Hi Dagan - Chris Gill of Guitar World/co-author of Eruption Conversations with Eddie Van Halen here. One major detail, Eddie always called his guitar the Frankenstein, and never called it a Frankenstrat. Wolfgang pointed this out to me recently, and I went through all of my interview tapes (more than two dozen over a 26 year period) with Ed to confirm this. Frankenstrat is a name invented by various guitar mags over the years. On the quarter, Ed told me that he screwed it to the guitar to keep the Floyd Rose from floating - he preferred to keep the vibrato flush to the body. He never used the Floyd to raise pitch above standard tuning (only for drops and/or return to pitch) and he absolutely hated the flutter that happens when you strike a note too hard when the bridge is floating. Also, the quarter is stationary - it does not swivel. Ed broke off one of the screw heads when trying to remove the quarter after Tom Anderson fixed the Floyd placement, and instead of leaving a screw stuck in the guitar body he decided to just leave the screw there. Ed told me this in 2006 during an interview about the Frankenstein replica.
@endzoneproductions4732 Жыл бұрын
I’m so jealous that you met and even talked with Eddie, he’s definitely my first serious influence, and other influences’ (dimebag, George lynch, warren demartini, etc.) influences. Truly a one of a kind guitar player!! Thanks for your insight as well!
@FortessofShred10 ай бұрын
I've never, in my life, ever heard him refer to as a "Frankenstrat."
@darthfredius4708 ай бұрын
Thanks Chris. Bought and read your Book. Fantastic job ! Thanks again. Rip Eddie. We miss you, King.
@erickleefeld48838 ай бұрын
So in this case, “Frankenstein” really was the monster’s name.
@toddmoore23247 ай бұрын
For one thing, Frankenstein can't be used, it's owned and not in the public domain. They didn't want to get sued. Also, it's not a "major" detail. Nice job inserting yourself into the picture though. 🙄
@CatherineLee3000 Жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Eddie Van Halen's Bumblebee Guitar is buried with Dimebag Darrell. Dimebag Darrell really liked Eddie's Bumblebee. When Dimebag was assassinated, Eddie said that Darrell deserved the Original Bumblebee, so Dime was buried with it. The Bumblebee at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is a replica of the Bumblebee. And so is the other black and white guitar because that one was made into the famous Frankenstrat that we all know.
@andrewpappas9311 Жыл бұрын
Eddie was the first guitarist I heavily looked up to alongside George Harrison and VH was the first concert I ever saw back in 2012 when I was 13, he’s still one of my biggest influences and guitar heroes and he’s still one of the absolute GOATs for a reason. RIP Eddie, still miss you and thanks for helping me become the guitarist I am today
@thetownspeople6486 Жыл бұрын
Van Halen was first concert as well. Great time. They named the tour the 1980 Invasion and Women and Children First had just been released. To add insult DLR caused a riot a week before I was to see them so I was definitely ready for anything. Great show.
@Bartolobot Жыл бұрын
My first taste was 1984 when I was only 11 years old. My older brother came home with the 45 single record of the song jump from the album jump and i was amazed and infused with rock n roll forever 49 now and still rocking.
@richmerriman9220 Жыл бұрын
My first ever concert 1984 tour. ❤
@ryanextra2 Жыл бұрын
rip evh there will be no one else like him
@JohnnyBeane Жыл бұрын
@13:16 Thank you so much for the shout out!!! Great video on the Frankie! 👑🎸
@JTB-- Жыл бұрын
The World just isn't the same anymore without EVH in it 😞
@stormrider8286 Жыл бұрын
Eddie was a mad scientist of the guitar. I doubt anyone will ever innovate the guitar like he would but it would be so cool if they did.
@stephanietanner7927 Жыл бұрын
EVH is my all time favorite guitarist. I was so sad when he died.
@g_man2177 Жыл бұрын
The story behind the tone knob for the volume pot (which was on the Bumblebee) is that Eddie stated if you have volume then you have great tone. Check out the book Eruption if you want to know more about his guitars.
@PMTVUK Жыл бұрын
I never knew that! Thanks for the info
@chrishenderson9130 Жыл бұрын
Still miss eddie. Long live the King!
