NAMM 2019 VIDEO: Michael Anthony on Peavey, new projects and Van Halen's future

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Bass legend comments on VH reunion rumours

NAMM 2019: As a monster meet-and-greet queue grew ever longer, Van Halen and Chickenfoot bass legend Michael Anthony was backstage at the Peavey booth, and happy to discuss a variety of topics.

We got the lowdown on his signature Peavey VB-MA amp head, future plans with Sammy Hagar supergroups The Circle and Chickenfoot, and of course, whether there's any truth to those Van Halen reunion rumours...

Michael Astley-Brown
Michael Astley-Brown

Mike has been Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com since 2019, and an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict for far longer. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and 15 years' experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. His writing also appears in the The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock as Maebe.