Watch Dweezil Zappa nail Eruption with the Kramer guitar Eddie Van Halen gave him when he was 12 years old

Dweezil Zappa plays a 1982 Kramer Star electric guitar given to him by Eddie Van Halen when he was 12 years old

Dweezil Zappa is most well-known for his association with the music of his father, the late electric guitar hero Frank Zappa. 

Somewhat less well-known, though, is his association with Eddie Van Halen, who he got to know – at the ripe age of 12 – through his dad. Van Halen took a liking to the young Zappa, and even produced his first ever recording, My Mother Is a Space Cadet.