![]() ![]() At that point, his mom was still convinced it wouldn’t last, and that he’d have to go back to school.Īt the height of his early success, with “Jump” all over MTV, he confessed to fearing he was “stupid,” and in another interview the same year, called himself “selfish” and a “sick fuck.” “Ed – you are a good man,” Bertinelli wrote in her memoir’s dedications. Eddie was still living with his mom and dad at the age of 25, when he had already made multiple platinum albums. “When you grow up that way, it’s not conducive to self-esteem.”Īt the same time, as chronicled in Greg Renoff’s indispensable early-years bio Van Halen Rising, the Van Halen parents were supportive enough to stretch their finances to buy Alex a drum kit and Eddie a Gibson Les Paul in 1969. ![]() “The whole time I was growing up, my mom used to call me a ‘nothing nut - just like your father,’” he told Guitar World. His mom pushed classical piano studies so hard that Eddie took to casually comparing his upbringing to the movie Shine, in which parental pressure drives a musical prodigy into a mental breakdown. There was a fair amount of self-loathing in his makeup. “It’s the universal vibration,” he told me in 2007. He went on to spend a good portion of his life in that realm of pure music, retreating into endless, meditative, alcohol-fueled jams in hotel rooms or in his studio. He avoided the ups and downs of high school social life, and sometimes school itself, by holing up in his bedroom with his guitar and a six-pack. But there were also darker currents in his emotional life he couldn’t express in words, even to those closest to him. The joy he conveyed onstage with guitar in hand was genuine and profound. Visit Our Special Tribute Package for More on Eddie Van Halen’s Music and InfluenceĮddie, who died of cancer on October 6th, 2020, was, at his core, an eternally boyish, sweet-natured prodigy. “These two ordinarily placid rockers, who usually spoke in a sort of pothead-surf patois, suddenly nose to nose, spitting and snarling and growling at each other in a foreign language, as if they had become possessed.” 2007 ID Number 2010.0246.01 accession number 2010.0246 catalog number 2010.0246.01 Object Name guitar Physical Description paint (overall material) red (overall color) black and white (overall single or multi-hued designation) wood (overall material) metal (overall material) plastic (overall material) Measurements overall: 39 in x 12 3/4 in x 5 in 99.06 cm x 32.385 cm x 12.7 cm overall: 39 3/4 in x 12 11/16 in x 3 7/8 in 100.965 cm x 32.1945 cm x 9.“It was one of the strangest things I’ve ever seen,” their onetime manager Noel Monk wrote. Credit Line Gift of Eddie Van Halen through Jeff Cary, Senior Vice President, Fender Musical Instruments Corp. During the Van Halen 2007-08 North American tour with original lead singer David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen used this replica guitar, nicknamed “Frank 2,” for the majority of the performances. Chip Ellis, a master guitar builder at Fender, replicated every detail of the original guitar, which, when presented to Eddie Van Halen, appeared to be indistinguishable from the original. By 2006, the original “Frankenstein” guitar had been in service for more than 30 years and was retired from performances. A constant tinkerer, he set out to construct a guitar to fit his standards, needs and playing style, combining different elements of long-established guitar designs into one instrument. In 1975 Eddie Van Halen realized that no existing guitar had the features that he needed to create his signature sound. In 1974, brothers Eddie and Alex formed the band Van Halen, whose innovative California-influenced heavy metal and pop sounds continue to inspire global audiences. It is a replica of the guitar built by Van Halen in 1977 and named “Frankenstein” by fans (the guitar is also referred to as "Frankenstrat" and "Frankie”).The self-taught performer’s colorful, virtuosic style made him a premier guitarist of his generation and one of the most emulated musicians in rock history. Description This Fender Masterbuilt Custom Shop guitar was played by Dutch-American musician Edward “Eddie” Van Halen ( 1955-2020) while on tour in 2007-2008. Object Details Van Halen, Edward E.L.V.H., Inc. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art. ![]()
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