The wood was all set!Īnd then came the painting. I then stained the maple part of the neck with coffee to give it a nice aged, worn-in look. I then had Warmoth make me a custom, 22-fret Danelectro neck out of maple and pau ferro, routed for a Floyd nut. I started the project in October 2008 by purchasing an alder Charvel-type Star body from Mitch at KnE for around $120. More info on EVH's Danelectro neck history The neck is a 21-fret, maple/rosewood Danelectro model with a Floyd locking nut. 1 2 3 4 5 EVH's guitar featured an early, non-fine tuner Floyd Rose and a cream humbucker. Then at some point before VH's 1980 Invasion World Tour, EVH had it painted up with some weird designs and it was actually used quite extensively live that year. It first appeared as just white in a late-1979 photo (far right) with a herd of EVH's axes. The circa 1980 Charvel "Star" guitar with the Danelectro neck. This one has to be one of my favorite guitars from the early EVH era. Satin "poppy red" with stock vintage white and gloss black stripesĬustom Boogie waterslide with Period Correct brass string tree and chrome locking Tone Ninja tuners
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