Eddie Van Halen: Difference between revisions
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VAN HALEN: I'd sure like to see how Holdsworth does some of his stuff, but I never had the nerve to ask him. It takes me two hands to do what he does with one. I don't know how he pulls it off. | VAN HALEN: I'd sure like to see how Holdsworth does some of his stuff, but I never had the nerve to ask him. It takes me two hands to do what he does with one. I don't know how he pulls it off. | ||
==Excerpt from Guitarist 1993== | |||
Are there any players around who you find yourself getting excited about? | |||
“Beck, Steve Lukather… I don’t know, I generally like everything and at the same time, nothing really inspires me, if that’s what you mean. I think the last guitarist who moved me was Holdsworth. Just because he was so out there, y’know? | |||
“I wanted to work with him and try to bring him back to earth, so to speak, and make him more accessible, but it never quite materialised. The guy just has some insane technique, if he’d only make it a little more melodic. | |||
https://www.guitarworld.com/features/eddie-van-halen-goes-deep-on-his-approach-to-tone-technique-and-guitar-design-in-this-classic-1993-guitarist-interview | |||
==Eddie recalls playing with Allan, VHlinks 2013== | ==Eddie recalls playing with Allan, VHlinks 2013== | ||
