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Van halen bumblebee8/9/2023 ![]() ![]() *** THE ORIGINAL RECEIPT FROM GMW (9/17/03) IS INCLUDED showing all the charges and descriptives of work done. In my opinion as close to the original as you can get next to the 20k Bumble Bee relic release from a couple years ago. This is as close as you can get to an authentic Pre-Production Charvel. 60mm 6-Pack & new black and yellow striped guitar strap included. New Eddie Van Halen Guitar Picks EVH Black Yellow Stripes Max Grip. Push/pull pot for coil split (down is active split) Has vintage Charvel electronics route and a football style jack. Upgraded original brass tremolo with a new non-fine tuner Floyd Rose like the original prototype Floyd on Eddie's original.RARE double creme Seymour Duncan Distortion in the bridge SD won't use this color anymore due to legal action from DiMarzio. Skunk stripe is as an old Charvel Necks and it's got that Amazing Satin finish of the early ones and getting some nice dirty player on the fingerboard. So, here's the Specs! Ash Body (light) with beautiful Birdseye One Piece Maple neck. GMW wouldn't put their logos on the headstock for fear of legal action. This design was recreated from an awesome Charvel PRE-PRO Van Halen from the early 80's. This is the last of the EVH Bumblebee Strat heads to be made after Fender gave them a serious cease and desist. Made in Glendora, California & Painted by the amazing Dan Lawrence. Also, he wanted something fresh.2003 GMW EVH Bumblebee Graphic. Known even back then as a tinkerer and inventor, Ed was always switching necks, pickups and other elements, searching and hunting for the perfect combination. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.īy 1979, the band were ready to record the follow up to their mega-successful debut, and Eddie was ready for a new guitar. The single-humbucker-and-tremolo combination was quickly picked up on by the industry, who followed suit and issued an endless stream of copycat guitars to feed the hungry new legion of Van Halen-inspired ‘gunslingers’ who showed up almost immediately after Van Halen burst on to the scene. It’s easy to forget, but the whole notion of a ‘Superstrat’ didn’t even exist until Eddie put his Gibson ES-335 pickup into his DIY guitar made from a locally sourced ‘Boogie Bodies’ guitar body and neck. It sounds like it has been beamed in from another world. All of it was performed on a home-built guitar, bashed together with parts and finished with a DIY stripe paintjob. ![]() People are going especially crazy for Eddie's dextrous, inventive and entirely off-the-wall lead guitar playing. Van Halen’s debut record has been out for less than a year, and already it has created a phenomenon. It’s just bolder and brighter, which is what Van Halen are really all about!ĮVH have recently released a quite spectacular Tribute to the Bumblebee, but before we get there, it’s worth checking out the history of the original instrument, since it’s quite a story! ![]() But, taken separately, it’s always been the black and yellow colour scheme of the ‘VHII’ that’s done it for me. To be fair, I do tend to like most of Ed’s guitars, since I see them as all being like members of the same eccentric gang. No? Ahhh, then you must be like me: your favourite is the ‘Bumblebee’ guitar from the VHII era. How about the ‘Unchained’ guitar from 1981, with its black and white ‘crop circles’ and ‘ Bye, Later, See ya’ scrawled on the back? What about the Danelectro/Charvel ‘Star’, with its angular body and ‘coke bottle’ headstock? Is it the ‘Frankenstein’? The 1974 black and white one from the debut album’s cover that later became red, black and white and covered in bike reflectors?ĭo you like the ‘Shark’ Ibanez Destroyer from 1977, chainsawed to bits and striped up red and white? Those Stripes represent the sound of fireworks. Guitar fans and Rock fans in general all know Eddie Van Halen's instantly recognisable guitars almost as much as they know his instantly recognisable sound. From tapping to harmonics to whammy bar acrobatics, Eddie brought it all! He is also one of Rock's great Riff Men, with a sense of style, swing and groove that most players back in '78 completely missed out on as they struggled to learn 'Eruption'. Nobody apart from Jimi Hendrix and Les Paul have done so much to change the way people hear-and see-music. We are talking, of course, about legendary Dutch-American Master Pyrotechnician, Eddie Van Halen. That shift was caused almost entirely by one man in one bright new band. Those stripes represent a seismic shift in the musical landscape. We all have our favourite Striped Van Halen guitar. Masterpiece: EVH 1979 Bumblebee Tribute Replica ![]()
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