{"product_id":"striped-series-78-eruption-maple-fingerboard-white-with-black-stripes-relic","title":"Striped Series '78 Eruption Maple Fingerboard White with Black Stripes Relic","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBack 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe all-new EVH� Striped Series '78 Eruption guitar combines many of those famed mods along with modernized features and a relic treatment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Evh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48322052259995,"sku":"EVH-5107900576","price":3699.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0738\/0405\/4683\/files\/5107900576_evh_ins_frt_1_rr.png?v=1778037539","url":"https:\/\/www.musoscorner.com.au\/products\/striped-series-78-eruption-maple-fingerboard-white-with-black-stripes-relic","provider":"Musos Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}