Eddie Van Halen

In this photo from EVHGear.com, Eddie Van Halen's guitars and gear company, Eddie is playing the Stealth Black model of Wolfgang USA guitar. According to the file name, this was taken during a tour in 2012.

There is a clear shot in this video, at 1:29, of Eddie playing his custom Kramer guitar.

In this Rig Rundown from Van Halen's 2012 tour, Eddie's board is seen with an OC-3 in the top-right.

Eddie used a Makita 6012hd drill for the beginning of poundcake

According to Premier Guitar, Eddie used "several" of these during his show at the Bridgestone Arena in 2012.

In this live video for Van Halen's song "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" he can be seen playing a Steinberger GL2T. There is a clear shot around 0:14.

During studio session for the band’s third album, ‘Women and Children First,’ Van Halen surprised Templeman by playing a Wurlitzer electric piano through a Marshall stack while the band tracked the anthemic ‘And the Cradle Will Rock … ’ Eddie later explained to one interviewer that fans “might not even notice” the keyboard on the finished track, because “it sounds like my guitar.” In other words, the band and Templeman let Van Halen add piano to the song precisely because it didn’t sound like piano.

In 1984 issue of Guitar World, Van Halen was seen with Gibson Korina Flying V. According to 2014 Guitar World interview, Van Halen used the guitar during the recording of "1984" for "Hot for Teacher" and "Drop Dead Legs".

The DragonSnake is mostly known for it’s appearance on the cover of the Guitar World magazine in January 1981.

Eddie Van Halen used the Boss OC-2 Octaver in his early years, as it was one of the few octave pedals available at the time. This is noted in a Pinterest post by Dave Bennett titled "Edward Van Halen Rig!"

From his own brand, he has stated he uses this pick nowadays in multiple interviews, with a guage of 0.60mm

In this video from Eddie Van Halen's equipment company, EVHGear, Eddie himself can be seen performing with the amplifier he co-developed with Fender. The model shown in the video is white.

From Eddie, regarding the amplifier's channel switching function: "Every other amp I've been involved with building... you've got to anticipate where to hit that switch so you don't hear the mechanical switching. Right here... it's right on the money..."

Premier Guitar mentions that Eddie had two of these in his live performance setup at Bridgestone Arena in 2012, and one of them served as a backup.

Eddie Van Halen used the DX7II on OU812as a contrast to the 'fat analogue' sounds of early records.

Eddie Van Halen is associated with the MXR EVH 5150 Overdrive pedal, as highlighted on the Dunlop Manufacturing website.

In this photo of Van Halen's equipment, we can see a Gibson EDS-1275 Double-Neck Guitar in a Natural Finish that Eddie owned.

In this photo with Eddie and his son Wolfgang, Eddie's guitar can be identified as the "3-Color Sunburst" model of Wolfgang USA guitar.

Used during the time he played Kramer and Music Man guitars.

Van Halen can be seen playing a Kramer Duke Bass in this photo.

This 1998 pedalboard photo of Eddie Van Halen shows that his flanger for the tour is the MXR M-117 Flanger, which has become the basis for his signature flanger, the EVH-117.

Eddie Van Halen is featured using the Kramer Pacer Classic in a Kramer advertisement, as shown in the image from Edroman.

A rare photo shared on Norman's Rare Guitars YouTube channel shows Eddie Van Halen playing a Don Musser Dreadnought Custom Acoustic Guitar alongside his then-wife, Valerie Bertinelli, in the 1980s.

This power box can be seen on Eddie's pedalboard for his "Cafe Wha?" show in 2012, towards the center of the board.

This is a signature guitar amp designed by EVH himself and then built by Fender.

Eddie Van Halen used the Peavey 5150 120-Watt Head during the recording of the "Balance" album, as evidenced by images found through Google search.

For the second album and the following tour Eddie made another guitar, similar to the first one. He asked Charvel to route a Strat-style body he had so all the electronics could be rear-loaded – eliminating the need for a pickguard. He went alone from there, painting the body yellow and doing the whole business with the masking tape to add the stripes. 

As far as the electronics go, on the album cover of Van Halen II the guitar had some random pickup in the bridge, since it was barely finished for the photo session. After that, Eddie did some experimenting and ended up making a  pickup of his own. He used a DiMarzio humbucker, but replaced the magnet with the one from a Gibson PAF, and then re-wound the whole thing by hand.  He then dipped the pickup into some paraffin wax, and put the copper tape around the windings. 

For the neck he used the one from Charvel with a black headstock. The back of the neck was also originally black, but Eddie sanded it down because he prefers the feel of unfinished wood. This neck was later transferred to the Frankenstein for the 1979 tour, and then used on the Snake guitar.

The guitar was buried alongside Dimebag Darrell – Pantera guitarist who died tragically in 2004.

This is a 120 watt head that Eddie especially made for a Van Halen tour. You can see him using it in the video on the page I submitted.

In this Instagram post by andrewbennettredux, Eddie Van Halen is seen playing a Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster.

In a video from NAMM on January 19, 2007, Eddie Van Halen is seen playing a limited edition Fender Custom Shop Eddie Van Halen Frankenstein guitar, crafted by custom builder Chip Ellis.

Used on "Van Halen III".