EVH Striped Series ’78 Eruption Guitar – White w/ Black Stripes Relic

EVH Striped Series ’78 Eruption Guitar – White w/ Black Stripes Relic

On the cover of Van Halens 1978 eponymous debut album, Eddie Van Halen thrusts his black-and-white striped Strat-style guitar towards the camera as if hes 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 couldnt buy one.

Thats 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 inventora 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 Eddies 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.

Features:

General

SERIES: Striped Series
ORIENTATION: Right-Hand
COLOR: White with Black Stripes Relic
MODEL #: 5107900576
CASE/GIG BAG: EVH Striped Series Gig Bag (P/N 022-7742-100) Included

Neck

HEADSTOCK: Large ’70s-Style Licensed Fender Strat
NECK MATERIAL: Quartersawn Maple
NECK FINISH: Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane
NECK SHAPE: EVH Modified “C” Backshape
NECK CONSTRUCTION: Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement
NECK THICKNESS: .790″ at 3rd Fret & .810″ at 12th Fret
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 12″-16″ Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Maple
POSITION INLAYS: Black Dot
SIDE DOTS: Black
NUMBER OF FRETS: 22
TRUSS ROD NUT: Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel
STRING NUT: Brass
NUT WIDTH: 1.6875″ (42.86 mm)
NUT MATERIAL: Brass
FRET SIZE: Jumbo
SCALE LENGTH: 25.5″ (64.77 cm)

Body

BODY: Basswood
BODY FINISH: Lacquer
BODY SHAPE: Other
BODY MATERIAL: Basswood

Hardware

BRIDGE: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Fender Strat Synchronized Tremolo with 43mm Brass Block
TREMOLO BLOCK: Brass
PICKGUARD: 1-Ply Black
PICKUP COVERS: Black
CONTROL KNOBS: White Stratocaster-Style Skirt (Labeled “Tone”)
HARDWARE FINISH: Reliced Chrome
TUNING MACHINES: EVH-Branded Gotoh
STRING TREES: Single Wing with Tall Metal Spacer
STRINGS: EVH Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
TREMOLO ARM: Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm
NECK PLATE: 4-Bolt Standard
STRAP BUTTONS: Oversized

Electronics

BRIDGE PICKUP: EVH Wolfgang Humbucking
PICKUP CONFIGURATION: H
CONTROLS: Volume (500K EVH Bourns Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit
SWITCHING: None

Accessories

INCLUDED ACCESSORIES: Tremolo Arm, Hex Keys, User Manual, & EVH Striped Series Gig Bag
TRUSS ROD WRENCH: 2.5 mm Hex