@mikeg2939 Жыл бұрын
At a VH gig down the front with my mate Dave and Eddie throws a pick out, Dave ends up wrestling over it on the floor with some other kid and finally gets it and puts it safely in his pocket. After the gig he gets it out and we look upon the VH logo on it in awe, he flips it over to reveal the words 'YOU WANKER.' it's kind of what Dave is sometimes and Eddie knew it.
@Scottocaster6668 Жыл бұрын
My '02 Peavey Wolfgang was bought without even plugging it in at Guitar center. It played and felt great just by itself. Coming from Ed, obviously it would sound awesome with an amp. I still own it, and it's my favorite go to guitar 21 yrs later. Im still bummed out of his passing.
@jduncanm3golf Жыл бұрын
White with black stripes was best version. Even Eddie said he made a mistake by painting over it.
@Malum09 Жыл бұрын
I think that before settling on the Floyd Rose Eddie was using a Rockinger Tremolo but he eventually left it for FR.
@Guitfiddlejase Жыл бұрын
Yeah that's right. Some people even called the Rockinger the "Van Halen" tremolo. Of course, this whammy fell by the wayside.
@gameroftheyear100029 күн бұрын
Close, but the only thing different is that KRAMER had exclusive rights with Floyd to build his bridges for Kramer guitars. It was a big part of their advertising of Eddie. It was set in place right after the Floyd we know today was in its final stages, a good chunk of it being from Eddie himself such as adding the fine tuners, but the rockinger did go the wayside pretty quickly.
@ghost_java35 Жыл бұрын
Lots of stuff I didn't know! One cool frankenstrat fact I learned recently was that the bridge pickup was rewound for hotter output by Seymour Duncan at some point.
@solarismoon3046 Жыл бұрын
No - that's a myth! The original was from a 1961 Gibson 335 that he "rewound" by taking some of the windings off it it. This was to remove all the midrange mud that Gibson pickups are known for. He wax potted it. The pickup that you're thinking of was MIGHTY MITE pickup which Eddie used scores of on his guitar as well as DiMarzio pickups. This was from a 1990 Guitar World interview with Joe Bosso (who is dead now) and Eddie discussed all this in the article.
@mountain7777 Жыл бұрын
Great informative video and I love your enthusiasm for Eddie and his contributions. We ALL miss him.....Long live Edward Van Halen!
@KurtS5150 Жыл бұрын
Dagan, great video. What we know from photos, about six different pickups and 12 different necks through the short period of time he used it ( 8 or 9 years)
@solarismoon3046 Жыл бұрын
No - Eddie used about 30 different necks according to him. And he used more than fifteen different pickups in the life of that guitar - that last being a Wolfgang pickup in the bridge.
@KurtS5150 Жыл бұрын
@@solarismoon3046 I am just counting the ones that you can see in photos. Who knows what he put on that we never saw in public
@solarismoon3046 Жыл бұрын
@@KurtS5150 Or the ones that we saw but didn't even realize were different necks from different manufacturers.
@mountain7777 Жыл бұрын
Oh and great playing....
@evh1984 Жыл бұрын
Johnny Beane sent us 🤘🤘🤘
@JohnnyBeane Жыл бұрын
Thank you man!!!
@michaelgallegos8811 Жыл бұрын
This is a great video Dagan i saw Ed 5 X live what a hero he was as u said he changed how we all would play i literally stopped my car on the highway in 78 the day i bought VH 1 on cassette i was shocked @ what i was hearing there was no traffic on the highway that day 😅😂😂
@petereade931 Жыл бұрын
Anyone know what the vinyl he cut up to make the pickguard out of? What an astonishing guitar Frankie is. No one pushed the guitar forward more than Edward Van Halen.
@damianboyd Жыл бұрын
I believe it was a simple Stratocaster pick guard. You can buy them online for cheep.
@solarismoon3046 Жыл бұрын
@@damianboyd Cheep? Like birds? - cheep! cheep! cheep! You mean CHEAP - not cheep. $25.00 for an aftermarket pickguard is not cheap --- especially when you're going to cut most of it away!
