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“Over and over I would say, ‘It ain’t hitting me in the gut!’ All it took was one note... We went through 80 sets of pickups”: Eddie Van Halen details the years of onstage trials and workshop tribulations that shaped the EVH Wolfgang guitar

Back in 2009, GW sat down with a rejuvenated and re-energized Eddie Van Halen to get the full, twisty backstory of the signature model he referred to as “the culmination of 35 years of experimenting with guitars”

Guitar World

Hitchhiker’s guide, rule one: a German tourist will always be along eventually

The Man Who Pays His Way: Greek mainland hopping – and why a 180-degree turn is sometimes the only way home

The Independent UK

Lessons for Breaking the Poverty Cycle

A national nonprofit uses financial and life coaching to teach low-income parents how to move up to living wages and beyond.

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“He’s like, ‘What color do you like?’ I said, ‘Black.’ The next day, he brings me a black Wolfgang. It’s one of my prized possessions”: Mark Tremonti on how Eddie Van Halen supported him during his early Creed years

A young Tremonti was supporting Van Halen in the late 1990s, and came away with a guitar gifted to him by Eddie

Guitar World

"I hope the 126 does everything for you and inspires you in every way it has for me and more": Wolfgang Van Halen's EVH chambered signature model arrives for sale after three years of development

The SA-126 mixes semi-hollow facets with a shreddy neck and super-versatile pickups

MusicRadar

‘They deserve love!’ Last-chance pets – and the people who rescue them

Shelters are full of old, unwanted animals no one wants. Or almost no one ... Here are the heroes giving cats and dogs their final homes

The Guardian - UK

“He looked at me and he goes, ‘You’re the only one that understands me. People think I’m an alien because of the way I play’”: Why Eddie Van Halen cried when he met Billie Joe Armstrong

A 12-year-old Armstrong cried when he witnessed Eddie Van Halen play live for the first time in the '80s. Years later, the roles would be reversed

Guitar World

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Sammy Hagar shuts down talk of a shared Van Halen tribute tour with David Lee Roth, says he's not invited to the whole thing: "No f***ing way"

Update: As feared, the Van Halen vocalists are outta love again: "He can come out and sing a song on a show or two, if he can remember the words"

MusicRadar

“Jason’s most treasured instrument”: The guitar Eddie Van Halen gifted Jason Becker during their emotional first meeting is heading to auction

The Peavey Wolfgang was signed and played by Van Halen during his 1996 visit to Becker's house, and is being sold to raise funds for Becker's ongoing medical care

Guitar World

In brief: Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop; Birdgirl; Mozart in Italy – reviews

The tale of a divorcee embraces its sentimentality; a young birdwatcher proves a gifted memoirist; and Mozart’s Italian job sparkles with detail

The Guardian - UK

"With Van Halen, I learned a lot of how I didn’t want things to be with Mammoth": Wolfgang Van Halen on the lessons he took away from playing in his dad's band

Wolfgang Van Halen's apprenticeship in the music business with his father and uncle's band taught him valuable lessons

Louder

Jason Becker is selling the guitar gifted to him by Eddie Van Halen to raise money for his ongoing medical care

A rare Wolfgang guitar given to Jason Becker by his friend Eddie Van Halen is up for sale to raise funds for Becker's care

Louder

Jason Becker is selling the guitar Eddie Van Halen gave him in their emotional first meeting

The Peavey Wolfgang is one of the first 100 produced – and was signed and played by the late great guitar god during his 1996 visit to Becker’s house

Guitar World

Wolfgang Van Halen explains the technique quirk he inherited from Eddie Van Halen

It's all over his most recent single, Take a Bow, but Wolfgang's approach to tapping is unlike many others – and he has his father to thank for that

Guitar World

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Louder

Michael Anthony says there's a "ton of stuff" in the Van Halen vaults that could be released

Former Van Halen bassist says Wolfgang and Alex Van Halen have the mammoth task of going through the 5150 archive

Louder

That time Eddie Van Halen appeared on Two And A Half Men exiting a bathroom with his guitar

"You never know when inspiration might strike" – Eddie Van Halen

Evening Standard

Chef Elliott Grover on cooking at the Oscars: ‘When I asked Wolfgang Puck if I could come, I said it in jest’

Within a fortnight of starting his job at Cut on Park Lane, Grover had asked Wolfgang Puck to take him to the Oscars. But, he says, he never dreamt Puck would say yes

Daily Record

Wrestling event to take place in Ayrshire soft play this weekend

Wrestlers are set to take over indoor inflatable park turning 'Bouncestation' into 'Bruisestation'.

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Mum's Goth baby was born outside in a thunderstorm, and has the best name Ever

The parents debated many other names for her three children such as Excalibur, Sterling, Fox, Marquise, October, Quest, Linc, Aurelio and Mars

Daily Mirror

X Factor judge Simon Cowell loves prank-calling his friends pretending to be German

Louis Walsh has revealed Simon Cowell would put on a dodgy accent and ring out of the blue posing as a man called Wolfgang. He said 'every day was fun with him'

Daily Mirror

Mum shares unique animal name for son - but people think it's 'too aggressive'

An expectant parent has turned to the internet for opinions on a potential name for her unborn son and the responses have been mixed with some branding it 'aggressive' and 'ungainly'

The Independent UK

The inside story of the Cold War double agent who says he was abandoned after decades of service

‘M’ tells Eleni Braat and Ben de Jong about his life and how, in the end, he was deserted by the paymasters he had served

The Conversation

Revealed: untold story of the CIA/Stasi double agent abandoned after 22 years of service

I was naked, tied to a hard chair with handcuffs. Three or four burly fellows in uniform are standing around me, one of them behind me with a truncheon… ‘Sie sind ein Verräter! [You are a traitor!],’ they snap.

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