Talk:Frankenstrat

Frankenstrat

I like this article all I added was EC strat please do not delete it along with EVH's strat EC's Blackie is really famous ---Littlewing1 12:39, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

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I'm pretty new to WikiPedia, so I'm not real sure on how to edit things, but the Charvel Art Series guitars were actually not painted after the 5150 paint scheme. The red and black scheme was from the "Frankie," the black and yellow was from the "bumble bee" guitar on the VH II album, and the black and white scheme was the original paint scheme from the "Frankie" before he added red. The only similarity to the 5150 guitar was the body style on these Art Series Guitars. And even that wasn't perfect.

Where is Eddie's Frankenstrat now? For a long time it, or a guitar nearly identical to it, was in the Hollywood Guitar Center front display window on Sunset and Vine.

Paul Unkert

Paul Unkert actually made EVH's frankenstrats and not Eddie himself. Perhaps somebody can edit this and give proper credit to him. http://www.unkguitars.com/ Gutch220 (talk) 20:11, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

• If you're referring to the original frankenstrat then no, Paul did not make it. Eddie did. (Wingnutrules (talk) 17:37, 6 August 2008 (UTC))

History

When was the original Frankenstrat first made? Does anyone know? Kouban (talk) 06:49, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

he sais 74 in the interview about the making of the fender replica frankenstrat24.147.147.123 (talk) 00:53, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Wow...

This article is either amazing copyvio, or amazing original research. Could we do something about that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.97.47.198 (talk) 22:20, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Pickguard

Hy Guys! Hey it says the pickguard was made from a record, but all the pics I've seen including this one in the article show a cut up strat pickguard, complete with holes drilled for the other knobs and a switch slot. Any thoughts? Hanz ofbyotch (talk) 23:18, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

This is because he soldered the holes and stuff. It IS a record. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.147.147.123 (talk) 00:54, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Which pickguard? There was the original black one which doesn't appear to have any vinyl record grooves or a center hole. There is the a white one. Then there are about three more small black ones. See the pictures on the vhlinks web site's 51924-The-Franky-A-Pictorial-History thread.

The latest pickguard appears to have layers like a regular black Fender product. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:642:C104:5C10:E9E3:6DDD:9172:D4D1 (talk) 05:05, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Linn Ellsworth never given the credit?

The body and neck of Frankenstrat were made by Linn Ellsworth. He owned this guitar shop called Boogie Bodies, together with Wayne Charvel. It seems everybody is busy crediting Wayne Charvel and amazingly enough, some even claim that these were Charvel guitar parts, although back then there was not even company called Charvel yet. Except from the old interviews, nobody seems to recognize Linn Ellsworth though?

Xpander8 (talk) 11:46, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Unwired single coil and nonworking switch to confuse imitators?

Sorry, this is just not believable. Suppose an imitator puts in the single coil, but also wires it correctly to the switch. Does that step make it a bad imitation? Who wants to buy a guitar with unwired pickups and a nonworking switch? 192.139.122.42 (talk) 22:55, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Controls

This section starts by saying "Van Halen removed both tone control potentiometers and wired the pickups in a simple circuit, largely due to his limited knowledge of electrical circuitry," then later goes on to say "The simple circuit consisted of a single humbucking pick-up, one A500k potentiometer (for a volume control), one B500k potentiometer (for a tone control), and one "1/4-inch" output jack." I think you only have to look at a photo of the guitar to see there is only one potentiometer. o0drogue0o 10:25, 6 April 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by O0drogue0o (talk • contribs)

Apparently I need consensus to fix the infobox...

Does just using the same information but putting it in the correct infobox need consensus? AddingInstruments (talk) 02:23, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

Frankenstrat or "Frankenstein Guitar"?

The New Yorker October 21 2021 issue has an article about Wolfgang Van Van Halen and it mentions "his dad's red, white, and black Frankenstein guitar, a copy of which is in the national museum of American History." I went on Twitter to correct the author, and he replied The New Yorker fact checkers confirm the name (and WVH liked his tweet). The Museum also calls it the Van Halen Frankenstein electric guitar, and EVH gear says 'Fans loved the guitar and what he did with it. They even gave it a nickname—“Frankenstein™.” Indeed, it’s worth noting that it was never Eddie who called the guitar by that name; it was his legions of devoted fans'

I'm not a great VH fan and I'm familiar with it as the Frankenstrat but at least there's some dispute over the name. Even if people who know are rewriting history and avoiding "strat" for trademark reasons, it seems the article should mention the alternate name Skierpage (talk) 07:26, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

I propose this page be renamed:

Frankenstein (guitar)

From this article

https://loudwire.com/eddie-van-halen-frankenstein-guitar-official-name/

Wolfgang guested on the Shred With Shifty podcast [on March 27, 2024] It's hosted by Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett and, during their conversation, he asks whether the guitar is named "Frankenstein" or "Frankenstrat."

“Officially, on the case, it says Frankenstein,” Wolfgang reveals, “But people call it whatever they want."

He also notes that the official name was not something his father Eddie was all too concerned with. "Dad never really had a name for it, it’s just what people called it," Wolf explains, "But officially on the case, for the nerds that really want to know, it says 'Frankenstein,' so that’s what I say." RyanConnell5150 (talk) 06:43, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Rename page "Frankenstein (guitar)"

I propose this page be renamed:

Frankenstein (guitar)

From this article

https://loudwire.com/eddie-van-halen-frankenstein-guitar-official-name/

Wolfgang [Van Halen] guested on the Shred With Shifty podcast [on March 27, 2024] It's hosted by Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett and, during their conversation, he asks whether the guitar is named "Frankenstein" or "Frankenstrat."

“Officially, on the case, it says Frankenstein,” Wolfgang reveals, “But people call it whatever they want."

He also notes that the official name was not something his father Eddie was all too concerned with. "Dad never really had a name for it, it’s just what people called it," Wolf explains, "But officially on the case, for the nerds that really want to know, it says 'Frankenstein,' so that’s what I say." RyanConnell5150 (talk) 06:46, 27 August 2024 (UTC)