Little Guitars

"Little Guitars" is a song performed by Van Halen. It was included on their album Diver Down. The song is notable for its intro, an acoustic flamenco style solo by Eddie Van Halen. This was accomplished by using his right hand to pick a single note trill on the high E string. He then used his left hand to play the melody on the low E, A, and D strings using hammer ons and pull offs. "Everyone thinks I overdubbed on that. Then I show them how I did it. Classical guitarists can do that, but they [[Fingerstyle guitar

In addition to the intro, the song is also notable for the mini Les Paul guitar (the so called "little guitar") that Edward used for the main track. This is the only Van Halen recording that the guitar was used for. The mini Les Paul was made by Nashville luthier David Petschulat, and was pitched and sold to Eddie during a tour stop in Nashville, Tennessee. Eddie purchased a second mini LP guitar that was then built to slightly different specs; the first being a honey sunburst with mini humbuckers, and the second being dark wine red with a thicker body and full size humbuckers. "And the song is titled this because its played on a copy of a Les Paul three inches longer than your forearm to the tip of your finger so you could put the whole thing in your pocket if you wanted to. It makes a very distinctive sound different from your traditional rock axe. I got the idea for the song from the acoustic part. It sounded [[Music of Mexico

Chuck Klosterman of Vulture. com ranked it the 18th best Van Halen song, writing "Nothing is heavy, everything is edifying — a comprehensive success."