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Eddie Van Halen

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Eddie Van Halen’s Iconic Kramer Electric, 1982

Serial #B1297

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Eddie Van Halen’s trademark style black and white stripe abstract design with red paint by Van Halen; based on his original “Frankenstein” guitar. Guitar inscribed on body by Eddie Van Halen to Rudy Leiren, his guitar technician in the 1980’s: Rude – Its Been a Great Ten Years – Lets Do Another Ten. Eddie Van Halen Guitar shows extensive wear from playing.

Eddie Van Halen visited the Kramer factory in Neptune, New Jersey to do modifications to this instrument. (He can be seen working on the guitar with an electric drill in photographs.) In addition, the guitar is featured in a famous Kramer advertisement. Rudy Leiren eventually sold the guitar to Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars who played it extensively while recording the band’s album Dr Feelgood and other recordings.

This guitar was played on tour by Eddie Van Halen in 1982 and 1983 at concerts in the United States and South America with photo documentation including shows in Philadelphia, Caracas, Venezuela; Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Back of headstock reveals: #1 Edward Van Halen Model.

Eddie Van Halen (1955-2020) was a self-taught guitarist who reinvented what it meant to be a guitar player, pioneering an entirely new lexicon on his instrument through virtuosity and a variety of electronics. Among his innovations was “two-handed tapping” in which both hands sound the strings from the fingerboard, enabling him to create fluid phrasing at extraordinary speed. His work ultimately helped redefine the hard rock genre.

The lot also includes the factory Kramer case and a letter of authenticity from Mick Mars where he states: “… Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Also it’s a great piece of history.”

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