Eddie van Halen was a guitar hacker. Not only did he "hack" the playing technique he also hacked the guitar hardware: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstra

Eddie van Halen was a guitar hacker. Not only did he "hack" the playing technique he also hacked the guitar hardware: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstrat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstrat