EVH Striped Series Stratocaster Frankie Electric Guitar

Widely regarded as the most recognizable electric guitar ever, Eddie Van Halen’s iconic and revered Frankenstein™ guitar now comes your way with a price tag the everyday musician can afford in the form of the EVH® Striped Series Frankie.

Sporting Eddie’s famed red with white-and-black-striped paint job and a worn-in reliced look, the all-new Frankie features a basswood Stratocaster®-style body paired to a graphite-reinforced quartersawn maple neck. An oiled finish on the back of the neck allows for hours of playing comfort, while the 12”-16” compound radius maple fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets was designed for fast and furious playing styles.

Routed for an HSS pickup configuration just like Eddie’s original, Frankie features an EVH Wolfgang® humbucking bridge pickup with a dummy Strat® neck pickup and a dummy five-way blade housed in the middle position.

A sturdy and dependable EVH-branded Floyd Rose® locking trem and Floyd Rose locking nut work in tandem for precise tuning even with extreme changes in pitch, while the EVH D-Tuna® retunes to drop-D and back with strict accuracy at the flick of a finger.

Other unique features include a white skirted Strat-style single volume control knob (labeled “tone”), custom black pickguard, reliced chrome hardware, standard strap buttons and EVH neck plate.

BOLT-ON QUARTERSAWN MAPLE NECK WITH EDDIE VAN HALEN'S MODIFIED “C” BACKSHAPE

Bolt-on is a type of neck construction that joins the maple neck to the body of the guitar with screws or bolts, resulting in bright tone with more control. The quartersawn grain runs the length of the neck and as well as being visually appealing, is less susceptible to shrinking, warping or splitting. Graphite-reinforcement rods flank the truss rod for even more increased neck stability, while your fretting hand will feel right at home on the modified “C”-shape neck, which has a .790” thickness at the 3rd fret and .825” at the 12th fret.

12"-16" COMPOUND RADIUS MAPLE FINGERBOARD

The innovative 12"-16" compound radius maple fingerboard design gradually flattens toward the heel from its smaller and more rounded profile at the nut for unparalleled comfortable chording and riffing near the nut and seamless bending near the heel. Maple is a dense wood that produces bright, snappy tones, articulate notes with bite and a tight low end.

EDDIE'S FAMED FRANKENSTEIN PICKUP MODS

To throw imitators off his scent, Eddie faked people out by hacking into his original Frankenstein guitar and screwing a three-way switch sideways into the middle position and housing a non-functional single coil pickup in the neck position. The Frankie guitar follows suit, featuring an EVH Wolfgang humbucking bridge pickup with a dummy Strat neck pickup and a dummy five-way blade housed in the middle position. The direct mount EVH Wolfgang bridge humbucker with Alnico 2 magnets is hotter and delivers rich harmonics, cutting highs and snarling mids.

UNIQUE COSMETICS & APPOINTMENTS

Other standout appointments of this fan favorite include a reliced red with white-and-black-striped paint job, reliced hardware, custom black pickguard, top-mount Strat-style output jack and white skirted Strat-style single volume control knob labeled “Tone.”

EVH-BRANDED FLOYD ROSE LOCKING TREM, R3 LOCKING NUT AND EVH D-TUNA

Eddie Van Halen was the first player to popularize the innovative Floyd Rose locking tremolo, even advising Floyd Rose on his early designs to integrate round disc finger-type tuners that you would see on a cello or violin. Now universally embraced, our EVH-branded Floyd Rose bridge features our EVH logo stamped on the bridge plate, steel saddles and a solid brass block. The Floyd Rose bridge and R3 (43 mm) locking nut is a professional-grade double-locking design that secures the strings in the saddle and nut, providing ultimate tuning stability and dynamic tremolo action. Standard equipment on Eddie’s personal guitars since the early ‘90s, the EVH D-Tuna is a unique patented device that enables players to drop the E to D and back, in an instant.

SPECS

GENERAL

Model Number	5107900503
Est. U.S. Street	$1,699.99
Series	Striped Series
Color	Red with Black Stripes Relic
Orientation	Right-Hand

BODY

Body Finish	Satin Lacquer
Body Shape	Stratocaster®
Body Material	Basswood

ELECTRONICS

Bridge Pickup	Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
Middle Pickup	N/A
Neck Pickup	Dummy Strat® Pickup
Pickup Color	Black
Controls	Volume
Pickup Switching	Dummy Five-Way Blade
Pickup Configuration	HSS

NECK

Neck Material	Quartersawn Maple
Neck Construction	Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement
Neck Thickness	.790" at 3rd fret & .825" at 12th fret
Neck Finish	Oiled
Neck Shape	EVH® Modified "C" Backshape
Scale Length	25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Radius	12"-16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
Fingerboard Material	Maple
Number of Frets	22
Fret Size	Jumbo
Nut Material	Floyd Rose® R3 Locking
Nut Width	1.6875" (42.86 mm)
Position Inlays	Black Dot
Truss Rod Nut	Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel
Truss Rod Wrench	2.5 mm Hex
String Trees	Floyd Rose® Retainer Bar
Headstock	Licensed Fender® Stratocaster®
Neck Plate	4-Bolt Standard

HARDWARE

Bridge	EVH®-Branded Floyd Rose® Locking Tremolo with EVH® D-Tuna®
Hardware Finish	Chrome Relic
Tremolo Arm	Floyd Rose® 1000 Series
Tremolo Block	Brass
Tuning Machines	EVH®-Branded Gotoh®
Pickguard	Black Custom Frankie
Control Knobs	Parchment Stratocaster®-Style Skirt (Labeled "Tone")

MISCELLANEOUS

Strings	EVH® Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
Strap Buttons	Oversized

ACCESSORIES

Case/Gig Bag	Optional EVH® Striped Hardshell (p/n 022-6100-506); Optional EVH® Black Gig Bag (p/n 022-1512-006)
Included Accessories	Tremolo Arm, Hex Keys & User Manual