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EVH Striped Series '78 Eruption, Maple Fingerboard White with Black Stripe (Pre-Owned) #EVH2202798
Includes Gig Bag
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£699.00
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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.
Condition Report
At guitarguitar, we award our used gear a grade from 1-5 according to its overall condition, with 5 being the best.
This item was appraised as follows:
Body: 4 out of 5 - Item shows some mild and/or minor signs of use such as superficial swirling or hazing to the finish. There are no substantial dings, dents or scuffs which break the finish.
Neck: 4 out of 5 - The frets are in good order and the instrument plays cleanly and intonates accurately across the fingerboard.
This guitar has been restrung with D'Addario strings.
Accessories Included with this item are as follows: Gig Bag
This item has been modified as follows: This guitar has had the Pickup replaced with a DiMarzio Super Distortion 50th Anniversary DP100
We take care to photograph any features, wear, tear, or modifications you might want to see before you make the decision to buy.
All of our pre-owned instruments are covered by our 12-month warranty and have been inspected, play-tested, and set up before resale.
Specification
| Body | Basswood |
| Neck | Quartersawn Maple |
| Neck Shape | EVH® Modified "C" Backshape |
| Fingerboard | Maple |
| Scale Length | 25.5" |
| Fingerboard Radius | 12"-16" |
| Frets | 22, Jumbo |
| Nut Material | Brass |
| Nut Width | 1.6875" |
| Pickup | DiMarzio Super Distortion 50th Anniversary DP100 |
| Controls | Volume (500K EVH® Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit |
| Bridge | 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Fender® Strat® Synchronized Tremolo with 43mm Brass Block |
| Tuners | EVH®-Branded Gotoh® |
