Little Guitars

The song is notable for its intro, an acoustic flamenco-style solo by Eddie Van Halen.

He then used his left hand to play the melody on the low E, A, and D strings using hammer-ons and pull-offs.

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.

[2] "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.

– David Lee Roth [3]Chuck Klosterman of Vulture.com ranked it the 18th-best Van Halen song, writing "Nothing is heavy, everything is edifying — a comprehensive success.