@toddmoore23247 ай бұрын
Quite possibly the best video you've done. Ed was one of a kind for certain. I'll never forget the first time. 1978, properly blasted through huge speakers. It was a religious experience. Thanks for this one.
@seanwilliams33776 күн бұрын
The story goes (per a worker at the Schecter factory in Van Nuys California) that David Schecter cut 100 bodies on a weekend to help Wayne Charvelle on an order he needed to fill quick. The Frankenstein was definately cut with a Schecter pattern as can be identified by the truss rod divot. That also that could explain how a factory second was spit out in the first place. So it was a Schecter with a Boogie Body brand.
@WonkaVator724 ай бұрын
As I recall, EVH changed the black and white Frankenstrat to the red and white was because Lotus started selling copies of his original. In fact, a friend bought one as his first guitar.
@APK-pn4qh Жыл бұрын
Great video Dagan. You seem as obsessed by the great EVH as I am!! 😊 I made a 5150 replica myself and its my favourite guitar ahead of my Kramers and Ibanez's and Jacksons. Just one thing though, it's been known for decades that the first Frankie body was a reject. That's not new info dude. Sorry, not trying to be a smart*ss here but just felt compelled to point that out. 😉Anyway Eddie is and was the GOAT so please do more EVH related vids! 🤘😎🤘
@tommilitello198 Жыл бұрын
No,you’re being a smartass and he’s aware none of that was new information
@Scottocaster6668 Жыл бұрын
The power of Ed compels you!
@Robert-vi5kn Жыл бұрын
Yep, he bought a reject body from Boogie Bodies for $50 dollars.
@chadtyler Жыл бұрын
Just a thought but my first impression for the reason for the quarter being where it was is for when he had to restring the guitar…. If you have ever changed strings on a Floyd you know you have to put something behind the bridge to hold it up or change one string at a time to keep it up… the quarter could have been put in place to hold the bridge up when he took all the strings up… just a thought! Love your videos brother
@mikeyID Жыл бұрын
Hey Now, Johnny Beane TV Sent me over to say Hi 👋🏼
@JohnnyBeane Жыл бұрын
Hey Now! Thank you Mike!
@gregshepheard3371 Жыл бұрын
Good god mate you have really helped me out ! I am recovering from a car crash, that has wrecked my body, all I have to hold is my cira 89, Levinson blade that they definitely shouldn't bury me with . I think you are star
@oldrrocr Жыл бұрын
Having made my own, this is the best summary of the topic I've ever seen. THANKS!
@dondealey1198 Жыл бұрын
Johnny Beane says Hi & Thanks for the shout-out. Keep up the good work.
@WarriorOfGhengisKhan Жыл бұрын
Eddie did not have the first Floyd. Randy Hansen had the first one and still has it. Randy introduced Eddie to the Floyd trem as Floyd Rose was Randy's sound guy.
@Guitfiddlejase Жыл бұрын
Whoa! New information! I never knew that about Hansen!
@michaelgonzales547 ай бұрын
Bro , thank you for all this information, dang I love e the quarter trick, I’m gonna do this rite now WOW, genius, bless you brother, you are a bad ass!!
@davidmiller180 Жыл бұрын
I read the quarter was to hold down the tremolo because the screw hole stripped out right before a show and that was the quickest way he could think of so he could play? Great informative video! I never knew about the Gibson decal on the headstock. Eddie is the GOAT!!!!!
@kamillok3273 Жыл бұрын
I love the EVH content
@CentaurusRelax314 Жыл бұрын
I thought I knew everything about that guitar. Not sure I knew about the Tele middle pickup, though. Thank you. I can hear the love and reverence. Beautiful.
@zeuszoos83863 ай бұрын
Excellent! I thought I knew some stuff about Eddie's guitars, but I only knew 2 of these and the last one blew my mind! Especially since 80% of my guitars (including copies of both his FrankenStrat and the "Music Man" he played with the same paint job) have Floyd Rose Bridges! And I'm also considering one of the new Schecter Demon-6 guitars (black with red trim, of course). So Eddie using a Schecter made body just tipped it to the "buy it" side, as a nod to him. 😅
@ICESTORM5150 Жыл бұрын
Amazing ! Would love a breakdown on the Kramer 5150 and all its secrets. 🤘🤘
@PMTVUK Жыл бұрын
The 5150 is filled with even more secrets and contradicting stories, it would be quite the video! haha
@foggyblues13 Жыл бұрын
@@PMTVUK all the more reason to make that video :D
@akfreed6949 Жыл бұрын
For one , there were many 5150s made at the Kramer factory . Ed showed up at the Kramer factory one day to make 5150s for an upcoming tour .
