Have you guys and gals seen the new EVH Eddie Van Halen Frankenstein Replica Electric Guitar yet? While I was recently surfing the musiciansfriend site I happened across this new monster. It is an exact replica put together by Fender, and when I say exact, I mean exact. They recreated the thing so it's an exact match of his original guitar.

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Naturally, I thought this was neat. Then I saw the price tag - $25,000. Yes, that's right, 3 zero's. So the question is why would someone spend that type of money on a guitar that has been beat to shit? Clearly not for playability sake - this is only something that collectors and Van Halen fanatics would want.

One review I read was from a guy who had saved up for a year to buy the guitar. He was quite dissapointed, saying the guitar was a piece of crap. What do you expect? This isn't a mint 50's les paul. This is a guitar that was beat to hell on the road.

So needless to say, ÜberProAudio doesn't recommend that you buy this guitar for this price. Maybe if it goes down to $20,000 you should jump on it - ok, maybe not. Anyway, kind of a neat guitar asides from the price. We list the specs below for your viewing pleasure.

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Early '80s Van Halen heaven, down to every last detail.

Eddie Van Halen and Fender have joined forces to bring you EVH® brand guitars, amps and musical products, beginning with a most eagerly awaited musical event: the unveiling of a 300-instrument limited edition run of the Eddie Van Halen Frankenstein™replica guitar.
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 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.

EVH Eddie Van Halen Frankenstein Replica Electric Guitar Features:

• Body: Ash
• Neck: Maple bolt-on
• Tuning Machines: Schaller
• Fingerboard: Maple w/12" 16" compound radius
• Frets: 21 Jumbo (Dunlop® 6100)
• Bridge pickup: Seymour Duncan® Custom Shop EVH
• Middle pickup: None
• Neck pickup: Seymour Duncan® Custom Shop EVH
• Controls: Master Volume
• Bridge: Floyd Rose® Original Tremolo
• Pickup Switching: 3-way
• Hardware: Aged Chrome
• Strings: GHS .009, .011, .016, .026, .036, .046
• Pickguard: One-ply black
• Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
• Width at Nut: 1-5/8" (41.2 mm)

EVH Eddie Van Halen Frankenstein Replica Electric Guitar Includes:

• Aged Anvil VH Case, Signed 8X10, Note from EVH, Signed Certificate, The Making Of DVD, Limited VH/EVH Picks

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