Watch Wolfgang Van Halen shred Eruption on Eddie's Frankenstein guitar

Eruption – more than four decades on | It doesn't look like Mark Tremonti's Explorer-style PRS will be getting a full production release | A forthcoming documentary on the first all-female metal band in the Middle East now has an official trailer Created for sauuuuul.peliculas@blogger.com |  Web Version September 12, 2022 CONNECT WITH THE PICK       Handpicked stories from the world of guitar SIGN UP ⋅   SHARE Editor's Note Eruption – more than four decades on It's wild to think that Eruption – voted last year by Guitar World readers as the second greatest guitar solo of all time – almost didn't make it onto Van Halen's self-titled, 1978 debut album. "Eruption wasn't planned for the record," a young Eddie Van Halen told Guitar Player in a 1978 interview. "Al [Alex Van Halen, the band's drummer and Eddie's brother] and I were picking around rehearsing for a show, and I was warming up with this solo. Ted [Templeman, Van Halen's producer] came in and said, 'It's great, put it on the record.'" In celebration of the recent 45th anniversary of that fateful recording session, the late guitar hero's son, Wolfgang, posted a video of him playing the solo on his father's iconic Frankenstein guitar to Instagram late last week.  The clip – which you can see here – is a fine tribute to the legacy of the instrumental, which, even four and a half decades later, still stands as a Mount Rushmore-caliber display of mind-boggling guitar virtuosity.  Jackson Maxwell – Associate Editor, guitarworld.com     Just the Facts, Ma'am "I stopped watching TV news a year ago, so sick of the bias everywhere. But in doing so, I was out of the loop. I decided to give 1440 a try & I've not been disappointed. Finally, Walter Cronkite-style reporting! Just the facts. I also love that I can click a link to see more on many stories. Keep up the good work!" Join for free now. 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