@TracyBlair-mw4vh5 ай бұрын
Brad Gillis from Night Ranger Received the very first Floyd Rose Trem to be sold in the united states. It Was installed on his red strat. Eddie was the second player to use a F.Rose.
@LeeWhalan-bi8kcАй бұрын
I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a wolfgang, its a standard, mango colour with curly maple top, they taped off the edges for binding, when the sun light hits it and you can see through the edge, just beautiful… The fish mouth looking headstock, i hated when I first seen it but I had to keep looking, by the 3rd time I loved it and just wanted it so bad. I like just about every guitarist own many but my wolfgang has made my other guitars very lonely cause I really only want to play the wolfgang and now Im after a wolfgang special and just cant wait to get one in my hands.. If you havent checked one out maybe dont cause it will ruin your desire for any other. RIP EVH
@Eclipse52776 Жыл бұрын
The intro is absolutely beautiful
@BotsWeekendCovers Жыл бұрын
Exceptional video as always man!!!!!
@joeshumo9457 Жыл бұрын
Schecter is hands down my favorite guitar maker. I reluctantly went to look at a Schecter Tempest Diamond series and it took all of two seconds to buy it. I then promptly sold every guitar I owned. Including my prized Charvel. Ibanez, Les Paul, Strat... I don’t even look at other guitars. 500 dollar slightly beat on and does everything I ever could have hoped for tone wise and playability wise. It just fits me like a glove for some reason. It makes playing fun and enjoyable.
@german54469 ай бұрын
Eddie so fantastic musician, man from Mars.
@irmasil3 Жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure I saw Eddie on an interview saying he would put the coin there for changing strings easily (to keep the Floyd straight) or when he broke a string..
@darrell5228 Жыл бұрын
Did you know Eiddie' guitar recently sold for a little over 4million in US dollars. Another great and attention getting video. I have heard of people using a thick guitar pick to set his bridge,another I have heard of people cutting guitar picks out of plastic milk jugs .
@PaulGodloves Жыл бұрын
There is a valid video out there... The volume on eddies original guitar,, he removed the standard module for any guitar and replaced it with a Walkman tape spinner spindle. All right now those of you that are not old enough a Walkman has a tape player in it and that tape player has two spindles that rotates the tape he removed one of those and used that because it's spun so easily versus friction with a guitar volume module.. Walkmans were torn apart by many of us, huge uses out of many of the parts as well as making homemade tattoo guns. Okay I just had to add in that I remembered now after I posted this he used the entire spindle unit so he took it out of the Walkman and he used those two spindles as volume in a single tongue control he didn't use the other he disconnected it so instead of having two tones and a volume he had one tone and a volume because he had eliminated the use of that tone.
@gauloiscalifornien8 ай бұрын
My new Christmas 2023 gift, thanks to my wife to pick it up this morning.
@hollylewis5302 Жыл бұрын
Eddie didn't pull up on the whammy bar, only pushed it down. I think the quarter was spun underneath to keep the bridge flush. You should consult Chris Gill or read his book Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen. ❤🤍🖤
@rl6470Ай бұрын
I have a poster of Eddie playing Eruption on the black and white Frankenstrat and it has a clear picture of the Gibson logo on the headstock
@davidrocha1419 Жыл бұрын
Awesome videos 🤘My favorite Evh guitar was the Frankenstein in 1983 US Festival/Jump Video. It took me ten years of sourcing parts and building my replica in my spare time. I was one of the first to purchase the 1 of 500 relic signed pickups, and it sounds better than any humbucker that I have ever played or owned. I even played a few of the Fender Frankenstein replicas, they sound amazing but my replica just nails the sound better :)
@Guitfiddlejase Жыл бұрын
I had always understood the Floyd story to be that Neal Schon got the third Floyd behind Ed and Brad Gillis.
