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EVH Striped Series '78 Eruption, Maple Fingerboard, White with 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 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.
Includes a gig bag.
Specs
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Type |
Solid Body |
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Colour |
White with Black Stripes Relic |
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Orientation |
Right Handed |
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Number of Strings |
6 |
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Body Shape |
Stratocaster |
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Body Material |
Basswood |
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Body Finish |
Lacquer |
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Neck Material |
Quartersawn Maple |
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Neck Shape |
EVH® Modified C Backshape |
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Neck Finish |
Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane |
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Fretboard Material |
Maple |
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Number of Frets |
22 |
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Fretboard Inlays |
Black Dots and Sides Dots |
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Fret Size |
Jumbo |
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Fretboard Radius |
12-16 Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm) |
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Nut Material |
Brass |
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Nut Width |
1.6875 (42.86 mm) |
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Bridge Pickups |
EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking |
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Controls |
1 X Volume (500K EVH® Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit |
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Pickguard |
1-Ply Black |
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Bridge |
6-Saddle Vintage-Style Fender® Strat® Synchronized Tremolo with 43mm Brass Block |
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Tuners |
EVH®-Branded Gotoh® |
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Strings |
EVH® Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges) |
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Case/ Bag |
Included: EVH® Striped Series Gig Bag (P/N 022-7742-100) |
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