Value of Stratocaster Signed by Eddie Van Halen?
 

Here's hoping the OT brain trust can provide some insight as to the current and potential future value of this thing - assuming it checks out as being legit, of course.

I'm not a musician, not into musical instruments and have no idea as to what value I should place on this as part of a trade. If it's real, though, I do think it might be a pretty cool thing to have.



https://rockies.craigslist.org/msg/d/leadville-eddie-van-halen-signed-guitar/7240693323.html

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Not sure it's worth a car...

It's a Squire.
Guitar on it's own not worth much.

So it's more what a Las Vegas Hard Rock casino might be willing to pay

I just saw somewhere, they were asking 200,000.00 for a JCM 800 Marshall head that belonged to EVH .
' Normally a few thousand $

Hi Norm,
You might take a look on this website and see what they say.
WWW.GOTTAHAVEROCKANDROLL.COM
If it is real, who knows what it might be worth.
Good Luck
Crow

Thanks. That's pretty much what I've learning during my 30 minutes of internet sleuthing. Primarily, I've discovered that a Squier Stratocaster is most definitely not comparable to a genuine Fender - at least in terms of collectibility.

If nothing else, I now know that a Stratocaster is not a Stratocaster is not a Stratocaster.

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Take it to "Pawn Stars."

If it was one of his personal guitars that he used they can go six figures..

You can buy this one for $1288 and signed by Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen, Michael Anthony, and Alex Van Halen. Supposedly authenticated by a 3rd party. Whatever that means.

https://gr-8-gift.com/product/van-halen-band-signed-esp-red-metallic-stratocaster-styled-electric-guitar/?gclid=CjwKCAiA_eb-BRB2EiwAGBnXXvv0RuFGvmDiKpsHQiR7rHnjc77qdR8ezRSOr9 gtU0-EHuAozv8biBoCRcoQAvD_BwE

Whenever they have a contest "Win a guitar autographed by XXXXX !" it's always an electric Squire or Epiphone acoustic.

Cheap guitars, the autograph is worth about as much as if it was on paper. Definitely not worth a car. I'm not sure how much stuff EVH signed, I'm thinking $250-500. You can get Squires for $100-150 new.

Might just have to admit I'm a car guy who is so unfamiliar with the vagaries of "collectible" autographs and musical paraphernalia that steering clear is very likely my best course of action.

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It's worth the price of an autograph plus $100.

Couple hundred at the most.

Now, I do have a "Semi-Pro" ABA basketball signed by Will Ferrell (one of THE toughest autographs to get) I'll trade for a classic car. :)

Do this. Explain to the person offering it why money was invented, so that you did not have to find someone who needed beaver pelts in order to get a pork chop for dinner tonight. He trades his super valuable guitar for money and then trades you the money for whatever it is of yours that he wants. It’s a brilliant system. :cool:

Not worth a car - but definitely worth a LR Disco! :)

Wouldn’t Eddie just sign anyone’s guitar that asked him to? It isn’t worth dick.

I would usually say not worth dick as well... but here is a SOLD item on ebay.

Just remove the pick guard and throw it up on Ebay. I'd aim for half of this and see if you can nab any takers. This looks to be sold very early after his death and would assume prices will come down quite a bit.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Eddie-Van-Halen-signed-Guitar-Pick-Guard-Fender-Pickguard-PSA-DNA-auto-/324322791162?hash=item4b83250efa%3Ag%3ABjoAAOSw2M9 ffQMJ&nma=true&si=CKQR92SZEDIKHLZiizRHulKhs6U%253D &orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675. l2557

Eddies signature doesnt look the same......no expert here......but looks really different.

Let me call a friend of mine.....

"Owned by," "belonged to" or "played by" are, I think, not remotely the same as "signed by."

If the sig is real, then it probably has increased the value of the guitar some, but it's nothing like if it was a great guitar owned by him or played in some concert or on an album or something.

Epiphones and Squires are great because they’re cheap as dirt and fun to hack around on. If it breaks it’s easy to replace. I play guitar for fun, not to be a snob. I can’t really tell much difference between an Epi LP and a Gibson LP or a Fender Strat vs. a Squier. They all play fine and sound fine through an amp for what I want to do.

Kinda cool if EVH signed it but I wouldn’t think worth a ton or anything.

I'll trade him a Porsche!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1608150671.jpg

wisdom shown here..

There appears to be a market for EVH equipment these days.

https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/gear-used-by-eddie-van-halen-stolen-from-nashville-storage-locker

I can't get excited about an autograph.
Carroll Shelby, EVH, Reggie Jackson, etc... The product is what I want.
I know that autographs increase the value but I am not one to pay any attention to it.
I love my American Standard Tele and it plays the same way if Eric Clapton, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Walch, Joe Satriani, Lightning Joe and every famous guitarist put a signature on the instrument. Just me but I have never thought an autograph meant
anything. Value is objective, not subjective to me.

Ah man, Eddy is gone....<iframe width="613" height="345" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OUrwa3TMSwE" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

They are somewhat different but people's signatures can change over time.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1608170344.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1608170355.jpg

If it is signed by Barbi Benton..............I'm interested.

Steve

The PSA authentication sticker/number checks out on their website, so I'm at least somewhat certain that it's EV's autograph. Determining the value, on the other hand, seems to be a bit more tricky, as we've been shown an example of an EV-signed pick protector actually selling for five grand, while other "standard" autographs seem to be in hundred-to-few-hundred dollar range.

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No. Well, back in the day, probably. But once he got serious about endorsement deals around 1991, he stopped signing any brand other than his current endorsement deal. He never ever would have signed a Fender Squire unless it was from some terminally ill child in the room next to his own at Cedars Sinai. Those no name, cheapo guitars with all the band members' autographs you see at that memorabilia shop in the Cesar Forum Shops in Vegas are total fakes. I have his autograph on a B&W photo from an old Kramer ad, but the president of Kramer personally gave it to me in 1986 when Ed with still with Kramer. So I think it's authentic.

That Marshall JCM800 is a total joke. Ed never used it, probably never even turned it on. I heard his '68 Plexi, the one he bought when he was 16 and was used on every album, sold privately for $250k when Ed knew he was terminal. But that was a truly special amp, like holy grail even if Ed hadn't owned it. Having it on every VH album was icing on the cake.

Eddie's illnesses and death were horrible... RIP

Now here's one that would be kind of cool to have. I took this at NAMM a few years ago. This was a prototype Fender had sent to Ed, a remake of his Stars guitar, I think only used on the third tour. When they'd send him guitars, he rejected a lot of them. But when he gave it the green light, this is how it looked - he signed the back of the headstock. It was a thrill for me to even hold this guitar and get to plink on it for a few minutes.
http://www.fototime.com/681013E30A5A0C9/standard.jpg

A buddy of mine in the know told me about 18 mos ago that Ed had gone down on his motorcycle and broke both hands. While getting treated for that, they discovered that his cancer had come back and much more aggressively. That ended the preparations for the reunion tour plans with Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar. At that point, Ed knew the end was near and started planning accordingly, though kept it pretty quiet.