Eddie Van Halen CNN Interview

EVH is back in the news once again, talking with CNN about the new Wolfgang guitar, the original Wolfgang (his son), getting married soon, and promises a new Van Halen album and tour in the future. Transcript of interview here.

You Say It's Your Birthday: Eddie Van Halen

A very Happy Birthday to Eddie Van Halen, who turns 54 today. Eddie's officially back, with a successful reunited Van Halen tour under his belt, a new wife-to-be, and a deal with Fender Musical Instruments Corporation to build his new EVH Wolfgang guitars and EVH 5150 amps. What's next for EVH? According to Eddie when we met him at NAMM (pictured below with Music Zoo Owner Tommy Colletti), a revolutionary new guitar bridge coming this year. More on that soon.

NAMM 09: EVH Booth

The EVH display was all about two things: the all-new Wolfgang guitar, and huge stacks of EVH amplifiers. There were a bunch of Wolfgangs on display, in the 3 finishes of black, white, and sunburst:




Of course, things got a lot more interesting once Eddie Van Halen himself showed up (with his wife Janie Liszewski):


Ed was gracious enough to take pictures with each and every person in the room (with cigarette breaks, naturally) and was clearly pretty excited about his new partnership with FMIC. He talked a lot about his new toy, the Drop to Hell Tailpiece. This fine-tunable stop tailpiece can drop the low string over an octave and back again, with accuracy that he claims has never before been seen. We're looking forward to seeing that piece of hardware over the next couple of months.

EVH Wolfgang Teaser at USA Today

OK, we admit it. Here at the Zoo we know lots of details about the new EVH Wolfgang guitars that are about to be unleashed upon the world, but we can't tell you much about them until this Friday (Jan 9th). So, lets watch Eddie Van Halen spill some beans right now instead. Click here to jump to Eddie's video interview with USA Today. And The Music Zoo will go live this Friday with the whole EVH shebang from our website.