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Super '78 Eruption
EVH Gear
Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen American, born the Netherlands
Not on view
This 2018 Super ’78 Eruption guitar is an exact replica of the original configuration of Eddie Van Halen’s “Frankenstein” guitar, which he constructed himself from various spare guitar parts. His original decoration used white spray paint for the body with black intersecting stripes. After this was widely copied, Van Halen repainted the guitar red with white-and-black stripes, its now-iconic configuration.
Technical Description:
Ash body with bird's eye maple neck; 25 ½ in. scale; hand-sprayed white finish with black stripes; bolt-on neck with katalox dot inlays; unmarked headstock; one humbucking pickup with master volume control; chrome Stratocaster-style vibrato bridge with Kluson brass block and saddles, chrome Schaller locking tuners, white plastic knob, one-ply black pickguard, screw-eye strap locks, no vibrato routing cover
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