Product Overview
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Where would be without the history this instrument represents?
STRIPED SERIES '78 ERUPTION
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.
SPECS
BODY
Body Finish: Lacquer
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: H
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
EVH® Striped Series Gig Bag (P/N 022-7742-100) Included
Included Accessories
Tremolo Arm, Hex Keys, User Manual, & EVH® Striped Series Gig Bag
