Eddie Van Halen Frankenstrat Miniature Guitar Replica By Axman

When the first Van Halen album was launched on an unsuspecting Rock world in 1979 it created a wave of excitement among guitar players the like of which hadn't been 'experienced' since a young Jimi Hendrix had emerged in the late 60s.

Edward Lodewijk Van Halen was born to Dutch-American parents in January 1955 and, with his brother Alex on drums, Mark Stone on bass, (later replaced by Michael Anthony), and David Lee Roth on vocals, he founded the seminal band Van Halen.

Edward (Eddie) Van Halen's explosive guitar playing was the most earth shattering development in Rock guitar in well over a decade and his style spawned a million clones and copyists. One of the essential ingredients in Van Halen's sound was his unique guitar.

The body was purchased as a factory second from Wayne Charvel, (later of Charvel Guitars), for the princely sum of $130, this included a discount of $50 as it had a large knot in the wood. The neck was purchased for $80 and he had jumbo frets fitted to it. He originally used the tremolo system from his 1958 , but quickly changed to the Floyd Rose systems he would endorse throughout his career. He only ever used the bridge pickup and for this he originally used the PAF from his guitar. He positioned the pickup at a strange angle as he felt it gave him different tonal nuances compared to the normal straight placement. Later he would use Seymour Duncan pickups wound similarly to his old Guitar PAF. Van Halen didn't use a tone control so the guitar had only a single volume control with the other controls removed and the electrics covered by a cut and shaped vinyl album.

The unique finish of the Guitar was created by painting over strips of masking tape that had been applied to the body, removing them and repeating the process with different colours until the criss-cross striped effect had been achieved. Later versions of the Guitar had different coloured stripes, but the original guitar was the red and white coloured design.

For a guitarist who has topped every guitar playing poll there is and was voted Number 1 in the Top 100 Guitarists Of All Time, it's safe to say that he has earned back the meagre construction costs of the guitar, and then some!
 

Each Order Includes:
Handmade Mini Guitar
Mini Guitar Stand
Display Box
Artist Name Plate with 2 Acrylic Stands


Guitar Specification:
Body and Neck: Wood
Detail and finish: Plastic and Metal
Strings: Nylon
Height: 10 inches/25cm approx
Scale: 1:4

This is an unlicensed, handmade miniature replica guitar. It is for display purposes only and cannot be played.

Artist names are used for illustrative purposes only. Some well-known names are used to indicate the style of each guitar. None of the guitars are exact replicas in terms of proportions, sizes, or design.