Fender EVH Striped Series Frankenstein Frankie Electric Guitar

Widely regarded as the most recognisable electric guitar ever, Eddie Van Halen’s iconic and revered FrankensteinTM 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.

Main Features

• 25.5” scale length
• Basswood Strat®-style body
• Graphite-reinforced bolt-on quartersawn maple neck with an oiled finish on the back and licensed Fender® Strat natural headstock
• 12”-16” compound radius maple fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets and black dot inlays
• Direct mount EVH® Wolfgang® humbucking bridge pickup, dummy Strat neck pickup and a dummy five-way blade housed in the middle pickup position
• EVH-branded Floyd Rose® locking trem and locking nut
• EVH D-Tuna®
• Skirted Strat-style volume knob that reads “tone”
• EVH-branded neck plate and standard strap buttons
• Black custom Frankie pickguard

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.

EVH Striped Series Frankenstein Frankie Specifications

General

• Series: Striped Series
• Orientation: Right-Hand
• Color: Red With Black Stripes Relic
• Country Of Origin: MX

Neck

• Headstock: Licensed Fender® Stratocaster®
• Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
• Neck Finish: Oiled
• Neck Shape: EVH® Modified “C” Backshape
• Neck Construction: Bolt-On With Graphite Reinforcement
• Neck Thickness: .790" at 3rd fret & .825" at 12th fret
• Fingerboard Radius: 12"-16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
• Fingerboard Material: Maple
• Position Inlays: Black Dot
• Number Of Frets: 22
• Truss Rod: Two-Way Adjustable
• Truss Rod Nut: Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel
• String Nut: Floyd Rose® R3 Locking
• Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
• Nut Material: Floyd Rose® R3 Locking

Body

• Body: Basswood
• Body Finish: Satin Lacquer
• Body Shape: Stratocaster®
• Body Material: Basswood

Hardware

• Bridge: EVH®-Branded Floyd Rose® Locking Tremolo with EVH® D-Tuna®
• Tremolo Block: Brass
• Pickguard: Black Custom Frankie
• Pickup Covers: Black
• Control Knobs: Parchment Stratocaster®-Style Skirt (Labeled “Tone”)
• Hardware Finish: Chrome Relic
• Tuning Machines: EVH®-Branded Gotoh®
• String Trees: Floyd Rose® Retainer Bar
• Strings: EVH® Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
• Tremolo Arm: Floyd Rose® 1000 Series Locking
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Standard
• Strap Buttons: Oversized

Electronics

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