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

Original price was: $1,899.99.Current price is: $98.00.

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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

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