Dweezil Zappa unveils VAN HALEN's 'Rasta' guitar 

Eddie is probably the nicest, most supportive guy out there. When Alice in Chains were opening for Van Halen during the "F.U.C.K." tour, Jerry Cantrell was there during a sound check and he was going "Aw man, you have the most awesome stuff man!" And Ed went "Wanna have a go?" and handed him his guitar. Well you'd have to be galactically stupid to say no to such an offer. Cantrell played Ed's guitar through Ed's amps and just wailed away. And went "Thanks man, it was a blast, too bad that I can't afford any of it." The tour wraps up, the band members go home and Cantrell is met by his landlord "Ah finally, now you can help me get rid of this stuff which was sent to you!" A huge crate containing three Peavey 5150 full stacks and two Musicman Eddie Van Halen signature model guitars had been send to Cantrell, compliments from Eddie.

I strolled in to local music store in Hanover, Mass. called Crossroads few years back to try out a new rack mount processor they had there. I pulled up on my motorcycle and could hear screaming guitar riffs coming from the store. I walked up and the door was locked and my buddy that owned it let me in. The owners of the store were good friends with the band Extreme and Nuno was out here with Dweezil because he was producing Dweezils new album at the time. Anyhow I got to hang there for a good 2 hour with the 2 owners, Nuno, Dweezil, their bodyguard and a dude named Chuck that was always there and listen to these 2 guitar animals trade riffs back and forth and learned alot of stuff in those 2 hours and it was an experience I'll never forget. ;)

Can this be edited without Mark Agnesi in it? That would be great.

That guitar is now PRICELESS Long live the King Edward Van Halen✌💛🤘

Dweezil is amazing, he's too modest also. Makes him endearing.

Awsome. The Fair Warning is to me the Holly Grail of VH albums. Tone wise, songwritting, etc. and I mean all the band not just Edward. It's also a joy to hear Dweezil, a great guitarrist in his own right, and an Eddie personnal friend and fan, owning this guitar. He truly deserves it. Greetings from Portugal.

Dweezil is a monster guitarist.

So much more special to have the Rasta now. RIP EVH!

Only Dweezil Zappa deserves it... The love and respect for EVH is so apparent when ever he talks about him. What a great guy to carry on the EVH history and legacy. And what a great player he is.

This is awesome. Not only is it always cool to see Dweezil play, but he's been gifted Eddie's Rasta project guitar!! Nice vid and a nice piece of Eddie history here.

Pickup - it's a Schaller Hot Stuff. They were made in the early 80's and installed on Kramer Pacers. My Kramer Pacer came with the same pickup, still have it.

That passage from 12:34-12:39 is one the coolest things ever.

The bassline for 7 Nation army playing at very low volume in the background is something

Met Dweezil after the Experience Hendrix show in Chicago last year. What a class act!!!

The guitar of the King! Magic! Love ya' Dwezzil!

Dweezil states that he doesn’t know how Eddie got in contact with his Dad but Steve Vai recently said in one of his facebook live chats that his roommate was the one who gave Eddie franks contact info by mistake, not knowing it was Edward Van Halen on the phone with him and Steve freaked out because apparently Frank didn’t like anyone giving out his phone number without asking him first. That’s how Dweezil first met Eddie.

That guitar just oozes Ed's tone for sure and it's in great hands with Dweezil.

glad i watched it. awesome to the end. wanted more riffs!! awesome job man

They talk about him like he's already gone. In a way, that shows a lot of respect for a living guitar legend. He changed a lot of peoples life. Guitar designer like Brian May and some few others, he's a page in Rock history. They're all getting old but not in the mirror of music.

Wow...... That is too cool. To be able to own that would just be insane.

Great interview with Dweezil...!! RIP EVH

Very cool and fun interview and guitar overview!

Dimarzio X2N pup. Got one in 1982 and it's still in the same guitar.

Dweezil has some of the sickest historical guitars. Frank's SG and Performance, the Hendrix burst and this, and that's just four guitars. Im so jealous of this fucking guy. Also, I just saw him three months ago and the gig was fucking amazing, a lot better than I thought it was going to be.

I love watching this video. That guitar was made to reach out and grab the audience. A true treasure.

