EVH Striped Series '78 Eruption 6-String Right-Hand Electric Guitar (White with Black Stripes Relic)

On Van Halen's 1978 debut album cover, Eddie Van Halen thrusts his black-and-white striped Strat-style guitar - nicknamed ‘Eruption’ after his groundbreaking solo - toward the camera. This guitar, symbolic of a paradigm shift in guitar-driven rock, was unprecedented because Eddie built it himself. At 22, he modified it with a refretted neck, a paraffin-wax-potted humbucking pickup, a single master volume knob labeled ‘Tone’, a brass nut and tailpiece from a '58 Strat, and his homemade black pickguard. The striped motif completed this innovative creation, born out of necessity to achieve his unique sound. The all-new EVH Striped Series '78 Eruption 6-String Right-Handed Electric Guitar in White with Black Stripes Relic combines many of those famed mods along with modernized features and a relic treatment.
Fast, Sleek Playability
The Stratocaster-style body sports Eddie's famed white-and-black-striped paint job and is paired with a quartersawn maple neck with a hand-rubbed satin urethane back finish. The 12 to 16-inch 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.
Iconic Tone Setup
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.
Sleek Functional Details
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.
Bolt-On Quartersawn Maple Neck
Bolt-on is a type of neck construction that joins the maple neck to the body of the guitar with screws or bolts, resulting in a bright tone with more control. The quartersawn grain runs the length of the neck and as well as being visually appealing, is less susceptible to shrinking, warping, or splitting.
12 to 16-Inch Compound Radius Maple Fingerboard with 22 Jumbo Frets
The innovative 12 to 16-inch compound radius maple fingerboard design gradually flattens toward the heel from its smaller and more rounded profile at the nut for unparalleled comfortable chording and riffing near the nut and seamless bending near the heel. Maple is a dense wood that produces bright, snappy tones, articulate notes with bite, and a tight low end. Versus a 24-fret neck, a 22-fret layout shifts the neck pickup farther away from the bridge, centering it at the ‘sweet spot’ and resulting in an overall warmer tone. The jumbo fret wire slightly increases the distance between the string and fingerboard for seamless and comfortable bends.
Reliced EVH Wolfgang Humbucking Pickup
A single EVH Wolfgang humbucking pickup cuts through the mix and provides a classic EVH guitar tone - dynamic harmonics, shimmering highs, and gritty mids that retain their authoritative tone under high gain. Just like the rest of this guitar, the pickup has been lightly aged.
Six-Saddle Vintage Fender Stratocaster Synchronized Tremolo Bridge with Brass Block
Similar to Eddie’s original Eruption guitar, this instrument features a six-saddle vintage Fender Strat synchronized bridge with a 43mm brass block, which incorporates a distinctive, piano-like cadence to your overall tone and enhances sustain.
Unique Appointments
This white with black stripes Eruption tribute model also features unique appointments such as a skirted Strat-style volume knob with 500K EVH Bourns Low Friction Pot and treble bleed circuit (reads as ‘Tone’), oversized strap buttons, black pickguard, Strat-style output jack plate, brass nut and '70s-style licensed Fender Strat headstock with gold EVH logo. An EVH striped gig bag is also included.