When we think of the guitar greats, what truly separates the real legends from the technical masters is innovation. How they influenced the instrument on a massive scale. And there’s really only a small handful of them: Chuck Berry, Jimmy Page, Hendrix, Steve Vai and John Petrucci. But perhaps the most influential of these innovators is the great Eddie Van Halen, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 65. As if 2020 wasn’t bad enough, now it claims one of our true heros. A man who completely flipped the script on guitar playing. Sending the instrument into the netherworld. The standard he set with what was possible with the guitar would never be undone.
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