EVH Striped Series ’78 Eruption – White w/ Black Stripes Relic (Open Box)

Pre-Tarrif Item at Pre-Tarrif Pricing! Open Box Unit.

On the cover of Van Halens 1978 eponymous debut album, Eddie Van Halen thrusts his black-and-white striped Strat-style guitar towards the camera as if hes 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 couldnt buy one.

Thats 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 inventora 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 Eddies 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.

SPECIFICATIONS

Neck

• HEADSTOCK Large ’70s-Style Licensed Fender Strat
• NECK MATERIAL Quartersawn Maple
• NECK FINISH Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane
• NECK SHAPE EVH Modified “C” Backshape
• NECK CONSTRUCTION Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement
• NECK THICKNESS .790″ at 3rd Fret & .810″ at 12th Fret
• FINGERBOARD RADIUS 12″-16″ Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
• FINGERBOARD MATERIAL Maple
• POSITION INLAYS Black Dot
• SIDE DOTS Black
• NUMBER OF FRETS 22
• TRUSS ROD NUT Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel
• STRING NUT Brass
• NUT WIDTH 1.6875″ (42.86 mm)
• NUT MATERIAL Brass

Body

• BODY Basswood
• BODY FINISH Lacquer
• BODY SHAPE Other
• BODY MATERIAL Basswood

Hardware

• BRIDGE 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Fender Strat Synchronized Tremolo with 43mm Brass Block
• TREMOLO BLOCK Brass
• PICKGUARD 1-Ply Black
• PICKUP COVERS Black
• CONTROL KNOBS White Stratocaster-Style Skirt (Labeled “Tone”)
• HARDWARE FINISH Reliced Chrome
• TUNING MACHINES EVH-Branded Gotoh
• STRING TREES Single Wing with Tall Metal Spacer
• STRINGS EVH Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
• TREMOLO ARM Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm
• NECK PLATE 4-Bolt Standard
• STRAP BUTTONS Oversized

Electronics

• BRIDGE PICKUP EVH Wolfgang Humbucking
• PICKUP CONFIGURATION H
• CONTROLS Volume (500K EVH Bourns Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit
• SWITCHING None