Model - 5108002535
Features
Modified Strat-Style Body With Quilt Maple Top
The modified Strat-style body features a deeper upper body curve reminiscent of the early super-Strat body styles, and hugs your frame for increased performance comfort. Prized for its beauty, a rippling quilt maple top also adds snap and clarity to the guitar’s attack and tone.
Bolt-On Quartersawn Maple Neck with Eddie Van Halen's Modified “C” Backshape
Bolt-on is a type of neck construction that joins the maple neck to the body of the guitar with screws or bolts, resulting in bright tone with more control. The quartersawn grain runs the length of the neck and as well as being visually appealing, is less susceptible to shrinking, warping or splitting. Graphite-reinforcement rods flank the truss rod for even more increased neck stability, while your fretting hand will feel right at home on the modified “C”-shape neck, which has a .790” thickness at the 3rd fret and .825” at the 12th fret.
Direct Mount EVH Wolfgang Humbucking Pickups
Not all humbuckers are created equal. Direct mount EVH Wolfgang humbuckers with Alnico 2 magnets are hotter and harness Eddie’s scorching signature lead tone that captivated the world of rock ‘n’ roll in the ‘70s and ‘80s. These pickups deliver rich harmonics, cutting highs and snarling mids in spades.
Versatile Control Layout & Switching
Explore the tonal landscape with the upper bout three-way toggle switch, which in position one engages the bridge pickup for robust rhythm riffing. Position two engages both pickups, while position three’s neck pickup provides a warmer tone for leads. The volume knobs houses a 500K EVH Bourns low friction pot with treble bleed circuit for seamless swells, while the tone control with 250K EVH Bourns high friction pot will stay in place even if accidentally nudged. A kill switch on the lower bout blocks the signal from the guitar to the amp, temporarily stopping noise output as long as the switch is pressed down. This feature adds an expressive stutter, rhythmic effect to performances.
EVH-Branded Floyd Rose Locking Trem, R3 Locking Nut and EVH D-Tuna
Eddie Van Halen was the first player to popularize the innovative Floyd Rose locking tremolo, even advising Floyd Rose on his early designs to integrate round disc finger-type tuners that you would see on a cello or violin. Now universally embraced, our EVH-branded Floyd Rose bridge features our EVH logo stamped on the bridge plate, steel saddles and a solid brass block. The Floyd Rose bridge and R3 (43 mm) locking nut is a professional-grade double-locking design that secures the strings in the saddle and nut, providing ultimate tuning stability and dynamic tremolo action. Standard equipment on Eddie’s personal guitars since the early ‘90s, the EVH D-Tuna is a unique patented device that enables players to drop the E to D and back, in an instant.
CONTROLS
SPECS
BODY
- Body Finish Satin Urethane
- Body Shape 5150
- Body Material Basswood
- Body Top Quilt Maple
NECK
- Neck Material Quartersawn Maple
- Neck Construction Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement
- Neck Thickness .790" at 3rd Fret & .810" at 12th Fret
- Neck Finish Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane
- Neck Shape EVH® Modified "C" Backshape
- Scale Length 25.5" (64.77 cm)
- Fingerboard Radius 12"-16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
- Fingerboard Material Ebony
- Number of Frets 22
- Fret Size Jumbo
- Nut Material Floyd Rose® R3 Locking
- Nut Width 1.685" (42.8 mm)
- Position Inlays Cream Dot
- Side Dots Cream
- Truss Rod Nut Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel
- Truss Rod Wrench 2.5 mm Hex
- String Trees Floyd Rose® Retainer Bar
- Headstock EVH® Hockey Stick
- Neck Plate 4-Bolt Standard
ELECTRONICS
- Bridge Pickup Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
- Neck Pickup Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
- Pickup Color Black
- Controls Volume (500K EVH® Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit, Tone (250K EVH® Bourns® High Friction Pot)
- Pickup Switching 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Auxiliary Switching Kill Switch
- Pickup Configuration HH
HARDWARE
- Bridge Top-Mount EVH®-Branded Floyd Rose® Locking Tremolo with EVH® D-Tuna®
- Hardware Finish Chrome
- Tremolo Arm Floyd Rose® 1000 Series Locking
- Tremolo Block Brass
- Tuning Machines EVH®-Branded Gotoh®
- Control Knobs Black Knurled with White Indicator
- Switch Tip Black
MISCELLANEOUS
- Strings EVH Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
- Strap Buttons Oversized
ACCESSORIES
- Case/Gig Bag Optional EVH® Striped Hardshell (p/n 022-6100-506); Optional EVH® Black Gig Bag (p/n 022-1512-006)
- Included Accessories Tremolo Arm, Hex Keys & User Manual