This page reflects what you can find at the "EVH Gear" site, not actually a guitar we came across. This instrument is what Eddie created in over a 10-year timespan. Only this time, the guys at Fender Custom Shop (in Corona) did all the aging and recreated the characteristics to the tiniest details.

This red, black and white ash-body guitar has been put through an astounding aging process to replicate the original down to every last scratch, ding and cigarette burn. Fender craftsmen (with Chip Ellis at the helm) even scoured the land for 1971 quarters -- just like the original Eddie at one time stuck under the original tremolo bridge -- to mount near the Floyd Rose® Original tremolo bridge. The guitar features a Seymour Duncan® Custom Shop EVH® humbucking pickup, a single master volume knob (that says "Tone") mounted on a partial black pickguard identical to the original. Leaving no stone unturned, the guitar is complete with a non-functional three-way switch and single-coil pickup that occupy two of the three pickup routs.

It's a phenomenally crafted piece of rock history -- of guitar history, period -- and it could only come from Eddie Van Halen and the talented resources of Fender. It simply must be seen, heard and felt to be believed, and it will re-evoke the awestruck wonder and sheer thrill you experienced the first time you saw, heard and felt the incredible musical power of Eddie Van Halen.

The guitar specs are:

• Body wood: ash;
• Body Shape: Fender Stratocaster;
• Neck: hard rock maple, 22 frets;
• Fingerboard: Maple w/12" 16" compound radius;
• Frets: 21 Jumbo (Dunlop® 6100);
• Fret marks: black dot inlays;
• Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm);
• Nut Width: 1 5/8" (41.275 mm);
• Nut: Floyd Rose R2;
• Hardware: Aged Chrome
• Strings: .009, .011, .016, .026, .036, .046
• Tuners: Schaller M6L;
• Tremolo Unit: Floyd Rose Original Bridge;
• Pickup (bridge): Seymour Duncan EVH, mounted directly to body;
• Pickup (neck): single coil (disconnected);
• Serial: 61071 (all have this serial number).

Some pictures to follow.



Overall view:






The headstock, with cigarette burns:






The Schaller tuners:






The nut screws:






Body view:






Body view:






The aged Seymour Duncan EVH from the bridge:






The disconnected neck pickup:






The tremolo springs:






A tremolo view:






The 1971 coin that blocked the earlier tremolo:






Tape used to hold the picks:






The volume knob says "Tone":






Reflectors on the back of the body:






Body back painting:






Strap hook:






Case lock:






Case logo:






Case tag:






Certificate:






A reproduction of the original letter:






The signed photo:






Some extra picks:






The DVD with all the stories behind this guitar: