The true origins and evolution of Eddie Van Halen's legendary Frankenstein guitar

Amazing how deep fans are willing to go to trace every modification to an artist's guitar. Als amazing how Eddie learned how to do these things in a time when such knowledge was so much harder to come by. Same for Brian May and his dad by the way. I think the definitive bible was only written and published in the early 80's. To do what he did you have to have a healthy disregard for the sanctity of your guitar. Many people even today shy away from even doing a little soldering to swap some pickups, even though there are bucketloads of easy tutorials to be found online. He took a chisel and/or a router and just scooped away. I dig that kind of devil may care DIY attitude.
 
Eddie was Eddie. He always had something he was searching for, and certainly didn’t mind trying just about anything to find it. Bless that boy, because we were sure blessed to have shared the planet with him for so many years.
 
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