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.

TAYLOR GRAY HEADSTOCK T-SHIRT XXL
YAMAHA FX 370C
KLOTZ KIK 6M INSTRUMENT CABLE BLACK
K&M 14047 STOOL BLACK IMITATION LEATHER
YAMAHA B3E SC3 SILENT PIANO POLISHED EBONY
KORG LP-380-U ROSEWOOD DIGITAL PIANO WITH STAND
K&M 238 MIC.HOLDER
K&M 17581 ELECTRIC GUITAR STAND CORK
DUNLOP AALP03 TOSIN ABASI TORTEX JAZZ 3 WHITE XL GUITAR PICKS .60MM (6-PACK)
MXR M104 DISTORTION +
DADDARIO EJ16 PHOSPHOR BRONZE
YAMAHA CG 142C CLASSICAL GUITAR NATURAL CEDAR SOLID WOOD
IBANEZ GSR200 BLACK
BOSS TR2 TREMOLO
YAMAHA C40 CLASSICAL GUITAR NATURAL
KLOTZ ASMM0300 STEREO-CABLE 3,0m.
KLOTZ M1 MIC CABLE 10M XLR-XLR
YAMAHA FX 370CBL
TAYLOR 812CE
DADDARIO EJ12 80/20 BRONZE
VOX PATHFINDER 10
YAMAHA PIANO COVER C2/GC2
K&M 14760 GUITAR PERFORMER STAND
MXR M134 STEREO CHORUS
FENDER 4-BOLT '70S VINTAGE-STYLE F LOGO NECK PLATE
YAMAHA B1 PM UPRIGHT PIANO POLISHED MAHOGANY 109CM
IBANEZ GRG170DXBKN
YAMAHA ARIUS YDP-146 DIGITAL PIANO WHITE
ELECTRO HARMONIX B9 ORGAN MACHINE
YAMAHA PACIFICA 311H VINTAGE WHITE ELECTRIC GUITAR
FENDER STRATOCASTER SPLIT SHAFT POTENTIOMETER AND CAPACITOR KIT, 3-PACK
AKG D7
EPIPHONE CASINO HOLLOWBODY ELECTRIC GUITAR NATURAL
YAMAHA U3S PROFESSIONAL UPRIGHT PIANO POLISHED MAHOGANY
YAMAHA PACIFICA 012WHII ELECTRIC GUITAR WHITE 