If your going to learn to play lead guitar, get an electric guitar. . it doesn't have to … - Eddie Van Halen

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Eddie Van Halen

If your going to learn to play lead guitar, get an electric guitar. . it doesn't have to be an expensive one. . acoustic guitars aren't good for learning lead, because you can't play up very high on the neck and they take heavier-gauge strings which makes it hard to bend notes

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When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.

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I wanted a Gibson type sound, but with a Strat vibrato. . . I bought a body from Charvel for $50. 00 and a neck for $80. 00 - I slapped it together, put an old Gibson PAF in it and painted it up with the stripes

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When I'm home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I start getting into this total meditation. It's a feeling few people experience, and that's usually when I come up with weird stuff. It just flows. I can't force myself. I don't sit down and say I've got to practice.

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We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters.

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If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.

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