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 12 STRING EARTHWOOD PHOSPHOR BRONZE ACOUSTIC
MEINL WOODCRAFT CAJON MAHOGANY
PAISTE 10 PST 7 SPLASH
FENDER AMERICAN VINTAGE STRATOCASTER®-TELECASTER® TUNING MACHINES
ERNIE BALL 5-STRING REGULAR BASS 45-130
SHURE SM63LB OMNIDIRECTIONAL DYNAMIC REPORTER MICROPHONE BLACK
TAMA PW620 PLASTIC WASHER
KLOTZ USB 2.0 CABLE PLUG C - PLUG B BLACK 1M
KORG VOLCAKICK BASS PERCUSSION SYNTHESIZER
KORG MS20 MINI
YAMAHA AC3MARE TBS
IBANEZ GRG 121DX WALNUT FLAT
CLAVIA NORD MUSIC STAND V2
YAMAHA PACIFICA 012WHII ELECTRIC GUITAR WHITE
DADDARIO ACCESSORIES 25LB04 BEATLES STRAP
IBANEZ GRG170DXBKN
TAYLOR 812CE
TASCAM TM-10L LAVALIER MICROPHONE, BLACK OR WHITE
FENDER GUITARS AND AMPS PICK HOLDER BARSTOOL 30-INCH
EVANS ARF7GM APPRENTICE PRACTICE PAD
YAMAHA CPX 700II BL
MOOER BABY TUNER
IK MULTIMEDIA IRIG MIDI 2
IBANEZ UV70P-BK STEVE VAI 7-STRING
TAKAMINE GN51CE-BSB
ERNIE BALL EARTHWOOD MEDIUM LIGHT 12-54
IBANEZ PF-15 BLACK
BEYERDYNAMIC DT-880 PRO
DADDARIO ACCESSORIES PWCT14 NS MICRO VIOLIN TUNER
YAMAHA TRBX505 WHITE
YAMAHA YSL 891Z Bb CUSTOM WYCLIFFE GORDON TENOR TROMBONE YELLOW BRASS BELL
MOOER GREEN MILE OVERDRIVE
YAMAHA TRBX505 BLACK
ERNIE BALL .016 RPS PLAIN SINGLE STRING
AKG PERCEPTION 420
K&M 14077 KEYBOARD BENCH WHITE IMITATION LEATEHR
ERNIE BALL EARTHWOOD PHOSPHOR BRONZE ACOUSTIC 12-54
YAMAHA CG 182C CLASSICAL GUITAR NATURAL CEDAR SOLID WOOD
DUNLOP AALP03 TOSIN ABASI TORTEX JAZZ 3 WHITE XL GUITAR PICKS .60MM (6-PACK)
ERNIE BALL EARTHWOOD SILK&STEEL 13-56
TAYLOR 312CE V-CLASS GRAND CONCERT
YAMAHA YTR 8445 CUSTOM C TRUMPET
YAMAHA YTR 8335S CUSTOM Bb TRUMPET SILVER PLATED 