EVH Striped Series '78 Eruption 2022 - Present - Black / White Stripe Relic
EVH Striped Series '78 Eruption 2022 - Present - Black / White Stripe Relic
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.
Product Features
- Serial #: EVH21183XX
- Weight: 7lbs 11.2oz
- Body Finish: Lacquer
- Body Material: Basswood
- 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)
- Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Fender Strat Synchronized Tremolo with 43mm Brass Block
- Hardware Finish: Relic'd Chrome
- Tremolo Arm: Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm
- Tremolo Block: Brass
- Tuning Machines: EVH-Branded Gotoh
- Bridge Pickup: EVH Wolfgang Humbucking
- Includes EVH Striped Series Gig Bag
Attributes
- Type: Solid Body Electric Guitar
- Color: White with Black Stripes Relic
- Finish: Lacquer
- Fingerboard Material: Maple
- Top Wood: Basswood
- Bridge: Synchronized Tremolo
- Neck Material: Maple
- Body Material: Basswood
- Body Style: S
- Model Name: Striped Series 78 Eruption
- Bag or Case Included?: Yes