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David Lee Roth On The Frankenstein Guitar Design & Eddie Van Halen’s Business Ingenuity

by Eric Senich — updated December 5, 2021 Leave a Comment

David Lee Roth, in his own inimitable way, has taken fans down Van Halen memory lane. This story includes a plain white guitar, some tape, some paint and a whole lot of Eddie Van Halen ingenuity!

In the video above titled “Separated At Birth?”, Dave explains the history of Eddie’s iconic red, white and black striped guitar along with a photo of a DLR painting. You may recognize the pattern of Dave’s work, which is why he decided to tell the story of the EVH Frankenstein guitar – from its inception right through to its eventual place in pop culture history. We’ll let him tell the story since nobody can tell it better than The Diamond One!

Subscribe to David Lee Roth’s YouTube channel for more of his videos HERE.

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