Eddie Van Halen and Fender

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SCOTTSDALE, ArizSCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hold on to your whammy bars: In one of the most anticipated events in electric guitar history, Eddie Van Halen and the master builders of the Fender Custom Shop in Corona, Calif., have teamed up to introduce EVH® brand guitars, amps and musical products, beginning with a painstaking recreation of one of the most recognized guitars in the world: the red-black-and-white striped "Frankenstein(TM)" guitar played by Eddie throughout his remarkable career.
Source: Fender
· Replica of Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstein(TM) guitar. (Photo: Fender) . View Multimedia Gallery
Strikingly accurate down to the very last detail--and incorporating an astounding aging process to duplicate the effects of the explosive years Eddie Van Halen spent on the original--the Eddie Van Halen Frankenstein(TM) replica guitar will be limited to only 300 instruments. No effort has been spared to mirror every last scratch, ding and cigarette burn; Fender designers even scoured the land for 1971 quarters (that's the right year), just like the original he at one time stuck under the original tremolo bridge. While Eddie no longer uses the quarter for that purpose, it's still one of the guitar's most recognizable appointments, and still adorns Ed's baby, as well as each and every Frankenstein(TM) replica guitar..--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hold on to your whammy bars: In one of the most anticipated events in electric guitar history, Eddie Van Halen and the master builders of the Fender Custom Shop in Corona, Calif., have teamed up to introduce EVH® brand guitars, amps and musical products, beginning with a painstaking recreation of one of the most recognized guitars in the world: the red-black-and-white striped "Frankenstein(TM)" guitar played by Eddie throughout his remarkable career.
Source: Fender