Wolfgang Van Halen is working on his own signature guitar that will pay tribute to his late dad Eddie Van Halen.
Wolfgang talked about it with Chris Shiflett on Walking the Floor, the long-running podcast from the Foo Fighters guitarist. He said, “I’m calling it the SA-126. Dad’s birthday is January 26th. He named a song, '316,' after my birthday. SA [means] semi-acoustic. That’s been the code name, and the more I’ve sat with it, the more I really like it...
“It has one F-hole, but we’ve modified it so it’s an E-hole, for dad. I’m really stoked about it, and I think people are going to dig it when they see it."
He didn't say when the guitar might be released, but added that he'll test out variations on it with Mammoth WVH on the road. "That’s what this next year of touring will be: getting the idea of it out there and seeing people’s response to it."