The Frankenstrat, also known as "Frankie", is a guitar created by Eddie Van Halen. Its name is a portmanteau of Frankenstein, the fictional doctor who...
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guitar, and painting it in a similar way to his later, more famous, Frankenstrat. Inset into the V, he hand carved teeth and set two eyehooks and chains;...
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humbucking Gibson PAF pickup in the bridge slot. This guitar, known as the "Frankenstrat" was featured on Van Halen's 1978 debut album Van Halen, and pictured...
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solo is the use of two-handed tapping. "Eruption" was played on the Frankenstrat, with an MXR Phase 90, an Echoplex, a Univox echo unit and a 1968 Marshall...
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(1953), Fender Stratocaster (1954), Rickenbacker 360/12 (1964), Van Halen Frankenstrat (1975), Paul Reed Smith Custom (1985) many of these guitars were "successors"...
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under the EVH brand, including Custom Shop models and replicas of the Frankenstrat. Squier was a string manufacturer that Fender acquired. Fender has used...
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Johann Konrad Dippel Franken-FMs (radio stations) Frankenstein complex Frankenstrat (guitar) "Frankenstein" (1973 single) "Dr. Stein" (1988 single) Frankenstein...
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shark" Ibanez Destroyer. The single diagonal pickup was taken from his Frankenstrat guitar and was set diagonally to compensate for the wider string spacing...
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the bridge position at an angle, similar to Eddie Van Halen's guitar Frankenstrat which caused Armstrong to be very influenced by Van Halen. L500XL is...
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LA-based English guitarist Allan Holdsworth, set up to use alongside his Frankenstrat guitar and the pre-amp section of an Echoplex, then recorded the solo...
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starting your engine". Subsequently, Eddie painted a drill with the Frankenstrat stripes to use during concerts. The official music video for "Poundcake...
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1967–1970, and was used on the Tommy, Live at Leeds, and Who's Next albums. Frankenstrat – also known as The Frankenstein, is an electric guitar created by Eddie...
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"Sunday Afternoon in the Park". Wolfgang used his father's original Frankenstrat guitar for the solos on "Mammoth" and "Feel". The album cover features...
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1976-1977. The guitar pictured on the cover is Eddie Van Halen's signature Frankenstrat (before he added the red paint), a highly customized Stratocaster-style...
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Aimee Mann Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus, an opera by Libby Larsen Frankenstrat or Frankenstein, a guitar used by Eddie Van Halen "Frankenstein", a song...
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September 8, 2022. "Wolfgang Van Halen Talks MAMMOTH II - Playing The "Frankenstrat" on "Take A Bow" & Much More". Jeffriespublished, Neil (August 4, 2023)...
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original designs for tee shirts—such as one with the Red Special and Frankenstrat crossed—and a mug. Brian May – guitar, vocals, production, keyboards...
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behind the segment, which featured a spotlight on Van Halen's signature Frankenstrat guitar with a video of the guitarist playing in the background, that...
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Johann Konrad Dippel Franken-FMs (radio stations) Frankenstein complex Frankenstrat (guitar) "Frankenstein" (1973 single) "Dr. Stein" (1988 single) Frankenstein...
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special Razorback should be made in the style of Eddie Van Halen's "Frankenstrat" guitar; this was done, but the standard black, white and red Van Halen...
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Records, which released the first solo album by Kenji Ueda "Bumble bee", a Frankenstrat guitar Hummel (instrument) ("bumble bee") an old Swedish stringed instrument...
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to the guitar's body. Van Halen's infamous Frankenstein (a.k.a. the "Frankenstrat") guitar laid the groundwork for most of the custom guitars he played...
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is a guitar in the background that is similar to Eddie Van Halen's "Frankenstrat" guitar. The photo beside Kent Brockman on the news has him modeled after...
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monstrous creation that ruins its creator), Frankensteinian, frankenfood, Frankenstrat Benjamin Franklin, American inventor – Franklin stove, franklin, Ben...
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Nirvana's In Utero, R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People and Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstrat guitar. According to Nielsen ratings, "I Dream of Jesus" was the most-watched...
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guitarist Chip Kinman's decoration of his instrument and the famous Frankenstrat of Eddie Van Halen. The Kinmans continued to follow the roots rock direction...
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(1955–2020), guitarist of hard rock band Van Halen, is notable for his "Frankenstrat", a crudely modified Stratocaster copy with the single-coil bridge pickup...
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Johann Konrad Dippel Franken-FMs (radio stations) Frankenstein complex Frankenstrat (guitar) "Frankenstein" (1973 single) "Dr. Stein" (1988 single) Frankenstein...
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Van Halen played a guitar built in such a manner which he called the "Frankenstrat". In 1971, General Mills introduced "Franken Berry", a strawberry-flavored...
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