@delmilligan4584 Жыл бұрын
Awesome vid ❤️👍🏼❤️
@tripleb2001 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the shout out to Johnny Beane in ur video
@JohnnyBeane Жыл бұрын
Thank you Brad!
@user-rt9zq8rs9k7 ай бұрын
In an old issue of THE INSIDE MAGAZINE , a high school friend was with Eddie when Eddie added red to the Frankenstein . At the time he was really bummed out . The current album at the time wasn't selling so well . An upcoming concert wasn't selling tickets as well as was hoped also . The reason for the red coat was Charvel ripped off his black and white stripes design . That's when he added red .
@sticendice1517 Жыл бұрын
You rock dude... always love watching you play :)
@dooksan5 ай бұрын
I have some Van Halen vinyl and it will make a perfect pick guard.
@evelbasturd5692 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@johnp16572 ай бұрын
Ok, regarding the quarter, here's my spin on it. I was watching your video Dagan and also looking at my Music Man Axis hung on the wall in front of me and thinking why a quarter. Then it struck me that I have to adjust the truss rod onthis guitar twice a year, once during winter and once during due to the unfinished neck and humidity changes. So, if I was touring around the world with different humidities and my truss rod was inaccessible, i.e. a high end neck adjustment, slipping the quarter under the Floyd would address fret rattle by raising the bridge. The truss rod adjustment on the Music Man is always the same, a quarter turn, MMMMMMMMMM, comments?
@drumgk Жыл бұрын
And to think Eddie never called it “Frankenstrat“ he called it “ My baby.”
@mikesmusicden Жыл бұрын
Very interesting video - and great playing! 👍
@jeremycarlson11892 ай бұрын
Holy hell...I didn't know that was why the pickup was slanted. I thought Eddie just wasn't that great with power tools and didn't care enough that the screw holes didn't line up perfectly.
@stevenausten9935 Жыл бұрын
Great information, many thanks 🎸👍
@ChrisHopkinsBass Жыл бұрын
Boogie Bodies is the ancestor of Warmoth
@nick3718 Жыл бұрын
insane intro
@karterestill Жыл бұрын
The only contradiction with it being a Schecter body is that Dave Schecter didn't officially start Schecter Guitar Research until 1976. Ed built Frankie in 74. Not to say that Dave couldn't have done it but SGR really didn't exist yet. But they did start out as a parts company first.
@B-DueceTre Жыл бұрын
This is correct. The body was specially commissioned by a luthier from the Pacific Northwest for Boogie Body. I believe from the article I read of an interview of the luthier, Northern Ash was used because it was less commonplace for Strat bodies and indigenous to the luthiers location (Oregon or Washington, I don’t recall which). The knot wasn’t discovered until after the body was carved and brought down to Southern California to the Boogie Bodies shop. It was hanging on the wall and Mr. Van Halen inquired about it. The rest is legendary.
@drdab_ Жыл бұрын
great vid
@wjewell63 Жыл бұрын
Great vid. Had to sub..,!✌️
@markparadis8029Ай бұрын
Try color changing lights in background it looks awsome tho
@TrevyTrev-andTheFunkyPets Жыл бұрын
Did EVH invent the bridge humbucker / Strat combo?
@slimsantilli4476 Жыл бұрын
John oats actually did it before Ed 😅
@TrevyTrev-andTheFunkyPets Жыл бұрын
@@slimsantilli4476 Really?! That gold & black strat he always played?
@professorgillsguitargearga6388 Жыл бұрын
Andy Scott of the Sweet also played a Strat with a humbucker in the bridge during the early 70s, amongst others. In Southern Cal, Wayne Charvel did this mod for dozens of players (mostly country guitarists) before Ed visited his shop. But while others may have come before Ed, no one popularized this setup more than Ed. What did Roth say? Everybody Wants Some!! (I want some too!)
@slimsantilli4476 Жыл бұрын
@@TrevyTrev-andTheFunkyPets yep
@JIMJAMSC Жыл бұрын
Love the Frankenstein but for another reason... I have played/collected since 76. Owned a ton of EBMM EVH Sig models and ran into a man in FLA with 4 2007 Fender CS Frankensteins. They didn't sell well at all back then. Bought all 4 for $10 grand each. Traded one off but after Ed passed I sold all 3 to a man in NY for a shi* ton. I still get contacted to this day about their availability.
