Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 4:19 PM
Another day, another rebuild. This time it's a re-creation of the Eddie Van Halen axe "Frankenstrat".
Eddie Van Halen has teamed up with the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation on a limited-edition signature guitar. Fender has produced a replica of Van Halen's original "Frankenstrat" guitar, which he used on the band's early albums and tours. The re-creation of the red guitar with black and white stripes is exact, down to the aging on the neck, the cigarette burns, the damage to the body, the use of a 1971 quarter under the bridge, the single volume knob that actually says "tone," and the second pickup and the selector switch that don't work, just as they didn't on the original. Buyers will also get an aged case for the guitar, which is the first in an expected line of EVH guitars, amplifiers, and musical products.
Listen to the real thing:
MP3: Van Halen - La Grange (ZZ Top cover - live 1976/05/29)
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# re: Eddie Van Halen: resurrection of the "Frankenstein" guitar
1/23/2007 6:33 PM by
wasn't it called "frankenstrat"?
# re: Eddie Van Halen: resurrection of the "Frankenstrat" guitar
1/23/2007 7:31 PM by
Whoops! Yes, you are right. Corrected the post and added a link to the Wikipedia article. Thanks.
# Why "Frankenstrat" ?
2/6/2007 3:53 PM by
The guitar is called Frankenstrat because its conception is based on a Fender Stratocaster guitar. During the late 70's, Edward found several caracteristics displeasing to his likes and so, he changed/modded the guitar... just like Frankenstein.
In the mid-80's, all rock guitars had something to do with his, especially Kramers, Charvels, Jacksons, Chandlers, Ibanez, etc.
One of his major contributions was with Floyd Rose. The floating tremolo has used (and often abused) by Edward and he helped to develop the system. He didn't like the tremolo to go up (higher pitches) and so he used a 25 cent coin to hold the tremolo. His EB/MM, Peavey and Charvel models all had recessed Floyd Rose vibrato systems that had this feature without the use of the coin (the trem's home position is against the body itself).
# re: Eddie Van Halen: resurrection of the "Frankenstrat" guitar
5/19/2007 10:06 PM by
what types of pickups are on it
# re: Eddie Van Halen: resurrection of the "Frankenstrat" guitar
2/23/2008 9:58 PM by
the pickups are gibson off of one of his guitars theyre black coverless humbuckers but on my copy im using the bare knuckle miracle man which are better