EVH Striped Series '78 Eruption White with Black Stripes Relic

Striped Series White with Black Stripes

On 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.

The 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.

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.

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.

• Body: Basswood
• Body Finish: Aged Laquer 
• Control Knob: White Stratocaster®-Style Skirt (Labeled "Tone")
• Fingerboard: Maple
• Hardware Finish: Reliced Chrome
• Neck Finish: Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane
• Pickguard: 1-Ply Black
• Position Inlays: Black Dot
• Body Shape: Other
• Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
• Neck Shape: EVH® Modified "C" Backshape
• Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
• Fingerboard Radius: 12"-16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
• Number of Frets: 22
• Fret Size: Jumbo
• String Nut: Brass
• Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
• Truss Rod Wrench: 2.5 mm Hex
• Bridge Pickup: EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
• Controls: Volume (500K EVH® Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit
• Pickup Switching: None
• Pickup Configuration: H
• Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Fender® Strat® Synchronized Tremolo with 43mm Brass Block
• Tuning Machines: EVH®-Branded Gotoh®
• Strings: EVH® Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
• Included Accessories: Tremolo Arm, Hex Keys & User Manual
• Case/Gig Bag: EVH® Striped Series Gig Bag