"They're incredibly accurate to the real ones. If my hands were smaller I'd play them!"
- Edward Van Halen
Eruption
Black and White - aka: VH1
- Original "Franky" (or Frankie) Guitar.
- This is the guitar that started it all. Appeared on the cover of the first Van Halen album.
- Iconic white with black stripes design which went on to become the famous main Frankenstein guitar after red paint was added.
- Striped with Schwinn bicycle paint (the thin lines are actually car striping tape and not paint). Painted black originally, then taped off and painted white.
- VH1 was originally a factory second Boogie Bodies ash body and birdseye maple neck with plain maple fingerboard, rosewood top dots and brass side dots.
Frankenstein
Red-White-Black - aka: "Frankenstein"
- Original "Franky" (or Frankie) Guitar.
- This is the guitar that started it all. Appeared on the cover of the first Van Halen album.
- Iconic white with black stripes design which went on to become the famous main Frankenstein guitar after red paint was added.
- Striped with Schwinn bicycle paint (the thin lines are actually car striping tape and not paint). Painted black originally, then taped off and painted white.
- VH1 was originally a factory second Boogie Bodies ash body and birdseye maple neck with plain maple fingerboard, rosewood top dots and brass side dots.
After years of careful planning, intensive prototyping and meticulous product development, we are
proud to offer these hand made
Official miniature EVH replica guitars!
Bumblebee
Black and Yellow - aka: VH2 or "Bumblebee"
- As a consummate tinkerer, and a big believer in functionality, Ed came up with this first rear loaded single hum strat design.
- Ash body by Boogie Bodies / Charvel Black with yellow striping pattern closely based off of the original black and white design.
- Appeared on cover of Van Halen 2
- Originally had a 2 pc flamey birdseye maple neck that was painted all gloss black except for the fingerboard and gold Charvel logo on headstock. (long after it was removed from this guitar, that paint was sanded off of the back of the neck and it ended up on the dragon snake guitar).
5150
5150 - aka: "5150"
- Another very iconic striped guitar that is instantly recognizable by its namesake - the 5150 space tape numbers that it is adorned with!
- 5150 is a widely used police code for an escaped mental patient and is also the name of Eddie's home recording studio and Van Halens 7th album.
- Body on original guitar was made from light weight basswood and neck made from hard rock maple.
- 7th tuner added after headstock split.
- This guitar was used for recording and touring from 1984 until 2004.
EVH® and the EVH Logo are registered Trademarks of E.L.V.H. Inc. The unique stripe design is copyright (2001) of E.L.V.H. Inc. The unique headstock and body designs of this guitar are the trademark of F.M.I.C.