PMTVUK | 2 years ago

Lets get into some Frankenstrat history! Dagan takes a look at a legend - The EVH Striped Series Eruption '78, in its iconic 'pre red stripes' relic'd white and black stripped finish! The EVH Striped Series '78 Eruption riffs on the classic design while paying homage to the heavily modified striped instrument that made it's debut on the cover of Van Halen’s 1978 eponymous debut album.

Named after the pioneering Eruption solo that it was performed upon, this heavy modified and reliced guitar boasts a range of innovative and mould-breaking modifications that only the likes of Eddie Van Halen would conceive!

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With a single EVH Wolfgang humbucking pickup in the bridge, you've got classic Eddie Van Halen guitar tone – from crystal cleans to fat and rich mids and lows!

Backed up with a Bolt-On Quartersawn Maple Graphite Reinforced Modified 'C' Neck, alongside a 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Fender Strat Synchronised Brass Tremolo System and EVH-Branded Gotoh Tuners, you've got superior playability and stability to match - the perfect option for players who want to walk in the shoes of one of the most inventive guitar players of our time!

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.

0:00 Intro Tones
1:56 Quick Eddie Van Halen Frankenstrat History
3:55 Specs, Hardware, Electronics & Unique Features & Tones
7:44 Dirty Tone Demo
11:30 Clean Tone Demo
12:49 MORE DIRT!

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