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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Wolfgang Van Halen’s surname and musical lineage could be both blessing and curse. He’s certainly managed to make it the former. With music in his DNA thanks to father Eddie ...

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 ...

For many fans, Van Halen had one guitar: the red one with the white and black stripes known as Frankenstrat, because he created it by piecing together parts from other guitars. But over the ...

They are among the most famous guitars in rock history. Eddie Van Halen’s legendary “Frankenstrat” guitars, known by their black, white and red striping — painted by Van Halen himself — ...

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.

That's what Roth shared in a recent audio clip he said he issued in response to some Van Halen fans pointing out apparent similarities between the Frankenstrat's motif and one of Roth's ...

Van Halen’s guitar and backing vocals made cameos ... The man who created the Frankenstrat (a cross between a Fender and a Gibson guitar) holds three different patents – all of them having ...

His signature red Frankenstrat guitar, decorated with black and white stripes, wasn’t a phallic weapon; it was an endlessly malleable toy. Van Halen released its self-titled debut album in ...

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 ...

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 ...