that but also because of the super jumbo frets. I also use a green abrasive pad on the back of the necks on my Ibanez guitars to try to make them as slick as that unfinished Warmoth neck. It works pretty well but I need to make a few passes with the pad every once in a while to keep it slick.