VAN HALEN - Wolfgang USA Tour Relic Replica Guitar Unveiled At NAMM 2016
January 21, 2016, 8 years ago
Those who attended the 2015 Van Halen Tour probably noticed the striking, aged-looking Ivory Wolfgang USA guitar that Eddie Van Halen played onstage.
At this year's NAMM Conference, EVH Gear has announced that it will make available an exact replica of this very instrument (pictured above) for consumers with the release of a limited 20-piece run of custom-built EVH Wolfgang USA Tour Relic Replica guitars, reports Guitar World.
Van Halen originally planned on using the same Wolfgang USA in Stealth Black that he played during the band’s 2012 tour, but he also asked Master Builder Chip Ellis to build him this guitar with a detailed relic treatment so that the original coat of black paint showed through the Ivory top coat.
“Chip built that for me and did a wonderful job,” Van Halen said in a recent interview. “I compared it to my trusty old Stealth, and the white guitar sounded better, so it immediately became my main guitar for rehearsals and the tour.”
Further details can be found here.
