EVH Releases the Wolfgang USA Tour Relic Replica

[PETE'S BROTHER]

Well, I might need you to come to my house then. It's never a good idea to be alone with Kip. Next thing you know I'll be in Key West wearing hoop ear rings, looking for a boyfriend and planning my next vacation to coincide with the Big Gay Parade in NYC.

again?!?

[Von Halen]

Sesh, you realize Ed had that "relic" done on purpose, right?

[DONNIEP]

again?!?

Ya know...I'd rather go gay for Winger than sit here all day and kiss Dave's ass. First of all, Kip has all his hair. Secondly, he can still sing his songs. Number five: his band is made up of real musicians. And secondly - they kick ass and rock and put out their demos for sale. Which is something Van Halen will never do.

Dave and VH are deader than hell. Nobody gives two shits about them. Which would be kinda sad if they had any sort of relevance in the world today. But they don't and they suck.

[Terry]

One of the things that annoys me about this guitar is the ludicrous idea that Ed's guitar goes through all this hardship.

A roadie picks up the guitar at that point in the set for that particular promotion and carefully hands it to him for a song or 2 at the M&M Super Mall Arena.

And at that instant it takes all that 'road abuse'?

What a crock of shit - stockbroker fodder.

I find it somewhat amusing that guitarists are still scrambling to replicate Ed's sound to the point where they're shelling out ridiculous amounts of money for these EVH products. Maybe if you're in a very successful Van Halen tribute band and you're playing guitar in it...then MAYBE...

Shit, none of my gear has the EVH stamp of approval, and I'm able to...you know...adjust the various knobs on my guitar, effects and amp and get a more than passable approximation of his 'brown sound'. More of, or at least as much of, what a player does to get his particular sound comes from his hands anyway.

Plus, how many different EVH guitars/amps/models have come out over the last 25 years? A half dozen or so? Ed gets the new model, plays it, does a multi-page interview in Guitar World where he says all the previous models he was associated with were never quite what he wanted because the company sucked, but THIS TIME he's with a company that got it JUST right...until a few more years pass and he's on to the next one. And none of the EVH models ever sounded as good as when Ed was slapping his own guitars together, anyway.

[Seshmeister]

Sesh, you realize Ed had that "relic" done on purpose, right?

That's my point.

It's a fake version of a fake.

Fake squared.

Personally I find fake bad enough but fake squared is ridiculous.

[twonabomber]

More on the new lineup:

http://www.vhnd.com/2016/01/22/evh-new-guitars-2016/

[twonabomber]

[twonabomber]

[Von Halen]

I read somewhere they sold out the pre orders. At $13,888.88, I find that hard to believe.

[twonabomber]

Only twenty worldwide though. Who knows? If Sweetwater got one, maybe Sam Ash and Guitar Center got one, each, chain-wide...

[Von Halen]

Yeah, I'm sure Paul Huber who owns Huber & Breese here in town, got one too. There's a guy that lives in Grosse Pointe that buys one of every "collectible" guitar that comes out. No matter what price tag is on it. He's been doing it for years.

[Seshmeister]

I guess these guitars are more about 'art' or commodity trading than music or musical instruments. They are made to hang on walls and then sold for a profit rather than to be played.