One of Eddie Van Halen’s iconic “Frankenstrat” guitar — which the rocker gifted to late Mountain guitarist Leslie West — is set to hit the auction block Sunday. In the late-Eighties ...

The iconic “Frankenstrat” guitar that Eddie Van Halen played both onstage and in the classic video for Van Halen’s “Hot for Teacher” sold at auction this week for a whopping $3.9 million.

The post Wolfgang Van Halen Used Eddie’s Frankenstein Guitar for New Song “The End” appeared first on Consequence. Wolfgang Van Halen has revealed that he used his late father Eddie Van ...

He was 65. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) The instantly recognizable red, white and black stripe paint that was part of Van Halen’s original “Frankenstrat” that the guitarist built in the ...

But it was Ellsworth’s tie to one of the most famous instruments of all time — Eddie Van Halen’s completely beat-up, red-and-white-striped guitar, often referred to as “Frankenstrat ...

the one Eddie Van Halen himself dubbed "Frankenstrat," a guitar that he'd modified himself and used for his first few albums.But with the iconic album "1984," the guitarist went to even higher renown.

The guitar became known as “Frankenstein,” “Frankie,” and sometimes the “Frankenstrat.” Van Halen didn’t name the guitar, but it’s how fans referred to his iconic axe (’50s-era ...

To guitar gearheads, serial number CO176 is a Kramer electric guitar with a single pickup. But for classic rock fans, the instrument's red-and-white-striped paint color scheme makes it an iconic ...

iconic guitarist Eddie Van Halen. The song "Take a Bow" features Wolfgang playing his father's famous Frankenstein guitar — aka Frankenstrat — with a solo played through his dad's Marshall ...

The Kramer CO176 is made from poplar wood and painted with Van Halen’s signature abstract red, white, and black stripes—an ode to the “Frankenstrat” that he built in the ‘70s.