Eddie Van Halen’s son Wolfgang criticises auction of father’s guitars
Eddie Van Halen, at a recent auction. The guitars were sold for a total of $422,050 (£313,857) earlier this week through Julien’s Auctions as part of a larger music memorabilia event called Icons & Idols.They included a signed Kramer guitar that was gifted to the Van Halen guitarist’s friend Bryan Cush along with the rock legend’s 2004 EVH Charvel guitar.The third guitar was a stage prop, used by child actor Bryan Hitchcock in the band’s video for ‘1984’ track ‘Hot for Teacher’.Van Halen’s song Wolfgang has since taken to social media to blast the sale, tweeting, “I had nothing to do with this.