Eddie Van Halen played the guitar known as Frankenstein (sometimes also referred to as Frankenstrat) – an instrument that he made and assembled himself using various parts around 1976. During the early years, this was Eddie’s main guitar, especially for live performances. Aside from that one, in those years he also used an Ibanez Destroyer, later named “Shark”, to record a good part of the first Van Halen album.
Around 1979, he played the guitar nicknamed Bumblebee and used it for most of the Van Halen II tour. In 1981 Eddie got his first endorsement deal with Kramer, which resulted in the Kramer 5150 guitar that became his main. In 1991 he switched to Ernie Ball/Music Man and designed a completely new guitar, named the Music Man EVH.
A couple of years later he switched to Peavey guitars, and in 2001 he finally joined Fender guitars. During his last years, Eddie played the EVH Wolfgang model and the Fender Custom Shop replica of the original Frankenstein guitar.
Here are a few more well-known electric guitars from Epiphone:
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