Want that one - EVH content

Bowks

This is is being launched at NAMM next week, about a month after me selling my EVH Frankenstein striped series.

This is the guitar that I most closely associate to Van Halen when I first discovered Eddie!

joeyowen

Any price indication? 

Bowks

joeyowen said:

Any price indication? 

Not yet, probably £6-700 as were the previous models.

Loobs

they should pay you to play one of those things

mudslide73

I love the Ed guitars but I couldn't see myself playing gigs with one. A EBMM VH on the other hand....

siraxeman

mine is a Frankenstein meets Kramer

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a263/sir-axeman/my RS and Stripey_zpsbw3gjut1.jpg

Strat_a_tat_tat

@siraxeman Nice Red Special... which maker?

siraxeman

Dansan Guitars! French guy took up making guitars...well exclusively Red Specials about 3yrs ago and its all he's done since..but @£3k + a pop and now around a year wait. Mine took 6 months ish and cost a whisker under £3k. Absolutely love the huge neck...feels so good to play, though the 7.25" radius is less likeable..and more of an acquired taste. If I was to order another I'd ask for everything the same except I'd opt for a 9.5" radius as that's home to me.

Strat_a_tat_tat

siraxeman said:

Dansan Guitars! French guy took up making guitars...well exclusively Red Specials about 3yrs ago and its all he's done since..but @£3k + a pop and now around a year wait. Mine took 6 months ish and cost a whisker under £3k. Absolutely love the huge neck...feels so good to play, though the 7.25" radius is less likeable..and more of an acquired taste. If I was to order another I'd ask for everything the same except I'd opt for a 9.5" radius as that's home to me.

Interesting. Have you ever compared it with other premium level Red Specials?

siraxeman

I've played 2 Guytons and a Super and a couple of other very good one offs....it's good holds its own, but the Guyton's finish was PERFECT, mine if held up to the light is more like Brians - slightly uneven finish here n there. Its still very good but I'd back off from calling it perfect like a factory finished geetar. But its Rustins unlike whatever Guyton used...and it costs less than half the price of a Guyton. The Super was nice apart from the wrong bridge (not bothered as much by its wrong neck join). The Trisonics are the very same special issue ones as used on the Guytons.

oh and I did own a Turpin RS  (no longer made) as well for a few years before this - that was good to but wrong colour of red (much to dark red) and whilst I did prefer its flatter board, it was a lot heavier being all mahogany (still chambered tho).

Strat_a_tat_tat

@sireaxeman. Thanks for the info. Guyton is waaay beyond my budget. I've wondered about the 1993 Guilds - probably still a bit beyond me though.

siraxeman

best source of info and for snaffling the odd RS that comes up for sale is either the "Red Special Forum" or the "Red Special  Forum" group on FB.

Strat_a_tat_tat

@siraxeman. Thanks.

@Bowks... sorry for the derail.