Dave could have sent the first rocket to the moomn if that's where his interests were. Notice he had the first headless guitar with tuners at the bridge. He also invented the fulcrum tremolo. Never interested much in business, he neglected to defend his patents over the years. Dave is still making and playing his guitars in Washington state.
Harvey Mandel was the guitarist who popularized tapping in ROCK music prior to Eddie Van Halen. That does not diminish EVH's importance. Mandel never took credit for beginning the technique. He said, in an interview in Guitar Player magazine in the early 70s, that he had heard others doing the technique. EVH has always said that he saw Harvey Mandel doing the technique first. Check out Mandel's recording Shangrenade from the early 70s...great record and filled with tapping.
Amazing Guitar! too bad not many people know about this kind of guitar yet, but this really inspires me and others to experiment more with music.
gbortuhno 9 months ago
WOW Dave! Look at you go! I loved this. What was the name of the TV show?
4LoveOfGuitar 1 year ago
@xis333 Yeah, it's called "Guitar Hero" ;)
PumpkinSeed17 1 year ago
Saw him play at "Deke's Guitar Geeks" a few years back still awesome
johnlcrain 1 year ago
innovative out the ass
SirAwsomness 1 year ago
Dave, do you still have this same Duo-Lectar that you played on this TV program?
johnorlitta 2 years ago
Dave could have sent the first rocket to the moomn if that's where his interests were. Notice he had the first headless guitar with tuners at the bridge. He also invented the fulcrum tremolo. Never interested much in business, he neglected to defend his patents over the years. Dave is still making and playing his guitars in Washington state.
60lab 2 years ago
Absolutely great!!
biusKOCH 2 years ago
incorrect, evh said he got the idea from the begining of the heartbreaker solo where jimmy page does a section of pull offs.
mkcip 2 years ago
Harvey Mandel was the guitarist who popularized tapping in ROCK music prior to Eddie Van Halen. That does not diminish EVH's importance. Mandel never took credit for beginning the technique. He said, in an interview in Guitar Player magazine in the early 70s, that he had heard others doing the technique. EVH has always said that he saw Harvey Mandel doing the technique first. Check out Mandel's recording Shangrenade from the early 70s...great record and filled with tapping.
ericmadis53 2 years ago