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Originally Posted by asphaltgambler
I think that his finger-tapping style on the strings coupled with a distinctive sound / guitar tune set him apart just as Hendrix and Page had in that generation. I'm not a guitarist so I don't know if he 'invented' that or not, but no one can argue that he made it his own.
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If you look into it, his tapping was inspired by him watching Jimmy Page at a concert.
"Van Halen says he was inspired to start doing the finger-tapping trick on a Led Zeppelin concert, where he saw Jimmy Page playing guitar with one hand and having the other hand in the air."
More: "The traditional way to play the guitar would be to use only one hand on a guitar neck. Van Halen started using both hands on a guitar neck and popularized the two-handed tapping technique. This technique erupted thanks to Eddie van Halen’s showcase piece “Eruption” for Van Halen’s debut album."
Eddie is credited with being the creator of the two hand tapping technique.
https://seeitlive.co/van-halen-guitar-tapping/