The EVH Art Series returns

[Coyote]

Thanks! (If I ever get around to it... )

[Matt White]

Those Charvels in 2004 inspired me to build my own......

[DrMaddVibe]

Originally posted by Coyote
Last time I checked, Fender owns Charvel...

I know that.

Its really hard to charge 25G for a guitar that you climb on a soap box and have it dangled in front of you by Eddie himself. Then the same company is going to sell you a Charvel "collector" guitar for what...1/2 of the Fender?

It takes all of the wind out of the sails if that's what Fender wants to do. It also makes Eddie look bad...stumping on about how great they replicated Frankie and he doesn't even play it on stage???

[jhale667]

Originally posted by Matt White
Those Charvels in 2004 inspired me to build my own......

For me it started around late '85...I had gotten a Kramer because that was the only guitar you could get with a Floyd Rose in those days (and Eddie was endorsing them, or so it seemed).
I had the Star shaped one, but I wanted a Strat, so I bought a Charvel replacement neck and a no-name body...1 humbucker and a Floyd...never looked back...

To this day I am not a fan of the Pacer/Barretta body style...it's gotta be a strat body.

[jhale667]

Originally posted by DrMaddVibe

It takes all of the wind out of the sails if that's what Fender wants to do. It also makes Eddie look bad...stumping on about how great they replicated Frankie and he doesn't even play it on stage???

I disagree. You have the $25k 'replica' series for the die-hard 'I have too much money and don't know what to do with it' crowd...
Though if I was rolling in cash, I'd buy one to hang on the wall...
All the hardcore guitar boards are going off about how they're not even exact 'replicas'!

Then you have this series, which commemorates the tour, and goes to the midline $8-10k 'collector' market...

And then there'll be the new Wolfgang or whatever (the hideous prototype he's playing in most of the pics) that will probably have an entry-level model....seems more like they're covering all the bases.

Then you have the rest of us that will build our own...

[Eddie's Booze]

Re: The EVH Art Series returns

Originally posted by Don Corleone
Remember the 10k Charvels from the 04 tour???

There's a new line on the way of the 07 tour:

http://www.evh-guitars.com/

Bottom of the page, Guitar bulding gallery, as well as a selection about mid way down the page.

I played one of the Van Halen Charvels that came out in 2004(The ones that are like $2000).

They are nothing special at all.

If you want a guitar like that build your own.

[DrMaddVibe]

Yeah, but if you like driving a Corvette then why settle for a Z28? That's the way I see the guitars he's hawking. Why settle for 2nd best, becuse here's another one that Iplay, and here's another one too for 600 bucks. To me it diminishes the product.

Building your own? Yeah. YOU get what YOU want. The only one that can get any blame if it doesn't work out is YOU. Kind of a win-win because of the motivation to chase your own sound and feel.

[jhale667]

Originally posted by DrMaddVibe

Building your own? Yeah. YOU get what YOU want. The only one that can get any blame if it doesn't work out is YOU. Kind of a win-win because of the motivation to chase your own sound and feel.

That's what I've been doing for over 20 years...:p Works for me.
Funny, you could always tell the gearheads at my gigs because they'd be looking at my guitars,
which all look like Strats but have no logos on them...
"Hey dude, what kind of guitars are those?!?!"
To which I always answer "Mine."
But yes, though the sound thing is subjective to each guitar (wood type, pickups, etc.) ...the feel thing is never an issue,
because I order the necks with the same specs...

I once had a couple of guys come up between sets to compliment me on my sound (Boogie, baby),
and they were like "As soon as we saw you built your own guitars we knew you weren't fucking around..."

[jhale667]

If you think about it, it's probably gotta cheese Fender off a bit that EVH is primarily playing the prototype
of the currently UNavailable guitar, and only playing the replica and the art series for like one or two songs each...
But then Ed was never a change guitars every song guy anyway...

[jhale667]

Actually saw the prototype mislabled as Peavey in at least one review I read:
Said something to the effect of "Ed still played his Peavey Wolfgangs for most of the show..."
You know Fender loves that....



Hey, he broke it out for ONE song it seems!

[Nitro Express]

Originally posted by jhale667
Actually saw the prototype mislabled as Peavey in at least one review I read:
Said something to the effect of "Ed still played his Peavey Wolfgangs for most of the show..."
You know Fender loves that....



Hey, he broke it out for ONE song it seems!

The whole Frankenstrat replica and Art Guitar thing is tottal sell out. I wouldn't mind if the money went to a charitable cause like cancer research or an Eddie Van Halen Drug and Rehab Center. It's something that Gene Simmons would do.

Yeah. I love how Ed plays a Peavey guitar for most the show and then he says Fender is the company that "Get's it!" Well then Ed, how come you play a Peavey?

[Blackflag]

Originally posted by jhale667

To this day I am not a fan of the Pacer/Barretta body style...it's gotta be a strat body.

Word.

[jhale667]

Originally posted by Nitro Express

Yeah. I love how Ed plays a Peavey guitar for most the show and then he says Fender is the company that "Get's it!" Well then Ed, how come you play a Peavey?

That's just it....he's NOT playing the Peavey anymore! Those are the prototypes of the FENDER 'Wolfgang'!!
But of course, almost NO ONE knows this, due to 'clever' marketing, hence the easily-made mistake....
Guitar-geeks like myself (and others) noticed the headstock is slightly different...


See? Equally awful body styling, but...lol

Somewhere someone at Fender is kicking themselves in the ass they just got handed to them....
And someone at Peavey is laughing their ass off...

[Nitro Express]

Originally posted by jhale667
That's just it....he's NOT playing the Peavey anymore! Those are the prototypes of the FENDER 'Wolfgang'!!
But of course, almost NO ONE knows this, due to 'clever' marketing, hence the easily-made mistake....
Guitar-geeks like myself (and others) noticed the headstock is slightly different...


See? Equally awful body styling, but...lol

Somewhere someone at Fender is kicking themselves in the ass they just got handed to them....
And someone at Peavey is laughing their ass off...

You're right. The Peavey scoop has been modified into a Fender fork. Other than that I can't tell the difference. It sounds good.