USED EVH Frankie Striped Series

Widely regarded as the most recognizable electric guitar ever, Eddie Van Halen’s iconic and revered Frankenstein™ guitar now comes your way with a price tag the everyday musician can afford in the form of the EVH Striped Series Frankie.

Sporting Eddie’s famed red with white-and-black-striped paint job and a worn-in reliced look, the all-new Frankie features a basswood Stratocaster-style body paired to a graphite-reinforced quartersawn maple neck. An oiled finish on the back of the neck allows for hours of playing comfort, while the 12”-16” compound radius maple fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets was designed for fast and furious playing styles.

Routed for an HSS pickup configuration just like Eddie’s original, Frankie features an EVH Wolfgang humbucking bridge pickup with a dummy Strat® neck pickup and a dummy five-way blade housed in the middle position.

A sturdy and dependable EVH-branded Floyd Rose® locking trem and Floyd Rose locking nut work in tandem for precise tuning even with extreme changes in pitch, while the EVH D-Tuna retunes to drop-D and back with strict accuracy at the flick of a finger.

Other unique features include a white skirted Strat-style single volume control knob (labeled “tone”), custom black pickguard, reliced chrome hardware, standard strap buttons and EVH neck plate.

• 25.5” scale length
• Basswood Strat-style body
• Graphite-reinforced bolt-on quartersawn maple neck with an oiled finish on the back and licensed Fender Strat natural headstock
• 12”-16” compound radius maple fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets and black dot inlays
• Direct mount EVH Wolfgang humbucking bridge pickup, dummy Strat neck pickup and a dummy five-way blade housed in the middle pickup position
• EVH-branded Floyd Rose locking trem and locking nut
• EVH D-Tuna
• Skirted Strat-style volume knob that reads “tone”
• EVH-branded neck plate and standard strap buttons
• Black custom Frankie pickguard

Features

• Body Finish : Satin Urethane
• Control Knobs : Parchment Stratocaster-Style Skirt (Labeled "Tone")
• Fingerboard : Maple
• Hardware Finish : Reliced Chrome
• Neck Finish : Oiled
• Pickguard : None
• Position Inlays : Black Dot
• Body Shape : Stratocaster
• Neck Material : Quartersawn Maple
• Neck Shape : EVH Modified "C" Backshape
• Scale Length : 25.5" (648 mm)
• Fingerboard Radius : 12" to 16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
• Number of Frets : 22
• Fret Size : Jumbo
• String Nut : Floyd Rose R3 Locking
• Nut Width : 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
• Truss Rod : Two-Way Adjustable
• Truss Rod Wrench : 2.5 mm Hex
• Bridge Pickup : Direct Mount EVH Wolfgang Humbucking
• Neck Pickup : Dummy Strat Pickup
• Controls : Volume
• Pickup Switching : Dummy Five-Way Blade
• Pickup Configuration : HSS
• Bridge : EVH-Branded Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo with EVH D-Tuna
• Tuning Machines : EVH-Branded Gotoh
• Includes harness strap and ring bolts

Relic and Frankenstrat Modifications added by Judah Guitars 

Here's what's modded/added…

-The paint is aggressively distressed and aged to mirror the original

-1971 Quarter is drilled and added

-Ghost stripes are added, Ghost stripes are the appearance of the black stripe under the red paint)

-The bridge humbucker is wired straight to the volume pot through to the jack

-A 5-way switch is added is a newly routed middle pickup position

-A non-operational single-coil neck pickup is added

-The input jack is moved to the top

-The infamous truck stop reflectors are added to the back

-The original strap buttons are replaced with large "eye screw" bolts

-The D-Tuna is removed and inspected and its functionality is upgraded by way of a detailed oil and polishing process

-Blue paint in some spots as the original shows.

-The guitar is set up in standard tuning (optional 1/2 step down tuning at your request) with EVH .010's (optional EVH .009's at your request) with the action set at 3/64 at the 22nd fret

-Intonation is precisely set with a Peterson Strobe Tuner