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EVH Striped Series '78 Eruption - White w/Black Stripes
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Weight: 6.95 Lbs.
Serial #: EVH2114206
Serial #: EVH2114206
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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.
SKU: 5107900576
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| BODY: | |
| Body Material: | Basswood |
| Body Finish: | Lacquer |
| NECK: | |
| Number of Frets: | 22 |
| Fret Size: | Jumbo |
| Fretboard Radius: | 12"-16" Compound Radius |
| Neck Material: | Quartersawn Maple |
| Neck Construction: | Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement |
| Neck Finish: | Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane |
| Headstock: | Large '70s-Style Licensed Fender Strat |
| String Nut: | Brass |
| Nut Width: | 1.6875" (42.86 mm) |
| Scale Length: | 25.5" (648 mm) |
| Fingerboard: | Maple |
| Position Inlays: | Black Dots |
| ELECTRONICS: | |
| Bridge Pickup: | EVH Wolfgang |
| Pickup Switching: | None |
| Controls: | Volume (500K EVH Bourns Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit |
| Pickup Configuration: | H |
| HARDWARE: | |
| Bridge: | 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Fender Strat Synchronized Tremolo with 43mm Brass Block |
| Tuning Machines: | EVH-Branded Gotoh |
| Pickguard: | 1-Ply Black |
| Hardware Finish: | Relic Chrome |
| Control Knobs: | White Stratocaster-Style Skirt (Labeled "Tone") |
| MISCELLANEOUS: | |
| Strings: | Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges) |
| Case: | EVH Striped Series Gig Bag |
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