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“The guitar I wanted to play did not exist. What I wanted was a cross between a Gibson and a Fender”: New Eddie Van Halen documentary traces the guitar journey that led him to create the Frankenstein – and it’s narrated by the man himself

A new mini-documentary charting Eddie Van Halen’s pre-Frankenstein electric guitar journey has been released online.

Masterminded by Simon Alkin and narrated by old audio of Van Halen himself, The Journey to Frankenstein tells the stories of the guitars that helped carry the late guitar god’s early musical career, before he eventually sparked his lifelong affinity for Frankie.

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