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.
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Series: |
Striped |
| Body Material | Basswood |
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Body Finish: |
Lacquer |
| Neck | Quartersawn Maple, EVH® Modified “C” Backshape |
| Neck Construction: | Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement |
| Neck Thickness: | 790” at 3rd Fret & .810” at 12th Fret |
| Headstock | Large ‘70s-Style Licensed Fender® Strat® |
| Fingerboard | Maple, 12”-16” Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm) |
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Frets: |
22, Jumbo |
| Position Inlays: | Black Dot |
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Nut (Material/Width): Brass, 1.6875” (42.86 mm) |
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| Side Dots: | Black |
| Truss Rod Nut: | Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel |
| Tuning Machines: | EVH®-Branded Gotoh® |
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Scale Length: |
25.5” (648 mm) |
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Bridge: |
Six-Saddle Vintage Fender® Stratocaster´Synchronized Tremolo Bridge with 43mm Brass Block |
| Tremolo Arm: | Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm |
| Pickguard: | 1-Ply Black |
| Pickups | EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking (Bridge) |
| Pickup Color: | Black |
| Pickup Switching: | None |
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Controls: |
Volume (500K EVH® Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit |
| Control Knobs: | White Stratocaster®-Style Skirt (Labeled “Tone”) |
| Hardware | Reliced Chrome |
| Strap Buttons: | Oversized |
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Strings: |
EVH® Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges) |
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Case/Gig Bag: |
Included EVH® Striped Series Gig Bag (P/N 022-7742-100); Optional EVH® Striped Hardshell (P/N 022-6100-506) |
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