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EVH Striped Series '78 Eruption Electric Guitar (White with Black Stripes Relic)

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Adorama has EVH Striped Series '78 Eruption Electric Guitar (White with Black Stripes Relic) on sale for $949. Shipping is free.

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Product Features:

EVH Wolfgang Humbucking Bridge Pickup
Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement Neck Construction
12-16" Compound Fingerboard Radius
Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel Truss Rod Nut
Single Wing with Tall Metal Spacer String Trees
Large '70s-Style Licensed Fender Strat Headstock
6-Saddle Vintage-Style Fender Strat Synchronized Tremolo with 43mm Brass Block Bridge
Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm
Body Type: Solidbody
Neck Construction: Bolt-On
Body Material: Basswood
Fingerboard Material: Maple Fretboard
Pickup Configuration: H

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About this deal:
- This offer is $50 less than the previous Frontpage Deal.
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- Includes EVH 2-Year Limited Warranty
- Get 1%-5% cash back on deals like this with a cash back credit card. Compare the available cash back credit cards here.

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Written by iconian | Staff

Product Description:	About EVH Striped '78 Eruption For limited time only, save 50% on the EVH Striped '78 Eruption dropping from $1,899.99 to $949.00 when you buy this item at Adorama.com and Shipping is free! 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 pick
Product SKU:	ev5107900576
body_material:	Basswood
body_type:	Solidbody
fingerboard_material:	Maple Fretboard
neck_construction:	Bolt-On
pickup_configuration:	H

EVH Wolfgang Humbucking Bridge Pickup
Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement Neck Construction
12-16" Compound Fingerboard Radius
Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel Truss Rod Nut
Single Wing with Tall Metal Spacer String Trees
Large '70s-Style Licensed Fender Strat Headstock
6-Saddle Vintage-Style Fender Strat Synchronized Tremolo with 43mm Brass Block Bridge
Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm
Body Type: Solidbody
Neck Construction: Bolt-On
Body Material: Basswood
Fingerboard Material: Maple Fretboard
Pickup Configuration: H

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff

About this deal:
- This offer is $50 less than the previous Frontpage Deal.
Additional Notes:
- Includes EVH 2-Year Limited Warranty
- Get 1%-5% cash back on deals like this with a cash back credit card. Compare the available cash back credit cards here.

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Written by iconian | Staff

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Post Date	Sold By	Sale Price	Activity
05/23/25	Adorama	$649 frontpage	8
03/21/25	Adorama	$699 frontpage	23
03/07/25	Adorama	$749 frontpage	4
02/21/25	Adorama	$799	0
08/23/24	Adorama	$799 frontpage	12
08/09/24	Adorama	$899 frontpage	8
04/05/24	Adorama	$899 frontpage	14
03/08/24	Adorama	$899 popular	8
01/26/24	Adorama	$999 frontpage	14

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7 Comments

athelite

Feb 17, 2024

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athelite

Feb 17, 2024

392 Posts

$901.55 with Adorama credit is a great price for someone who prefers Black/White, relic hardware and lacquer finish.

sk79

Feb 17, 2024

242 Posts

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sk79

Feb 17, 2024

242 Posts

Thanks for continuing to post great music deals Iconian!!

NeoSlick

Feb 17, 2024

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NeoSlick

Feb 17, 2024

1,967 Posts

Wow! Paint is getting so expensive.

But interesting; thanks for posting and have a nice day.

Hellfish39

Feb 18, 2024

92 Posts

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Hellfish39

Feb 18, 2024

92 Posts

Dammit... Got one

batotman

Feb 18, 2024

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batotman

Feb 18, 2024

2,853 Posts

If the red relic pops up I'll be on it. I've got the bumblebee.

flyingeddies

Feb 19, 2024

346 Posts

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flyingeddies

Feb 19, 2024

346 Posts

Great deal on a great guitar. I can't get past the non-floyd tremelo for something designed to dive bomb though. If it existed in '77 Ed would have certainly ditched this tremelo.
But on the other side it's nice having a simple tremelo sometimes. There's a time and place for every guitar. I kind of wish I didn't already have two that looked like this.

FabulousMarmot897

Feb 19, 2024

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FabulousMarmot897

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