EVH Striped Series '78 Eruption, White with Black Stripes Relic

This 7lbs 8oz Relic version comes with Eddie’s famed white-and-black-striped paint job and 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 maximum comfort. 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.

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.

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.

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.

SN: EVH2116061
Weight:7lbs 8oz
EVH Striped Series '78 Eruption, White with Black Stripes Relic
Model 5107900576
Basswood body
Quartersawn maple neck
Maple fingerboard
Black dot fingerboard inlays
Neck finish: Hand applied matte urethane varnish
Neck profile: Modified "C
Compound fingerboard radius: 304.8 - 406.4 mm (12" - 16")
Nut width: 42.86 mm (1.6875")
Brass nut
22 Jumbo frets
Pickup: 1 EVH Wolfgang humbucker
Volume control with treble bleed and 500K EVH Bourns low friction potentiometer
Black pickguard
6-Saddle vintage style Fender Strat synchronised tremolo with 43 mm brass block
Chrome hardware
Factory strings: Nickel Plated Steel .009 - .042
Finish: Relic
Colour: White with black stripes
Incl. EVH Striped Series gig bag