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.
Back when this trailblazing album first appeared, nobody had ever seen or heard a guitar like that because no such guitar ever existed. What was this? You couldn’t buy one.
That’s because he made it himself. The 22-year-old Eddie Van Halen had the mind of not only a great musician, but also of an innovative inventor – a constant tinkerer who was always messing with his gear. Eddie would say it was out of necessity as no off-the-shelf guitar had the features he needed to really do his job and realize his full potential. So, he took matters into his own capable hands – refretting the neck, installing a humbucking pickup which he potted in paraffin wax, as well a single master volume knob (famously labeled as “Tone”), brass nut and tailpiece from a ’58 Strat, cutting out and mounting his own homemade black and of course, coming up with iconic striped motif.
The all-new EVH® Striped Series ’78 Eruption guitar combines many of those famed mods along with modernized features and a relic treatment.
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.

ERNIE BALL VP JUNIOR POT 250K MONO
DADDARIO ECG24 CHROMES
KORG ARP ODYSSEY FSK3 SYNTHESISER KIT
YAMAHA TRANSACOUSTIC SILENT PIANO C1X TA3 PE GLOSSY BLACK
AUGUSTINE 650537 REGALS BLUE HIGH TENSION
KLOTZ AM-EX20600 JACK SOCKET-JACK PLUG
EVANS UTILITY DRUM KEY
TAYLOR 414CE V-CLASS
ZOOM HS-1 HOT SHOE MOUNT
EVANS 10 J1 ETCHED
DADDARIO ACCESSORIES PWCT16 NS MICRO BANJO TUNER
YAMAHA THR5H
YAMAHA C6X POLISHED WHITE GRAND PIANO 212CM
YAMAHA TRBX-204 BRIGHT RED METALLIC
ZOOM B1X FOUR BASS MULTI EFFECTS
K&M 25680 ONE-HAND-MIC STAND
YAMAHA ARIUS YDP-S55 DIGITAL PIANO BLACK
ERNIE BALL REGULAR SLINKY 10-46
JACKSON JS1X DINKY MINION BLACK
SAXMUTE TENOR SAX MUTE
DADDARIO 45-105 REG LIGHT BASS STRINGS
YAMAHA CLEANING SWAB FOR BASS CLARINET
YAMAHA TRANSACOUSTIC SILENT PIANO GC1 TA3 PE GLOSSY BLACK
IBANEZ GRG 121DX WALNUT FLAT
IBANEZ GRX70QA-TRB GIO TRANSPARENT RED SUNBURST
IBANEZ RG421-MOL MAHOGANY OIL ELECTRIC GUITAR
YAMAHA TRBX 174EW TBL
WARWICK BONE NUT BLANK 42 MM
VOX VT 20X GUITAR COMBO
ROLAND KSC70WH WHITE STAND FOR FP30
FENDER VINTAGE-STYLE STRATOCASTER® STRING GUIDES CHROME
FENDER DOWNTOWN EXPRESS BASS MULTI FX
YAMAHA BB 234 RASPERRY RED
YAMAHA TRBX304 WHITE
ERNIE BALL .018 RPS PLAIN SINGLE STRING
K&M 14941 BARITONE STAND
FENDER AMERICAN PRO JAZZ BASS 5 STRING RW OLYMPIC WHITE
KLOTZ AS-MJ0090 MINI JACK-JACK
EVANS EC2 COATED 10 INCH
YAMAHA YFL-372 FLUTE
DADDARIO EJ44 PRO ARTE
YAMAHA YFL-272 SL FLUTE WITH SILVER LIP PLATE
K&M 238 MIC.HOLDER
KLOTZ USB 3.2 CABLE PLUG C - PLUG C BLACK 1M
IBANEZ GSR200SM NGT ELECTRIC BASS NATURAL GRAY BURST
YAMAHA YFL 874W CUSTOM GRENADILLA WOODEN FLUTE
YAMAHA YUS1 PE
KLOTZ ATCM0200 TWINCABLE 2M
ROCKBOARD BY WARWICK TRES 3.1 PEDALBOARD WITH GIG BAG
KLOTZ TITANIUM PSP ANGLED 6M SUPREME GUITAR CABLE WITH SILENTPLUG
FENDER EXP-1 EXPRESSION PEDAL
DUNLOP 6504 GUITAR TECH CARE KIT
YAMAHA GB1K PAW POLISHED AMERICAN WALNUT GRAND PIANO 151CM
YAMAHA PACIFICA 212VQMCBR QUILTED MAPLE CARAMEL BROWN 