EVH Striped Series '78 Eruption White with Black Stripes Relic (719)
$1,899.99
Serial Number:
EVH2201719
Instrument Weight:
7.97 lb
Condition:
New
$1,899.99
On the cover of Van Halen’s 1978 eponymous debut album, Eddie Van Halen thrusts his black-and-white striped Strat-style guitar towards the camera as if he’s showing you the future. He played this guitar on his unprecedented and mind-blowing “Eruption” guitar solo, thus its nickname, and almost immediately, this monumental instrument became a timeless icon, symbolic of a paradigm shift in guitar-driven rock and roll.
Back when this trailblazing album first appeared, nobody had ever seen or heard a guitar like that because no such guitar ever existed. What was this? You couldn’t buy one.
That’s because he made it himself. The 22-year-old Eddie Van Halen had the mind of not only a great musician, but also of an innovative inventor—a constant tinkerer who was always messing with his gear. Eddie would say it was out of necessity as no off-the-shelf guitar had the features he needed to really do his job and realize his full potential. So, he took matters into his own capable hands — refretting the neck, installing a humbucking pickup which he potted in paraffin wax, as well a single master volume knob (famously labeled as “Tone”), brass nut and tailpiece from a ’58 Strat, cutting out and mounting his own homemade black and of course, coming up with iconic striped motif.
The all-new EVH Striped Series ’78 Eruption guitar combines many of those famed mods along with modernized features and a relic treatment.
The Stratocaster-style body sports Eddie’s famed white-and-black-striped paint job and has been paired to a quartersawn maple neck with a hand-rubbed satin urethane back finish. The 12”-16” compound radius maple fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets was designed for fast and furious playing styles with maximum comfort, while a heel-mount truss rod wheel makes for time-saving neck adjustments.
A single EVH Wolfgang humbucking bridge pickup provides classic Eddie Van Halen guitar tone – from crystal cleans to fat and rich mids and lows, while the brass nut and six-saddle vintage Fender Stratocaster synchronized tremolo bridge with a 43mm brass block allow for authentic EVH tone.
Other features include a skirted white Strat-style volume control knob (labeled “tone”) with 500K EVH Bourns low friction pot and treble bleed circuit, black pickguard, chrome hardware, oversized strap buttons, EVH neck plate and larger, ‘70s-style licensed Fender Strat headstock with gold EVH logo.
Series:Striped Body Material:Basswood Body Finish:Lacquer Neck:Quartersawn Maple, EVH Modified “C” Backshape Neck Construction:Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement Neck Finish:Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane Neck Thickness:.790” at 3rd Fret & .810” at 12th Fret Headstock:Large ‘70s-Style Licensed Fender Strat Fingerboard:Maple, 12”-16” Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm) Frets:22, Jumbo Position Inlays:Black Dot Side Dots:Black Nut (Material/Width):Brass, 1.6875” (42.86 mm) Truss Rod Nut:Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel Tuning Machines:EVH-Branded Gotoh Scale Length:25.5” (648 mm) Bridge:Six-Saddle Vintage Fender Stratocaster´Synchronized Tremolo Bridge with 43mm Brass Block Tremolo Arm:Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm Pickguard:1-Ply Black Pickups:EVH Wolfgang Humbucking (Bridge) Pickup Color:Black Pickup Switching:None Controls:Volume (500K EVH Bourns Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit Control Knobs:White Stratocaster-Style Skirt (Labeled “Tone”) Hardware:Reliced Chrome Strap Buttons:Oversized
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