MR. BIG's BILLY SHEEHAN Reveals The Guitarist Who Inspired Him To Hammer-On... And It's Not EDDIE VAN HALEN

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Although there had been several guitarists who touched upon some form of two-handed tapping prior to 1978 - Steve Hackett, Ace Frehley, Brian May... heck, even a bloke named Vittorio Camardese - it was not until Eddie Van Halen came along that it truly became part of the rock guitar lexicon...

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