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EVH Striped Series '78 Eruption Maple Fingerboard (White w/ Black Stripes Relic)

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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 modernised 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.

Features
  • Basswood body w/ Lacquer finish
  • Quartersawn Maple EVH® Modified "C" Backshape neck w/ 25.5" (648 mm) scale, & Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane finish
  • Maple fretboard w/ 12"-16" Compound radius & Black Dot inlays
  • 22 Jumbo frets
  • 1.6875" (42.86 mm) Brass nut
  • EVH®-Branded Gotoh® tuning machines
  • 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Fender® Strat® Synchronized Tremolo with 43mm Brass Block bridge w/ Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm tremolo
  • EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking bridge pickup(s) w/ Black pickup covers
  • Volume (500K EVH® Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit controls
  • Includes EVH® Striped Series Gig Bag

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