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EVH Striped Series '78 Eruption Electric Guitar in White with Black Stripes Relic

Features a single EVH® Wolfgang® humbucker pickup!

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SKU: 5107900576

Product Description

Here's what EVH say about the Striped Series '78 Eruption

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 labelled 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 (labelled “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

Body

  • Body Shape: Stratocaster®
  • Body Material: Basswood
  • Finish: Lacquer

Neck

  • Material: Quartersawn Maple
  • Profile: EVH® Modified "C" Backshape
  • Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
  • Fingerboard Material: Maple
  • Fingerboard Radius: 12"-16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
  • Headstock: Large '70s-Style Licensed Fender® Strat®
  • Number Of Frets: 22
  • Frets: Jumbo
  • Nut Material: Brass
  • Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
  • Inlays: Black Dot
  • Joint: Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement
  • Finish: Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane

Hardware

  • Finish: Relic'ed Chrome
  • Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Fender® Strat® Synchronized Tremolo with 43mm Brass Block
  • Tuning Machines: EVH®-Branded Gotoh®
  • Pickguard: 1-Ply Black
  • Truss Rod: Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel
  • Control Knobs: White Stratocaster®-Style Skirt (Labelled "Tone")
  • Strap Buttons: Oversized

Electronics

  • Bridge Pickup: EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
  • Controls: Volume (500K EVH® Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit
  • Switching: None
  • Output Jack: 1/4"

Miscellaneous

  • Strings Gauge: EVH® Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
  • Case: None

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