EVH Striped Series '78 Eruption Relic E/G, Maple FB, White/Black Stripes

Description: EVH Striped Series 78 Eruption Relic Electric Guitar, Maple Fingerboard, White/Black Stripes Description 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 block and of course, coming up with the 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. Features Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen SignatureBody Material: BasswoodNeck Material: Quartersawn MapleFingerboard Material: MapleNeck profile: EVH® Modified "C"Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Fender® Strat® Synchronized Tremolo with 43mm Brass BlockTuning Machines: EVH®-Branded Gotoh®Case: EVH® Striped Series Gig Bag Attributes Color: White/Black StripesBody Shape: Double CutTechnical Specifications Type: Electric# of Strings: 6Orientation: RightBody Material: BasswoodBody Finish: LacquerNeck Joint: Bolt-OnNeck Material: MapleScale Length: 25.5"# of Frets: 22Nut Width: 1.6875"Bridge Type: Locking TremoloPickup Configuration: HFeatures: Case IncludedNeck Radius: 12-16" CompoundNut Material: Hardened SteelElectronics: 1 x Volume(500K EVH® Bourns® Low Friction Pot w/ Treble Bleed Circuit)Case/Gig Bag: Gig BagPickup - Bridge: EVH® Wolfgang® HumbuckingFingerboard Material: Maple

Price: 1599.99 USD

Location: Jenison, Michigan

End Time: 2024-08-20T15:43:29.000Z

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