Slash and Eddie Van Halen redefined what it meant to be a guitar hero in completely different ways. Slash brought back the blues swagger of old school rock with a top hat, a Les Paul, and pure rock star charisma that made him an icon on stage. His riffs with Guns N Roses like Sweet Child O Mine and Paradise City showed how attitude and feel could make a guitarist larger than life. Eddie Van Halen, on the other hand, turned the guitar into something alien and futuristic. His tapping technique on