EVH guitar - Van Halen Replica

My home made van halen replica.. used an encore strat body, harley benton neck, licenced floyd rose and BC rich humbucker. Cost around £85 + £30 ish for paint/lacquer, which i consider to be very good as IM not paying $25,000 for a fender replica =P

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• barnett

[tobibarnet]

To those of you who feel offended that this guitar is not exactlyyyyy identical to the original - I made this when I was 15,. for about £100, out of spare parts from a local music shop and anything I could find at home. I'm not a Van Halen enthusiast and it doesn't bother me that I didnt put reflectors on the back, didnt put scratches/cigarette burns, coin screwd by the bridge, original floyd rose, gibson PAF modified pickup or whatever.. You shouldn't let any of this bother you either! Thanks

[aerztefanmatthi]

Its looks great but the Bc Rich humbucker and the Harley Benton are crap.

[tobibarnet]

@aerztefanmatthi it doesnt really matter though does it? :) I mean, the pickup was free, and the neck cost £25.. the whole guitar cost about £110 including £30 of spray paint. Thanks anyway though

[aerztefanmatthi]

@tobibarnet

So thats a China Copi from the Floyd Rose!?! How much you pay for it?

Its always in tune or not?

[tobibarnet]

@aerztefanmatthi Yeah.. well the 'licensed under F. R.' type. I think it was about £30.. as the full set.. locking nut/bridge posts etc. It's actually the most in tune trem system I have on any of my guitars :) whether it's the way I fixed it to the guitar/set it up, I dont know.. but it holds it's tuning veryyy well. Not a lot of upbend though - only about a semi tone on the B string. Tempted to record another little demo of it tbh!

[skylineXpert]

dont forget its a fender relic issued replica now theese days you can get one for under 10 grands

[tobibarnet]

@skylineXpert ahh i could think of so many other things to get for that amount of money though :P haha.. this guitar only cost about £120 soo I'll pass on the 10k fender replicas :) hehe

[guitargodattheheart]

may i also add the springs on the back are in the wrong possition

it goes | | \ not / | \

[slashthebestone]

hey man! congrats! it looks amazing!

[JBL8863]

@tobibarnet Good job...The front looks great..I like the headstock on yours..It's actually reminisent to an early Krammer classic headstock...

EVH was known to swap headstocks just like his pick ups...He used Krammer, fender headstocks with all kinds of ends on them...He had his favorites depending on what he was doing...In the studio he preffered a stock fender trem and NOT a floyed. He was always changing his stuff so the guitar companies couldn't keep up with cloning his gear.

[ShredWithEd]

@tobibarnet get a GFS or dragonfire pickup. only $30 max, great tone.

[tobibarnet]

@81298jmw yeah I guess :) I made the guitar when I was 15.. n thats like, 4 years ago now :( I've kinda moved on, and the EVH phase that I went through, ended a long time ago :) I know what you mean though - different pickups can make a huge difference to the sound of a guitar :)