Adorama has
EVH Frankenstein Relic Series Electric Guitar (Red, 5108005539) on sale for
$699.
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guitardude1004 for sharing this deal.
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About this Item:
- Iconic Eddie Van Halen "Frankenstein" relic'd design for authentic rock aesthetic
- Solid basswood body for rich, growling tones and solid mids
- Direct-mount Wolfgang humbucker for classic Van Halen high-gain sound
- Quartersawn maple neck with compound-radius fingerboard for fast, smooth playability
- D Tuna-equipped Floyd Rose for easy dive-bombs and Drop D tuning
- Includes Wolfgang/Striped Series Gig Bag
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These are 'special versions' painted as if ed didn't stripe them, so there's a red, a black, and a white model. People just aren't into the idea I guess, but this is identical to the 2k striped relic model
The star of the show is the neck and the nitro lacquer body. I also installed a pickguard and am selling off the EVH pickguard, red neck pickup, etc....
the red pickup is functional by the way - it actually sounds good.
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The star of the show is the neck and the nitro lacquer body. I also installed a pickguard and am selling off the EVH pickguard, red neck pickup, etc....
the red pickup is functional by the way - it actually sounds good.
What pickguard did you install? Something like the '78 Eruption guitar?
The EVH Relic is basically a Charvel. it has more in common with modern Charvels than strats....
Also keep in mind that the pickups were deep to fit in the pickup cavity when mounted to a pickguard - at least with the pickup height that I preferred. Also the pickup cavity wasn't centered w/ the pickguard I had, so the pickup wouldn't go down into the cavity when the pickguard was in-position..... I had to permanently rout the body with a router to get the pickups to fit... Not sure if your pickups will be this way. I was in the minority and wanted the guitar for the neck and nitro lacquer body (for this price), not for the EVH frankenstein appearance, so I didn't care about routing the body out.
Eddie would have applauded doing modifications to a guitar to make it your own, so if you're willing - have at it!
The EVH Relic is basically a Charvel. it has more in common with modern Charvels than strats....
Also keep in mind that the pickups were deep to fit in the pickup cavity when mounted to a pickguard - at least with the pickup height that I preferred. Also the pickup cavity wasn't centered w/ the pickguard I had, so the pickup wouldn't go down into the cavity when the pickguard was in-position..... I had to permanently rout the body with a router to get the pickups to fit... Not sure if your pickups will be this way. I was in the minority and wanted the guitar for the neck and nitro lacquer body (for this price), not for the EVH frankenstein appearance, so I didn't care about routing the body out.
Eddie would have applauded doing modifications to a guitar to make it your own, so if you're willing - have at it!
Thanks for the info. I ordered the white striped '78 Eruption before I saw this red one. I just wanted a relic strat with Humbucker and since EVH was favorite guitarist as a kid, I figured WTH.