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Description
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.
Item shown: Striped Series '78 Eruption, Maple Fingerboard, White with Black Stripes Relic
Model #: 5107900576
Product Specs
Body
Basswood
Body Finish
Lacquer
Body Shape
Other
Bridge
6-Saddle Vintage-Style Fender® Strat® Synchronized Tremolo with 43mm Brass Block
Bridge Pickup
EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
Color
White with Black Stripes Relic
Commodity Code
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Configuration
H
Control Knobs
White Stratocaster®-Style Skirt (Labeled "Tone")
Controls
Volume (500K EVH® Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit
Country Of Origin
MX
Dimensions
4.60x15.30x42.00 IN
Fingerboard
Maple
Fingerboard Radius
12"-16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
Fret Size
Jumbo
Hardware Finish
Reliced Chrome
Headstock
Large '70s-Style Licensed Fender® Strat®
Model Name
Striped Series '78 Eruption, Maple Fingerboard, White with Black Stripes Relic
Neck Construction
Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement
Neck Finish
Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane
Neck Material
Quartersawn Maple
Neck Shape
EVH® Modified "C" Backshape
Neck Thickness
.790" at 3rd Fret & .810" at 12th Fret
Number of Frets
22
Nut Material
Brass
Nut Width
1.6875" (42.86 mm)
Orientation
Right-Hand
Pickguard
1-Ply Black
Pickup Configuration
H
Pickup Switching
None
Position Inlays
Black Dot
Refinement Neck Material
Maple
Scale Length
25.5" (64.77 cm)
Series
Striped Series
String Nut
Brass
Strings
EVH® Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
Truss Rod Wrench
2.5 mm Hex
Tuning Machines
EVH®-Branded Gotoh®
