After a few years without endorsing striped intruments, we might say that Ed strikes again... with a full batch of striped products.

From the Jim Dunlop website, we can read "...Edward Van Halen earned his spot in the guitar tone hall of fame with the first note on his debut album in 1978. The guitar work on that album still boggles minds more than 25 years later. The tones that EVH got on that classic record are among the greatest ever, and a huge part of Eddie‘s guitar sound has always been the MXR Phase 90. The Phase 90 contributed to the unbelievable tones on “Eruption,” “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love,” “On Fire,” and “Atomic Punk,” plus many other timeless Van Halen tracks.

Now you can grab a piece of Eddie’s magic with the new MXR EVH 90—a collaboration between Eddie Van Halen and Dunlop Manufacturing that represents a totally redesigned, updated version of the legendary Phase 90. The EVH 90 will give you the same great spacey swirls and hypnotic warbles that made the Phase 90 famous. But the EVH 90 also features the all-new Script switch that lets you instantly toggle between a vintage, “Script Logo” phase tone and a more modern, in-your-face “Block Logo” phaser. Plus, the EVH 90 sports the greatest graphics in the history of rock: the red, white, and black stripes from Eddie’s legendary Frankenstein guitar. Oh yeah—it’s also got a bitchin’ new blue LED. Now, how cool is that?". The reply is simple... how cool is $189.95 ???

But more important, Edward has joined forces with Charvel in order to create a unique series of striped guitars he will be using on this tour. These guitars will be available for purchase at eBay.

The guitar specs are:

• Basswood body;
• Bolt-on quartersawn hard rock maple neck with specially formulated oil finish;
• Maple fingerboard, 1 5/8" nut width, 22 Jumbo frets, 25 1/2" scale;
• Custom wound EVH Humbucking pickup;
• Floyd Rose Original tremolo;
• Chrome hardware.

Here is the press release:

Scottsdale, USA
(July 20, 2004)

To follow up the recent news of the collaboration between Edward Van Halen and Charvel to produce a limited run of hand “striped” art guitars, Charvel now proudly announces that it will introduce a production run of EVH Art Series guitars that are based on Van Halen’s own original, iconic designs.

This new line of production run EVH Art Series guitars will be painted and built exclusively by Charvel at its facility in Corona, California, and they will be introduced at this summer’s NAMM show in Nashville, Tennessee.

These new Charvel EVH Art Series guitars will feature three instruments, each with its own striped color scheme, including white with black stripes, black with yellow stripes and red with black and white stripes. The artwork for each different model will be based on the designs originally created by Edward Van Halen for his personal guitars, which have since become legendary rock ‘n’ roll icons.

Charvel will introduce these production guitars to its network of retailers at this summer’s NAMM show, and it will begin taking orders immediately. Production will begin after the show’s conclusion, and delivery to Charvel retailers is expected to begin by November of this year.

In addition to the new Charvel EVH Art Series guitars, the Charvel Custom Shop will introduce a limited run of guitars that will be faithful recreations of Edward’s classic red guitar with black and white stripes. The Charvel Custom Shop will work closely with Van Halen to create no more than 100 pieces, all of which will replicate the original down to every detail, including original specifications, as well as its nicks, scratches and wear marks. More details with regards to pricing and availability will be forthcoming.