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EVH - Striped '78 Eruption

Description

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.

The all-new EVH Striped Series '78 Eruption guitar combines many of Van Halen's 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
SERIES: Striped Series
BODY MATERIAL: Basswood
NECK: Quartersawn Maple
NECK FINISH: Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane
FINGERBOARD: Maple, 12"-16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
FRETS: 22, Jumbo
POSITION INLAYS: Black Dot
NUT (Material/Width): Brass, 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
TUNING MACHINES: EVH-Branded Gotoh
SCALE LENGTH: 25.5" (648 mm)
BRIDGE: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Fender Strat Synchronized Tremolo with 43mm Brass Block
PICKUPS:
Bridge: EVH Wolfgang Humbucking
Neck:
PICKUP SWITCHING: None
CONTROLS: Volume (500K EVH Bourns Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit
CONTROL KNOBS: White Stratocaster-Style Skirt (Labeled "Tone")
HARDWARE FINISH: Reliced Chrome
STRINGS: EVH Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
CASE/GIG BAG: EVH Striped Series Gig Bag (P/N 022-7742-100) Included; Optional EVH Striped Hardshell (P/N 022-6100-506)