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EVH Striped Series - Black w/ Yellow Stripes

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Basswood Body, 1-pc Maple Neck, Direct-mounted Humbucking Pickup, Floyd Rose Tremolo, and D-Tuna - Black and Yellow Stripes
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EVH Striped Series - Black w/ Yellow Stripes
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The Striped Van Halen Guitar is Here!

Get that classic EVH look with the EVH Striped Series guitar. This affordable guitar sports a basswood body, a 1-piece maple neck, and a Floyd Rose bridge. The EVH Striped Series gives you that classic look that spans the decades of Van Halen's rock empire. A single, direct-to-body mounted EVH pickup delivers hot and articulated guitar tones that you expect from an EVH guitar. Built to Van Halen's exact specifications, the EVH Striped Series gives you absolutely awesome tone, practical playability and comfort, and the kind of stunning looks you'd expect from a world-class guitar.

A complete and total shred machine

From its basswood body and eye-catching striped finish to its 1-piece maple neck, the EVH Striped Series just screams quality — and that's just the tonewoods! This gorgeous guitar is made for serious playing, with a compound-radius fingerboard (12-16-inch) for chording to shredding comfort, a Floyd Rose locking tremolo system (complete with D-Tuna), and a hard-mounted EVH humbucker. All the components come together to make a guitar that plays like a dream.

The most recognizable EVH guitar finishes

Van Halen's most recognizable instruments are his striped Frankenstein guitars. EVH has reproduced the same look and feel of these early guitars for today's market. These single-pickup Floyd Rose maple fretboard guitars mean business. The striped finish can be seen for miles and is unmistakable. Show your Van Halen pride and pick up an EVH Striped Series guitar today!

Dive-bomb like a pro with a Floyd Rose tremolo

Perform awesome dips, warbles, and dive-bombs on the EVH Wolfgang Special's Floyd Rose tremolo. This is the tremolo that rockers have been drawn to for its accuracy and tuning stability. Designed to his exact specifications and intentionally positioned against the body, the dive-bomb-only D-Tuna-equipped Floyd Rose lets you mimic Eddie's signature trem work with ease, along with giving you instant access to Drop D tuning.

EVH Striped Series Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:

  • A shred machine designed by rock legend Eddie Van Halen
  • 1-piece maple neck with graphite reinforcement
  • Floyd Rose tremolo for big dives
  • Dive-bomb-only D-Tuna-equipped Floyd Rose lets you mimic Eddie's signature trem work with ease, along with giving you instant access to Drop D tuning
  • Basswood body with direct-mounted EVH pickup
  • Classic striped finish

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape EVH
  • Body Material Basswood
  • Body Finish Gloss
  • Color Black and Yellow Stripes
  • Neck
  • Neck Material Maple
  • Neck Shape Wolfgang
  • Neck Joint Bolt-on
  • Radius 12"-16" compound
  • Fingerboard Material Maple
  • Fingerboard Inlay Black Dots
  • Number of Frets 22, Jumbo
  • Scale Length 25.5"
  • Nut Width 1.6875"
  • Nut Material Locking
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece EVH Floyd Rose 1000 Series with D-Tuna
  • Tuners EVH
  • Electronics
  • Bridge Pickup EVH Humbucker, Direct mounted
  • Controls 1 x volume (labeled Tone)
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings EVH, .009-.042
  • Case/Gig Bag Sold Separately
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 5107902528

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Reviews

EVH Black and yellow
This guitar rocks hard..unfinished neck rules all. Mike D hooked me up and they switched out the pick up with an SD DiMarzio. Now it is exactly like Ed's. I love the Sweetwater staff. Very on it and caring for your order. Mike and Peter are great people at a great company! Getting the next EVH soon!Here is a picture of my two babies.
Music background: Lead Singer/Guitarist of Miss Crazy/Freakshow
Love the Bumblebee!
Life long obsession with this guitar and with King Edward VH since I was a teen. Easy choice, but I will need to get the 5150 as well someday.
Unbelievable tone and sound, neck is very natural and smooth and the D-tuna is cool from quick drop D. Yes I did relic it a little but kept the body clean. Swapped to Dimarzio SD, screw eyes. Looks amazing on my wall. Cranks "Somebody get me a Doctor" Love it!. Thanks you to Chris and to Sweetwater for offering this masterpiece. RIPEVH
This guitar is cool

I am not a big Van Halen (the band) fan, but I have always admired Eddie's playing. He is a true genius.


Aside from that, I bought this guitar because I have always LOVED that guitar from the picture on VHII,, and now I actually own one, for a VERY reasonable price / quality ratio.


I have never played an unfinished maple neck, but it an incredibly smooth feeling. Hopefully it will hold up as well as a finished neck.


I am not a whammy player, and I don't do finger tapping, I usually play a Gibson SG, so I originally thought the Floyd Rose was kind of a Frankenstein overly mechanical setup... But now that I have been playing it for a while there a couple of plusses...


1) It never comes out of tune no matter how hard I bend.



Definitely worth the money.

Music background: Weekend warrior
Amazing guitar
This guitar is fun to play and beautiful. Needless to say, this one is mandatory for Van Halen fans. If you are not an EVH fan then you should buy this guitar for quality, which is amazing for the price range. Only con if you want versatility is that this guitar only has 1 pickup and 1 knob for volume (it is labeled "Tone" but be advised that this is a Volume knob labeled as Tone on purpose because EVH thought Tone knobs were useless). Just buy it. Thanks Sweetwater for the good service as always.
Will not disappoint. True EVH
My bumblebee arrived two weeks ago. Packaged perfect, 55 point inspection was spot on. Frets were super nice and smooth. Needed to do a few minor tweaks for the set up as you need to with all guitars. Changed out the trem springs for the Floyd noiseless ones. This guitar will not disappoint. The neck is fast and so comfortable. Once you plug in well you just can play for hours on end. So happy with this guitar. Have all three stripes from the series and this one is so special to have added to the collection. Sweetwater is the best

The only other tweaks you could do is add a brass block and a 78 Seymour Duncan pick up which I have on my white striped. But for right now going to enjoy this one as it arrived . Perfect!!!!!!!
Music background: Experienced