“You don't come into a Van Halen record and tell Eddie, ‘Well, here, this is how we're going to do it,’” he tells the Agartha Podcast. Handling Eddie Van Halen not only proved an easy challenge but a hugely enjoyable one, as he tapped into the virtuoso's love for gear and all things nerdy. “Most of Ed's records are not double tracked, because he would play the part with all these nuances and squeals,” Hogarth explains of why Van Halen avoided double-tracking his guitar parts. But he spotted how to broaden his sound, and Van Halen was wholly receptive. “It was bringing in a whole other midrange frequency that made the guitar really start to speak.