EVH Striped Series Frankenstein Relic Review

Wow it’s many things

This bad boy pushes all the right buttons for me. So many things describe it. Hot rod, fun, butter, iconic, reliable, broken in baseball glove. It basically comes down to just being inspired again. Love it.

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Frankenstrat what else can the title say?

Absolutely legit. Get it if you can…………

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Awesome guitar

Absolutely love this guitar…the neck has such a great feel, very smooth and feels extremely fast. Gotta admit it's very inspiring to play this guitar. Definitely recommend it. I have 22 guitars and haven't picked up any other one since I got this one. It's definitely in my top 3 for sure.

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The guitar that started it all for most of us...

My dad bought Van Halen 1 when it came out and as a 10 year old kid, it kind of changed my life. I grew up in a family that played music constantly, but I never had a "guitar hero" until Eddie came along. He's the reason so many of us started to play guitar, and none of us...no matter how hard we try, sound exactly like him. I'd love to have his $ '07 Fender Custom Shop, but this… read more is as close as I'm likely to get. The guitar plays very, very well...and even comes tuned half a step down, which was a bit of a "how cool is that?" moment. The single pick up, roaring through my Friedman is a time machine back to '78. It feels and plays a lot like my Charvel (same Mexican factory I suspect), which used to be my favorite until now. For everyone who gripes about it not coming with a case...mine hangs on the wall when it's not being played. Who'd hide this in a case? If you aren't in a Van Halen cover band, you probably aren't going to gig it anyway... I geeked out and bought a '71 quarter, some reflectors for the back and even rounded up some vintage Schaller tuners for it. I love it. RIP Eddie.

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Straight from Guitar Valhalla from Eddie himself

Feels like butter in my hands. Nice "worn in feeling". Plays like heaven. Sounds like perfection. Next to my American Ultra Stratocaster I don't see many if any quality issues though this is a Mexican made guitar. Hardware is amazing and durable and I can do dive bombs with ease. Drop D Tuna works great and the small adjustment knobs are amazing to help with a string or so you can… read more hear that sounds out of place during a song. The lack of case is a problem as with a guitar of this quality should come with a hard case. Kind of mad because my daughters Jagstang only came with a fender gig bag. The same case that came with my ultra fits this guitar perfectly and I was able to use Sweetwater bucks to purchase a new one with some of my money too. All around great service, best price by far and knowledgeable sales people. True tribute to the best guitarist in my generation by far.

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