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Originally Posted by Nostril Cheese
I'm thinking of painting the headstock on my Striped Series Bumblebee. Looks great..
For non guitar dorks....
You couldnt really buy an guitar with Eddies colors up until about ten years ago. You had to make one.
Then Eddie comes out with a new line of amps and guitars through Fender. You could finally get a quality Frankenstein for a decent price. Hence the Striped Series.
Rick and I are referring to the Bumblebee, the guitar he used on Van Halen 2 and also buried with Dimebag from Pantera.
I always thought it was the coolest looking guitar he had. The original was made by Charvel and had a black headstock like Rick's.  |
Ive a friend- a former Pelican actually- who is a Frankenstrat expert. He has built and sold (each for several $'000s) a couple of dozen Frankies and a few Bumblebees. There is ton of work and skill in recreating what EVH did with a spray can, a chisel and a bottle of Jack.
Its funny that Fender Custom Shop released that Frankie at US$24000 - recreating something EVH made at home out of scavenged second parts.
For me, it wasnt long after that 1978 Guitar Player piece that Id acquired a cheap strat, a chisel and managed to stick (literaly with gaffer tape) a pair of DiMarzio buckers in there and rip out everything else. There was no internet then....
It got a bit more refined in later years.