@perkins1439 Жыл бұрын
I thought maybe you take one of the screws out of the quarter and flick it underneath the Floyd Rose to hold it level while you change the strings
@MarkSmith-vy3tq Жыл бұрын
Dude, his rapid fire delivery was dizzying. I had a hard time tracking with him; words on Words, on WORDS! It was like he was either on a deadline or on a..."stimulant" (to put it nicely).
@snapfinger1 Жыл бұрын
A saga similar to the Steve Morse Frankenstein & they both ended up at Music Man because of it.
@Gorvette1-hi4co Жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure that he didn’t use duct tape when taping the Frankenstrat. Some have said that he used studio tape, like the black tape you use for wires in a studio area. The edges are frayed, but not like duct tape. Idk I could be wrong
@vorpalblades Жыл бұрын
Gaffer tape.
@Gorvette1-hi4co Жыл бұрын
Yes that’s it thanks
@moonhead6165 Жыл бұрын
Nice one D
@willasc7691 Жыл бұрын
Eddie might have rested his palm on the bridge making the pitch annoyingly go up so he put the coin there to stop it
@TheOpinionatedGuitarist Жыл бұрын
I read the coin was to shore up the bridge when a string broke so it would still be in tune.
@willasc7691 Жыл бұрын
@@TheOpinionatedGuitarist That too, theres actually lots of benefits of drilling coin into guitar... I might have to do it
@mikerfs Жыл бұрын
great video. you always do your homework, I appreciate that! Keep rocking bro!!! \m/ \m/
@wisterialosenge2546 Жыл бұрын
maybe eddie was using the quarter as a d tuna type thing, if he was flipping it in the middle of a solo, then the pedal tones of the open strings would lower
@knowwhey7559 Жыл бұрын
One correction: Randy Hansen got the first Floyd Rose. There's enough information out there to say that this is pretty much accepted as truth.
@professorgillsguitargearga6388 Жыл бұрын
This is 100 percent correct/truth. Randy Hansen was the very first!
@naztynaz5072 Жыл бұрын
I probably missed it but qhy did Eddie add a selector switch in the middle pickup cavity?
@KajHeGeHaggman Жыл бұрын
Great stories!
@efilnikufesin2069 Жыл бұрын
Randy Hanson got the 1st Floyd Rose. Eddie got the 2nd Brad Gillis 3rd and possibly 4th on his 62' Red Strat and Les Paul routed to pull up and is known to be the 1st to have a recessed cavity on his guitars to pull up on a Floyd Rose and fluttering!
@akfreed6949 Жыл бұрын
From an article in an issue of THE INSIDE MAGAZINE , a friend of Ed's from his high school/club days was with Ed when Ed added the red paint . Al and Ed were still living in their Pasadena home I think . The band suffered from their first Warner Bros contract , which was really a ripoff high interest loan the band had to pay along with a new album every year . The album deal is why their Roth era albums were mostly only a little over a half hour long . Anyway , Ed wasn't very happy at the time . Charvel released a black and white guitar that looked too similar to Ed's Frankenstein which at the time was only black and white . Also he was scheduled to have a concert and ticket sales weren't doing so well . That's when he added the red paint .
@nirbhaysaini9578 Жыл бұрын
i want the pickholder on the guitar but i dont know the name of it
@PMTVUK Жыл бұрын
It's just a rolled up piece of duct tape!
@nirbhaysaini9578 Жыл бұрын
@@PMTVUK is there another method which i can use to place picks on my guitar to use. Thank You
@Robert-vi5kn Жыл бұрын
@@nirbhaysaini9578 double sided tape works good. You might need a new piece of tape after a while, but it's a cheap solution. They make it in many colors.
@DaisyHollowBooks Жыл бұрын
I’ll fly over from the US and buy one from you if you can guarantee I’ll play like that!
