EVH Striped Series '78 Eruption - White w/ Black Stripes Relic (Open Box)

Bananas At Large Inc

Description

*Pre-Tarrif Item at Pre-Tarrif Pricing! Open Box Unit.


*Clearance Sale Item: May be new Sealed Box, Open Box or Display Model. Item is considered new and comes with full manufacture warranty. All Clearance Sale Items are subject to a 7-day return policy for manufacturer defects.



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.


SPECIFICATIONS


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


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