Friday, May 31, 2013

SPOTLIGHT: EVH Stripes Series


Overview

The EVH Striped Series guitar features a basswood Stratocaster®-style body decked out in Eddie Van Halen’s famed striped graphics, in red with black stripes, black with yellow stripes and white with black stripes.

The guitar also has a graphite-reinforced quartersawn maple neck with a hand-rubbed oil finish and thumbwheel truss rod adjustment, compound-radius maple fingerboard (12”-16”) with 22 jumbo frets and black dot inlays, and a single ferocious direct-mount Wolfgang® humbucking pickup.

Other premium features include a single white volume control knob (labeled
“tone”), single-ply black pickguard (white with black stripes model only), bar string retainer and Floyd Rose® locking nut, EVH-branded Floyd Rose® locking tremolo with EVH D-Tuna®, EVH die-cast tuners, chrome hardware, vintage-style strap buttons and EVH neck plate.






 








Technical Specs

Body

Body: Basswood


Neck

Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Jumbo
Position Inlays: Dot
Fretboard Radius: 12" to 16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
Fretboard: Maple
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Hand-Rubbed Oil
Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.8 mm)
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Headstock: Standard Stratocaster®
Neck Plate: EVH®-Branded

Electronics

Pickup Configuration: H
Bridge Pickup: Direct Mount Wolfgang Humbucking
Controls: Master Volume

Hardware

Hardware: Chrome
Bridge: EVH®-Branded Floyd Rose® Locking Tremolo with EVH D-Tuna®
String Nut: Floyd Rose® Locking

Miscellaneous

Strings: EVH® Branded (.009-.042 Gauges)
Unique Features: EVH® Neckplate, Bar String Retainer, Thumb Wheel Truss Rod Adjustment, Vintage Strap Buttons, 1-Ply Black Pickguard (576 Only)

Accessories

Control Knobs: One White "Tone" Knob on Volume Pot

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