@264roy Жыл бұрын
I read that the original pick guard was made out of a vinyl record
@MarkBlasquez Жыл бұрын
Great video. This brings to light a question I've had for years: transitioning from black and white to red, black and white, what happened to the thin black stripes (around the upper horn, near the output jack, etc)? If the guitar was black, then taped, painted white then the tape removed, why can't we see the thin black stripes present on the red version. Then there's a photo at 7:05 that makes me wonder: were the large stripes made by taping, painting then removing the tape BUT the thin black stripes were actually tape?
@7dollarhaircut11 ай бұрын
I believe the thin black stripes on the upper horn were tape, and he removed these before taping it up again and painting red.
@jedUDX1837 ай бұрын
It was automotive pin stripping
@Ryan-hi1hl Жыл бұрын
The neck was a birdseye maple neck but with a normal maple cap fingerboard
@NicolaeTudorTudor-rz6sy Жыл бұрын
🤘
@JaniceLalla Жыл бұрын
Johnny Beane recommended you!
@JohnnyBeane Жыл бұрын
Thank you Janice!
@feistyfeather Жыл бұрын
Awesome 🔥🎸🔥! New sub sent by Johnny Bean 🤘🤘
@JohnnyBeane Жыл бұрын
Thank you Feisty!
@juanchaves2971 Жыл бұрын
Unbelievable, totally totally unbelievable but true story that happened to me re. this guitar. I live in Virginia, there is a homeless guy who lives in a tent a few miles from my house, I see the guy all the time hanging around our local WalMart. I bought him food one day, met him and sat down and talked to him for quite a while...Turns out he worked for Eddie back in the late 1970s, he used to live in SoCal and he built the pre amps in his early guitars, and did all kinds of work for him on anything electronic. This homeless guy told me his name and said to look at the 1st VH album where it says ¨Special thanks to...¨ and his name is the first one on the list!
@vorpalblades Жыл бұрын
Anyone can look that name up.
@7dollarhaircut11 ай бұрын
Yeah, I heard Gene Simmons was living under a bridge behind Walmart.
@dontuateytu25579 ай бұрын
If his name is Jimmy that may be true.He used to do some electronic work for Dr Music in Pasadena where Ed shopped.
@raytbrown2 Жыл бұрын
Very informative; but bad audio, A solid 3.5/10
@perkins1439 Жыл бұрын
I bought a bio guitars lunatic guitar kit it's just like the production frankenstrat you buying the music store with the one pickup Floyd Rose so I painted up like a frankenstrat bought a Frankenstein pickup a Mighty Mite fender license neck I tried to make it look just like the one in the Musicians Friend catalog with no name on the headstock red black and white later on I found the actual evh Floyd Rose and the evh tuning keys and the evh neck plate but later on I noticed My High e b g strings was not as loud as my top three so I did like James Brown and I flipped it it's a lot better made me kind of feel like it is Van Halen when I did that I can play some Van Halen stuff but mostly just my own style in fact if you can imagine Eric Clapton with a little bit of Van Halen style thrown in more heavy metal maybe Ted Nugentish but Eddie is my hero and Van Halen is top of my list on favorite groups probably number one yeah number one
@elevationblue Жыл бұрын
Quite a few pps swear by the punk band's guitarist for The Dils being the influence for the stripes. Give it a Google
@dontuateytu25579 ай бұрын
Yes this is true(not sure of the band) .Unfortunately Ed had quite a few of things he was not the originator of but he was the innovator.I know a few people including myself however Ed made these ideas into something greater than we would have.
@maxmustardman298 Жыл бұрын
Ha ! Never occured to me that ed changed necks often and thicker heels would require the floyd higher up above the body if you didnt shave the heel down...the coin story never made sense to me until now
@tommilitello198 Жыл бұрын
What people need to realize is that it was a p.o.s and monetarily was not worth a few hundred bucks on a good day,perfect example of not needing expensive gear to make music
@jhusty5594 Жыл бұрын
damn im 3rd!, also awesome vid love the content!! (and ps i kinda knew all of these facts :D)
@user-zr1cw8yf4f8 ай бұрын
What amp is this?
@richardyoung9773 Жыл бұрын
The quarter was probably just locking the bridge so it couldn't go sharp. Might have been a precursor of sorts to his D-Tuna.