How Do You Have An Eddie Van Halen Style Guitar Rig?
Eddie Van Halen was an amazing player with a huge rig. You could spend thousands of dollars getting his exact tone, but for much less you can get a rig that is up in the big leagues of guitar. • Choose your axe wisely. Eddie played mostly guitars that he built on his own, although he was endorsed by kramer in the 1980’s. But some constants in his instruments were a Floyd Rose tremolo system and humbuckers in the bridge position. So unless you’re willing to pay around $3000 for a Charvel version of his custom, or for a Fender Custom Shop one a whopping $25000, your best bet would probably be the Floyd Rose eq uipped Standard Stratocaster for.Eddie uses a birdseye maple fingerboard, and the body is ash. He actually had a knot in his wood on the body but that is unimportant tonewise. The closest humbucker to get is a Seymour Duncan custom shop E.V.H ’78 for about 120 dollars. Another option is the ’59 humbucker for 75 dollars. Since there are a lot out there, you can pick any and get a go
