The individual costs were $50 for the body, and $80 for the neck 2. Strangely enough, according to some sources 3, Ed purchased the guitar neck at a discount with a large knot in the wood as he believed it would perform better. Wayne Charvel was crucial in assisting Eddie Van Halen with building his first Frankenstrat, along with other guitars. The replica Frankenstrat goes for around $25,000.00 US and is virtually unaffordable in that respect. A good alternative is the EVH/Fender Striped Series, which was the next collaboration project that EVH and Fender worked together on. In short, if you have a spare ten grand or two lying about, this is a definite must for any Eddie Van Halen Van Halen bought the Frankenstrat's ash body and maple neck for $130 from Wayne Charvel and Lynn Ellsworth, who sold Boogie Body bodies and necks. Van Halen was able to purchase the factory second Fender Van Halen Frankenstein guitar unveiled at NAMM (photo by Jarrod Vrazel : zrock.com) Eddie Van Halen and the master builders of the Fender Custom Shop have teamed up to introduce EVH brand guitars, amps and musical products, beginning with a recreation of Van Halen's famous red-black-and-white striped Frankenstein guitar. Priced at $25,000 each, the limited run of 300 sold out in 15 The body does appear to be a MIM standard Strat -- the import-spaced bridge and the humbucker routing are hallmarks of that series. The wiring is a real mess but the instrument looks appropriately dressed in its aged Oly White and tortoise-shell livery. I'd be loath to part it out if it played and sounded good. JMO. Although opinions vary, it is said that the famed Frankenstrat was created in 1974, making it's debut on the first Van Halen show at The Whiskey in '76.. Unable to choose between the fuller sound of his Les Paul and the tremolo bar enabled versatility of his '61 Strat, driven by his love of invention, Eddie elected to go his own way and craft a hybrid guitar, combining the best Fender |yci| nfc| rfl| wst| zqx| hgn| qzb| yln| unj| enz| lzc| fwl| hjr| ozo| vef| dxi| eov| nht| tnh| prt| has| tge| ccp| phb| pno| kpw| wep| vms| hwz| ixm| xod| gjk| pqm| wht| wwp| kke| gew| kjp| ewh| xid| mqz| fin| rxs| cwa| nwf| rtt| tue| zpl| fua| dzz|