Yes, Fair Warning was the pinnacle of Ed’s genius.

Dweezil's right on, Fair Warning very underrated & my 3rd fav. after the first 2 albums. never knew about this guitar.

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OK so when I listen to commentary I sometimes put the youtube video speed on 1.5 X's just as a time saver...so I did that on this video...and because I do it so much I get used to the speed talk and don't even notice that it's weird...in this video all was cool...until Dweezil started playing, and I was like "what the...????, I've watched a bunch of Zappa Plays Zappa, and I never saw Dweezil play that fast"!!! It was only about 3 seconds after it got really crazy and then I realized I had it sped up, hahahaha! Thanks for posting this cool video!

Ed has always and will always be my Master of guitar. I only dream to meet him, say hello and show him how much he has taught me.

Just grinning my head off over here! Thanks for this.

Thank you Dweezil fair warning is my favourite too..... awesome guitar

This guy is so humble , up the Zappas

I didn’t know the whole story but I knew you had it. Thanks for sharing. These stories are so great and I really hope they keep flowing. EVH 4EVR

Dope guitar, plus Dweezil is among the humblest Guitar Geniuses of the Modern Era

So wicked cool, Dweezil Rocks Out !!!

Years ago, I saw a video interview with Dweezil..and he had what looked like a Charvel "Star" shaped guitar ( orange body), and he stated that Eddie had given that to him as well.

Dweezil is a really lovely guy. A terrific guitarist too

Dweezil ends up with Eddie and Hendrix’s guitarsfrom pieces to glory! What are the chances

This dude is a player he used the same tapping finger as Eddie and Mr Zappa is another great American player he is up there with skills and knowledge of guitar when he taped that descending lick that got me... Thanks

That was awesome!!

6:18 Marc calls me back my goal moment after watching Carlos Santana for the first time in the early 70's. Still influences my playing significantly nowadays.

I remember obsessing over those photos in LIFE magazine and seeing that guitar. I always wondered why I never saw him play it.

Whoever’s playing 7 nation army in the back on a loop is killing me

sweet , thanx RJ

Anything on Van Halen is awesome!

Arghhhhh, is anyone else being driven crazy by who ever is playing seven nation army on bass in the back round???

Actually the way Eddie ended up at Frank and Dweezil's house was Eddie met Steve Vai first and Steve being the young hired gun for Frank told Eddie that he could introduce him to Frank. Eddie called Steve Vai's house but he wasn't their and his roommate gave Eddie Frank's number witch was apparently a big no no and Steve was worried that Frank would be upset with him but when he was about to call Frank and tell him what happened Frank called Steve first and told him Eddie was already at his house and would he like to come hang out with them and he did. He said it was an amazing experience because they just sat around listening to music and of coarse busting out the guitars and jamming. Steve even mentioned Dweezil being their and being a kid. Imagine your dad is Frank Zappa and you get to hang out with him, Steve Vai, and Eddie Van Halen and listen to them bullshit and jam all night. No wonder Dweezil is such an amazing player. Not to mention his insane guitar collection, he has a Hendrix and an EVH? Good Lord! By the way I heard this story straight from Steve's mouth so it's legit.

I got to see Dweezil and his band play back in 2017 and got to meet him as well! Not only is he a monster guitar player and musician he is also very down to earth and a cool guy to talk to, next to Eddie he's my favorite.

Thank You Dweezil

Thanks!!

Eddie has talked about this guitar being heavy as hell also being the first one that he put a floyd on even before Frankenstein . I first saw this guitar in 1980 when Eddie was in Guitar Player magazine. He's on the cover holding the Dragon guitar but inside there is the now famous picture of him in that jumpsuit holding a pick axe with most of his guitars at that time & this guitar Dweezil has is the unpainted strat type laying in front on the ground.

Soooooooooo. Awesome!

I love it 🙏🏻

Met both Frank and Dweezil and (Lemmo at Norm’s). Really nice guys. Dweezil’s band is killer!

Wow fantastic thanks for sharing

Love that guy

My favorite EVH stripe guitar!!! Pics are kind of hard to find online and I've always wondered what happened to it.

Bravo !

