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Eddie Van Halen: A signed and stage-used EVH Charvel Art Series electric guitar, 2004,
17 November 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £32,750 inc. premium
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Eddie Van Halen: A signed and stage-used EVH Charvel Art Series electric guitar,
2004,
Charvel / Made in USA / EVH / no.75 stamped to the neckplate, solid basswood body with red, black and white hand-striped 'Frankenstein' finish, personally designed by EVH, maple neck with rosewood skunk stripe, maple fingerboard with dot inlays, Fender Strat-style headstock with Charvel Made In U.S.A. and EVH Art Series logos, fitted with an EVH humbucking pickup, and one white volume knob inscribed TONE (a subtle tribute back to the days when Eddie built his guitars from spare parts), the front of the body signed and inscribed by EVH in black felt-tip Boise. I.D. / 11-16-04 / Eddie Van Halen / Van Halen '04, as played by Eddie Van Halen in Boise Idaho, USA on the 16th November 2004, accompanied by a EVH black plush-lined guitar case, together with an 8in x 10in photograph of EVH playing this guitar on-stage, the warranty document, and a certificate of authenticity issued by Charvel guitars signed by both EVH and John Walker of Charvel Guitars
Charvel / Made in USA / EVH / no.75 stamped to the neckplate, solid basswood body with red, black and white hand-striped 'Frankenstein' finish, personally designed by EVH, maple neck with rosewood skunk stripe, maple fingerboard with dot inlays, Fender Strat-style headstock with Charvel Made In U.S.A. and EVH Art Series logos, fitted with an EVH humbucking pickup, and one white volume knob inscribed TONE (a subtle tribute back to the days when Eddie built his guitars from spare parts), the front of the body signed and inscribed by EVH in black felt-tip Boise. I.D. / 11-16-04 / Eddie Van Halen / Van Halen '04, as played by Eddie Van Halen in Boise Idaho, USA on the 16th November 2004, accompanied by a EVH black plush-lined guitar case, together with an 8in x 10in photograph of EVH playing this guitar on-stage, the warranty document, and a certificate of authenticity issued by Charvel guitars signed by both EVH and John Walker of Charvel Guitars
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Provenance:
Purchased directly by the current vendor from one of the original 2005 auction winners.
Eddie Van Halen first introduced his custom designed EVH Art Series guitars during the Van Halen Summer Tour 2004 reunion with Sammy Hagar as part of Charvel's 25th Anniversary Celebration. Each guitar had unique artwork personally created by EVH, with each one being hand-striped and autographed by EVH himself. Each guitar was also accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, a photo of EVH playing the guitar, and a specially designed and distinctive EVH guitar case.
Once created, the 'tour guitars' as they were known, were then played by EVH on stage during the 'Best of Both Worlds' tour later that year, and later sold via online auctions on eBay in 2005. The 'tour guitars' from 2004 were featured on songs such as "Up For Breakfast", "Somebody Get Me A Doctor", "Top of The World", "Unchained", and "Why Can't This Be Love".
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