EVH Striped Series - Red with Black Stripes: Unleash Your Inner Rockstar

With a career of being copied, the EVH Striped Series guitars put Eddie Van Halen's historic and authentic style in your hands ... These are high powered, high-performance machines as kickbutt to look at as they are to play.

The Striped Series guitar features a basswood Stratocaster®-style body decked out in Eddie's famed striped graphics — Red with Black Stripes, Black with Yellow Stripes and White with Black Stripes.

These unique guitars also have a graphite-reinforced bolt-on quartersawn maple neck with a hand-rubbed oil finish on the back, 12"-16" maple fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets and black dot inlays and a thumbwheel truss rod adjustment wheel for convenient neck relief tweaks.

Powered by a single ferocious direct-mount Wolfgang® humbucking bridge pickup, the Striped Series guitars also feature a single skirted Strat-style volume control knob (labeled "tone") that houses a 500K EVH® Bourns® low friction pot with treble bleed circuit, 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, EVH neck plate and licensed Fender® Strat® headstock. The White with Black Stripes model also features a top-mount output jack.

Features

The EVH Striped Series - Red with Black Stripes guitar boasts a range of features that make it a true rockstar's instrument:

• Iconic Van Halen design: The guitar showcases the iconic red finish with black stripes, paying homage to the original guitar made famous by Eddie Van Halen.
• Basswood body: The basswood body provides a balanced tonal response, delivering warm lows, defined mids, and singing highs.
• Bolt-on quartersawn maple neck: The quartersawn maple neck offers stability, responsiveness, and a smooth playing experience.
• Maple fingerboard: The maple fingerboard enhances clarity and articulation while providing a bright and snappy tonal character.
• EVH Wolfgang humbucking pickups: The guitar is equipped with EVH Wolfgang humbucking pickups, delivering powerful, high-output tones with excellent dynamics and articulation.
• EVH-branded Floyd Rose locking tremolo: The Floyd Rose locking tremolo system allows for precise pitch control and extreme dive-bombing, while the EVH D-Tuna provides quick drop-D tuning changes.
• Compound radius fingerboard: The compound radius fingerboard offers effortless playability, with a flatter radius for comfortable chording and a more pronounced curve for easy bending.
• Eye-catching graphics: The eye-catching red finish with black stripes ensures that this guitar stands out on any stage.

Specifications

Here are the detailed specifications of the EVH Striped Series - Red with Black Stripes guitar:

• Series: Striped Series
• Model: Red with Black Stripes
• Body Material: Basswood
• Body Finish: Satin Urethane
• Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
• Neck Finish: Hand-Rubbed Urethane
• Neck Shape: EVH Wolfgang Backshape
• Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
• Fingerboard Material: Maple
• Fingerboard Radius: 12"-16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
• Number of Frets: 22
• Fret Size: Jumbo
• Nut Material: Floyd Rose R3 Locking
• Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
• Position Inlays: Black Dot
• Bridge Pickup: EVH Wolfgang Humbucking
• Neck Pickup: EVH Wolfgang Humbucking
• Controls: Volume (500K EVH Bourns Low Friction Pot), Tone (250K EVH Bourns High Friction)
• Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
• Bridge: EVH-Branded Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo with EVH D-Tuna
• Hardware Finish: Chrome
• Tuning Machines: EVH-Branded Gotoh
• Pickguard: None
• Control Knobs: Black "Speed" Knobs
• Switch Tip: Black
• Strings: EVH Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)