The spalted maple of that neck is just amazingly beautiful. The contrast of that with the negelct of the body is a perfect yin/yang dichotomy.

What a great story !!!

He also got lessons from Steve Vai too. Lucky kid. It helps to have a rock star for a dad if you want to meet other rock stars.

I just can't watch this guy without thinking about the "Play Authentic" debarcle.

Wow... Dweezil looks so much like Frank.... Really cool to see.

Great sounding guitar. It barks, pops, sizzles. How Eddie met Frank and his son and the rest of his family was through Steve Vai (who was playing with Frank at the time). Steve Vai was supposed to take him over to see Frank, having met Eddie back stage, and was going to introduce him (arranging it with Frank first, as Zappa didn't like people showing up). Eddie phoned Steve the next day (who wasn't in) and so got Steve's flat mate to give him Frank's number and then went over himself that same day, so desperate was he to meet and jam with Frank.

The Soul of Frank and the Technique of Eddie

Dweezil is cool as fuck- the perfect ambassador for Eddie's continued legacy.

Haha! That's awesome! Amazing video and thanks for sharing!

I have that same pickup in my bass guitar I build a million years ago. Yes, bass.

Woo!!

That’s priceless!

In Oakland 81, Ed used that guitar on Unchained but not on Is this love or any other song that I know of. Unchained has the low E string tuned down a full step. I always wondered what happened to that guitar, and now I know.

NICE!!!

Amazing stories!!! I believe that's a Schaller "Hot Stuff" pickup...i had one back in the 80's

Dweezil has the hands and knowledge his dad only dreamed about. Dweezil has got some hands.

Geez Dweez, clean that vol pot!.. Love the rig

No offense to Frank, obviously he was a visionary artist, but I love hearing Dweezil going 80's. His shredder guitar mode is way cool.

Michael Lemmo is amazing guitarist as well

As authentic as it gets... Ed’s finger grease in the fretboard and Jizz holding together the neck joint...

Dweezil is the best!

I think that zappa has some of the most iconic guitars in the whole world

Sweet!

Great vid! Are the White Stripes rehearsing in the next room? I'm listening on headphones and hearing Seven Nation Army

So cool

It's really cool to see a guy get a guitar from his Hero

What a cool story!

That guitar is a part of rock history!!!

Wow you guys are lucky. I would love to meet Eddie one day. Cheers James.

Wow ......!!!

Dweezil has some awesome guitars. He has one of Hendrix's guitars and this guitar from Eddie. I also like his Madonna guitar that paint job is pretty cool. Then of course his fathers guitars. Crazy collection.

Forgot how good Dweezil is, really workin the EVH mojo of that guitar. Good to see he's still around.

Jeez...I think I want a 7 string of THIS one.

Heard this before and great to hear it again. Dweezil is cool dude and fuckin amazing on guitar, almost like Edward himself

Man, I don't remember this guitar from back in the day, I like it better this way than the circles paint job tho.

fair Warning is also my favorite VH album!

Dweezil can tear it up.

Frank and Eddie used to actually be neighbors back when Dweezil was just a little kid. I read a Guitar World magazine interview where Eddie said he remembered when he used to go over and visit Frank and Dweezil would be running around the house in his Spider-Man pajamas. When Dweezil got a little bit older, Eddie would come over and give him all the free guitar lessons he wanted as a favor to Frank. There’s a reason Dweezil can totally nail Eddie’s playing and tone like no one else!

I want that!

Dweezil should do a cover album of Van Halen songs and playing just the way he would play them I think it would be very much appreciative to the Van Halen public Dweezil is a great guitar player I've seen videos of him cutting heads with Steve Vai Steve Vai did not come out on top

GODDAMNIT!! I wondered what the hell ever happened to that guitar. Sadly this was at the height of Eddies' drug days and explains why he painted it this way. He used to carry necks and bodies around just to have backups in case something went wrong but sadly they usually became black and white strats with the usual red in between. I know that has his favourite motif but the black and white Charvel that he repainted later was my favourite along with the unchained guitar. Sadly neither now exist in their original form. Eddie is always experimenting but I wish that he would start over with a new guitar rather than butcher the ones that he played and are now legendary. Thanks for sharing. This is one of the few things that no one knew about.