My much loved Van Halen Guitar is up for sale... This Model Serial Number 85433 was manufactured July 18th 1994 It is a complete joy to play... One of the finest instruments I have ever owned... You can make some of the greatest and inspiring sounds you could ever imagine... unfortunately, my damaged finger has stopped all this and now I have to let it go for someone else to have the pleasure... There are a few blemishes but overall it is in pretty good condition for its age... It comes with a drop D tuner kit which has never been fitted Original carry case and a Peavy Van Halen Strap... ***UK Sales only*** Shipping available Pick Up from WV16 4BG preferably as I would hate to have any damage caused due to shipping... or a halfway motorway exchange...
ERNIE BALL/MUSIC MAN made the EDWARD VAN HALEN between 1991 and 1995 with approximately 6000 made in total. They have a beautiful bookmatched figured maple top on a basswood body. The top were hand stained The bridge was a choice between a strings through the body hardened steel bridge or a Music Man licensed Floyd Rose tremolo.
Pickups are two zebra bobbin DiMarzio custom humbuckers controlled by a 500K volume pot and 3-way selector switch. The volume control is labelled "Tone" - a sort of EVH joke. Sterling Ball first collaborated with Van Halen on 5150 branded electric strings then Music Man began making Van Halen's signature guitar in 1991 after EVH severed his relationship with Kramer. In 1991 Van Halen talked to Guitar Player Magazine about his new signature model: "I was not looking for a company that would pay me a bunch of money and just put my name on a guitar. I was real concerned about quality. I told Music Man we couldn’t sell any of them — we won’t even have a deal to make them - unless I was happy enough with the guitar to use it on our new album an play it live. So, I was blown away by the fact that I’m actually using this guitar on the record, because for years I just used that one guitar and hated everything else. But we topped it. I haven’t even touched the striped one. A Music Man; that’s my main guitar now. Feels like I’ve played it for years.”
