EVH Striped Series Eruption 78

EVH Striped Series Eruption 78

$1,599.99

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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.

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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Description

GENERAL
Model Number 5107900576
Series Striped Series 
Color White with Black Stripes Relic 
Number of Strings
Orientation Right-Hand 
BODY
Body Finish Lacquer
Body Shape Other 
Body Material Basswood 
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
Pickup Color Black
Controls Volume (500K EVH® Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit
Pickup Switching None
Pickup Configuration
NECK
Neck Material Quartersawn Maple 
Neck Construction Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement
Neck Thickness .790″ at 3rd Fret & .810″ at 12th Fret
Neck Finish Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane
Neck Shape EVH® Modified “C” Backshape
Scale Length 25.5″ (64.77 cm) 
Fingerboard Radius 12″-16″ Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
Fingerboard Material Maple 
Number of Frets 22
Fret Size Jumbo
Nut Material Brass
Nut Width 1.6875″ (42.86 mm)
Position Inlays Black Dot
Side Dots Black
Truss Rod Nut Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel
Truss Rod Wrench 2.5 mm Hex
String Trees Single Wing with Tall Metal Spacer
Headstock Large ’70s-Style Licensed Fender® Strat®
Neck Plate 4-Bolt Standard
HARDWARE
Bridge 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Fender® Strat® Synchronized Tremolo with 43mm Brass Block 
Hardware Finish Reliced Chrome 
Tremolo Arm Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm
Tremolo Block Brass
Tuning Machines EVH®-Branded Gotoh®
Pickguard 1-Ply Black
Control Knobs White Stratocaster®-Style Skirt (Labeled “Tone”)
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings EVH® Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
Strap Buttons Oversized
ACCESSORIES
Case/Gig Bag EVH® Striped Series Gig Bag (P/N 022-7742-100) Included; Optional EVH® Striped Hardshell (P/N 022-6100-506)
Included Accessories Tremolo Arm, Hex Keys, User Manual, & EVH® Striped Series Gig Bag
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